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The Shire of Macedon Ranges is a region in Central Victoria, Australia, best known for its native forests, geographical attraction Hanging Rock, and artisan food and wine industries. The region covers an area of 1,748 square kilometres (675 sq mi). [ 3 ]
Woodend Uniting Church. Woodend (/ w ʊ d ˈ ɛ n d /) [2] is a town in Victoria, Australia.The town is in the Shire of Macedon Ranges local government area and is bypassed to the east and north by the Calder Freeway (M79), located about halfway between Melbourne and Bendigo.
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The median age of people in Macedon Ranges is 42 years, and the most common ancestries were English 29.1% Australian 28.8%, and Irish 10.6%. [2] The majority of the region's residents were professionals, with education and medicine/allied health being the most cited professions. [3]
Macedon (/ ˈ m æ s ə d ən / MASS-ə-dən) [2] is a town at the foot of Mount Macedon in the Macedon Ranges, between Melbourne and Bendigo in central Victoria. It is administered by the Shire of Macedon Ranges. Macedon's urban population was 2,926 at the 2021 census, up from 2,808 in the 2016 census.
More recently, in 1995, further amalgamations merged Romsey Shire and others to form the present Macedon Ranges Shire. [3] While it was once the centre of its own local government area, Springfield now lies on the extreme eastern edge of the shire, with Kyneton, the administrative centre, almost 40 km away by road.
Carlsruhe (/ ˈ k ɑːr l z r uː /) is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges between Woodend and Kyneton, alongside the old Calder Highway, although now bypassed by the Calder Freeway. It is approximately 50 minutes by road from both Melbourne and Bendigo. At the 2011 census, Carlsruhe and the surrounding area had a population of 456. [1]
It is located 6 km south of Romsey, within the Shire of Macedon Ranges. John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale . [ 2 ] However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name.