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Shire of Moorabool

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Shire of Moorabool
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Location in Victoria
Official logo of Shire of Moorabool
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionGrampians
Established1994
Council seatBallan
Government
 • MayorCr Tom Sullivan
 • State electorates
 • Federal divisions
Area
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 • Total
2,111 km2 (815 sq mi)
Population
 • Total34,158 (2018)[1]
 • Density16.181/km2 (41.908/sq mi)
Gazetted6 May 1994[2]
WebsiteShire of Moorabool
LGAs around Shire of Moorabool
Hepburn Hepburn Macedon Ranges
Ballarat Shire of Moorabool Melton
Golden Plains Greater Geelong Wyndham

The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,111 square kilometres (815 mi2) and, in June 2018, had a population of 34,158.[1] It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Moorabool Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballan, it also has service centres located in Bacchus Marsh and Darley. The Shire is named after the Moorabool River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the area, which is named after the Wathawurrung word moo-roo-bul referring to a Bunyip-like creature that lives in the river.[3]

History

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The Shire of Moorabool was formed in May 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and Shire of Buninyong.[2] In December 1994, the Shire was expanded to include the Shire of Bacchus Marsh and the Balliang East area of the City of Werribee.[4]

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A map of Moorabool Shire showing the predecessor LGAs that overlapped the area before the 1994 local government amalgamations

Council

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Current composition

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The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Moorabool Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5] Council Composition as of September 2022:

WardCouncillorNotes
Central Moorabool  Paul Tatchell
East Moorabool  Rod Ward
 Tonia DudzikDeputy Mayor
 Moira Berry
 David Edwards
West Moorabool  Tom SullivanMayor
Woodlands  Ally Munari

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Administration and governance

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The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballan Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballan, and its service centre in Bacchus Marsh.

Townships and localities

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In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 37,632, compared to 31,818 in the 2016 census.[7]

Population
Locality20162021
Bacchus Marsh6,3947,808
Ballan2,9853,392
Balliang^290254
Balliang East147199
Barkstead4241
Barrys Reef3639
Beremboke149165
Blackwood295387
Blakeville2943
Bolwarrah2548
Bullarook^9977
Bunding5561
Bungal4332
Bungaree269302
Buninyong^3,7143,797
Cargerie3538
Clarendon145163
Claretown2435
Clarkes Hill6775
Coimadai416409
Colbrook2941
Dales Creek398403
Darley8,3729,190
Dunnstown244259
Durham Lead^392408
Elaine228232
Fiskville1918
Glen Park^103110
Glenmore6375
Gordon1,1511,393
Greendale602623
Grenville^99113
Hopetoun Park798914
Ingliston5096
Korobeit7775
Korweinguboora^168196
Lal Lal476621
Leigh Creek6365
Lerderderg00
Long Forest361343
Maddingley3,4535,491
Merrimu374397
Millbrook156180
Mollongghip^89105
Morrisons^128118
Mount Doran130118
Mount Egerton582706
Mount Wallace113117
Myrniong404387
Navigators253276
Parwan^170188
Pentland Hills185158
Pootilla7579
Rowsley192231
Scotsburn^258244
Spargo Creek3642
Springbank111117
Wallace187227
Warrenheip^669721
Wattle Flat^97104
Yendon307320

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S23 of 1994: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Moorabool". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 9 May 1994). p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Massola, Aldo (1968). Bunjil's Cave. Lansdowne Press. ISBN 9780391019621.
  4. ↑ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S97 of 1994: Order altg (Part 22) the Shire of Moorabool". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 15 December 1994). p. 10. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Victorian Electoral Commission". Moorabool Shire Council election results 2020. Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Meet your Councillors".
  7. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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The Shire
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37°36′00″S 144°15′00″E / 37.60000°S 144.25000°E / -37.60000; 144.25000

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