Shire of Wellington

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Shire of Wellington
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Location in Victoria
Official logo of Shire of Wellington
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionGippsland
Established1994
Council seatSale
Government
 • MayorCr Scott Rossetti
 • State electorates
 • Federal division
Area
[1]
 • Total
10,817 km2 (4,176 sq mi)
Population
 • Total44,019 (2018)[1]
 • Density4.06943/km2 (10.5398/sq mi)
Gazetted2 December 1994[2]
WebsiteShire of Wellington
LGAs around Shire of Wellington
Mansfield
Wangaratta		 Alpine East Gippsland
Baw Baw
Latrobe		 Shire of Wellington East Gippsland
South Gippsland Bass Strait Bass Strait
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The Shire of Wellington is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 10,817 square kilometres (4,176 mi2) and in June 2018 had a population of 44,019. It includes the major towns of Heyfield, Rosedale, Maffra, Sale, Stratford and Yarram.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Wellington Shire Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Sale; it also has service centres located in Maffra, Stratford and Rosedale. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Wellington, which is located in the south-east of the LGA.

History

The Shire of Wellington was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Alberton, Shire of Avon, Shire of Maffra and City of Sale, as well as the vast bulk of the Shire of Rosedale (the Glengarry and Toongabbie districts in Rosedale's west were annexed to the Shire of La Trobe, while the Boole Poole area at the shire's eastern tip was amalgamated into the East Gippsland Shire).[2]

Wellington Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

Current composition

Wellington Shire Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[3][4]

WardCouncillorPartyNotes
Northern  Edward LoweIndependent
 Carmel RipperIndependent
 John TattersonIndependentFormer Deputy Mayor (2023)
Central  Liz FoatIndependent
 Geoff WellsIndependent
 Scott RossettiIndependentCurrent and former Mayor (2010, 2013 and 2014); former Deputy Mayor (2009 and 2021)[5]
Coastal  Cindy MadeleyIndependentCurrent Deputy Mayor[5]
 Catherine BannermanIndependent
 Garry StephensIndependentFormer Mayor (2021)[6]

Administration and governance

Wellington Shire service centre in Sale, Victoria

The Council meets in the Council Chambers of the Wellington Centre in the Port of Sale precinct at 70 Foster Street, which also houses the Gippsland Art Gallery, Visitor Information Centre and Sale Library.[7] The council headquarters are located over the road at 18 Desailly Street which is the location of the council's administrative activities.[8] It also provides customer services at its service centres in Maffra, Stratford, Rosedale and Yarram.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 45,639, up from 42,983 in the 2016 census.[9]

Population
Locality20162021
Airly146160
Alberton262297
Alberton West8176
Arbuckle00
Balook^49
Billabong00
Binginwarri^130134
Blackwarry2538
Boisdale275307
Briagolong1,0811,133
Budgee Budgee00
Bundalaguah188229
Buragwonduc00
Bushy Park5049
Callignee North5042
Callignee South1210
Calrossie2630
Carrajung102100
Carrajung Lower112129
Carrajung South4442
Clydebank107133
Cobains232245
Coongulla183229
Cowa00
Cowwarr^368389
Crookayan00
Crooked River45
Dargo^99105
Darriman1212
Dawson3740
Denison469453
Devon North344352
Dutson2732
Dutson Downs60
Population
Locality20162021
East Sale93210
Fernbank^152194
Flamingo Beach00
Flynn^180188
Flynns Creek^912
Fulham951994
Gelliondale3143
Giffard5273
Giffard West7172
Gillum00
Glenfalloch00
Glengarry^1,0841,113
Glenmaggie277279
Glomar Beach1021
Golden Beach293356
Gormandale321324
Grand Ridge^1210
Hawkhurst36
Hedley^125108
Heyfield1,9932,050
Hiamdale2636
Hiawatha1718
Hollands Landing1528
Howitt Plains00
Hunterston2620
Jack River134161
Kilmany171165
Koorool00
Lake Wellington00
Langsborough118100
Licola117
Licola North39
Llowalong4242
Population
Locality20162021
Loch Sport8141,021
Longford1,4971,489
Macks Creek2935
Madalya2021
Maffra5,2805,384
Maffra West Upper8273
Manns Beach2429
McLoughlins Beach104121
Meerlieu7690
Miowera00
Monomak00
Montgomery6565
Moornapa75
Moroka00
Munro143167
Myrtlebank127126
Nambrok299280
Nap Nap Marra00
Newry427451
Ocean Grange^05
Paradise Beach160172
Pearsondale135125
Perry Bridge7572
Port Albert293403
Reynard^00
Riverslea149165
Robertsons Beach5549
Rosedale1,6541,729
Sale13,67314,296
Sargood00
Seacombe2015
Seaspray322373
Seaton157161
Population
Locality20162021
Snake Island00
Staceys Bridge3444
Stockdale5541
Stradbroke172187
Stratford2,6172,980
Tamboritha00
Tarra Valley7785
Tarraville8069
The Heart2930
The Honeysuckles82131
Tinamba277358
Tinamba West4963
Toolome00
Toongabbie^9891,085
Valencia Creek152187
Walhalla^2035
Walhalla East00
Willung6977
Willung South138146
Winnindoo75127
Won Wron222196
Wongungarra^00
Wonyip3239
Woodside364374
Woodside Beach95114
Woodside North*#
Woolenook40
Worrowing00
Wrathung00
Wrixon00
Wurruk1,1121,177
Yangoura00
Yarram2,1352,136

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S94 of 1994: Order estg (Part 7) the Shire of Wellington". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 2 December 1994). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Wellington Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Councillors".
  5. 1 2 "Meet your new Mayor and Deputy Mayor 👏". Facebook - Wellington Shire Council page. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Media Release: New Council sworn in and Garry Stephens elected Mayor".
  7. ↑ "Wellington Shire Council 'The Port' Project Update". www.wellington.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Wellington Shire Council Contact Us". www.wellington.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.


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