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Moorabool Shire Council is composed of one multi-member ward electing nine members. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of four wards (three single-member and one four-member), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020 .
The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,111 square kilometres (815 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 34,158. [ 1 ]
The scheme was approved in 1958 by the Board of Works, but did not become legally enforceable until 1968 when it was gazetted by the Minister for Local Government. The report recommended, amongst other things, a system of broad land-use zoning, a network of freeways and bypasses, and the regional allocation of public open space.
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Located at the foot of Mount Buninyong, it was named after the Scott family which settled in the area around 1840.Andrew and Celia Scott, who arrived in Australia in 1839, established a cattle farm of 16,000 acres (65 km 2).
Moorabool contains a number of heritage listed sites, including: Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Cowies Creek Rail Bridge No. 2 [3] 275 Ballan Road, Moorabool railway station [4] Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Moorabool River Railway Viaduct [5]
Some shire counties, for example Cornwall, now have no sub-divisions so are a single non-metropolitan district. Typically, a district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However, districts are diverse, with some being mostly urban (such as Dartford ) and others more polycentric (such as Thurrock ).
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