Shire of Central Goldfields
Shire of Central Goldfields | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Loddon Mallee | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Maryborough | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Ben Green | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 1,533 km2 (592 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 13,483 (2021) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 8.795/km2 (22.779/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 19 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Central Goldfields | ||||||||||||
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Shire of Central Goldfields is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,533 square kilometres (592 mi2) and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,483. It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Maryborough and Talbot.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Central Goldfields Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Maryborough. It also has a service centre located in Talbot. The Shire is named after the region having historically been a major goldfields region in central Victoria.