Shire of Buloke

The Shire of Buloke is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 6,201.[3] It includes the towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Sea Lake and Wycheproof. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Wycheproof, Shire of Birchip, Shire of Charlton, Shire of Donald, and parts of the Shire of Kara Kara.[2]

Buloke Shire Council
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population6,201 (2021)[1]
 • Density0.78/km2 (2.01/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
Area8,000 km2 (3,088.8 sq mi)[3]
MayorCr Daryl Warren
Council seatWycheproof
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)Mildura
Federal division(s)Mallee
WebsiteBuloke Shire Council
LGAs around Buloke Shire Council:
Mildura Swan Hill Gannawarra
Yarriambiack Buloke Shire Council Loddon
Yarriambiack Northern Grampians Loddon

The Shire is governed and administered by the Buloke Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Wycheproof, it also has service centres located in Birchip, Charlton, Donald and Sea Lake. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Buloke, which is located in the south of the LGA; the name also comes from the "buloke" or "bulloak" tree Allocasuarina luehmannii, which is common in the region.[4]

Within the Shire, agriculture, particularly grain production, is the predominant source of income and employment.[4]

Council

Current composition

The Council is composed of three wards and seven Councillors, with three Councillors elected to represent the Mount Jeffcott Ward and two Councillors per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5]

WardCouncillorNotes
Lower Avoca  Carolyn Stewart
 David PollardDeputy Mayor 2022-23
Mallee  David Vis
 Alan GetleyMayor 2022-23
Mount Jeffcott  Graeme Milne
 Bronwyn Simpson
 Daryl Warren

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 6,178 down from 6,201 in the 2016 census[6]

Population
Locality20162021
Ballapur1019
Banyan2522
Barrakee1822
Berriwillock184180
Bimbourie911
Birchip702694
Birchip West39
Boigbeat819
Buckrabanyule^5152
Bunguluke2118
Carron1818
Charlton1,0501,095
Chirrip88
Cokum30
Coonooer Bridge^3130
Cope Cope^5842
Corack2333
Corack East2210
Culgoa10186
Curyo2620
Donald1,4981,472
Dooboobetic913
Population
Locality20162021
Dumosa2418
Gil Gil1223
Glenloth67
Glenloth East^1314
Granite Flat*#
Jeffcott3434
Jeffcott North918
Jeruk146
Jil Jil1817
Kalpienung2828
Karyrie2015
Kinnabulla3226
Laen^*4
Laen East116
Laen North1514
Lake Marmal^2121
Lake Tyrrell00
Lawler^1916
Litchfield5136
Marlbed06
Massey1023
Morton Plains910
Population
Locality20162021
Myall1017
Nandaly3930
Nareewillock2324
Narraport4650
Ninda149
Nine Mile^2219
Nullawil9392
Nyarrin2417
Pier Milan86
Reedy Dam2428
Rich Avon33
Richmond Plains^39
Sea Lake640619
Springfield39
Straten411
Sutton33
Teddywaddy1723
Teddywaddy West1512
Terrappee^2220
Thalia104
Tittybong^33
Towaninny^114
Population
Locality20162021
Towaninny South00
Turriff East37
Tyenna34
Tyrrell^1316
Tyrrell Downs119
Wangie511
Warmur1631
Warne413
Watchem114124
Watchem West^1829
Watchupga4143
Whirily3025
Wilkur^4928
Willangie3535
Wooroonook2026
Woosang^1112
Wycheproof635610
Wycheproof South126
Yawong Hills05
Yeungroon3134
Yeungroon East^1611

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

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of this area are the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk and Dja Dja Wurrung.

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Buloke (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Buloke". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  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.
  4. "Buloke Shire". Buloke Shire Council. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. Local Government in Victoria. "Buloke Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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