Shire of Moorabool
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Shire of Moorabool Victoria |
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Location in Victoria |
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Population: | 25,474 (2006 Census) | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 2110 km² (814.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Mayor: | Dianne McAuliffe | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Ballan | ||||||||||||
State District: | Ballarat East, Melton | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Ballarat | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Moorabool is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-western part of the state. It includes the towns of Bacchus Marsh and Ballan. It has an area of 2,110 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 25,474. Other small population areas in the east are Balliang, Mount Wallace and Myrniong, in the centre Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Koorweinguboora and Mount Egerton and to the west Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace.
The shire was formed in the 1990s by the amalgamation of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Ballan and parts of Shire of Bungaree and the City of Werribee.