Shire of Towong

Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place The Shire of Towong 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 and in August 2021 had a population of 6,223.<ref name=ABSLGA/>

It includes the towns of Corryong, Tallangatta, Cudgewa, Bethanga, Bellbridge, Walwa, Tintaldra and Towong.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Towong Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Tallangatta, it also has a service centre located in Corryong.

History

The first entity known as the "Shire of Towong" was formed in 1874. It occupied the same region as the modern LGA. In October 1920 the eastern part of the shire was severed to form the Shire of Upper Murray. No longer containing the Towong locality, the Shire of Towong was renamed the Shire of Tallangatta in 1974.<ref>Template:Cite Gazette VIC</ref>

As part of the substantial local government reforms of 1994, the Shire of Towong was created anew by amalgamating the Shires of Tallangatta and Upper Murray and is known as Towong Shire Council.

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Towong Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.<ref name=Council>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Unsubdivided	Template:Australian party style|	David Wortmann
	Template:Australian party style|	Peter Tolsher	Deputy Mayor
	Template:Australian party style|	Denise Anderson
	Template:Australian party style|	Jonathon Pitman
	Template:Australian party style|	Andrew Whitehead	Mayor

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Tallangatta Municipal Offices as well as its offices in Corryong on alternating months. Tallangatta is the primary location of the council's administrative activities. It provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Tallangatta, the Tallangatta library and its service centre in Corryong.

Townships and localities

According to the 2021 census, Towong Shire had a population of 6,223, up from 5,985 in the 2016 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	370	393
Template:VICcity	37	35
Template:VICcity	471	485
Template:VICcity	49	61
Template:VICcity	75	63
Template:VICcity	11	0
Template:VICcity	43	24
Template:VICcity	51	61
Template:VICcity	1,348	1,352
Template:VICcity	261	254

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	104	130
Template:VICcity	242	238
Template:VICcity	0	0
Template:VICcity	62	75
Template:VICcity	99	88
Template:VICcity	18	20
Template:VICcity	43	46
Template:VICcity	20	26
Template:VICcity	28	25
Template:VICcity	171	171

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	26	39
Template:VICcity^	90	87
Template:VICcity	35	45
Template:VICcity	34	32
Template:VICcity	7	5
Template:VICcity	219	245
Template:VICcity	79	92
Template:VICcity	1,082	1,175
Template:VICcity	56	39

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	139	142
Template:VICcity	202	194
Template:VICcity	11	22
Template:VICcity	82	70
Template:VICcity	60	66
Template:VICcity	0	7
Template:VICcity	132	143
Template:VICcity	34	37
Template:VICcity	177	191

Template:Columns-end ^ – Territory divided with another LGA

See also

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

External links

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• Towong 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