Shire of Northern Grampians

Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates 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 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.

History

The Shire of Northern Grampians was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Stawell, Town of St Arnaud, Shire of Stawell, Shire of Kara Kara, the Grampians section of the Shire of Wimmera, and parts of the Shire of Dunmunkle and Shire of Donald. Additionally, the Shire of Avoca contributed the southern half of Navarre township, the Shire of Ararat contributed an area on the outskirts of Halls Gap, and the Shire of Arapiles contributed its share of the Grampians National Park.

In January 1996, part of the Richardson River catchment east and south of Rupanyup was transferred from Northern Grampians to the Shire of Yarriambiack after a further Local Government Board review.

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Northern Grampians Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.
🞲 Area transferred to Yarriambiack Shire in 1996

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

Council

Current composition

Template:Victoria LGA ward map The council is composed of three wards and six councillors, with two councillors elected to represent each ward

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Central	Template:Australian party style|	Karen Hyslop	Mayor (current)
	Template:Australian party style |	Jenny Greenberger
Kara Kara	Template:Australian party style |	Karen Probst
	Template:Australian party style |	Murray Emerson
Grampians	Template:Australian party style|	Justine Hide	Deputy Mayor
	Template:Australian party style|	Jack Blake

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.

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of the Northern Grampians are the Djab Wurrung, Jardwadjali and Dja Dja Wurrung.

Cities, towns and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 11,948 up from 11,439 in the 2016 census

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	21	23
Template:VICcity^	6	12
Template:VICcity	7	8
Template:VICcity	28	27
Template:VICcity^	43	49
Template:VICcity	25	24
Template:VICcity	57	59
Bellfield	*	#
Template:VICcity^	189	274
Template:VICcity	0	4
Template:VICcity^	79	80
Template:VICcity	37	19
Template:VICcity	43	45
Template:VICcity	27	21
Template:VICcity	64	60
Template:VICcity	21	40
Template:VICcity^	3	3
Template:VICcity	133	146
Template:VICcity^	31	30
Template:VICcity	16	18
Template:VICcity^	58	42
Template:VICcity^	89	72
Template:VICcity^	71	69
Template:VICcity	0	0

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	204	210
Template:VICcity^	19	15
Template:VICcity^	32	37
Template:VICcity	38	47
Template:VICcity	12	17
Template:VICcity^	16	23
Template:VICcity	125	131
Template:VICcity	19	19
Template:VICcity^	20	23
Template:VICcity	3	0
Template:VICcity	19	10
Template:VICcity	19	13
Template:VICcity	13	19
Template:VICcity^	400	425
Template:VICcity	52	52
Template:VICcity^	430	495
Template:VICcity	82	80
Template:VICcity	22	17
Template:VICcity	25	26
Template:VICcity	12	17
Template:VICcity	31	29
Template:VICcity^	*	4
Template:VICcity^	196	162

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	27	23
Template:VICcity	43	58
Template:VICcity^	41	49
Template:VICcity	44	43
Template:VICcity^	53	59
Template:VICcity^	36	40
Template:VICcity	122	99
Template:VICcity	4	6
Template:VICcity	17	11
Template:VICcity	14	6
Template:VICcity	18	23
Template:VICcity	4	0
Template:VICcity	6	8
Template:VICcity	30	31
Template:VICcity^	94	89
Template:VICcity^	98	99
Template:VICcity	42	41
Template:VICcity^	322	356
Template:VICcity^	94	102
Template:VICcity	3	13
Template:VICcity	3	7
Template:VICcity	29	34
Template:VICcity	3	7

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	16	10
Template:VICcity^	536	545
Template:VICcity^	13	3
Template:VICcity^	37	34
Template:VICcity	2,193	2,318
Template:VICcity	81	100
Template:VICcity	44	43
Template:VICcity	6,032	6,220
Template:VICcity	79	78
Template:VICcity	22	16
Template:VICcity	18	10
Template:VICcity	14	17
Template:VICcity	6	5
Template:VICcity	29	22
Template:VICcity	3	9
Template:VICcity	27	37
Template:VICcity	16	11
Template:VICcity	9	12
Template:VICcity^	84	88
Template:VICcity^	0	0
Template:VICcity	17	18
Template:VICcity	0	0
Template:VICcity	0	0

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

External links

• Northern Grampians Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link