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Mount Alexander Shire

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Shire of Mount Alexander
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Location in Victoria
Official logo of Shire of Mount Alexander
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionLoddon Mallee
Established1995
Council seatCastlemaine
Government
 • MayorRosie Annear
 • State electorates
 • Federal division
Area
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 • Total
1,530 km2 (590 sq mi)
Population
 • Total20,253 (2021)[2]
 • Density13.24/km2 (34.28/sq mi)
Gazetted19 January 1995[3]
WebsiteShire of Mount Alexander
LGAs around Shire of Mount Alexander
Loddon Greater Bendigo Greater Bendigo
Central Goldfields Shire of Mount Alexander Mitchell
Hepburn Hepburn Macedon Ranges

The Mount Alexander Shire (officially Shire of Mount Alexander) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,530 square kilometres (590 mi2) and, in August 2021, had a population of 20,253.[1] It includes the of Castlemaine, Chewton, Elphinstone, Maldon, Newstead, Harcourt, Taradale, Fryerstown and Campbells Creek. The traditional owners of the land are the Dja Dja Wurrung.[4]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Mount Alexander Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Castlemaine. It also has service centres located in Maldon and Newstead. The Shire is named after Mount Alexander, north-east of Castlemaine, the name of which was historically applied to the broader Castlemaine region and goldfields.

History

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An earlier "Shire of Mount Alexander", centred around Guildford, existed from 1871 until 1915, when it was absorbed into the Shire of Newstead.[5][6]

The modern Shire was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Castlemaine, Shire of Newstead, Shire of Metcalfe (less the Redesdale district) and Shire of Maldon (less the area around Eddington township).[3]

BERJAYA
Mount Alexander Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

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Current composition

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The council is composed of eight single member-wards.[7]

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Barkers Creek  Independent Rosie Annear Mayor
Calder  Independent Anthony Cordy
Campbells Creek  Independent Bill Maltby
Coliban  Independent Phillip Walker
Forest Creek  Independent Toby Heydon Deputy Mayor
Loddon River  Independent Matthew Driscoll
Moonlight Creek  Greens Lucas Maddock
Tarrengower  Independent Rosalie Hastwell

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

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In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 20,253, up from 18,761 in the 2016 census.[8]

Population
Locality20162021
Barfold8882
Baringhup205185
Baringhup West1611
Barkers Creek457487
Bradford912
Campbells Creek1,7862,071
Campbelltown^5551
Carisbrook^1,1151,192
Castlemaine6,7577,506
Chewton1,313763
Chewton Bushlands4550
Drummond North^187203
Eastville^2413
Eddington^96113
Elphinstone555633
Faraday158194
Franklinford^6671
Fryerstown228232
Glenluce2017
Golden Point105102
Gower4545
Green Gully6271
Greenhill^5460
Guildford^333330
Harcourt9431,038
Harcourt North^265291
Irishtown1516
Joyces Creek^1220
Langley4052
Lockwood South^9611,052
Maldon1,5131,665
Malmsbury^831905
McKenzie Hill502775
Metcalfe185190
Metcalfe East2925
Moolort^3244
Moonlight Flat7785
Muckleford405426
Muckleford South4533
Myrtle Creek^6768
Neereman2423
Newstead754820
Nuggetty8564
Ravenswood^436443
Ravenswood South7876
Redesdale^240299
Sandon8189
Shelbourne^452423
Strangways^87101
Strathlea^2433
Sutton Grange132160
Taradale^448524
Tarilta^2126
Tarrengower6456
Vaughan6455
Walmer223262
Welshmans Reef233210
Werona^4643
Yandoit Hills2844
Yapeen213272

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

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List of localities (Victoria)

References

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  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Mount Alexander (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 10) the Shire of Mount Alexander". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Council, corporateName=Mount Alexander Shire. "Mount Alexander Shire Council - Our shire". Mount Alexander Shire Council. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mount Alexander I (United Shire 1871-1915)". Public Record Office Victoria. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Order in Council uniting Shire of Mount Alexander with the Shire of Newstead". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 15 September 1915. p. 3347.
  7. ↑ "Meet your Councillors". www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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