Shire of Buloke

Buloke Shire Council
Buloke Shire Council; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	6,201 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	0.77474/km2 (2.00656/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	20 January 1995[2]
Area	8,004 km2 (3,090.4 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr David Pollard
Council seat	Wycheproof
Region	Northern Victoria
State electorate(s)	Mildura
Federal Division(s)	Mallee
Website	Buloke Shire Council
	LGAs around Buloke Shire Council:

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]

Ward		Notes
Lower Avoca	John Shaw
Lower Avoca	David Pollard	(Mayor 2017-18)
Mallee	David Vis
Mallee	Ellen White
Mount Jeffcott	Graeme Milne
	Carolyn Stewart
	Daryl Warren

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.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Buloke (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Buloke". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ Census QuickStats (2011). "Buloke (S) – LGA21270". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Buloke Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

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

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[Census2016-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Buloke (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[Gazette-2] 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Buloke". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[Census2011-3] Census QuickStats (2011). "Buloke (S) – LGA21270". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[Council-4] Local Government in Victoria. "Buloke Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.