Shire of Central Goldfields

Shire of Central Goldfields Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	12,575 (2015 est)
• Density	8.1975/km2 (21.231/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	19 January 1995
Area	1,534 km2 (592.3 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Barry Rinaldi
Council seat	Maryborough
Region	Northern Victoria
State electorate(s)	Ripon
Federal Division(s)	Wannon
Website	Shire of Central Goldfields
LGAs around Shire of Central Goldfields: Northern Grampians Loddon Loddon Pyrenees Shire of Central Goldfields Mount Alexander Pyrenees Hepburn Macedon Ranges

Central Goldfields Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,534 square kilometres (592 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 12,496. 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.

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.

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.

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.

List of localities (Victoria)

Coordinates: 37°03′00″S 143°44′00″E / 37.05000°S 143.73333°E / -37.05000; 143.73333