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Shire of Central Goldfields

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Shire of Central Goldfields
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population13,483 (2021)[1]
 • Density8.795/km2 (22.779/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted19 January 1995[2]
Area1,533 km2 (591.9 sq mi)[3]
MayorVacant
Council seatMaryborough
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)Ripon
Federal division(s)Mallee
WebsiteShire of Central Goldfields
LGAs around Shire of Central Goldfields:
Northern Grampians Loddon Loddon
Pyrenees Shire of Central Goldfields Mount Alexander
Pyrenees Hepburn Macedon Ranges

Shire of Central Goldfields is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,533 square kilometres (592 sq mi) and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,483.[3]

It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Maryborough and Talbot. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Maryborough, most of the Shire of Tullaroop, and parts of the Shire of Bet Bet and Shire of Talbot and Clunes.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Central Goldfields Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Maryborough. It also has a service centre located in Talbot. The Shire is named after the region having historically been a major goldfields region in central Victoria.

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 Maryborough Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[4]

In 2017, the Victorian Government removed the elected councillors because of financial mismanagement, and Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins appointed three administrators to oversee the city until the 2020 local government elections: Noel Harvey OAM, Hugh Delahunty, and Karen Douglas.[citation needed]

Councillors elected at the 2020 election are:[5]

Ward Councillor Notes
Flynn   Liesbeth Long
Maryborough   Gerard Murphy
  Grace La Vella
  Wayne Sproull
  Geoff Lovett
Paddys Ranges   Chris Meddows-Taylor
Tullaroop   Anna De Villiers

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

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In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,483, up from 12,995 in the 2016 census.[6]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Adelaide Lead 81 85
Alma 201 195
Amherst 65 63
Archdale^ 21 23
Archdale Junction^ 6 12
Bealiba^ 206 213
Bet Bet 129 135
Betley 102 101
Bowenvale 181 209
Bromley 56 46
Caralulup 3 3
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Carisbrook^ 1,115 1,192
Cotswold 12 20
Craigie 57 62
Daisy Hill 385 398
Dunach 58 83
Dunluce 36 36
Dunolly^ 893 899
Eddington^ 96 113
Emu^ 32 37
Flagstaff 87 97
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Goldsborough^ 36 37
Havelock 74 83
Inkerman^ * #
Joyces Creek^ 12 20
Majorca 211 198
Maryborough 7,921 8,160
Moliagul^ 88 80
Moolort^ 32 44
Moonlight Flat 77 85
Mount Glasgow 85 92
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Mount Hooghly 19 18
Natte Yallock^ 94 89
Rathscar^ 21 19
Red Lion 120 111
Simson 69 76
Strathlea^ 24 33
Talbot 442 452
Timor 58 68
Timor West 24 23
Wareek^ 68 72

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

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List of localities (Victoria)

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Central Goldfields (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Central Goldfields". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Central Goldfields Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Central Goldfields Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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