| Shire of Campaspe Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 38,735 (2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 8.5716/km2 (22.2003/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4,519 km2 (1,744.8 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr Adrian Weston | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Echuca | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Loddon Mallee | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Nicholls | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Campaspe | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Campaspe is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 4,519 square kilometres (1,745 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 38,735.[3]
It includes the towns of Girgarre, Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala and Rushworth. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Echuca, Shire of Deakin, Shire of Rochester, Shire of Waranga, Town of Kyabram and part of the Shire of Rodney.[2][4]
The Shire is governed and administered by the Campaspe Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Echuca, it also has service centres located in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala. The Shire is named after the Campaspe River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Campaspe (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
