| City of Brimbank Victoria |
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Map of Melbourne showing City of Brimbank |
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| Population: | 168,215 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 123.3 km² (47.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | replaced by chair of administrators: Peter Lewinsky | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Sunshine | ||||||||||||
| Region: | West Metropolitan Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Gorton, Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
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The City of Brimbank is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the western suburbs between 10 and 20 km west and northwest from the Melbourne city centre.
It has an area of 123 km². At the 2006 census, Brimbank had a population of 168,215.
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Brimbank City Council acknowledges the traditional custodians of this land, the Wurundjeri people, and pay their respects to their elders past and present.
The Wurundjeri people have been the custodians of the land in the Port Phillip Bay region, including the current City of Brimbank, for over 40,000 years before European settlement. Brimbank lies within the area occupied by the Kurung-Jang-Balluk and Marin-Balluk clans of the Wurundjeri people (also known as the Woiwurung language group) who form part of the larger Kulin Nation. Other groups who occupied land in the area include the Yalukit-Willam and Marpeang-Bulluk clans.
Brimbank was founded on 15 December 1994 during the amalgamations of local councils by the Kennett Liberal government, being formed out of the former cities of Keilor and Sunshine. It was named after Brimbank Park in Keilor, which itself was named for the practice of local farmers driving livestock "around the brim of the bank" of the Maribyrnong River.[2]
The Local Government Act to dismiss Council was passed by the Victorian Parliament on 12 November 2009.
Minister for Local Government Richard Wynne appointed Mr Peter Lewinsky, Ms Joanne Anderson AM and Ms Meredith Sussex as the Administrators for Council over the next three years. [3]
Wards:
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