Shire of Moyne

Shire of Moyne
Moyne Shire
Victoria
Australia Victoria Moyne Shire.svg
Location in Victoria
Population: 16,684(2009)[1]
Area: 5478 km² (2,115.1 sq mi)
Mayor: Jim Doukas
Council Seat: Port Fairy
State District: South-West Coast
Federal Division: Division of Wannon
MoyneShireLogo.PNG
Website: http://www.moyne.vic.gov.au/
LGAs around Moyne Shire:
Glenelg Southern Grampians Ararat
Glenelg Moyne Shire Corangamite
Southern Ocean Warrnambool Southern Ocean

The Moyne Shire Council is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-western part of the state. It includes the townships of Port Fairy (population 2,560), Koroit (pop. 1,376), Mortlake (pop. 941), Macarthur (pop. 246), Peterborough (pop. 148), Caramut, Ellerslie, Framlingham, Garvoc, Hawkesdale, Kirkstall, Panmure, Mailors Flat and Woolsthorpe. It entirely surrounds the City of Warrnambool, a separate local government area. The shire is named after the Moyne River which flows into Port Fairy.

The industry base for the area includes: Dairy, beef cattle, sheep, vegetable production, manufacturing (quarrying, food products, pharmaceuticals, seafood), tourism. It has an area of 5,478 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 15,453. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of the Shire of Belfast, Shire of Minhamite, Borough of Port Fairy, and parts of the Shire of Mortlake, Shire of Warrnambool, Shire of Dundas (Victoria), Shire of Mount Rouse and Shire of Hampden.

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[2]

See also

List of localities in Victoria (Australia)

References

External links

Coordinates: 38°22′S 142°14′E / 38.367°S 142.233°E / -38.367; 142.233


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Shire of Moyne — Moyne Shire Lage des Moyne Shire in Victoria Basisdaten Bundesstaat: Victoria Hauptort: Port Fairy Fläche …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shire of Belfast — Infobox Australian Place | type = lga name = Shire of Belfast state = vic region = area = 5190 est = 1853 seat = Port Fairy pop = 1470 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria… …   Wikipedia

  • Shire of Dundas (Victoria) — Infobox Australian Place | type = lga name = Shire of Dundas state = vic region = area = 3464.39 est = 1857 seat = Hamilton pop = 3500 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria… …   Wikipedia

  • Shire of Minhamite — Infobox Australian Place | type = lga name = Shire of Minhamite state = vic region = area = 1365.62 est = 1871 seat = Minhamite pop = 1870 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria… …   Wikipedia

  • Shire of Mortlake — Infobox Australian Place | type = lga name = Shire of Mortlake state = vic region = area = 2137 est = 1860 seat = Mortlake pop = 3070 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria… …   Wikipedia

  • Shire of Warrnambool — Infobox Australian Place | type = lga name = Shire of Warrnambool state = vic region = area = 1605 est = 1854 seat = Warrnambool pop = 8940 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria… …   Wikipedia

  • Moyne Shire — Lage des Moyne Shire in Victoria Gliederung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shire of Cardinia — Lage von Cardinia Shire in Melbourne Basisdaten Bundesstaat: Victoria Hauptort: Pakenham Fläche: 1.280 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shire of East Gippsland — Lage des East Gippsland Shire in Victoria Basisdaten Bundesstaat: Victoria Hauptort: Bairnsdale Fläche …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shire of Melton — Lage von Melton Shire in Melbourne Basisdaten Bundesstaat: Victoria Hauptort: Melton Fläche: 528 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”