Moorabool Shire
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Shire of Moorabool Victoria |
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Location in Victoria
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| Population | 32,311 (2016 est) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 15.31/km2 (39.66/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 6 May 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,110 km2 (814.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr David Edwards | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Bacchus Marsh | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Western Victoria | ||||||||||||||
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| Federal Division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Moorabool | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,110 square kilometres (810 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 28,124. It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and City of Werribee.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Moorabool Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballan, it also has service centres located in Bacchus Marsh and Darley. The Shire is named after the Moorabool River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.
The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Moorabool Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.
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