Shire of Yarriambiack

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place The Shire of Yarriambiack is a local government area of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of Template:Convert and at the Template:CensusAU, had a population of 6,556.<ref name="abs"/> It includes the towns of Hopetoun, Murtoa, Rupanyup and Warracknabeal.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Yarriambiack Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Warracknabeal, it also has service centres located in Hopetoun and Rupanyup. The Shire is named after Yarriambiack Creek, a geographical feature that meanders through the LGA from the Wimmera River, through Warracknabeal, to Lake Coorong at Hopetoun.

History

The Shire of Yarriambiack was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Warracknabeal, Shire of Karkarooc, most of the Shire of Dunmunkle, and part of the Shire of Wimmera.<ref name="Gazette" />

In January 1996 part of the Richardson River catchment east and south of Rupanyup was transferred from the Northern Grampians Shire to Yarriambiack after a further Local Government Board review.<ref>Template:Cite Gazette VIC</ref>

Yarriambiack Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.
🞲 Area transferred from Northern Grampians Shire to Yarriambiack Shire in 1996

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and six councillors.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Council>Template:Cite web</ref> The current councillors, elected at the 2024 election, are:

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Dunmunkle	Template:Australian party style|	Corinne Heintze
	Template:Australian party style|	Melinda Keel
Hopetoun	Template:Australian party style|	Andrew Mclean	Deputy Mayor
	Template:Australian party style|	Chris K. Lehmann
Warracknabeal	Template:Australian party style|	Karly Kirk
	Template:Australian party style|	Kylie Zanker	Mayor

Administration and governance

Shire offices. Lyle Street, Warracknabeal

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Warracknabeal Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Warracknabeal, and its service centres in Hopetoun and Rupanyup.

Townships and localities

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	35	18
Template:VICcity	10	3
Template:VICcity	57	62
Template:VICcity	329	312
Template:VICcity	37	38
Template:VICcity	48	56
Template:VICcity	48	45
Template:VICcity^	11	15
Template:VICcity^	1,730	1,635
Template:VICcity	739	694

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	241	#
Template:VICcity	17	13
Template:VICcity^	48	57
Template:VICcity^	*	4
Template:VICcity	48	57
Template:VICcity	93	82
Template:VICcity^	19	16
Template:VICcity^	*	237
Template:VICcity^	36	40

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	524	525
Template:VICcity^	72	63
Template:VICcity	865	897
Template:VICcity^	133	149
Template:VICcity^	683	672
Template:VICcity	5	0
Template:VICcity^	536	545
Template:VICcity	28	27
Template:VICcity	78	53

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	57	62
Template:VICcity	29	30
Template:VICcity	31	28
Template:VICcity	2,438	2,359
Template:VICcity^	18	29
Template:VICcity^	49	28
Template:VICcity	9	17
Template:VICcity	201	191
Template:VICcity	84	75

Template:Columns-end ^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Yarriambiack

External links

• Yarriambiack 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