South Gippsland Shire
Local government area in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shire of South Gippsland is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the south-eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 3,296 square kilometres (1,273 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 29,576.
Shire of South Gippsland Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 29,576 (2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 8.9733/km2 (23.241/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Gazetted | 2 December 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 3,296 km2 (1,272.6 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Cr Nathan Hersey | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Leongatha | ||||||||||||||
Region | Gippsland | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gippsland South | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Monash | ||||||||||||||
Website | Shire of South Gippsland | ||||||||||||||
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It includes the towns of Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster, Poowong, Mirboo North and Meeniyan. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former Shire of South Gippsland with the Shire of Mirboo, and parts of the Shire of Korumburra and Shire of Woorayl.[2]
The Shire is governed and administered by the South Gippsland Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Leongatha, it also has a service centre located in Mirboo North. The Shire is named after the Gippsland region, in which the LGA occupies the southernmost portion, including Wilsons Promontory at the southern tip of the Australian continent.