| Shire of Alpine Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 13,235 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.7642/km2 (7.1593/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 November 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4,788 km2 (1,848.7 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr John Forsyth | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Bright | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Ovens Valley | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Alpine | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Alpine 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 August 2021 had a population of 13,235.[4]
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.[5] The Shire has two major national parks, the Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park.[6] The Shire's economy is based on tourism, agriculture and forestry.[6]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Alpine (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ a b "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) (S87). State Library Victoria: 3–4. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ "2021 Alpine, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "About Alpine Shire". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Know Your Council". Alpine Shire. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
