The Shire of Wellington is a

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, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 44,019. It includes the towns of

Heyfield Heyfield is a town in Victoria, Australia, with a population of 1,993. It is east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington local government area. Located on the Thomson River, Heyfield is a gateway to the Victorian High Country. History In 1 ...

, Rosedale,

Maffra Maffra is a town in Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne. It is in the Shire of Wellington local government area and it is the second most populous city of the Shire. It relies mainly on dairy farming and other agriculture, and is the sit ...

, Sale, Stratford,

Coongulla Coongulla is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Ryans Road, on the shores of Lake Glenmaggie in the Shire of Wellington. The postcode for Coongulla and the surrounding towns is 3860. At the 2006 census, Coongulla and the surrounding are ...

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, Tinamba and

Yarram The township of Yarram (formerly Yarram Yarram) is in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Wellington, located in the southeast of Gippsland. At the , the population of the town was . The town is the regional centre of a prosperous farming distri ...

. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the

Shire of Alberton The Shire of Alberton was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1855 until 1994. History Alberton was first incorporated as a road ...

Shire of Avon The Shire of Avon was a local government area about north of Sale, the major regional centre in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1864 until 1994. History Avon was first incorporated a ...

, Shire of Maffra,

City of Sale The City of Sale was a local government area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994. History Sale was first incorporated as a borough on 10 Aug ...

and parts of the

Shire of Rosedale The Shire of Rosedale was a local government area stretching between the towns of Traralgon and Sale, in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1869 until 1994. History Rosedale was inco ...

. The Shire is governed and administered by the Wellington Shire Council; its

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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 The Gippsland Lakes are a network of coastal lakes, marshes and lagoons in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering an overall area of about between the rural towns of Lakes Entrance, Bairnsdale and Sale. The largest of the lakes are ...

, which is located in the south-east of the LGA.

Council

Current composition

The Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.

Administration and governance

Wellington Shire Council Sale service centre - April 2021

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 The Gippsland Art Gallery, formerly Sale Regional Art Centre, is a Victorian Regional Public Gallery based in Sale, east of Melbourne. The gallery is operated by the Shire of Wellington, and has a focus on the natural environment and artists ...

, Visitor Information Centre and Sale Library. The council headquarters are located over the road at 18 Desailly Street which is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its service centres in Maffra, Stratford, Rosedale and Yarram.

Main towns in shire

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 44,019.

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