Central Goldfields Shire

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Central Goldfields Shire
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Location of the Central Goldfield Shire in Victoria
structure
State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Victoria (Australia) .svg Victoria
Administrative headquarters: Maryborough
Dates and numbers
Area : 1,534  km²
Residents : 12,995 (2016)
Population density : 8.5 inhabitants per km²
Wards : 4th

Coordinates: 37 ° 3 ′  S , 143 ° 44 ′  E The Central Goldfields Shire is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria . The area is 1534 km² and has about 13,000 inhabitants.

Central Goldfields is located in the western half of Victoria about 190 km northwest of the capital Melbourne and includes the following towns: Moliagul, Bealiba, Dunolly, Achdale Junction, Bromley, Bel Bel, Betley, Timor, Havelock, Wareek, Moonlight Flat, Amherst, Daisy Hill, Talbot, Majorca, Tullaroop Reservoir, Cotswold, Adelaide Lead, Carisbrook and Maryborough. The seat of the City Council is in Maryborough in the center of the LGA, which has about 7000 inhabitants.

The name of the Shire goes back to the gold rush times in the second half of the 19th century, when the area was the center of one of the most productive gold fields in Australia. Numerous spectacular gold finds shape the history of the region. The Welcome Stranger , the largest gold nugget in the world, was found in Moliagul in the north of the Shire on February 5, 1869 . It was 61 × 31 cm and weighed 72 kg (2316 troy ounces ).

Even though individual gold diggers are still looking for gold in the region today, the last gold mine closed in 1918. A few years later, a knitting factory opened in Maryborough, which had a population of up to 50,000 during the gold rush, and today the city is a center of the textile industry.

administration

The Central Goldfields Shire Council has seven members who are elected by the residents of the four wards. One Councilor each comes from the districts of Flynn, Daisy Hill and Tullaroop, and four are from Maryborough Ward. The mayor of the council is also recruited from among the councilors.

Web links

Commons : Central Goldfields Shire  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Central Goldfields (S) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ Communications from the Imperial and Royal Geographical Society, Volume 12, page 543. Vienna 1869 , accessed on February 3, 2011