Population 31,496 (2015 est) Region Western Victoria Website Shire of Moorabool Founded 1994 Council seat Ballan | Established 1994 Federal Division(s) Ballarat Area 2,110 km² Mayor Cr Allan Comrie Gazetted 6 May 1994 | |
State electorate(s) Buninyong
Macedon
Melton Points of interest Kryal Castle, Werribee Gorge State Park, Long Forest Nature C, Bacchus Hill Winery, Mount Warrenheip Destinations Trentham, Bacchus Marsh, Lerderderg State Park, Brisbane Ranges National, Buninyong | ||
The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,110 square kilometres (810 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 28,124. It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and City of Werribee.
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Map of Moorabool, VIC, Australia
The Shire is governed and administered by the Moorabool Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballan, it also has service centres located in Bacchus Marsh and Darley. The Shire is named after the Moorabool River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.
Current composition
The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Moorabool Ward and one councillor 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 Ballan Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballan, and its service centre in Bacchus Marsh.
Localities
Localities which encompass the Shire of Moorabool include: