Shire of Murrindindi
Shire of Murrindindi | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria Council Offices in Alexandra | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Alexandra | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Damien Gallagher | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 3,880 km2 (1,500 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 15,197 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.917/km2 (10.144/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 November 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Murrindindi | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Murrindindi is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 3,880 square kilometres (1,500 mi2) and, in August 2021, had a population of 15,197. It includes the towns of Alexandra, Buxton, Eildon, Flowerdale, Kinglake, Marysville, Molesworth, Strath Creek, Taggerty, Yarck and Yea.
The Shire is governed by the Murrindindi Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Alexandra, it also has service centres located in Kinglake and Yea. The Shire is named after the locality of Murrindindi, which is located near the geographical centre of the LGA.
The Lake Mountain ski resort is an unincorporated area near the southern border of the shire, which creates a small exclave.