Shire of Wellington
Shire of Wellington | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Gippsland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Sale | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Scott Rossetti | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 10,817 km2 (4,176 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 44,019 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.06943/km2 (10.5398/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 2 December 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Wellington | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Wellington is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 10,817 square kilometres (4,176 mi2) and in June 2018 had a population of 44,019. It includes the major towns of Heyfield, Rosedale, Maffra, Sale, Stratford and Yarram.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Wellington Shire Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Sale; it also has service centres located in Maffra, Stratford and Rosedale. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Wellington, which is located in the south-east of the LGA.