Shire of Southern Grampians

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Shire of Southern Grampians
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Location in Victoria
Official logo of Shire of Southern Grampians
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionBarwon South West
Established1994
Council seatHamilton
Government
 • MayorCr David Robertson
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
[1]
 • Total
6,654 km2 (2,569 sq mi)
Population
 • Total16,135 (2018)[1]
 • Density2.42486/km2 (6.2804/sq mi)
Gazetted23 September 1994[2]
WebsiteShire of Southern Grampians
LGAs around Shire of Southern Grampians
West Wimmera Horsham Northern Grampians
Glenelg Shire of Southern Grampians Ararat
Glenelg Moyne Moyne

The Shire of Southern Grampians is a local government area (LGA) in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,654 square kilometres (2,569 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 16,135.[1] It includes the city of Hamilton and the towns of Coleraine, Dunkeld and Penshurst.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Southern Grampians Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Hamilton, it also has service centres located in a couple of other locations within Hamilton. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, The Grampians, and that the southern part of this feature occupies the northern part of the LGA.

History

The traditional owners of this shire are the Gunditjmara, Tjap Wurrung and Bunganditj people.[3]

The Shire of Southern Grampians was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Hamilton, Shire of Wannon, the vast bulk of the Shire of Mount Rouse and Shire of Dundas, and small parts of the Shire of Kowree and Shire of Heywood.[2][4]

The creation of the Shire was strongly supported by the councils of the City of Hamilton and the Shires of Wannon, Dundas and Mount Rouse. The four municipalities were eager to amalgamate, as they were already collaborating in a range of areas including library services, health, water, waste disposal and weights and measures.[5] At public meetings held in the respective towns, Branxholme residents voted to join Southern Grampians, while Caramut and Macarthur residents chose to join the Shire of Moyne.[6]

The Shire of Wannon suggested the name "Southern Grampians Council" for the combined entity.[5] The Local Government Board initially planned to call the amalgamated municipality the "Shire of Napier" (after Mount Napier), but the four councils expressed their preference for "Southern Grampians", a suggestion the Board ultimately adopted.[6]

In January 1996, about 180 km2 of farmland west and south-west of Wickliffe was transferred from Southern Grampians to the Rural City of Ararat and the Shire of Moyne after a further Local Government Board review.[7]

Southern Grampians Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.
🞲 Area transferred out of Southern Grampians Shire in 1996

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[8] Council Composition as of September 2022:

WardCouncillor TermNotes
Unsubdivided  David Robertson 2020–PresentMayor
 Bruach Colliton 2008–2016, 2020–Present
 Helen Henry 2020–Present
 Mary-Ann Brown 2016–Present(Mayor 2016–2019)
 Albert Cavano 2008–Present(Mayor 2012-2014)
 Greg McAdam 2016–Present
 Katrina Rainsford 2004–Present

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Hamilton Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre on Brown Street in Hamilton, and its service centres on Market Pl and Roberts St in Hamilton.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census recorded the shire population at 16,588, compared to 15,944 in the 2016 census.[9]

Population
Locality20162021
Balmoral294281
Bellfield1,7931,996
Bochara8184
Branxholme^351304
Brit Brit3942
Buckley Swamp2521
Bulart93104
Byaduk^123129
Byaduk North119134
Caramut^246256
Carapook^7067
Cavendish334366
Cherrypool^33
Clover Flat^1715
Coleraine1,0291,062
Coojar3838
Population
Locality20162021
Croxton East7070
Culla3531
Dunkeld^678688
Englefield2323
Gatum2935
Gazette^4342
Glenisla^1623
Glenthompson^232256
Grampians00
Gringegalgona2144
Gritjurk5561
Hamilton9,97410,346
Harrow^200184
Hensley Park5975
Hilgay1929
Karabeal3029
Population
Locality20162021
Konongwootong5060
Melville Forest4263
Mirranatwa2631
Mooralla8379
Morgiana3129
Mount Napier1716
Moutajup83108
Muntham^3129
Nareeb^3648
Nareen^9379
Penshurst^622677
Pigeon Ponds2929
Purdeet^1421
Rocklands1425
Strathkellar9384
Population
Locality20162021
Tabor3938
Tahara^3630
Tarrayoukyan^2125
Tarrenlea3725
Tarrington301328
Vasey4945
Victoria Point1716
Victoria Valley7965
Wando Vale^10496
Wannon108124
Warrayure2450
Woodhouse3934
Wootong Vale4632
Yatchaw2635
Yulecart127128

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S63 of 1994: Order estg (Part 5) the Shire of Southern Grampians". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 23 September 1994). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE COUNCIL" (PDF).
  4. ↑ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order altg (Part 13) the Shire of Southern Grampians". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 South West review: interim report. Melbourne: Local Government Board. 1994. p. 34.
  6. 1 2 South West review: final report. Melbourne: Local Government Board. 1994.
  7. ↑ "Order altering the municipal districts of the Ararat Rural City Council and the Moyne and Southern Grampians Shire Councils" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 25 January 1996. p. 1996:202.
  8. ↑ "Southern Grampians Shire Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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