Mount Alexander Shire

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Shire of Mount Alexander

| state = vic

| image = Australia Victoria Mount Alexander Shire.svg

| caption = Location in Victoria

| pop = 20253

| pop_year = 2021

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA25430 |name=Mount Alexander (Local Government Area)|access-date=8 May 2023}}

| area = 1530

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.

| est = 1995

| gazetted = 19 January 1995{{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1995&class=S&page_num=4&state=V&classNum=S2 |title=S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 10) the Shire of Mount Alexander |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=19 January 1995 |page=4 |accessdate=10 January 2014}}

| mayor = Rosie Annear

| seat = Castlemaine

| region = Loddon Mallee

| logo = mtalexcouncil.GIF

| logo_upright = 1.2

| url = http://www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/

| stategov = Bendigo West

|stategov2=Macedon| fedgov = Bendigo

| near-nw = Loddon

| near-n = Greater Bendigo

| near-ne = Greater Bendigo

| near-w = Central Goldfields

| near-e = Mitchell

| near-sw = Hepburn

| near-s = Hepburn

| near-se = Macedon Ranges

}}

The Mount Alexander Shire (officially Shire of Mount Alexander) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of {{convert|1530|km2|mi2}} and, in August 2021, had a population of 20,253. It includes the towns of Castlemaine, Chewton, Elphinstone, Maldon, Newstead, Harcourt, Taradale, Vaughan, Fryerstown and Campbells Creek. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Castlemaine, Shire of Newstead, and most of the Shire of Maldon and Shire of Metcalfe. The traditional owners of the land are Dja Dja Wurrung.{{Cite web|last=Council|first=corporateName=Mount Alexander Shire|title=Mount Alexander Shire Council - Our shire|url=https://www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.aspx?Page_Id=2189|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Mount Alexander Shire Council|language=en}}

The Shire is governed and administered by the Mount Alexander Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Castlemaine. It also has service centres located in Maldon and Newstead. The Shire is named after the first European settlers' name for the Castlemaine region and goldfields.