Shire of Murrindindi

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 Template:Convert<ref name="ABSLGA">Template:Cite web</ref> and, in August 2021, had a population of 15,197.<ref name="abs"/> 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.

History

The Shire of Murrindindi was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Alexandra, Shire of Yea, and parts of the Shire of Broadford, Shire of Eltham, Shire of Euroa, Shire of Healesville and City of Whittlesea.<ref name="Gazette" />

Murrindindi Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.
🞲 The Lake Mountain Alpine Resort was excised in 1997<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Black Saturday

Parts of Murrindindi were badly affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfires, notably the towns of Marysville and Kinglake. In total, 106 people died across the Shire including 38 in Kinglake and 34 in Marysville.

Council

Current composition

Template:Victoria LGA ward map The council is composed of seven wards and seven councillors, with one councillor elected to represent each ward.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward	Councillor
Cathedral	Sandice McAulay
Cheviot	Sue Carpenter
Eildon	Karine Haslem
King Parrot	Eric Lording
Kinglake	Ilona Gerencser
Koriella	John Walsh
Red Gate	Damien Gallagher

Administration and governance

The Council meets on a monthly basis for Scheduled Meetings and from time to time for Unscheduled Meetings. The meetings are streamed live on Council's Facebook page. Council provides customer services from its Library and Customer Service Centres in Alexandra, Kinglake and Yea and also from its Mobile Library and Customer Service.

Media

Murrindindi Shire activities are covered weekly in local print publications and also on local radio UGFM. The latest information is also made available on Council's website and Facebook pages.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census recorded the shire population at 15,197, compared to 13,732 in the 2016 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	171	146
Template:VICcity	2,695	2,801
Template:VICcity	492	591
Template:VICcity	268	257
Template:VICcity	25	27
Template:VICcity	41	59
Template:VICcity	14	14
Template:VICcity	8	19
Template:VICcity	974	944
Template:VICcity^	0	3
Template:VICcity	60	82
Template:VICcity^	689	790

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	41	64
Template:VICcity	415	443
Template:VICcity	85	102
Template:VICcity^	148	141
Template:VICcity^	122	151
Template:VICcity	54	70
Template:VICcity^	59	53
Template:VICcity	73	86
Template:VICcity	106	156
Template:VICcity^	1,536	1,662
Template:VICcity	345	413

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	1,166	1,305
Template:VICcity	60	66
Template:VICcity	82	121
Template:VICcity	60	75
Template:VICcity^	394	501
Template:VICcity^	190	216
Template:VICcity	72	91
Template:VICcity	107	114
Template:VICcity	205	201
Template:VICcity	322	360
Template:VICcity	56	44

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	112	164
Template:VICcity	164	231
Template:VICcity	328	405
Template:VICcity	38	76
Template:VICcity	57	72
Template:VICcity	299	311
Template:VICcity^	344	366
Template:VICcity^	108	90
Template:VICcity	100	130
Template:VICcity	168	194
Template:VICcity	1,587	1,789

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See also

Council service centre and library in Yea

• List of localities (Victoria)
• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Murrindindi

External links

• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link