Hispanopedia WikiThe Surf Coast Shire is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 1,553 square kilometres (600 mi2). It had a population of 32,251 in June 2018.[1] It includes the coastal towns of Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Lorne and Torquay and the inland towns of Moriac and Winchelsea.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Surf Coast Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Torquay. The Shire is named after its location on the popular surf coast of Victoria.
History
Formation
Before the 1990s local government reforms, the Surf Coast Shire's area was covered by three municipalities: the Shire of Winchelsea, the Shire of Barrabool, and the City of South Barwon. The Barrabool/South Barwon boundary was the Surf Coast Highway. This meant that Jan Juc and part of Torquay were in Barrabool, while the remainder of the Torquay district, including the traditional town centre, was in South Barwon.
When the City of Greater Geelong was created in May 1993, it initially took in the entire Torquay/Jan Juc area as far west as Ghazeepore Road. It also annexed areas on Geelong's fringe (Ceres, Wandana Heights, Waurn Ponds and Mount Duneed) which had previously belonged to Barrabool.[3]
In March 1994, the Surf Coast Shire was formed from the amalgamation of the Torquay/Jan Juc area from Greater Geelong, the remainder of the Shire of Barrabool, and the Shire of Winchelsea (less the Birregurra and Barwon Downs districts, which were lost to the Shire of Colac).[2] The Surf Coast Shire's modern boundaries were settled six months later when the Lake Murdeduke and Mount Gellibrand area, part of the territory lost to Colac, was brought back into the Shire.[4]
Representation and structure
Post-2008, following an electoral representation review, the decision was made to re-subdivide the municipality into four wards, the current wards are Torquay, Anglesea, Winchelsea and Lorne. Between 2004 and 2008, the Shire was an unsubdivided municipality and as a result, the entire municipality voted to elect nine councillors. Between 1996 and 2004, the municipality was subdivided into six wards, where three councillors per ward were elected from the Torquay and Anglesea wards, and one councillor per ward was elected from the Lorne, Winchelsea, Moriac and Aireys Inlet wards. A position of Deputy Mayor was created in 2004, but it was abolished for the 2005 mayoral election.
Council
Current composition
The council is composed of three wards electing three councillors each.
List of former and current mayors
- Cr Noel Bates (1995–1997)
- Cr Henry Love (1997–1998)
- Cr Julie Hansen (1998–2000)
- Cr Mike Barrow (2000–2001)
- Cr Beth Davidson (2001–2004)
- Cr Keith Grossman (2004–2005)
- Cr Libby Mears (2005–2006)
- Cr Rose Hodge (2006–2007)
- Cr Dean Webster (2007–2008)
- Cr Libby Mears (2008–2009)
- Cr Libby Coker (2009–2010)
- Cr Dean Webster (2010–2011)
- Cr Brian McKiterick (2011–2012)
- Cr Libby Coker (2012–2013)
- Cr Rose Hodge (2013–2014)
- Cr Margot Smith (2014–2015)
- Cr Rose Hodge (2015–2016)
- Cr Brian McKiterick (2016-2017)
- Cr David Bell (2017-2018)
- Cr Rose Hodge (2018–2020)
- Cr Libby Stapleton (2020–2022)
- Cr Liz Pattison (2022–2024)
Administration and Governance
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Torquay Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its Municipal Office in Torquay.
Election results
2024
2016
Municipios y localidades
Según el censo de 2021, el condado tenía una población de 37.694 habitantes, frente a los 29.397 del censo de 2016. [ 6 ]
^ - Territorio dividido con otro LGA
Véase también
Notas
- ↑ Incluyendo a un miembro del Partido Libertario respaldado y a un miembro independiente del Partido Libertario.
Referencias
- 1 2 3 "3218.0 – Crecimiento de la población regional, Australia, 2017-18: Estimaciones de población por área de gobierno local (ASGS 2018), 2017 a 2018" . Oficina Australiana de Estadística . Oficina Australiana de Estadística . 27 de marzo de 2019. Recuperado el 25 de octubre de 2019 .Población residente estimada al 30 de junio de 2018.
- 1 2 Gaceta del Gobierno de Victoria – Archivo en línea (1837–1997). "Órdenes que establecen el municipio de Surf Coast: S8 de 1994" . Biblioteca Estatal de Victoria . Gobierno del Estado de Victoria (publicado el 9 de marzo de 1994). págs. 1–9 . Consultado el 10 de enero de 2014 .
- ↑ Ley de la Ciudad de Greater Geelong de 1993 (Victoria) Nota al Anexo 1
- ↑ Gaceta del Gobierno de Victoria – Archivo en línea (1837–1997). "Orden altg (Parte 8) del municipio de Surf Coast: S63 de 1994" . Biblioteca Estatal de Victoria . Gobierno del Estado de Victoria (publicado el 23 de septiembre de 1994). pág. 6. Consultado el 10 de enero de 2014 .
- ↑ "Candidatos a las elecciones del Consejo del Condado de Surf Coast" . VEC . Consultado el 4 de octubre de 2024 .
- ↑ "Censo | Oficina Australiana de Estadística" . www.abs.gov.au. 11 de enero de 2023.
Enlaces externos
- Sitio web oficial del Consejo del Condado de Surf Coast
- Recorrido por la Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia (sustituye al sitio web turístico de Surf Coast )
- Mapa del transporte público local de Metlink
- Enlace a los mapas interactivos de Land Victoria
- La Sociedad Histórica de Anglesea y Distrito Inc.
- Mapa interactivo de las áreas de gobierno local de Victoria (antes de 1994 vs. la actualidad) - Gobierno de Victoria - Gemelo Digital de Victoria
38°18′00″S 144°00′00″E / 38.30000°S 144.00000°E / -38.30000; 144.00000
- Localidades establecidas en 1994
- Establecimientos en Australia en 1994
- Áreas de gobierno local de Victoria (estado)
- Barwon Suroeste (región)
- Condado de Surf Coast