The Golden Plains Shire is a
local government area
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in
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018, had a population of 23,120.
[ It includes the towns of ]Bannockburn
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, Dereel, Gheringhap
Gheringhap is a rural township near Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located approximately 83 km southwest of Melbourne, between Geelong and Meredith on the Midland Highway. Gheringhap is located in the Golden Plains Shire.
The town is loc ...
, Lethbridge
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, Linton Linton may refer to:
Places
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* Linton, Victoria
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* Linton, Ontario
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* Linton, Cambridgeshire
* Linton, Derbyshire
* Linton (near Bromyard), Herefordshire
* Linton (near Ross-on-Wye), Her ...
, Berringa, Teesdale
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, Rokewood and Meredith.
The Shire was formed on 6 May 1994 by the amalgamation of the Shire of Bannockburn
The Shire of Bannockburn was a local government area about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.
History
Bannockburn was first incorporated as ...
(the part remaining after part of it was amalgamated with several other councils to form the new City of Greater Geelong
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in May 1993), Shire of Leigh
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History
Leigh Shire was first incorporated as the Shelford Ro ...
, part of the Shire of Grenville
The Shire of Grenville was a local government area southwest of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994.
History
Grenville was first incorporated as a road district o ...
and part of the Shire of Buninyong
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History
Buninyong was first incorporated as a road ...
. Upon its creation, it was known as the Southern Rural Shire, intended to exist temporarily until the Local Government Board drew up final council boundaries for the Ballarat region. However, a few months later it was decided to make the municipality permanent, and it was renamed to its current name on 1 October 1994.seat of local government
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and administrative centre is located at the Golden Plains Civic Centre in Bannockburn, and it also has a service centre located in Smythesdale.
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 2022 election, are:
Administration and governance
The council meets on alternate months in the council chamber at the Golden Plains Civic Centre in Bannockburn, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities, and at the Linton Shire Hall. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bannockburn, and its service centre in Smythesdale.
Climate
Population
The shire in the 2021 census had a total population of 21,688.
References
External links
Golden Plains Shire Council official websiteMetlink local public transport mapLink to Land Victoria interactive maps
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Local government areas of Victoria (Australia)
Grampians (region)