Shire of Moorabool

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 sq mi) 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. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and City of Werribee.[2][3]

Shire of Moorabool
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population34,158 (2018)[1]
 • Density16.181/km2 (41.908/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted6 May 1994[2]
Area2,111 km2 (815.1 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Paul Tatchell
Council seatBacchus Marsh
RegionWestern Victoria
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Ballarat
WebsiteShire of Moorabool
LGAs around Shire of Moorabool:
Hepburn Hepburn Macedon Ranges
Ballarat Shire of Moorabool Melton
Golden Plains Greater Geelong Wyndham

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 Bunyip-like creature that lives in the river.[4]

Council

Current composition

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]

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

[6]

Administration and governance

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.

Main towns in shire

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 34,158.[1]


Population
Locality Total
Bacchus Marsh6,394
Ballan2,985
Balliang East147
Barkstead42
Barrys Reef36
Beremboke149
Blackwood295
Blakeville29
Bolwarrah25
Bullarook99
Bunding55
Bungal43
Bungaree269
Cargerie35
Population
Locality Total
Clarendon145
Claretown24
Clarkes Hill67
Coimadai416
Colbrook29
Dales Creek398
Darley8,372
Dunnstown244
Elaine228
Fiskville19
Glen Park103
Glenmore122
Gordon1,151
Greendale602
Population
Locality Total
Hopetoun Park798
Ingliston50
Korobeit77
Korweinguboora168
Lal Lal476
Leigh Creek63
Lerderderg0
Long Forest361
Maddingley3,453
Meredith788
Merrimu374
Millbrook156
Mollongghip89
Morrisons128
Population
Locality Total
Mount Doran130
Mount Wallace113
Myrniong404
Navigators253
Parwan170
Pentland Hills185
Pootilla75
Rowsley192
Scotsburn258
Spargo Creek36
Springbank111
Wallace187
Wattle Flat97
Yendon307


References
  1. "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. 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. 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.
  4. Massola, Aldo (1968). Bunjil's Cave. Lansdowne Press. ISBN 9780391019621.
  5. Local Government in Victoria. "Moorabool Shire Council". Councillors. Moorabool Shire Council. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. https://www.moorabool.vic.gov.au/my-council/about-council/councillors/meet-your-councillors
The Shire

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