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Shire Of Pyrenees
The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353. It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and Trawalla. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Avoca, Shire of Lexton, and Shire of Ripon. The Shire is governed and administered by the Pyrenees Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beaufort, it also has a service centre located in Avoca. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Pyrenees Ranges which also lends its name to the Pyrenees wine region, which is located in the north of the Local Government Area. Council Current composition The council is composed of five wards and five councillors, with one councillor per ward elected to represent each ward. Council Composition as of September 2022: Admin ... [...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] |
Avoca, Victoria
Avoca is a town in the Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north west of Ballarat, Victoria, Ballarat. It is one of two main towns in the Pyrenees Shire, the other being Beaufort, Victoria, Beaufort to the south. Geography The town stands in the gently undulating basin of the Avoca River, which rises in the Pyrenees (Victoria), Pyrenees Ranges to the west. To the south, the region is bounded by low hills of the Great Dividing Range; eastwards, the basin ends in a dry forested rise; to the north the Avoca River runs slowly through the plains of the Wimmera before joining Lake Bael Bael and the lake and swamps just south of the Murray River, Murray. The town and river were named after Avoca, County Wicklow, Avoca, the village and River Avoca in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The region takes in an area of about , and includes the towns of Redbank, Victoria, Redbank, Natte Yallock, Victoria, Natte Yallock, Rathscar, Bung Bong, Victoria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Maar
The Eastern Maar people are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples whose traditional lands are in the south-western part of the state of Victoria, Australia. It is a name adopted by a number of Aboriginal Victorian groups who identify as Maar, including Eastern Gunditjmara, Tjap Wurrung, Peek Whurrong, Kirrae Whurrung, Kuurn Kopan Noot and/or Yarro waetch ( Tooram Tribe) people. The word "Maar" means "the people". The Eastern Maar people are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation (EMAC), a Registered Native Title Body Corporate (RNTBC). In July 2011 the Eastern Maar and Gunditjmara peoples were recognised as the native title holders for an area in south-west Victoria between the Shaw and Eumeralla Rivers, and from Yambuk in the south, to beyond Lake Linlithgow in the north. EMAC is negotiating a Recognition and Settlement Agreement with the Victorian Government The Victoria State Government, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wotjobaluk People
The Wotjobaluk are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Victoria. They are closely related to the Wergaia people. Language R. H. Mathews supplied a brief analysis of the Wotjobaluk language (now known as Wergaia), describing what he called the Tyattyalla dialect of the Wotjobaluk around Albacutya He stated that it was characterised by four numbers: the singular, the dual, trial, and plural. There were, in addition, two forms of the trial number for the 1st person, depending on whether the person addressed was included or excluded. Thus one obtains: ''wutju'' (a man); "wutju-buliñ" (two men); ''wutju-kullik'' (three men); ''wutju-getyaul'' (several men). In mid-2021 a language revival project started up at the Wotjobaluk Knowledge Place, established in December 2020 at Dimboola. A Wergaia language program would run over 20 weeks. Country Wotjobaluk territory took in some inclusive of the Wimmera River, Outlet Creek and the two eutrophic lakes, Hindmarsh and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djadjawurrung
The Djadjawurrung or Dja Dja Wurrung, also known as the Djaara or Jajowrong people and Loddon River tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people who are the traditional owners of lands including the water catchment areas of the Loddon and Avoca rivers in the Bendigo region of central Victoria, Australia. They are part of the Kulin alliance of Aboriginal Victorian peoples. There are 16 clans, which adhere to a patrilineal system. Like other Kulin peoples, there are two moieties: Bunjil the eagle and Waa the crow. Name The Dja Dja Wurrung ethnonym is often analysed as a combination of a word for "yes" (''djadja'', dialect variants such as ''yeye'' /''yaya'', are perhaps related to this) and "mouth" (''wurrung''). This is quite unusual, since many other languages of the region define their speakers in terms of the local word for "no". It had, broadly speaking, two main dialects, an eastern and western variety. Language Dja Dja Wurrung is classified as one of the Kulin lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wathaurong
The Wadawurrung nation, also called the Wathaurong, or Wathaurung, are an Aboriginal Australian people living in the area near Melbourne, Geelong, and the Bellarine Peninsula in the state of Victoria. They are part of the Kulin alliance. The Wathaurong language was spoken by 25 clans south of the Werribee River and the Bellarine Peninsula to Streatham. The area they inhabit has been occupied for at least the last 25,000 years. Language Wathaurong is a Pama-Nyungan language, belonging to the Kulin sub-branch of the Kulinic language family. Country Wadawurrung territory extended some . To the east of Geelong their land ran up to Queenscliff, and from the south of Geelong around the Bellarine Peninsula, towards the Otway forests. Its northwestern boundaries lay at Mount Emu and Mount Misery, and extended to Lake Burrumbeet Beaufort and the Ballarat goldfields. The area they inhabit has been occupied for at least the last 25,000 years, with 140 archaeological si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traditional Owners
Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rights were first recognised as a part of Australian common law with the decision of '' Mabo v Queensland (No 2)'' in 1992. The doctrine was subsequently implemented and modified via statute with the '' Native Title Act 1993''. The concept recognises that in certain cases there was and is a continued beneficial legal interest in land held by Indigenous peoples which survived the acquisition of radical title and sovereignty to the land by the Crown. Native title can co-exist with non-Aboriginal proprietary rights and in some cases different Aboriginal groups can exercise their native title rights over the same land. The Federal Court of Australia arranges mediation in relation to claims made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrenees (Victoria)
The Pyrenees is a List of wine-producing regions#Victoria, wine-producing region centred on the Pyrenees ranges located in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia near the town of Avoca, Victoria, Avoca. The Pyrenees Ranges are at the southern end of Great Dividing Range, The Great Dividing Range with altitudes ranging from 300 to over 750 m (approximately 980–2460 ft). Main peaks in the range include Mount Avoca (747 m) and Mount Warrenmang (537 m). Exploration The explorer and surveyor Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Thomas Mitchell was the first European recorded to have travelled through the district on his 1836 in Australia, 1836 journey of exploration. The ranges reminded him of the Pyrenees in Europe where he had served as an army officer, hence the name he gave them. He found the area more temperate in climate and better watered than inland New South Wales, and he encouraged settlers to take up land in the region he described as "Australia Felix". Australian ... [...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 Ripon
The Shire of Ripon was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994. History Ripon was incorporated as a road district on 12 April 1861, and became a shire on 18 December 1863. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Ripon was abolished, and along with the Shire of Lexton and parts of the Shire of Avoca, was merged into the newly created Shire of Pyrenees. Wards Ripon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors: * Northwest Riding * East Riding * Central Riding Towns and localities * Beaufort* * Brewster * Camp Hill * Chute * Middle Creek * Mount Emu * Raglan * Snake Valley * Stockyard Hill * Trawalla * Waterloo * Council seat. Population * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book. References External links * Victorian Places - Ripon Shire {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Lexton
The Shire of Lexton was a local government area about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. History Lexton was incorporated as a road district on 17 February 1860, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. In January 1941, it annexed parts of the Shire of Avoca. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Lexton was abolished, and along with the Shire of Ripon and parts of the Shire of Avoca, was merged into the newly created Shire of Pyrenees. Wards The Shire of Lexton was divided into three ridings on 1 April 1988, each of which elected three councillors: * North Riding * South Riding * West Riding Towns and localities * Amphitheatre * Burnbank * Evansford * Glenbrae * Glenlogie * Glenpatrick * Langi Kal Kal * Lexton* * Mount Lonarch * Nowhere Creek * Trawalla * Waterloo * Waubra Waubra (formerly known as The Springs) is a tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
