Shire of Cardinia
| Cardinia Shire Victoria |
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| Population: | 73,318(2010)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1280.6 km² (494.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | George Blenkhorn | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Pakenham | ||||||||||||
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Cardinia Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne between the Western Port bay and the Yarra Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It has an area of 1,280 square kilometres, and has an estimated population of 73,318.[1]
Cardinia Shire Council Offices are located in Pakenham.
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[edit] History
The areas within the present-day boundaries of Cardinia Shire were originally parts of the Cranbourne and Berwick districts, which were incorporated in 1860 and 1862 respectively. The Shire of Fern Tree Gully, later Shire of Sherbrooke, split away in 1889 and included areas to the east of Melbourne. In 1973, the City of Berwick, including Berwick and areas closer to Dandenong, split away from the Shire of Berwick, with the remainder being renamed Shire of Pakenham.[2]
The shire came into being on 15 December 1994 as the result of statewide local government reform, by merging the Shire of Pakenham with rural sections of the Shire of Sherbrooke and City of Cranbourne.[3]
[edit] Council locations
Administration
The Council Offices are located in Henty Way, Pakenham,[4] the Council holds its meetings there and all of the administration staff work there. The Council has no other administration offices in the shire.
Libraries
Cardinia Shire is part of the Casey Cardinia Library Corporation and there are two full time libraries in Cardinia plus a mobile library. Emerald library is at 400B Belgrave-Gembrook Road, Emerald. Pakenham library is at John Street, Pakenham, in addition the Moblie library visits the suburbs of Bunyip, Garfield, Tynong, Upper Beaconsfield, Gembrook, Beaconsfield, Maryknoll, Cockatoo, Lang Lang and Koo Wee Rup[5]
[edit] Mayors
- 2005: Garry Runge
- 2006: Bill Ronald
- 2007: Kate Lempriere
- 2008: Bill Ronald
- 2009: Bill Pearson
- 2010: Graeme Legge
- 2011: George Blenkhorn
[edit] Geography
The Shire includes the following towns and localities:
- Avonsleigh
- Bayles
- Beaconsfield
- Beaconsfield Upper.
- Bunyip
- Bunyip North
- Caldermeade
- Cardinia
- Catani
- Clematis
- Cockatoo
- Cora Lynn
- Dalmore
- Dewhurst
- Emerald
- Garfield
- Garfield North
- Gembrook
- Guys Hill
- Iona
- Koo Wee Rup
- Koo Wee Rup North
- Lang Lang
- Lang Lang East
- Longwarry
- Maryknoll
- Menzies Creek
- Modella
- Monomeith
- Mount Burnett
- Nangana
- Nar Nar Goon
- Nar Nar Goon North
- Officer
- Officer South
- Pakenham
- Pakenham South
- Pakenham Upper
- Rythdale
- Tonimbuk
- Tynong
- Tynong North
- Vervale
- Yannathan
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 639–40, 805–6, 832–3. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995) (PDF). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia. p. 5. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ^ Municipal Association of Victoria - Cardinia
- ^ CCLC Branch details
[edit] External links
- Cardinia Shire Council official website
- Cardinia Shire facts and statistics
- Casey Cardinia Libraries
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
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