Alpine Shire

The Alpine Shire 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 4,788 square kilometres (1,849 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 12,730.[1]

Alpine Shire
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population12,730 (2018)[1]
 • Density2.6587/km2 (6.886/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area4,788 km2 (1,848.7 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Jan Vonarx
Council seatBright
RegionHume
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Indi
WebsiteAlpine Shire
LGAs around Alpine Shire:
Wangaratta Indigo Towong
Wangaratta Alpine Shire East Gippsland
Wellington Wellington East Gippsland

It includes the towns of Bright, Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford. There are two unincorporated areas within the shire: the areas around Mount Hotham and Falls Creek. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bright, Shire of Myrtleford, and parts of the United Shire of Beechworth, Shire of Oxley, Shire of Yackandandah and Shire of Omeo.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Alpine Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bright, it also has service centres located in Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford. The Shire is named after its location in the popular alpine region of Victoria.

Over 90% of the Shire is public land. The Shire has two major national parks, the Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park.[3] The Shire's economy is based on tourism, agriculture and forestry.[3]

Council

Current composition

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

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided  Ron Janas
 Kelli Prime
 Tony Keeble
 Charlie Vincent
 Katarina Chalwell
 Sarah Nicholas
 John Forsyth

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Bright Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bright, and its service centres in Dinner Plain, Mt Beauty and Myrtleford.

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References
  1. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. "Local Government Act 1989 – Order Constituting the Shires of Towong, Indigo, Milawa, Delatite, Strathbogie, Murrindindi, Mitchell, Moira and (etc.) – Part 6: Alpine Shire". Victoria Government Gazette (Online Archive). State Government of Victoria (S87): 3–4. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014 – via State Library of Victoria.
  3. "Know Your Council". Alpine Shire. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. Local Government in Victoria. "Alpine Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.


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