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Shire of Central Goldfields Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	13,483 (2021)
• Density	8.795/km (22.779/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	19 January 1995
Area	1,533 km (591.9 sq mi)
Mayor	Vacant
Council seat	Maryborough
Region	Loddon Mallee
State electorate(s)	Ripon
Federal division(s)	Mallee
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

Shire of Central Goldfields is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,533 square kilometres (592 sq mi) and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,483.

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.

Council

Current composition

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.

In 2017, the Victorian Government removed the elected councillors because of financial mismanagement, and Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins appointed three administrators to oversee the city until the 2020 local government elections: Noel Harvey OAM, Hugh Delahunty, and Karen Douglas.

Councillors elected at the 2020 election are:

Administration and governance

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.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,483, up from 12,995 in the 2016 census.

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Central Goldfields (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
2. ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Central Goldfields". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
4. Local Government in Victoria. "Central Goldfields Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
5. "Central Goldfields Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
6. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links

• Central Goldfields Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

v t e Localities in the Shire of Central Goldfields
City	Maryborough
Town	Bealiba^ Carisbrook^ Dunolly^ Talbot
Locality	Adelaide Lead Alma Amherst Archdale^ Archdale Junction^ Bet Bet Betley Bowenvale Bromley Caralulup Cotswold Craigie Daisy Hill Dunach Dunluce Eddington^ Emu^ Flagstaff Golden Point Goldsborough^ Havelock Inkerman^ Joyces Creek^ Majorca Moliagul^ Moolort^ Moonlight Flat Mount Glasgow Mount Hooghly Natte Yallock^ Rathscar^ Red Lion Simson Strathlea^ Timor Timor West Wareek^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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