Shire of Gannawarra
Shire of Gannawarra | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Loddon Mallee | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Kerang | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Charlie Gillingham | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 3,735 km2 (1,442 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 10,683 (2021) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.8602/km2 (7.4080/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Gannawarra | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Gannawarra is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 3,735 square kilometres (1,442 mi2) and, in August 2021 had a population of 10,683. It includes the towns of Cohuna, Kerang, Koondrook, Leitchville and Quambatook.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Gannawarra Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Kerang, it also has a service centre located in Cohuna.
The Shire is named after the locality of Gannawarra, roughly equidistant from the two main towns, which is in turn named for a 19th-century pastoral run. The underlying meaning of the name is variously given as "running water" or "geese".