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Shire of Buloke

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Buloke Shire Council
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population6,201 (2021)[1]
 • Density0.78/km2 (2.01/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
Area8,000 km2 (3,088.8 sq mi)[3]
MayorCr Daryl Warren
Council seatWycheproof
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)Mildura
Federal division(s)Mallee
WebsiteBuloke Shire Council
LGAs around Buloke Shire Council:
Mildura Swan Hill Gannawarra
Yarriambiack Buloke Shire Council Loddon
Yarriambiack Northern Grampians Loddon

The Shire of Buloke is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 6,201.[3] It includes the towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Sea Lake and Wycheproof. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Wycheproof, Shire of Birchip, Shire of Charlton, Shire of Donald, and parts of the Shire of Kara Kara.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Buloke Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Wycheproof, it also has service centres located in Birchip, Charlton, Donald and Sea Lake. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Buloke, which is located in the south of the LGA; the name also comes from the "buloke" or "bulloak" tree Allocasuarina luehmannii, which is common in the region.[4]

Within the Shire, agriculture, particularly grain production, is the predominant source of income and employment.[4]

Council

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Current composition

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The Council is composed of three wards and seven Councillors, with three Councillors elected to represent the Mount Jeffcott Ward and two Councillors per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5]

Ward Councillor Notes
Lower Avoca   Carolyn Stewart
  David Pollard Deputy Mayor 2022-23
Mallee   David Vis
  Alan Getley Mayor 2022-23
Mount Jeffcott   Graeme Milne
  Bronwyn Simpson
  Daryl Warren

Administration and governance

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The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Wycheproof Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Wycheproof.

Election results

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2024

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2024 Victorian local elections: Buloke[6]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent
 Formal votes
 Informal votes
 Total
 Registered voters / turnout

2020

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2020 Victorian local elections: Buloke[7]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 1,346 100.0 7 Steady
 Formal votes 1,346 99.12
 Informal votes 12 0.88
 Total 1,358 100.00

Townships and localities

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In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 6,178, down from 6,201 in the 2016 census.[8]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Ballapur 10 19
Banyan 25 22
Barrakee 18 22
Berriwillock 184 180
Bimbourie 9 11
Birchip 702 694
Birchip West 3 9
Boigbeat 8 19
Buckrabanyule^ 51 52
Bunguluke 21 18
Carron 18 18
Charlton 1,050 1,095
Chirrip 8 8
Cokum 3 0
Coonooer Bridge^ 31 30
Cope Cope^ 58 42
Corack 23 33
Corack East 22 10
Culgoa 101 86
Curyo 26 20
Donald 1,498 1,472
Dooboobetic 9 13
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Dumosa 24 18
Gil Gil 12 23
Glenloth 6 7
Glenloth East^ 13 14
Granite Flat * #
Jeffcott 34 34
Jeffcott North 9 18
Jeruk 14 6
Jil Jil 18 17
Kalpienung 28 28
Karyrie 20 15
Kinnabulla 32 26
Laen^ * 4
Laen East 11 6
Laen North 15 14
Lake Marmal^ 21 21
Lake Tyrrell 0 0
Lawler^ 19 16
Litchfield 51 36
Marlbed 0 6
Massey 10 23
Morton Plains 9 10
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Myall 10 17
Nandaly 39 30
Nareewillock 23 24
Narraport 46 50
Ninda 14 9
Nine Mile^ 22 19
Nullawil 93 92
Nyarrin 24 17
Pier Milan 8 6
Reedy Dam 24 28
Rich Avon 3 3
Richmond Plains^ 3 9
Sea Lake 640 619
Springfield 3 9
Straten 4 11
Sutton 3 3
Teddywaddy 17 23
Teddywaddy West 15 12
Terrappee^ 22 20
Thalia 10 4
Tittybong^ 3 3
Towaninny^ 11 4
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Towaninny South 0 0
Turriff East 3 7
Tyenna 3 4
Tyrrell^ 13 16
Tyrrell Downs 11 9
Wangie 5 11
Warmur 16 31
Warne 4 13
Watchem 114 124
Watchem West^ 18 29
Watchupga 41 43
Whirily 30 25
Wilkur^ 49 28
Willangie 35 35
Wooroonook 20 26
Woosang^ 11 12
Wycheproof 635 610
Wycheproof South 12 6
Yawong Hills 0 5
Yeungroon 31 34
Yeungroon East^ 16 11

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

Traditional owners

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The traditional owners of this area are the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk and Dja Dja Wurrung.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Buloke (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Buloke". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Buloke Shire". Buloke Shire Council. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Buloke Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Buloke Shire Council election candidates". VEC. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Buloke Shire Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  8. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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