The Shire of Indigo, a

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(LGA) in the

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region of

Victoria, Australia Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; ...

, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in August 2021 had a population of 17,368. It includes the towns of

Beechworth Beechworth is a town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s. At the , Beechworth had a population of 3,290. Beechworth's many historical buildings are well pr ...

, Chiltern,

Rutherglen Rutherglen (; , ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having previously existed as a separate Lanarkshire burgh, in 1975 Rutherglen lo ...

and

Yackandandah Yackandandah is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. It is near the regional cities of Wodonga and Albury, and is close to the tourist town of Beechworth. At the , Yackandandah had a population of 2,008. History The indigenous people of ...

. It formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the

Shire of Rutherglen The Shire of Rutherglen was a local government area about north-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994. History Rutherglen was incorporated as a road ...

, Shire of Chiltern,

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and

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 ...

. The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its

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and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beechworth, it also has service centres located in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. The Shire is named after the

Indigo Valley Indigo Valley is a locality in Victoria, Australia stretching approximately between Yackandandah and the Hume Highway near Barnawartha. The Indigo Creek flows through it. Indigo Valley was formerly part of the Shire of Chiltern but now forms p ...

and

Indigo Creek InterGlobe Aviation Limited (d/b/a IndiGo), is an Indian airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. It is the largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 64.1% domestic market share as of April 2025. It is t ...

, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Aust ...

. In 2008, the

Bankwest Bankwest is an Australian bank based in Perth, Western Australia. It was founded as the Agricultural Bank of Western Australia in 1895 by the Government of Western Australia being renamed the Rural and Industries Bank in 1944, and Bankwest in ...

Quality of Life Index rated Indigo fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas.

Council

Current composition

As of 22 September 2016, the council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The makeup of the council is as follows:

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 17,368 up from 15,952 in the 2016 census ^ - ''Territory divided with another

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