32-502: Bandiana is a Suburb of the City of Wodonga local government area in northeast Victoria, Australia . Bandiana takes its name from the early name for the area, probably from a First Nations toponym. The hill now known as Bears Hill appears as Bandiana Range in early maps and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s. The Australian Defence Force has had
64-408: A lieutenant-governor and an administrator. The lieutenant-governor takes on the responsibilities of the governor when that post is vacant or when the governor is out of the state or unable to act. The lieutenant-governor is appointed by the governor on the advice of the premier of Victoria. Appointment as lieutenant-governor does not of itself confer any powers or functions. If there is no governor or if
96-567: A logistics and maintenance base in the area since 1942 and there was once a rail line and station servicing the area. Bandiana Military Post Office opened on 28 September 1942 and the region is still a major Australian Army logistics facility. In the 2016 Census, there were 615 people in Bandiana. 86.4% of people were born in Australia and 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.5%. Of
128-681: A population of 43,253. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Wodonga urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Bandiana and Bonegilla . Its floral and fauna emblems are pink heath and the Leadbeater's possum respectively—the same as those of the state of Victoria. It is one of only a few regional councils in Victoria to remain serving just one urban district after
160-644: Is to represent the monarch. This role mainly includes performing ceremonial functions, such as opening and dissolving parliament , appointing the cabinet and granting royal assent . The governor's office and official residence is Government House next to the Royal Botanic Gardens and surrounded by Kings Domain in Melbourne . The current governor of Victoria is Margaret Gardner , who succeeded Linda Dessau in August 2023. In accordance with
192-674: The Shire of Yackandandah to form a new municipality, and on 10 March 1876, the Shire of Wodonga was incorporated. On 12 April 1911 it annexed a further part of Yackandandah, and on 30 March 1973, Wodonga was proclaimed a Rural City by the Governor of Victoria , Sir Rohan Delacombe . The municipality survived widespread local government amalgamations in 1994, gaining the Baranduda and Barnawartha North districts from neighbouring shires. However,
224-585: The Tallangatta & District Football League best and fairest award, the J A Paton Trophy in 1953. This article about a location in Hume (region) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . City of Wodonga The City of Wodonga is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria , Australia , located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 433 square kilometres (167 sq mi) and in August 2021, had
256-595: The Tallangatta & District Football League in 1952. The RAEME FC were a football club solely made up of service men from the Military Area of Bandiana, that played in the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1953 and 1954. RAEME FC finished 10th (last) in 1953 and in 1954, the RAEME FC unfortunately did not finish off the season, after withdrawing from the competition after round nine, after losing all nine games. RAEME FC player Percy Appleyard won
288-830: The 1986 Australia Acts , the office of Governor of Victoria was an appointment of the British Foreign Office although local advice was considered and sometimes accepted. Until the appointment of Victorian-born Sir Henry Winneke in 1974, the governors of Victoria were British. Since then, governors have been Australian although several were born overseas, namely Davis McCaughey (born in Ireland) came to Australia for work and David de Kretser (born in Ceylon , now Sri Lanka ) and Alex Chernov (born in Lithuania ), both of whom came to Australia while at school. Prior to
320-595: The City of Wodonga. The elected council was reinstituted in 1997. The current council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors were elected on 23 October 2020, and were announced 6 November 2020. On 23 November 2020, the councillors elected Kevin Poulton as Mayor for a one-year term, with a unanimous decision to have no Deputy Mayor. In March 2022, Kat Bennett announced that she would be resigning from council,
352-592: The Governor was established under the Public Administration Act 2004 (Vic) as an administrative office within the portfolio of the Department of Premier and Cabinet . The current official secretary is Jonathan Burke, the current deputy official secretary (operations) is Taara Olorenshaw and the current deputy official secretary (program) is Patrick Rundle. As with the other states, until
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#1732787642582384-524: The LGA, that is Wodonga, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 16,487. It provides governance for the Victorian part of the Albury-Wodonga urban area. Wodonga was first surveyed in 1852 and proclaimed the town of Belvoir in the same year. In 1876 the Victorian colonial government granted a request from the people of the area for their district to be severed from
416-656: The Local Government Act 1989, an independent review of Wodonga's internal structure was commissioned and advertised on 13 May 2004 by the Victorian Government. The final report by the Victorian Electoral Commission , issued on 27 September 2004, recommended that the council be increased in size to seven elected members, noting that at the time of the report, Wodonga was the only city council with fewer than seven, and that
448-707: The Southern Cross. Above the Southern Cross is the Royal Crown. The current standard has been in place since 1984. Previously, the standard used by Victorian governors after 1870 had been the Union Jack with the Badge of the State of Victoria emblazoned in the centre. The governor's standard is flown at Government House and on vehicles conveying the governor. The standard is lowered over Government House when
480-531: The amalgamation process of 1994, although through that process it did gained some portions of the former shires of Chiltern and Yackandandah . The city is governed and administered by the Wodonga City Council ; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wodonga. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in the north-east of
512-496: The city had a population of 43,253 up from 39,351 in the 2016 census ^ – Territory divided with another LGA * Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book. Governor of Victoria The Governor of Victoria is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III , in the Australian state of Victoria . The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the premier of Victoria . The governor's role
544-515: The conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the premier of Victoria . Nevertheless, the governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the premier. The governor is appointed by the monarch , on the advice of the premier of Victoria, to act as
576-592: The councillors were dismissed on 18 November 1994, and replaced by commissioners Mel Read, a long-serving executive of the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation, Des Kelly, a Shire of Tallangatta councillor from 1968 until 1994, and Mike Hansen, a retired army officer with management and logistics experience. The commissioners decided in 1995 that, to give the city a fresh image, the term "rural" be dropped from use except when legally required. It has since been officially renamed to
608-431: The direction or supervision of the monarch but acts upon the advice of the premier. Upon appointment, the governor becomes a viceroy . The governor's main responsibilities fall into three categories – constitutional, ceremonial and community engagement. The personal standard of the governor of Victoria is the same design as the state flag of Victoria , but with the blue background replaced by gold, and red stars depicting
640-605: The employed people in Bandiana, 56.8% worked in Defence. There was once an active 18 hole golf course at the Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road, but as of 2024, it is now closed. The Bandiana Football Club was established in 1940 and played in several different football leagues during it time between 1940 and 1973. Played in the Yackandandah & District Football League in 1951. They then joined
672-408: The governor is absent from Victoria. There is also a lieutenant-governor and an administrator. The chief justice of Victoria is ex officio the administrator, unless the chief justice is the lieutenant-governor, in which case, the next most senior judge is the administrator. The lieutenant-governor takes on the responsibilities of the governor when that post is vacant or when the governor is out of
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#1732787642582704-414: The governor is unavailable to act for a substantial period, the lieutenant-governor assumes office as administrator and exercises all the powers and functions of the governor. If expecting to be unavailable for a short period only, the governor, with the consent of the premier, usually commissions the lieutenant-governor to act as deputy for the governor, performing some or all of the powers and functions of
736-409: The governor. The chief justice of Victoria is ex officio the administrator, unless the chief justice is the lieutenant-governor, in which case the next most senior judge is the administrator. The administrator takes on the governor's duties if both the governor and lieutenant-governor are not able to act for the above reasons. The current lieutenant-governor is James Angus , who was appointed to
768-468: The monarch's representative as head of state in Victoria. The governor acts " At His Majesty's pleasure ", meaning that the term of the governor can be terminated at any time by the monarch acting upon the advice of the premier. Since the passage of the Australia Acts 1986 , it is the governor and not the monarch who exercises all the powers of the head of state and the governor is not subject to
800-607: The office and its administrative and service staff. All staff report to their respective managers, and through them to the Deputy Official Secretary and Official Secretary. The office also is in charge of maintaining Government House and its collections as a heritage and community asset of national importance. The official secretary is the Victorian nominee on the Council for the Order of Australia . The Office of
832-494: The separation of the colony of Victoria from New South Wales in 1851, the area was called the Port Phillip District of New South Wales . The Governor of New South Wales appointed superintendents of the district. In 1839, Charles La Trobe was appointed superintendent. La Trobe became lieutenant-governor of the new colony of Victoria on separation on 1 July 1851. From 1850 to 1861, the Governor of New South Wales
864-511: The sitting seven councillors losing their seats, and saw the City of Wodonga gain a new Mayor and Deputy-Mayor, Crs Mark Byatt and Angela Collins respectively. The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Wodonga Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Wodonga. The 2021 census,
896-651: The state or unable to act. The administrator takes on those duties if both the governor and lieutenant-governor are not able to act for the above reasons. See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of governor. The Official Secretary to the Governor of Victoria is the head of the Office of the Governor which supports the Governor of Victoria in carrying out his or her official constitutional and ceremonial duties and community and international engagements. The official secretary manages
928-413: The task of representing the diversity and issues of a growing regional city was complex. It recommended leaving the City unsubdivided as it had a single, dominant centre and a small area. The council was restructured accordingly and elections held on 26 November 2005 returned seven councillors with Rodney Wangman as mayor and Brian Wicks as deputy mayor. Elections in late November 2008 resulted in four of
960-430: The vacancy was filled by a countback from the 2020 election, and Danny Lowe was elected to fill the position. In October 2022, John Watson tendered his resignation after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A countback from the 2020 election was once again conducted, and Danny Chamberlain was elected. In December 2022, mayoral elections took place and the council elected new mayor, Ron Mildren. Prior to 1994, Wodonga
992-492: Was composed of four wards and twelve councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each of the following wards: The council was replaced with three commissioners on 18 November 1994, and at the 1997 inaugural elections of the new council , five councillors were elected to an unsubdivided municipality. Following the enactment of the Local Government (Democratic Reform) Act 2003 (Vic.), which amended
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1024-589: Was titled Governor-general of New South Wales in an attempt to form a federal structure. Until Victoria obtained responsible government in 1855, the Governor-general of New South Wales appointed lieutenant-governors to Victoria. On Victoria obtaining responsible government in May 1855, the title of the then incumbent lieutenant-governor, Captain Sir Charles Hotham , became governor. There is also
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