Shire of Moyne
Shire of Moyne | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Port Fairy | ||||||||||||
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| • Mayor | Cr Karen Foster | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 5,481 km2 (2,116 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 17,374 (2021) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.1699/km2 (8.2099/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 23 September 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Moyne | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Moyne is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 5,481 square kilometres (2,116 mi2) and at the 2021 census had a population of 17,374. It includes the towns of Port Fairy, Koroit, Mortlake, Macarthur, Peterborough and the rural districts of Caramut, Ellerslie, Framlingham, Garvoc, Hawkesdale, Kirkstall, Panmure, Mailors Flat, Purnim, Wangoom and Woolsthorpe. It also entirely surrounds the City of Warrnambool, a separate local government area.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Moyne Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Port Fairy. It also has a customer service centre in Mortlake and works depots in Koroit, Mortlake and Macarthur. The Shire is named after the Moyne River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.
The industry base for the area includes: dairy, beef cattle, sheep, vegetable production, seafood, other food products, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, quarrying, and tourism.