Shire of Northern Grampians

Shire of Northern Grampians
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population 11,439 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density 1.93292/km2 (5.0062/sq mi)
Established 1995
Gazetted 20 January 1995[2]
Area 5,918 km2 (2,285.0 sq mi)
Mayor Cr Tony Driscoll
Council seat Stawell
Region Western Victoria
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s) Mallee
Website Shire of Northern Grampians
LGAs around Shire of Northern Grampians:
Yarriambiack Buloke Loddon
Horsham Shire of Northern Grampians Central Goldfields
Southern Grampians Ararat Pyrenees

The Shire of Northern Grampians is a local government area in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 5,918 square kilometres (2,285 sq mi) and at the 2016 Census had a population of approximately 11,500. It includes the towns of Stawell, St Arnaud, Great Western, Marnoo, Glenorchy, Stuart Mill, Navarre and the tourist town of Halls Gap. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Stawell, Town of St Arnaud, Shire of Stawell, Shire of Kara Kara and parts of the Shire of Wimmera, Shire of Dunmunkle and Shire of Donald.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Northern Grampians Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Stawell, it also has a service centre located in St Arnaud. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, The Grampians, and that the northern part of this feature occupies the southern part of the LGA.

The local economy is based on a diverse range of industries including agriculture, tourism, wine production, gold mining, brick manufacturing and meat production.

Stawell Town Hall complex, a seat of local government for the Northern Grampians Shire Council

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Stawell Ward, two councillors elected to represent the Kara Kara Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[3]

WardCouncillorNotes
Central  Kevin Erwin
Kara Kara  Merrilee Reid
 Tony DriscollMayor (2016–18)
South West  Paul Russell
Stawell  Murray Emerson
 Karen Hyslop
 Wayne Rice

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Stawell Town Hall Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Stawell, and its service centre in St Arnaud.

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Northern Grampians (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 November 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 11) the Shire of Northern Grampians". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Northern Grampians Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

Coordinates: 36°39′00″S 143°01′00″E / 36.65000°S 143.01667°E / -36.65000; 143.01667


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