Golden Plains Shire

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Golden Plains Shire
Victoria

Typical scenery of the Golden Plains Shire.

Population

18,770 (2011)^[1]

• Density

6.9416/km² (17.979/sq mi)

Established

1994

Gazetted

6 May 1994^[2]

Area

2,704 km² (1,044.0 sq mi)

Mayor

Cr Jenny Blake

Council seat

Western Victoria

Website

www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au

LGAs around Golden Plains Shire:
Pyrenees	Ballarat	Moorabool
Corangamite	Golden Plains Shire	Greater Geelong
Corangamite	Colac Otway	Surf Coast

The Golden Plains Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,704 square kilometres (1,044 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 18,770.^[1] It includes the towns of Bannockburn, Gheringhap, Lethbridge, Linton, Berringa, Teesdale, Rokewood and Meredith. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bannockburn, Shire of Leigh, Shire of Grenville and part of the Shire of Buninyong. When formed the municipality was originally called the Southern Rural Shire, but a few months later, was renamed to its current name.^[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Golden Plains Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Bannockburn, it also has a service centre located in Linton.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.^[3]

Ward		Notes
Unsubdivided	Jenny Blake	Mayor (2013–14)
	Andrew Cameron
	Nathan Hansford
	Helena Kirby
	Bill McArthur
	Des Phelan
	Greg Vaughan

Administration and governance

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

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Census QuickStats (2011). "Golden Plains (S) – LGA22490". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). Order estg (Part 3) the Southern Rural Shire. "S23 of 1994". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 6 May 1994). p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Golden Plains Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

v t e Towns in Golden Plains Shire

Bannockburn Berringa Cape Clear Corindhap Dereel Durdidwarrah Enfield Gheringhap Haddon Happy Valley Inverleigh Lethbridge Linton Maude Meredith Napoleons Newtown Rokewood Ross Creek Scarsdale Shelford She Oaks Smythesdale Springdallah Steiglitz Sutherlands Creek Teesdale

Local government areas of Victoria

Greater Melbourne

Inner Melbourne	Melbourne Port Phillip Stonnington Yarra

Metropolitan	Banyule Bayside Boroondara Darebin Glen Eira Hobsons Bay Kingston Manningham Maribyrnong Maroondah Monash Moonee Valley Moreland Whitehorse

Outer Metropolitan	Brimbank Cardinia Casey Frankston Greater Dandenong Hume Knox Melton Mornington Peninsula Nillumbik Whittlesea Wyndham Yarra Ranges

Southwest

Central Highlands and Goldfields

Northeast

Coordinates: 38°01′00″S 143°58′00″E / 38.01667°S 143.96667°E / -38.01667; 143.96667

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