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The Golden Plains Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central-western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,703 square kilometres (1,044 sq mi) and in June 2018, had a population of 23,120. It includes the towns of Bannockburn, Dereel, Gheringhap, Lethbridge, Linton, Berringa, Teesdale, Rokewood and Meredith.

The Shire was formed on 6 May 1994 by the amalgamation of the Shire of Bannockburn (the part remaining after part of it was amalgamated with several other councils to form the new City of Greater Geelong in May 1993), Shire of Leigh, part of the Shire of Grenville and part of the Shire of Buninyong. Upon its creation, it was known as the Southern Rural Shire, intended to exist temporarily until the Local Government Board drew up final council boundaries for the Ballarat region. However, a few months later it was decided to make the municipality permanent, and it was renamed to its current name on 1 October 1994.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Golden Plains Shire Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Golden Plains Civic Centre in Bannockburn, and it also has a service centre located in Smythesdale.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors, in order of election at the 2022 election, are:

Ward		Councillor
Unsubdivided	Independent	Brett Cunningham
	Independent	Owen Sharkey
	Independent	Ian Getsom
	Independent	Helena Kirby
	Greens	Gavin Gamble
	Independent	Clayton Whitfield
	Independent	Les Rowe

Administration and governance

The council meets on alternate months in the council chamber at the Golden Plains Civic Centre in Bannockburn, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities, and at the Linton Shire Hall. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bannockburn, and its service centre in Smythesdale.

Climate

Climate data for She Oaks (She Oaks 1991–2020, records 1990–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	43.7 (110.7)	45.2 (113.4)	39.3 (102.7)	33.4 (92.1)	26.6 (79.9)	23.6 (74.5)	20.8 (69.4)	23.2 (73.8)	28.4 (83.1)	35.2 (95.4)	39.1 (102.4)	42.0 (107.6)	45.2 (113.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26.1 (79.0)	25.5 (77.9)	23.1 (73.6)	19.3 (66.7)	15.6 (60.1)	12.9 (55.2)	12.3 (54.1)	13.3 (55.9)	15.5 (59.9)	18.4 (65.1)	21.2 (70.2)	23.8 (74.8)	18.9 (66.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	19.3 (66.7)	19.2 (66.6)	17.2 (63.0)	14.1 (57.4)	11.5 (52.7)	9.2 (48.6)	8.7 (47.7)	9.3 (48.7)	10.9 (51.6)	12.9 (55.2)	15.2 (59.4)	17.2 (63.0)	13.7 (56.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	12.4 (54.3)	12.8 (55.0)	11.2 (52.2)	8.8 (47.8)	7.3 (45.1)	5.5 (41.9)	5.1 (41.2)	5.3 (41.5)	6.2 (43.2)	7.3 (45.1)	9.1 (48.4)	10.5 (50.9)	8.5 (47.3)
Record low °C (°F)	2.0 (35.6)	2.9 (37.2)	−0.9 (30.4)	−2.2 (28.0)	−2.9 (26.8)	−3.5 (25.7)	−4.2 (24.4)	−3.1 (26.4)	−2.5 (27.5)	−1.8 (28.8)	−0.2 (31.6)	−0.6 (30.9)	−4.2 (24.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	34.3 (1.35)	39.9 (1.57)	24.6 (0.97)	38.8 (1.53)	38.3 (1.51)	41.8 (1.65)	40.8 (1.61)	43.8 (1.72)	48.2 (1.90)	51.9 (2.04)	59.5 (2.34)	30.6 (1.20)	493.6 (19.43)
Average rainy days	7.4	7.5	8.3	11.1	14.8	15.7	17.5	17.0	15.7	13.1	10.3	8.5	146.9
Average afternoon relative humidity (%)	47	48	49	54	66	72	70	65	63	58	56	48	58
Source:

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 24,985, up from 21,688 in the 2016 census.

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Anakie^	690	734
Bamganie	37	44
Bannockburn	5,283	6,470
Barunah Park	27	33
Batesford^	952	1,141
Berringa	167	194
Berrybank^	40	37
Cambrian Hill	251	292
Campbelltown^	55	51
Cape Clear	125	148
Corindhap	132	131
Cressy^	175	176
Dereel	533	664
Durdidwarrah	9	12
Durham Lead^	392	408
Enfield	538	574

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Garibaldi	123	131
Gheringhap	155	132
Glengower^	13	15
Grenville^	99	113
Haddon	1,194	1,276
Happy Valley	85	87
Hesse	19	14
Illabarook	32	41
Inverleigh^	1,474	1,746
Lethbridge	1,014	1,181
Linton^	580	635
Mannibadar	80	65
Maude	223	211
Meredith^	788	821
Morrisons^	128	118

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Mount Bute^	58	61
Mount Cameron^	9	15
Mount Mercer	69	94
Murgheboluc	131	132
Napoleons	553	555
Newtown	122	189
Nintingbool	173	168
Piggoreet	37	17
Pitfield	48	14
Pittong^	15	12
Rokewood	217	208
Rokewood Junction	32	34
Ross Creek	1,153	1,221
Russells Bridge	67	70
Scarsdale	744	855

Population
Locality	2016	2021
She Oaks	107	126
Shelford	253	263
Smythes Creek^	1,467	1,762
Smythesdale^	1,032	1,189
Springdallah	26	35
Staffordshire Reef	45	63
Steiglitz	53	61
Stonehaven	81	79
Stony Creek	6	0
Sutherlands Creek	108	129
Teesdale	1,721	2,308
Wallinduc	37	42
Werneth^	60	66
Willowvale	7	10
Wingeel^	23	26

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

^ "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.
^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "Order establishing (Part 3) the Southern Rural Shire". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 6 May 1994). p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
"My Councillors | Golden Plains Shire Council".
"Golden Plains Shire 20th Annual Report" (PDF). Golden Plains Shire. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "Order to provide transitional arrangements for the Golden Plains Shire Council in respect of its proposed budget for the 1995–1996 financial year". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 24 August 1995). p. 1. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
"Contact Us | Golden Plains Shire Council". www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
"Golden Plains Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
"Meetings, minutes and agenda | Golden Plains Shire Council". www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
"Climate statistics for Australian locations". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
"Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links

Golden Plains Shire Council official website
Metlink local public transport map
Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Archived 24 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Localities in the Golden Plains Shire
Town	Anakie^ Bannockburn Batesford^ Cambrian Hill Dereel Durham Lead^ Enfield Haddon Inverleigh^ Lethbridge Linton^ Maude Meredith^ Napoleons Rokewood Ross Creek Scarsdale Shelford Smythes Creek^ Smythesdale^ Teesdale
Locality	Bamganie Barunah Park Berringa Berrybank^ Campbelltown^ Cape Clear Corindhap Cressy^ Durdidwarrah Garibaldi Gheringhap Glengower^ Grenville^ Happy Valley Hesse Illabarook Mannibadar Morrisons^ Mount Bute^ Mount Cameron^ Mount Mercer Murgheboluc Newtown Nintingbool Piggoreet Pitfield Pittong^ Rokewood Junction Russells Bridge She Oaks Springdallah Staffordshire Reef Steiglitz Stonehaven Stony Creek Sutherlands Creek Wallinduc Werneth^ Willowvale Wingeel^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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