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Shire of Northern Grampians

Victoria, Australia

Australia Victoria Northern Grampians Shire
Location in Victoria
Population: 11,845 [1]
Established: 1995
Area: 5918 km² (2,285.0 sq mi)
Mayor: Cr Kevin Erwin
Council Seat: Stawell
Region: Western Victoria
State District:
  • Ripon
  • Swan Hill
Federal Division: Mallee
File:Northern Grampians Shire logo.jpg
Website: http://www.ngshire.vic.gov.au/
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 2011 Census, had a population of 11,845.[1] 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, Stawell, Vic, jjron, 12.01

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]

Ward Councillor Notes
Central   Kevin Erwin Mayor (2013–14)
Kara Kara   Merrilee Reid
  Tony Driscoll
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. ^ a b Census QuickStats (2011). "Northern Grampians (S) – LGA25810". Government of Australia. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/LGA25810?opendocument&navpos=220. Retrieved 10 January 2014. 
  2. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Gazette
  3. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Northern Grampians Shire Council". State Government of Victoria. http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council/northern-grampians. Retrieved 10 January 2014. 

External links[]

Coordinates: 36°39′00″S 143°01′00″E / -36.65, 143.0166667


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