23-685: (Redirected from Wellington Shire Council ) Wellington Shire could refer to either of two local government areas in Australia: Shire of Wellington in Victoria Wellington Council in New South Wales Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wellington Shire . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
46-533: A name chosen by Strzelecki in honour of the New South Wales Governor , George Gipps , his sponsor. Angus McMillan led the second European expedition between 1840, naming Gunai country "Caledonia Australis". The naming of this geographical region, however, remained the name given by P. E. Strzelecki – Gippsland. The township of Bass was surveyed and colonised in the early 1860s. The intensive colonisation of south Gippsland began late in
69-711: A squatter agricultural settlement on the Bass River in Gippsland, the third permanent colonial settlement in Victoria (then called the Port Phillip District ). His business partner Robert Massie joined him in 1837. Both had worked for the Van Diemen's Land Company at Circular Head, Tasmania. Samuel's brothers Hugh (1808–1898) and Thomas (1814–1903) arrived at Bass shortly after, where they established
92-503: A successful farming venture. Further European colonisation followed two separate expeditions to the area. During his expedition to the South (December 1839 – May 1840) in March 1840, Polish explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki led an expedition across Gunai country, and gave his own names to many of their natural landmarks and places. Following these expeditions, the name "Gippsland" stuck,
115-634: Is a local government area in Victoria , Australia , located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 10,817 square kilometres (4,176 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 44,019. It includes the towns of Heyfield , Rosedale , Maffra , Sale , Stratford , Coongulla , Newry , Tinamba and Yarram . It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Alberton , Shire of Avon , Shire of Maffra , City of Sale and parts of
138-530: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in Gippsland (region) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gippsland Gippsland ( / ˈ ɡ ɪ p s l æ n d / ) is a rural region in the southeastern part of Victoria , Australia , mostly comprising the coastal plains south of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of
161-461: Is required for agriculture or pastoral development. Despite this, parts of Gippsland have become highly productive dairying and vegetable-growing regions: the region supplies Melbourne with most of its needs in these commodities. A few alluvial soils (chiefly near the Snowy) have much better native fertility, and these have always been intensively cultivated. In the extreme northeast is a small section of
184-542: Is temperate and generally humid, except in the central region around Sale , where annual rainfall averages around 600 millimetres (24 in). In the Strzelecki Ranges annual rainfall can be as high as 1,500 millimetres (59 in), while on the high mountains of East Gippsland it probably reaches similar levels – much of it falling as snow . In lower levels east of the Snowy River , mean annual rainfall
207-730: Is typically about 900–950 millimetres (35–37 in) and less variable than in the coastal districts of New South Wales. Mean maximum temperatures in lower areas range from 24 °C (75 °F) in January to 15 °C (59 °F) in July. In the highlands of the Baw Baw Plateau and the remote Errinundra Plateau , temperatures range from a maximum of 18 °C (64 °F) to a minimum of 8 °C (46 °F). However, in winter, mean minima in these areas can be as low as −4 °C (25 °F), leading to heavy snowfalls that often isolate
230-482: The 2016 Australian census , Gippsland had a population of 271,266, with the principal centres Traralgon , Warragul , Drouin , Bairnsdale , Moe , Sale , Morwell , Wonthaggi , Leongatha , and Phillip Island . Gippsland is known for mining, power generation and farming as well as its tourist destinations — Phillip Island , Wilsons Promontory , the Gippsland Lakes , Walhalla , the Baw Baw Plateau , and
253-536: The Great Dividing Range ). It covers an elongated area of 41,556 km (16,045 sq mi) east of the Shire of Cardinia ( Melbourne 's outermost southeastern suburbs ) between Dandenong Ranges and Mornington Peninsula , and is bounded to the north by the mountain ranges and plateaus / highlands of the High Country (which separate it from Hume region in Victoria's northeast), to
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#1732790141125276-471: The Monaro Tableland used for grazing beef cattle . Gippsland possesses very few deposits of metallic minerals ( gold rushes in the nineteenth century around Foster , Buchan petered out quickly). However, the deep underground gold mines operated at Walhalla for a fifty-year period between 1863 and 1913. Gippsland has no deposits of major industrial nonmetallic minerals, but it does feature
299-583: The Shire of Rosedale . The Shire is governed and administered by the Wellington Shire Council ; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Sale, it also has service centres located in Maffra, Stratford and Rosedale. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Wellington , which is located in the south-east of
322-689: The Strzelecki Ranges . It also includes around a hundred islands, mostly between the mainland and Tasmania. The traditional owners are Indigenous Australians of the Gunai nation and in part of West Gippsland the Bunurong nation. Before permanent European colonisation, the area was visited by sealers and wattle bark gatherers who did not settle . Samuel Anderson (1803–1863), a Scottish immigrant from Kirkcudbright , agriculturist and explorer, arrived in Hobart, Tasmania , in 1830, and in 1835 established
345-481: The 1870s. A story of that process is told in, The land of the Lyre Bird (1920). Before the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games , Gippsland was set to serve as one of its hosts in regional Victoria. Gippsland is traditionally subdivided into four or five main sub–regions or districts: Gippsland Plains Grassy Woodland is an endangered vegetation community within the region. The climate of Gippsland
368-715: The Errinundra Plateau between June and October. Gippsland is home to many species of flora and fauna. Animals that live there include the swamp wallaby , koala , echidna and wombat . Native plants and trees include grass trees ( Xanthorrhoea australis ), which provide a valuable food source of nectar, pollen, larvae and seeds for birds, insects and mammals. The soils in Gippsland are generally very infertile, being profoundly deficient in nitrogen , phosphorus , potassium and calcium . Apart from frequently flooded areas, they are classed as Spodosols , Psamments and Ultisols . Consequently, heavy fertilisation
391-712: The LGA. Wellington Shire Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward. The Council meets in the Council Chambers of the Wellington Centre in the Port of Sale precinct at 70 Foster Street, which also houses the Gippsland Art Gallery , Visitor Information Centre and Sale Library. The council headquarters are located over
414-631: The Nationals. For elections for the Victorian Legislative Assembly , the electoral districts of Bass , Narracan , Morwell , Gippsland South and Gippsland East lay entirely or partly in the Gippsland region. Bass is held by Labor, Narracan is held by the Liberals, while Gippsland East, Gippsland South and Morwell are held by the Nationals. Gippsland contains six local government areas : The Gippsland region contains
437-514: The fishing of abalone , whose shells could fetch very high prices because of their use for pearls and pearl inlays. For Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives , the electoral divisions of Flinders , Monash , and Gippsland lay entirely or partly in the Gippsland region. Flinders and McMillan are currently held by the Liberal Party, while Gippsland is held by
460-401: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington_Shire&oldid=847593165 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shire of Wellington The Shire of Wellington
483-577: The road at 18 Desailly Street which is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its service centres in Maffra, Stratford, Rosedale and Yarram. In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 45,639, up from 42,983 in the 2016 census. ^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census 37°53′00″S 146°59′00″E / 37.88333°S 146.98333°E / -37.88333; 146.98333 This Australian government-related article
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#1732790141125506-756: The southwest by the Western Port Bay , to the south and east by the Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea , and to the east and northeast by the Black–Allan Line (the easternmost section of the Victoria/ New South Wales state border). Gippsland is divided by the Strzelecki Ranges and tributaries of the Gippsland Lakes into West Gippsland , South Gippsland , Latrobe Valley , Central Gippsland and East Gippsland . At
529-458: The world's largest brown coal deposits and, around Sale and offshore in the Bass Strait , some of the largest deposits of oil and natural gas in Australia. Like the rest of Australia, the seas around Gippsland are of very low productivity as there is no upwelling due to the warm currents in the Tasman Sea . Nonetheless, towns such as Marlo and Mallacoota depended for a long time on
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