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The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,473 square kilometres (569 sq mi) and, in the 2021 Census the shire had a population of 16,604.[1]

Hepburn Shire Council
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population16,604 (2021)[1]
 • Density11.272/km2 (29.195/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted19 January 1995[2]
Area1,473 km2 (568.7 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Tim Drylie
Council seatCreswick
RegionWestern Victoria
State electorate(s)
  • Macedon
  • Ripon
Federal division(s)Ballarat
WebsiteHepburn Shire Council
LGAs around Hepburn Shire Council:
Central Goldfields Mount Alexander Mount Alexander
Pyrenees Hepburn Shire Council Macedon Ranges
Ballarat Moorabool Macedon Ranges

It includes the towns of Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Trentham and the villages of Glenlyon, Allendale, Kingston, Leonard's Hill, Lyonville, Newlyn, Denver and Smeaton.

It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Creswick, Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon and parts of the Shire of Kyneton and Shire of Talbot and Clunes.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Hepburn Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Daylesford, it also has a service centre located in Creswick. The Shire is named after an early squatter named John Hepburn, who established the Smeaton Hill pastoral run, which was located a few kilometres north of present-day Creswick.[3]


Council



Current composition


The council is composed of five wards and seven councillors, with two councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Creswick and Birch wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards. As of 2020, the current councillors are:[4]

WardParty CouncillorNotes
Birch  Independent Jen Bray
 Independent Lesley Hewitt
Cameron  Independent Tessa Halliday
Coliban  Independent Brian Hood
Creswick  Independent Don Henderson
 Independent Tim Drylie
Holcombe  Independent Juliet Simpson

Administration and governance


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


Towns and localities



Population
Locality 2016 2021
Allendale166185
Bald Hills107114
Basalt1023
Blampied212237
Broomfield228213
Bullarook9977
Bullarto7389
Bullarto South3348
Cabbage Tree1810
Campbelltown5551
Clunes1,7281,844
Clydesdale5862
Coomoora252308
Creswick3,1703,279
Creswick North5855
Daylesford2,5482,781
Dean120132
Denver150148
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Drummond283294
Dry Diggings2541
Dunach5883
Eganstown203206
Elevated Plains3739
Evansford131147
Fern Hill104125
Franklinford6671
Glengower1315
Glenlyon389431
Guildford333330
Hepburn599631
Hepburn Springs329368
Invermay835900
Kingston177190
Kooroocheang2841
Korweinguboora168196
Langdons Hill2123
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Lawrence178
Leonards Hill4547
Little Hampton6274
Lyonville175189
Mollongghip89105
Mount Franklin8999
Mount Prospect4141
Musk150177
Musk Vale132170
Newbury7184
Newlyn128136
Newlyn North174230
North Blackwood5150
Porcupine Ridge122149
Rocklyn6243
Sailors Falls6279
Sailors Hill8172
Sandon8189
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Shepherds Flat6671
Smeaton231245
Smokeytown3132
Spring Hill198200
Springmount181184
Stony Creek60
Strangways87101
Sulky232234
Tarilta2126
Trentham1,1801,382
Trentham East153181
Ullina3425
Waubra275308
Wattle Flat97104
Werona4643
Wheatsheaf241252
Yandoit154181
Yandoit Hills2844

Traditional owners


The traditional owners of the Shire of Hepburn are the Dja Dja Wurrung.[5]


References


  1. "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.
  2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 6) the Shire of Hepburn". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. Hepburn Shire Council. "Hepburn Shire – A Brief Profile". Hepburn Shire Council. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. "Hepburn Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. "Cultural Diversity & Heritage". Hepburn Shire Council. Retrieved 2 May 2021.


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