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Alpine Shire
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 and in August 2021 had a population of 13,235. 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. 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 park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Bureau Of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is an List of Australian Government entities, Australian Government agency that collects and analyses statistics on economic, population, Natural environment, environmental, and social issues to advise the Australian Government. The bureau's function originated in the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, established in 1905, four years after Federation, Federation of Australia; it took on its present name in 1975. The ABS conducts Australia's Census of Population and Housing every five years and publishes its findings online. History Efforts to count the population of Australia started in 1795 with "musters" that involved physically gathering a community to be counted, a practice that continued until 1825. The first colonial censuses were conducted in New South Wales in 1828; in Tasmania in 1841; South Australia in 1844; Western Australia in 1848; and Victoria in 1854. Each colony continued to collect statistics separately d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hotham
Mount Hotham is a mountain located in the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, in the Australian state of Victoria. The mountain is located approximately north east of Melbourne, from Sydney, and from Adelaide by road. The nearest major road to the mountain is the Great Alpine Road. The mountain is named after Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria from 1854 to 1855. Mount Hotham's summit rises to an altitude of Mount Hotham Alpine Resort, a commercial alpine resort, is located on the slopes of Mount Hotham summit and nearby mountains. Administratively, the mountain is within Mount Hotham Alpine Resort unincorporated area, land which is managed by Alpine Resorts Victoria. This unincorporated area is surrounded by Alpine Shire Climate As with most of the Australian Alps, Mount Hotham's climate is, compared to the bulk of Australia, cold throughout the year; with particularly cold maximum temperatures, and Mount Hotham is one of very few areas in Australia t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Localities In Victoria
This is a list of locality names and populated place names in the state of Victoria, Australia, outside the Melbourne metropolitan area. It is organised by region from the south-west of the state to the east and, for convenience, is sectioned by Local government areas of Victoria, Local Government Area (LGA). Localities are bounded areas recorded on VICNAMES, although boundaries are the responsibility of each council. Many localities cross LGA boundaries, some being partly within three LGAs, but are listed here once under the LGA in which the major population centre or area occurs. The Registrar of Geographic Names, supported by Geographic Names Victoria, administers the naming or renaming of localities (as well as roads, and other features) in Victoria, and maintains the Register of Geographic Names, referred as the VICNAMES register, pursuant to the ''Geographic Place Names Act 1998''. The OGN has issued the mandatory ''Naming rules for places in Victoria, Statutory requireme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrietville, Victoria
Harrietville is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Great Alpine Road, in the Alpine Shire. At the , Harrietville and the surrounding area had a population of 338. History Harrietville was named after the first white woman who lived there. Gold miners were there by May 1860 when they formed a Prospecting Association. The town began as a goldmining settlement during the Victorian Gold Rush, the Post Office opening on 5 July 1865. Alluvial gold was mined initially. Many of the early miners were Chinese. Later, the mining shifted to deep reefs accessed via shafts. A large dredge, known as the Tronoh Monster, also worked extracting alluvial gold from the Ovens River flats. The dredge extracted gravel and created the hole it floated in, dumping the tailings behind it. It made slow progress along the river flats, eventually stopping when rock reefs were contacted at the base of the surrounding mountains. Three large and deep lakes remain near Harrietville where dredging oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundowring, Victoria
Gundowring is a locality in north east Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Indigo local government area, north east of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori .... At the , Gundowring had a population of 214. Gundowring Football Club were runners up in the 1902 and 1904 Kiewa Valley Football Association. References External links Towns in Victoria (state) Alpine Shire Shire of Indigo {{Hume-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gapsted, Victoria
Gapsted is a locality in north east Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Alpine Shire local government area, north east of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori .... At the , Gapsted had a population of 173. References External links Towns in Victoria (state) Alpine Shire {{Hume-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurobin
Eurobin is a locality in the Ovens Valley, northeastern Victoria, Australia, situated approximately midway between the towns of Myrtleford and Bright. Known as Black Springs until 1870,Robertson, K. (1973). ''Myrtleford: Gateway to the Alps''. Rigby. it has been claimed that name Eurobin is derived from a word in an unspecified Aboriginal name meaning "lake foot of mountain". History The area now known as Eurobin developed as a wayside stop during the Buckland Valley gold rush in 1853. Over the years, Eurobin grew to include essential services and structures, such as a school,*Dookie and Katamatite Recorder* (16 October 1919) (Pg 3) "Presentation to school teacher - Miss Torgrimson honoured"*Alpine Observer and North-Eastern Herald* (2 November 1917) "District news from our correspondent - Eurobin"*Countryman* (1 November 1929) (Pg 11) "A new Bee" Eurobin railway station,*Ovens and Murray Advertiser* (17 February 1880) (Pg 5) "The Ovens District Election"*Ovens and Murray Adverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seat Of Local Government
The seat of government is (as defined by ''Brewer's Politics'') "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority". In most countries, the nation's capital is also seat of its government, thus that city is appropriately referred to as the national seat of government. The terms are not however, completely synonymous, as some countries' seat of government differs from the capital. The Netherlands, for example, has Amsterdam as its capital but The Hague is the seat of government; and the Philippines, with Manila as its capital but the metropolitan area of the same name (Metro Manila; also known as National Capital Region (NCR)), is the seat of government. Local seats of government Local and regional authorities usually have a seat, called an administrative centre, as well. Terms for seats of local government of various levels and in various countries include: * County seat (United States and Canada) * County town (United Kingdom and I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Omeo
The Shire of Omeo was a local government area about east-north-east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1872 until 1994. History Omeo was incorporated as a shire on 25 October 1872. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Omeo was abolished, and along with the City of Bairnsdale, the Shires of Bairnsdale and Tambo, and the Boole Boole Peninsula from the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of East Gippsland. The Dinner Plain district was merged into the Shire of Alpine, which had been created two weeks earlier. Ridings Omeo was divided into four ridings on 15 January 1957, each of which elected three councillors: * Omeo Riding * Ensay Riding * Hinnomunjie Riding * Tongio Riding Towns and localities * Benambra * Brookville * Cassilis * Dinner Plain * Doctors Flat * Ensay * Hinnomunjie * Omeo* * Swifts Creek Swifts Creek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Yackandandah
The Shire of Yackandandah was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994. History Yackandandah was incorporated as a road district on 8 August 1862, and became a shire on 30 December 1864. It was originally created with a larger area, but it lost land to the Shire of Chiltern in two transfers; on 14 May 1913 and 30 May 1917. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Yackandandah was abolished, and along with parts of the Shires of Beechworth, Chiltern and Rutherglen, was merged into the newly created Shire of Indigo. The Baranduda district was transfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Oxley
The Shire of Oxley was a local government area in Victoria, Australia, immediately to the south of the city of Wangaratta, which housed the shire's council chambers. Oxley covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994. History The Oxley Road District was incorporated on 21 November 1862, and became a shire on 12 December 1865, after changes to local government legislation. Subsequently, it was divided into Eastern, Central and Western Ridings, each of which elected three councillors. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Oxley was abolished, and along with the City of Wangaratta, the Shire of Wangaratta and various surrounding districts, was merged into the newly created Rural City of Wangaratta The Rural City of Wangaratta is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Shire Of Beechworth
The United Shire of Beechworth was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1856 until 1994. History Beechworth United Shire originated as two separate entities: the Borough of Beechworth, first created as a municipal district on 23 August 1856, becoming a borough on 11 September 1863, and the Shire of Beechworth, created on 27 December 1865 as a union of the Stanley (10 December 1862) and Wooragee (30 March 1863) Road Districts. The two entities merged on 29 December 1871, to form the United Shire of Beechworth. At its dissolution, it was the only local government entity remaining in Victoria which was styled as a 'United Shire', Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. although many others were also the results of amalgamations. On 18 November 1994, the United Shire of Beechworth was abolished, and along with parts of the Shires of Chiltern, Ruthergle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
