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The City of Melton is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, on Melbourne's western rural–urban fringe.

City of Melton Victoria
Location of Melton within Melbourne's metropolitan area.
Population	156,713 (2018)[1]
• Density	296.80/km2 (768.7/sq mi)
Established	1862
Area	528 km2 (203.9 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Cr Kathy Majdlik
Council seat	Melton
Region	Western Metropolitan Melbourne
County	Bourke
State electorate(s)	Kororoit Macedon Melton Sydenham
Federal division(s)	Gorton Hawke
Website	City of Melton
LGAs around City of Melton: Macedon Ranges Macedon Ranges Hume Moorabool City of Melton Brimbank Moorabool Wyndham Wyndham

It covers 528 square kilometres (203.9 sq mi), and in June 2018, Melton had population of 156,713.[1]

It is governed by the Melton City Council. The seat of local government and administrative offices are located at Council headquarters in Melton, the settlement after which the city takes its name which lies at the western end of the LGA and is currently its largest urban area with a population of over 54,000.[2]

City of Melton has a rapid population growth rate, ranked 3rd fastest among LGAs in Victoria in 2010.[3] It was granted city status in 2012.

History

Melton was first incorporated as a district on 16 September 1862, and became a shire on 24 May 1871. Parts of the north and south ridings of the Shire of Braybrook (later City of Sunshine) were annexed to Melton as the Rockbank Riding on 24 May 1916, and this was added to in 1951. Other minor boundary adjustments with Bulla and Keilor occurred in May 1959. The Shire had a total area of 450.4 square kilometres (173.9 sq mi).[4]

In 1994, following large-scale statewide local government reform, Melton acquired the Exford district from the City of Werribee, growing to its present size.[5]

Since the early 1970s the Shire has undergone tremendous population growth and as of 2006^[update], Melton was one of Victoria's fastest-growing local government areas along with neighbouring Wyndham.

After several years of community consultation to defer applying for city status until it had reached 150,000,[6][7] the council nevertheless reversed the decision and city status was granted in September, 2012.[8] The first elected Mayor under the 'City" status was Kathy Majdlik.

In the 2020 Local Government elections, Melton had its first Aboriginal Councillor elected, Cr Ashleigh Vandenberg. A proud Wiradjuri woman making history and becoming the first Aboriginal Councillor in Melbourne's Western Suburbs.

Art and culture

Bush ballad "Click Go the Shears" was first published in 1891 in a local newspaper by "C.C. of Eynesbury".[9] Eynesbury was is a homestead and grazing property owned by Samuel Staughton.[10]

CS Gallery is a contemporary exhibition space located at Caroline Springs Library and Learning Hub. It provides opportunities for artists and groups to exhibit and does not charge fees or commission. Melton Library and Learning Hub provides a number of hanging walls for the presentation of visual art and community exhibitions.[11]

Administration

Council

The City's area is divided into three wards, two of which elects three Councillors, the other one electing two Councillors. The Councillors elect a mayor from among the council's members.

The current council, as of October 2020 is:[12]

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Coburn		Independent	Bob Turner
		Labor	Ashleigh Vandenberg
		Independent	Sophie Ramsey
		Liberal	Julie Shannon
Cambridge		Labor	Steve Abboushi
		Liberal	Goran Kesic	Deputy Mayor
		Independent	Kathy Majdlik	Mayor
Watts		Liberal	Moira Deeming
		Labor	Lara Carli

Suburbs

Suburbs within the boundary of the city include:[13]

• Aintree
• Bonnie Brook
• Brookfield
• Burnside
• Burnside Heights
• Caroline Springs
• Cobblebank
• Deanside
• Diggers Rest (shared with the City of Hume)
• Exford
• Eynesbury (shared with the City of Wyndham)
• Fieldstone
• Fraser Rise
• Grangefields
• Harkness
• Hillside (shared with the City of Brimbank)
• Kurunjang
• Melton
• Melton South
• Melton West
• Mount Atkinson
• Mount Cottrell (shared with the City of Wyndham)
• Parwan (shared with the Shire of Moorabool)
• Plumpton
• Ravenhall
• Rockbank
• Strathtulloh
• Taylors Hill
• Thornhill Park
• Toolern Vale (shared with the Shire of Macedon Ranges)
• Truganina (shared with the City of Wyndham)
• Weir Views

Population

Year	Population	Annual Growth (%)
1954	1,424	N/A
1958	1,580[14]	2.63
1961	1,804[14]	4.52
1966	2,542[14]	7.10
1971	5,974[14]	18.64
1976	13,856[14]	18.32
1981	21,300[14]	8.98
1986	29,500	6.73
1991	35,695	3.89
1996	39,109	1.84
2001	51,685	5.73
2006	78,448[15]	8.70
2011	109,259[15]	7.86
2016	135,443
2021	178,960

Residential estates

Recent large housing projects include:

• Atherstone, within the new suburbs of Cobblebank and Strathtulloh. ($1.2 billion).^{[citation needed]}
• Eynesbury Township.
• Waterford Estate, in the suburb of Weir Views.
• Woodlea, within the new suburb of Aintree.

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Melton

References

External links

• Melton City Council home page
• Map of Mid & South West Mental Health Area from Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia
• Public Transport Victoria local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

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-37.683333333333144.58333333333 Melton City ist ein lokales Verwaltungsgebiet (LGA) im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria. Melton gehört zur Outer Metropolitan Area von Melbourne, dem äußeren Großstadtgebiet der Hauptstadt Victorias. Das Gebiet ist 528 km² groß und hat etwa 135.000 Einwohner.

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