The Central Goldfields Shire is located in central Victoria, one hour's drive from the regional cities of Ballarat and Bendigo and two hour's drive north west of Melbourne.

Originally a gold mining area, the shire has developed on the back of agricultural industry.

The main activities are cropping and sheep farming. Maryborough, the principal town in the shire, is a manufacturing centre.

The main industries include meat and meat product manufacturing, other food manufacturing, printing services to printing, agriculture.

Central Goldfields is part of the Small Shire council grouping and can be compared with similar councils. More information on council groupings can be found here.

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