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The Shire is governed and administered by the Mount Alexander Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Castlemaine. It also has service centres located in Maldon and Newstead. The Shire is named after the first European settlers' name for the Castlemaine region and goldfields.
Mount Alexander Shire Council is composed of eight single-member wards. The council increased from seven members to eight prior to the 2024 election; members were previously elected across five wards (four single-member and one three-member). [24]
In local government, the Castlemaine region is covered by the Shire of Mount Alexander. The council was created in 1995 as an amalgamation of a number of other municipalities in the region with the Council and Civic Centre in the former School of Mines, in central Castlemaine, next to the original town hall. Castlemaine Town is represented by ...
Strangways is a locality split between the local government areas of Hepburn Shire and Mount Alexander Shire, in Central Victoria, AustraliaIt covers an area of 20.105 square kilometres between the townships of Guidford to the east, Newstead to the north-west and Clydesdale to the south.
The Mount Alexander Shire Council is responsible for the management of the land, via the Campbells Creek Recreation Reserve Committee of Management (a Section 86 Committee). [2] This group of local volunteers works to manage and maintain the reserve.
Maldon is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area. It has been designated "Australia's first notable town" and is notable for its 19th-century appearance, maintained since gold-rush days. At the 2016 census, Maldon had a population of 1,513. [1]
In October 1915 Newstead Shire absorbed Mount Alexander United Shire, which had been created in June 1871 by amalgamating Campbell's Creek Road District, Fryers Road District and Guildford Borough. The expanded shire was renamed Newstead & Mount Alexander Shire in May 1916. The name reverted to Newstead Shire in May 1949.
Mount Alexander The Shire of Loddon is a local government area in Victoria , Australia , located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 6,696 square kilometres (2,585 sq mi) and in 2021 had a population of 7,759.