Shire of Campaspe

Shire of Campaspe
Victoria
Shire of Campaspe; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	37,592 (2018)
• Density	8.3187/km2 (21.5452/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	20 January 1995
Area	4,519 km2 (1,744.8 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Adrian Weston
Council seat	Echuca
Region	Northern Victoria
State electorate(s)	Murray Plains
Federal Division(s)	Murray
Website	Shire of Campaspe
	LGAs around Shire of Campaspe:

The Shire of Campaspe is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 4,519 square kilometres (1,745 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 37,592.^[1]

It includes the towns of Girgarre, Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala and Rushworth. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Echuca, Shire of Deakin, Shire of Rochester, Shire of Waranga, Town of Kyabram and part of the Shire of Rodney.^[2]^[3]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Campaspe Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Echuca, it also has service centres located in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala. The Shire is named after the Campaspe River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.

Shire offices in Echuca

Council[]

Current composition[]

The council is composed of five wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Echuca and Kyabram-Deakin wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.^[4]

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Echuca		Tony Marwood
		Robert Amos
		Christine Weller
Kyabram-Deakin		Colleen Gates
		Daniel Mackrell
		John Zobec
Rochester		Paul Jarman
Waranga		Adrian Weston
Western		Leanne Pentreath

Administration and governance[]

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Echuca Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Echuca, and its service centres in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala.

Sister cities[]

Shiroi, Chiba, Japan^[5]
Lequidoe, , East Timor
Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, China

Main towns in shire[]

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 37,592.^[1]

Population
Locality	Total
	124
Bamawm	504
	238
Colbinabbin	304
Corop	129
	94
Echuca	12,906
	540

Population
Locality	Total
	425
	80
Girgarre	561
Gunbower	551
Koyuga	315
Kyabram	7,331
Kyvalley	329
Lancaster	393

Population
Locality	Total
Lockington	808
Nanneella	388
	108
Rochester	3,113
Rushworth	1,335
Stanhope	828
Strathallan	144
Tennyson	48

Population
Locality	Total
	96
Toolleen	182
Tongala	1,926
Torrumbarry	279
	315
	488
Wyuna	262

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ Local Government in Victoria. "Campaspe Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ "International Friendships". Shire of Campaspe. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

External links[]

Coordinates: 36°21′40″S 144°44′02″E / 36.36111°S 144.73389°E / -36.36111; 144.73389

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[ABSLGA-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.

[Gazette-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[3] Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[Council-4] Local Government in Victoria. "Campaspe Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[5] "International Friendships". Shire of Campaspe. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

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