Shire of Glenelg

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Shire of Glenelg
Victoria
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Municipal offices in Portland
Australia Victoria Glenelg Shire.svg
Location in Victoria
Population19,665 (2018) [1]
 • Density3.1621/km2 (8.1898/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted 23 September 1994 [2]
Area6,219 km2 (2,401.2 sq mi) [1]
MayorCr Anita Rank
Council seat Portland
Region Barwon South West
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s) Wannon
Glenelg Shire Logo.png
Website Shire of Glenelg
LGAs around Shire of Glenelg:
Wattle Range (SA) West Wimmera Southern Grampians
Grant (SA)Shire of Glenelg Moyne
Grant (SA) Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

The Shire of Glenelg is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,219 square kilometres (2,401 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665. [1] It includes the towns of Casterton, Heywood, Merino and Portland. Although a shire of the same name existed before the amalgamations of the mid-1990s, the current Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former Shire of Glenelg with the Shire of Heywood and City of Portland. [2] [3]

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The Shire is governed and administered by the Glenelg Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Portland, it also has service centres located in Casterton and Heywood. The Shire is named after the Glenelg River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the Shire.

At the 2001 Census, the population of the Shire was distributed in the following way: Portland: 49.7%, Casterton: 8.7%, Heywood: 6.3%, Dartmoor: 1.3%, Merino: 1.1%, Narrawong: 0.9% and Rural Balance: 32%.

Service industries, timber production, grazing and manufacturing are the Shire's main economic activities. [4]

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Glenelg Shire sits are the Gunditjmara People [5] who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. [6]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are: [7]

WardPartyCouncilorNotes
Unsubdivided IndependentGilbert Wilson
 IndependentAnita Rank
 IndependentKaren Stephens
 IndependentMartin Scott
 IndependentMichael Carr
 IndependentChrissy Hawker
 IndependentJayden Smith

Administration and governance

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

Towns within the shire

In 2021 census the shire had a population of 20,152. [1]


Population
Locality20162021
Allestree 128168
Bolwarra 601647
Cape Bridgewater 150151
Cashmore 228197
Casterton 1,6681,673
Condah 121104
Dartmoor 322299
Digby 124122
Drumborg 152160
Gorae 188236
Population
Locality20162021
Gorae West 227237
Heathmere 237238
Henty 6075
Heywood 1,7261,815
Hotspur 4534
Merino 253249
Narrawong 387462
Nelson 190191
Paschendale 3033
Portland 9,71210,016
Population
Locality20162021
Portland North 625708
Portland West 569619
Sandford 144130
Strathdownie 183176
Tahara 3630
Tyrendarra 212198
Wallacedale 11394
Wando Vale 10496
Winnap 2014

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casterton, Victoria</span> Town in Victoria, Australia

Casterton is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Glenelg Highway, 42 kilometres east of the South Australian border, in the Shire of Glenelg. The Glenelg River passes through the town. Casterton is named after the village of Casterton in south-east Cumbria in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dartmoor, Victoria</span> Town in Victoria, Australia

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Part 6—Shire of Glenelg". Victoria Government Gazette (1837-1997) (S63 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria. 1994: 5. 23 September 1994. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Part 7—Glenelg Shire". Victoria Government Gazette (1837–1997) (S4 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria. 1994: 4. 20 January 1995. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Glenelg Shire". Know Your Council. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Map of formally recognised traditional owners". Aboriginal Victoria. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal". Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Glenelg Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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