Shire of West Wimmera

LGAs around Shire of West Wimmera:
Southern Mallee (SA)	Mildura	Hindmarsh
Tatiara (SA)	Shire of West Wimmera	Horsham
Naracoorte Lucindale (SA)	Glenelg	Southern Grampians

The Shire of West Wimmera is a local government area in the western part of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 9,107 square kilometres (3,516 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 4,251.^[3] It includes the towns of Apsley, Edenhope, Goroke, Gymbowen, Harrow, Kaniva, Minimay, Nurcoung and Serviceton. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Kaniva and parts of the Shire of Kowree, Shire of Arapiles and Shire of Glenelg.^[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the West Wimmera Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Edenhope, it also has a service centre located in Kaniva. The Shire is named after the Wimmera region, in which the LGA occupies the western portion. The LGA is also located entirely to the west of the Wimmera River, which actually meanders through another municipality to the east, that is the Rural City of Horsham.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.^[4]

Ward		Notes
Unsubdivided	Ron Hawkins
	Annette Jones	Mayor (2014-current)
	Bruce Meyer
	Warren Wait
	Richard Wait

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers in the Edenhope and Kaniva Municipal Offices. It also provides customer services at both centres.

References

↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). pp. 5–6. Retrieved 10 January 2014. |article= ignored (help)
↑ Census QuickStats (2011). "West Wimmera (S) – LGA26890". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ Local Government in Victoria. "West Wimmera Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

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Towns in the Shire of West Wimmera

Apsley Benayeo Big Desert Bringalbert Broughton Charam Chetwynd Connewirricoo Dergholm Dorodong Douglas Edenhope Goroke Grass Flat Gymbowen Harrow Kadnook Kaniva Karnak Langkoop Lawloit Lillimur Miga Lake Minimay Miram Mitre Neuarpurr Nurcoung Ozenkadnook Patyah Peronne Poolaijelo Powers Creek Serviceton Tarrayoukyan Telopea Downs Ullswater Wombelano

Local government areas of Victoria

Greater Melbourne

Inner Melbourne	Melbourne Port Phillip Stonnington Yarra

Metropolitan	Banyule Bayside Boroondara Darebin Glen Eira Hobsons Bay Kingston Manningham Maribyrnong Maroondah Monash Moonee Valley Moreland Whitehorse

Outer Metropolitan	Brimbank Cardinia Casey Frankston Greater Dandenong Hume Knox Melton Mornington Peninsula Nillumbik Whittlesea Wyndham Yarra Ranges

Barwon South West

Grampians region

Gippsland

Hume region

Loddon Mallee region

Coordinates: 36°43′00″S 141°28′00″E / 36.71667°S 141.46667°E / -36.71667; 141.46667

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