The website is managed through the Buninyong Information Centre by the Buninyong Community Website Group (BCWG), under the supervision of the Buninyong Joint Library Trust Inc (BJLT).

About the Buninyong Community Website Group

The Buninyong Community Website Group (BCWG) is based in the Buninyong Information Centre, 408 Learmonth Street, Buninyong. It can be contacted by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by phone: 03 5341 8211 or by calling in when the Information Centre is open. Headed by Liz Lumsdon, its membership includes Information Centre volunteers and representatives from the Buninyong and District Community Association.

Any income collected from donations and/or advertising fees is managed by the Buninyong Community Website Group and goes towards the costs of operating and maintaining the website. Advertising fees are payable by cheque, direct debit or cash to the Buninyong Joint Library Trust Inc. and any surplus will be used at the discretion of the Trust for the benefit of the Buninyong community.

Our second community website used a new CMS-based design to respond to the increasing use of mobile devices with a range of screen sizes.

At a Gala ANZIA (Australian and New Zealand Internet Awards) Dinner held on 30th August in the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne, it was announced that this site had won the 2016 Leonie Dunbar Memorial Award for Community Websites. Accepting the award, Liz Lumsdon, the website's designer and co-ordinator, thanked the many people in Buninyong who contributed to the website and helped to make it truly representative of our community. Many internet luminaries were at the dinner and awards were presented in six categories. The ANZIA trophy is now on display in the Buninyong Information Centre.
With hundreds of community websites in Australia and many more in NZ, ours was a big achievement and one we can all be proud of.

Buninyong's first community website was set up in 2007, after Buninyong's pioneering website, buninyong.com, went offline in 2006. When Australian Geographic Domain Names became available, the Buninyong Community Website Group was formed to set up a community-based website for Buninyong with the domain name buninyong.vic.au.
The former Buninyong Ward Residents' Progress Association (BWRPA) supported the concept and was extensively involved in the consultation and development phases with initial representation on the BCWG.

Buninyong Community Website 2008 - 2015

Developed by Liz Lumsdon, the website had a a strong local community focus with comprehensive directories of local community groups and businesses as well as information for visitors. The early stages of development involved various levels of community consultation, culminating in a presentation to the Community Forum held by the BWRPA in May 2007.

Cr. Peter Innes granted funding in 2007 to publicise the new website and Frances Winnell kindly gave permission for the vast amount of material she had carefully compiled for the 2006 Buninyong Directory to be transferred to the website forming the basis of the ongoing Business and Community Groups Directories. Former Buninyong Shire Councillor, Derick Leather also contributed a great deal of his research into the history of Buninyong's public buildings and assets.

The new Buninyong and District website went online towards the end of 2007 and was officially launched at the Gold king Festival in February 2008.

In 2012 the Buninyong Community Website started hosting online versions of the monthly Buninyong Newsletter produced by the Buninyong News Committee. It continued this service for the new-look Buninyong & District Community News produced by the Buninyong & District Community Association, 2015-2022, and today stores copies of the Village Voice.