Population 5,952 (2015 est) Region Northern Victoria Website Shire of Buloke Area 8,004 km² Mayor Cr Reid Mather Gazetted 20 January 1995 | Established 1995 State electorate(s) Mildura Shire of Buloke Loddon Founded 1995 Council seat Wycheproof Federal division Division of Mallee | |
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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. 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.
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Map of Buloke, VIC, Australia
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.
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.
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.