The Shire of Moyne is a
local government area
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in the
Barwon South West
The Barwon South West is an economic rural region located in the southwestern part of Victoria, Australia. The Barwon South West region stretches from the tip of the Queenscliff Heads to the border of South Australia. It is home to Victoria†...
region of
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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,
Australia
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, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 16,887.
[ It includes the towns of ]Port Fairy
Port Fairy (historically known as Belfast) is a coastal town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne, west of Warrnambool and west of Melbourne, at the point where the Moyne River enters the S ...
, Koroit
Koroit is a small rural town in western Victoria, Australia a few kilometres north of the Princes Highway, north-west of Warrnambool and west of Melbourne. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area located amidst rolling green past ...
, Mortlake
Mortlake is a suburban district of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes. Historically it was part of Surrey and until 1965 was in the Municipal Borough of Barnes. For many centu ...
, Macarthur, Peterborough
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, Caramut
Caramut is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia on the Hamilton Highway. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area and the federal Division of Wannon.
The name "Caramut" is believed to be derived from the Aborigi ...
, Ellerslie, Framlingham
Framlingham is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Suffolk, England. Of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon origin, it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book. The parish had a population of 3,342 at the 2011 Census and an estimated 4, ...
, Garvoc, Hawkesdale, Kirkstall
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, Panmure, Mailors Flat, Purnim, Wangoom and Woolsthorpe. It also entirely surrounds the City of Warrnambool
The City of Warrnambool 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 and in June 2018 had a population of 34,862. It is entirely surroun ...
, a separate local government area. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Belfast, Shire of Minhamite, Borough of Port Fairy
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, and parts of the Shire of Mortlake
The Shire of Mortlake was a local government area about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994.
History
Mortlake was incorporated as a road district on 20 ...
, Shire of Warrnambool
The Shire of Warrnambool was a local government area located about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1854 until 1994.
Warrnambool itself was managed by a se ...
, Shire of Dundas
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, Shire of Mount Rouse
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History
Mount Rouse was incorporated as a road district ...
and Shire of Hampden
The Shire of Hampden 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 1857 until 1994.
History
Hampden was first incorporated as the Ha ...
.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Moyne Shire Council; its seat of local government
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In most countries, the nation’s capital is also seat of its government, thus that ...
and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Port Fairy, it also has a customer service center in Mortlake, a works depot in Koroit, Mortlake and Macarthur. The Shire is named after the Moyne River
The Moyne River, a perennial river of the Glenelg River (Victoria), Glenelg Hopkins River, Hopkins catchment, is located in the Western District (Victoria), Western District of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia.
Course and features
The ...
, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.
The industry base for the area includes: Dairy
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, beef
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In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantity ...
cattle, sheep
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, vegetable
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production, manufacturing, quarrying
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, food products, pharmaceuticals
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, seafood
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), tourism
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.
Traditional ownership
The formally recognised traditional owners
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for the area in which the Shire of Moyne sits are the Eastern Maar
The Eastern Maar people are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples whose traditional lands are in the south-western part of state of Victoria, Australia. It is a name adopted by a number of Aboriginal Victorian groups who identify as Maar, incl ...
peoples and Gunditjmara
The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal Australian people of southwestern Victoria. They are the traditional owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. Their ...
people, who are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation
The Eastern Maar people are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples whose traditional lands are in the south-western part of state of Victoria, Australia. It is a name adopted by a number of Aboriginal Victorian groups who identify as Maar, incl ...
(EMAC) and the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal Australian people of southwestern Victoria. They are the traditional owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. Their ...
(GMTOAC).
Council
Current composition
The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.
Administration and governance
The council meets in the council chambers at the Mortlake Municipal Office. Administrative activities are conducted at both the Port Fairy and Mortlake offices, which also provide customer services centers.
Main towns in shire
In 2021 census the shire had a population of 17,374.[
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See also
* List of localities in Victoria
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References
External links
Moyne Shire Council official website
Metlink local public transport map
Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
Local government areas of Victoria (Australia)
Barwon South West
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