The Shire of Cardinia is a

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in Victoria, Australia, in the south-east of

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between

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and the Yarra Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It has an area of 1,283 square kilometres, and had a population of 107,120 in June 2018. Cardinia Shire Council Offices are located in

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. Prior to 17 November 2014, they were located in Pakenham.

History

The areas within the present-day boundaries of Cardinia Shire were originally parts of the Cranbourne and Berwick districts, which were incorporated in 1860 and 1862 respectively. The Shire of Fern Tree Gully, later

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, split away in 1889 and included areas to the east of Melbourne. In 1973, the

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, including Berwick and areas closer to

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, split away from the Shire of Berwick, with the remainder being renamed

Shire of Pakenham The Shire of Pakenham was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994. History The Berwick Road District was incorporated o ...

. Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. The Shire came into being on 15 December 1994 as the result of statewide local government reform, by merging the

with rural sections of the

and

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. The Shire of Cardinia contains the only area of Melbourne to use telephone numbers beginning with the exchange prefix 5 - this is a leftover from when it used the area code 059-xx xxxx.

Council

Administration The Council Offices were originally located in Henty Way, Pakenham. On 17 November 2014, the Council moved to a new office on Siding Avenue, Officer, which it uses presently. The Council holds its meetings and all of the administration staff work there. Libraries Cardinia Shire is part of the Casey Cardinia Library Corporation and there are two full-time libraries in Cardinia, in Emerald and Pakenham. In addition, the Mobile Library visits the suburbs of Bunyip, Garfield, Tynong, Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield, Gembrook, Maryknoll, Cockatoo, Lang Lang and Koo Wee Rup. Wards The Shire of Cardinia is divided into nine wards: Beacon Hills, Bunyip, Central, Henty, Officer, Pakenham Hills, Ranges, Toomuc and Westenport. Elections are held every four years, each ward has one counciller. Before October 2020 the shire had three wards: Central, Ranges and Port.

Mayors

* 2008: Bill Ronald * 2009: Bill Pearson * 2010: Graeme Legge * 2011: George Blenkhorn * 2012: Ed Chatwin * 2013: Brett Owen * 2014: Graeme Moore * 2015: Leticia Wilmot * 2016: Jodie Owen * 2017: Brett Owen * 2018: Collin Ross * 2019: Graeme Moore * 2020: Jeff Springfield * 2021: Brett Owen

Deputy Mayors

* 2016: Leticia Wilmot * 2017: Jodie Owen * 2018: Brett Owen * 2019: Collin Ross * 2020: Graeme Moore * 2021: Jeff Springfield

Elected Councillors

The current Council, elected on the 24 October 2020, by ward. The next council election will be held on 26 October 2024.

Main towns in shire

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 107,120.

References

External links

Cardinia Shire Council official websiteCardinia Shire facts and statisticsCasey Cardinia LibrariesMetlink local public transport mapLink to Land Victoria interactive maps
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