Shire of Hepburn

Hepburn Shire Council
Hepburn Shire Council; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	15,330 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	10.43/km2 (27.01/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	19 January 1995[2]
Area	1,470 km2 (567.6 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Sebastian Klein
Council seat	Daylesford
Region	Western Victoria
State electorate(s)	Macedon; Ripon;
Federal Division(s)	Ballarat
Website	Hepburn Shire Council
	LGAs around Hepburn Shire Council:

The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,470 square kilometres (570 sq mi) and, at the 2016 Census had a population of over 15,000.

It includes the towns of Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Trentham and the villages of Glenlyon, Allendale, Kingston, Leonard's Hill, Lyonville, Newlyn, Denver and Smeaton.

It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Creswick, Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon and parts of the Shire of Kyneton and Shire of Talbot and Clunes.^[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Hepburn Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Daylesford, it also has a service centre located in Creswick. The Shire is named after an early squatter named John Hepburn, who established the Smeaton Hill pastoral run, which was located a few kilometres north of present-day Creswick.^[3]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and seven councillors, with two councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Creswick and Birch wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.^[4]

Ward		Notes
Birch	Fiona Robson
Birch	Kate Redwood AM
Cameron	Neil Newitt
Coliban	Sebastian Klein	Mayor
Creswick	Don Henderson
Creswick	Greg May
Holcombe	John Cottrell	Deputy Mayor

Administration and governance

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

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hepburn (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 6) the Shire of Hepburn". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ Hepburn Shire Council. "Hepburn Shire – A Brief Profile". Hepburn Shire Council. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Hepburn Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 37°18′50″S 144°08′16″E / 37.31389°S 144.13778°E / -37.31389; 144.13778

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[Census2016-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hepburn (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

[Gazette-2] 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 6) the Shire of Hepburn". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[3] Hepburn Shire Council. "Hepburn Shire – A Brief Profile". Hepburn Shire Council. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

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