Shire of Buloke

Shire of Buloke
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population 5,952 (2015 est)[1]
 • Density 0.74363/km2 (1.92599/sq mi)
Established 1995
Gazetted 20 January 1995[2]
Area 8,004 km2 (3,090.4 sq mi)
Mayor Cr Reid Mather
Council seat Wycheproof
Region Northern Victoria
State electorate(s) Mildura
Federal Division(s) Mallee
Website Shire of Buloke
LGAs around Shire of Buloke:
Mildura Swan Hill Gannawarra
Yarriambiack Shire of Buloke Loddon
Yarriambiack Northern Grampians Loddon

The Shire of Buloke is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 8,004 square kilometres (3,090 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 6,384.[3] It includes the towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Sea Lake and Wycheproof. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Wycheproof, Shire of Birchip, Shire of Charlton, Shire of Donald, and parts of the Shire of Kara Kara.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Buloke Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wycheproof, it also has service centres located in Birchip, Charlton, Donald and Sea Lake. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Buloke, which is located in the south of the LGA; the name also comes from the "buloke" or "bulloak" tree Allocasuarina luehmannii, which is common in the region.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Mount Jeffcott Ward and two councillors per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[4]

WardCouncillorNotes
Lower Avoca   Stuart McLean
  David Pollard
Mallee   Reid Mather Mayor (2013–14)
  Ellen White
Mount Jeffcott   Graeme Milne
  Gail Sharp
  Leo Tellefson

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Wycheproof Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Wycheproof.

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References

  1. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014. |article= ignored (help)
  3. Census QuickStats (2011). "Buloke (S) – LGA21270". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. Local Government in Victoria. "Buloke Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

Coordinates: 36°00′00″S 142°59′16″E / 36.00000°S 142.98778°E / -36.00000; 142.98778


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