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The Shire of East Gippsland is a local government area in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 20,940 square kilometres (8,080 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 46,818.[1]

Shire of East Gippsland Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	46,818 (2018)[1]
• Density	2.2358/km2 (5.7907/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	2 December 1994[2]
Area	20,940 km2 (8,085.0 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Cr Natalie O'Connell
Council seat	Bairnsdale
Region	Eastern Victoria
State electorate(s)	Gippsland East
Federal division(s)	Gippsland
Website	Shire of East Gippsland
LGAs around Shire of East Gippsland: Alpine Towong Bega Valley (NSW) Wellington Shire of East Gippsland Tasman Sea Wellington Bass Strait Tasman Sea

It includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Benambra, Bruthen, Buchan, Ensay, Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota, Metung, Omeo, Orbost, Paynesville, Swan Reach and Swifts Creek. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Bairnsdale, Shire of Bairnsdale, Shire of Omeo, Shire of Orbost, Shire of Tambo and parts of the Shire of Rosedale.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the East Gippsland Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bairnsdale, it also has service centres located in Lakes Entrance, Omeo and Orbost. The Shire is named after the Gippsland region, in which the LGA occupies the eastern portion.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[3][4]

Ward	Councillor		Party	Notes
Unsubdivided		Sonia Buckley	Independent
		Mendy Urie	Independent	Mayor
		Kirsten Van Diggele	Independent
		Arthur Allen	Independent
		Mark Reeves	Labor[5]
		Tom Crook	Independent
		Jane Greacen OAM	Independent
		Trevor Stow	Independent
		John White	Independent

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Bairnsdale Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bairnsdale, and its service centres in Lakes Entrance, Omeo and Orbost.

Main towns in shire

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 46,818.[1]

See also

• East Gippsland
• List of localities (Victoria)

References

External links

• East Gippsland Shire Council official website
• Vic Govt Dept of Natural Resources and Environment: East Gippsland biodiversity management
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

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[de] East Gippsland Shire

-37.816666666667147.61666666667 East Gippsland Shire ist ein lokales Verwaltungsgebiet (LGA) im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria. Das Gebiet ist 20.940,2 km² groß und hat etwa 45.000 Einwohner.[1]

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