Golden Plains Shire

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 2,703 square kilometres (1,044 sq mi) and in June 2018, had a population of 23,120.[1] It includes the towns of Bannockburn, Dereel, Gheringhap, Lethbridge, Linton, Berringa, Teesdale, Rokewood and Meredith.

Golden Plains Shire
Victoria
Typical scenery of the Golden Plains Shire.
Population23,120 (2018)[1]
 • Density8.553/km2 (22.153/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted6 May 1994[2]
Area2,703 km2 (1,043.6 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Owen Sharkey
Council seatBannockburn
RegionWestern Victoria
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
WebsiteGolden Plains Shire
LGAs around Golden Plains Shire:
Pyrenees Ballarat Moorabool
Corangamite Golden Plains Shire Greater Geelong
Corangamite Colac Otway Surf Coast

The Shire 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. 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.[3] 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.[2][4]

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, and 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. The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:[5]

WardParty CouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided   IndependentBrett Cunningham
  IndependentOwen Sharkey
  IndependentIan Getsom
  IndependentHelena Kirby
  GreensGavin Gamble
  IndependentClayton Whitfield
  IndependentLes Rowe

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.

Main towns in shire

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 23,210.[1]


Population
Locality Total
Bamganie37
Bannockburn5,283
Barunah Park27
Batesford952
Berringa167
Cambrian Hill251
Cape Clear125
Corindhap132
Dereel533
Durdidwarrah9
Enfield538
Garibaldi123
Population
Locality Total
Gheringhap155
Grenville99
Haddon1,194
Happy Valley85
Hesse19
Illabarook32
Inverleigh1,474
Lethbridge1,014
Linton580
Mannibadar80
Maude223
Meredith788
Population
Locality Total
Mount Mercer69
Murgheboluc131
Napoleons533
Newtown122
Nintingbool173
Piggoreet37
Pitfield48
Rokewood217
Rokewood Junction32
Ross Creek1,153
Russells Bridge67
Scarsdale744
Population
Locality Total
Shelford253
She Oaks107
Smythesdale1,032
Springdallah26
Staffordshire Reef45
Steiglitz53
Stonehaven81
Sutherlands Creek108
Teesdale1,721
Wallinduc37
Werneth60
Willowvale7

References
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Golden Plains Shire 20th Annual Report" (PDF). Golden Plains Shire. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. "Golden Plains Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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