Shire of Central Goldfields

Central Goldfields Shire 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]

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

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

Current composition

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 August 2017 the elected council members of the Central Goldfields Shire were removed from office by the Victorian Government. This removal was facilitated due to financial mismanagement. Three administrators were then appointed by Natalie Hutchins the then Local Government Minister to replace the council until the 2020 local government elections. The three administrators are: Noel Harvey OAM, The Hon Hugh Delahunty, and Karen Douglas.

Councillors elected at the 2020 election are:[5]

WardCouncillorNotes
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

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

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

Population
Locality20162021
Adelaide Lead8185
Alma201195
Amherst6563
Archdale^2123
Archdale Junction^612
Bealiba^206213
Bet Bet129135
Betley102101
Bowenvale181209
Bromley5646
Caralulup33
Population
Locality20162021
Carisbrook^1,1151,192
Cotswold1220
Craigie5762
Daisy Hill385398
Dunach5883
Dunluce3636
Dunolly^893899
Eddington^96113
Emu^3237
Flagstaff8797
Population
Locality20162021
Goldsborough^3637
Havelock7483
Inkerman^*#
Joyces Creek^1220
Majorca211198
Maryborough7,9218,160
Moliagul^8880
Moolort^3244
Moonlight Flat7785
Mount Glasgow8592
Population
Locality20162021
Mount Hooghly1918
Natte Yallock^9489
Rathscar^2119
Red Lion120111
Simson6976
Strathlea^2433
Talbot442452
Timor5868
Timor West2423
Wareek^6872

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

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References
  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.
  2. 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. "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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