Shire of Baw Baw
Shire of Baw Baw | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Gippsland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Warragul | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Annemarie McCabe | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 4,028 km2 (1,555 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 57,626 (2021) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 14.3064/km2 (37.053/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 2 December 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Baw Baw | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Baw Baw (/ˈbɔː ˈbɔː/) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 4,028 square kilometres (1,555 mi2) and in 2021 had a population of 57,626. It includes the towns of Drouin, Longwarry, Neerim South, Trafalgar, Warragul and Yarragon.
The shire is governed and administered by the Baw Baw Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Drouin, and it has a service centre located in Warragul. The shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Baw Baw Plateau; Mount Baw Baw is the second highest peak in the region. An unincorporated area, the Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort, is enclaved within the shire.