Shire of Hindmarsh
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The Shire is governed and administered by the Hindmarsh Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Nhill, it also has service centres located in Dimboola, Rainbow and Jeparit. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, Lake Hindmarsh, (which in turn was named after John Hindmarsh) located in the east of the LGA.
History
The Shire of Hindmarsh was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Lowan and Shire of Dimboola.[3]
Council
Current composition
Template:Victoria LGA ward map The council is composed of three wards and six councillors, with two councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[4] The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:[5]
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Debra Nelson | Mayor (2015-2017) |
| Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Wendy Bywaters | Position vacant following 2020 election. By-election held December 2020.[6] | |
| North | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Ron Ismay | Mayor (2017-2019, 2020-2021) |
| Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Brett Ireland | ||
| West | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Melanie Albrecht | Mayor (2021- ) |
| Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Rob Gersch | Mayor (2019-2020) | |
Administration and governance
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Nhill Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It provides customer services at its administrative centre in Nhill, and its service centres in Dimboola, Jeparit, and Rainbow.
Townships and localities
The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 5,698 down from 5,721 in the 2016 census[7]
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| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Albacutya | 0 | 0 |
| Template:VICcity | 63 | 53 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 3 | 8 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 145 | 65 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 11 | 15 |
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 1,730 | 1,635 |
| Template:VICcity | 69 | 65 |
| Template:VICcity | 87 | 71 |
| Template:VICcity | 477 | 476 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 803 | 891 |
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Template:VICcity | 8 | 3 |
| Template:VICcity | 62 | 64 |
| Template:VICcity | 5 | 5 |
| Template:VICcity | 10 | 8 |
| Template:VICcity | 120 | 111 |
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Template:VICcity | 2,184 | 2,401 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 683 | 672 |
| Template:VICcity | 30 | 36 |
| Template:VICcity | 63 | 69 |
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See also
References
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External links
- Hindmarsh Shire Council official website
- Metlink local public transport map
- Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link
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