Shire of Northern Grampians
Shire of Northern Grampians | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Stawell | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Karen Hyslop | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 5,730 km2 (2,210 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 11,431 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.9949/km2 (5.167/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Northern Grampians | ||||||||||||
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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 5,730 square kilometres (2,210 mi2) and in June 2018 had a population of 11,431, having fallen from 12,087 in 2008. It includes the city of Stawell, the towns of St Arnaud, Great Western, Marnoo, Glenorchy, Stuart Mill, and Navarre, and the tourist town of Halls Gap.
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.