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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.
Surf Coast Shire Council is composed of three multi-member wards with three members each. Prior to the 2024 election, the council was composed of four multi-member wards (one single-member, two two-member and one four-member). [39]
Bass Coast Shire Council is composed of three multi-member wards with three members each. [2]Although the party did not explicitly endorse candidates in Bass Coast, the local Labor Party branch published a letter encouraging people to support Labor member Leticia Laing in Bunurong Ward.
Types of LGAs. Victoria LGAs by largest council faction as of 2025. This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region.. Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1).
On 9 March 1994, the City of South Barwon was abolished, and along with the remainder of the Shire of Barrabool and parts of the Shire of Winchelsea, was merged into the newly created Surf Coast Shire, which established its administrative centre at Torquay.
Mount Duneed is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.It is divided between the City of Greater Geelong and Surf Coast Shire local government areas. Mount Duneed itself is an extinct volcano and the remains of the crater can be seen in the Mount Duneed Recreation Reserve.
1993 – City of Greater Geelong formed by amalgamating part of Bannockburn Shire, part of Barrabool Shire, Bellarine Rural City, Corio Shire, Geelong City, Newtown City & South Barwon City. The part that had been in South Barwon City was then transferred to Surf Coast Shire on its creation in March 1994.
Mount Moriac is a locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Mount Moriac had a population of 240 people. [1] A farming community developed at Mount Moriac as early as the 1840s, with a hotel opening in 1844. [3] A Catholic school was opened by 1853, and a Catholic church (St Patrick's) built in 1863.