The Shire of West Wimmera is a

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in the western part of the

Wimmera The Victorian government's Wimmera Southern Mallee subregion is part of the Grampians region in western Victoria. It includes most of what is considered the Wimmera, and part of the southern Mallee region. The subregion is based on the social ...

region of

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, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 3,862. It includes the towns of Apsley,

Edenhope Edenhope is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Wimmera Highway, 30 kilometres from the South Australian border, in the Shire of West Wimmera local government area. At the Edenhope had a population of 946. ...

, Goroke, Gymbowen,

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Kaniva Kaniva is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Western Highway, north of Little Desert National Park, in the Shire of West Wimmera local government area. It is located roughly east of the South Australian border and east of Bo ...

, Minimay, Nurcoung and Serviceton. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the

Shire of Kaniva The Shire of Kaniva was a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Wimmera region of western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, near the South Australian town of Bordertown, South Australia, Bordertown. The shire cover ...

and parts of the

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and

Shire of Glenelg The Shire of Glenelg is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665. It includes the towns of ...

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

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and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Edenhope, it also has a service centre located in Kaniva. The Shire is named after the

region, in which the LGA occupies the western portion. The LGA is also located entirely to the west of the

Wimmera River The Wimmera River, an inland intermittent river of the Wimmera catchment, is located in the Grampians and Wimmera regions of the Australian state of Victoria. Rising in the Pyrenees, on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Wimm ...

, which actually meanders through another municipality to the east, that is the

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Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. Council Composition as of November 2022.

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers in the Edenhope and Kaniva Municipal Offices. It also provides customer services at both centres.

Controversies

In April 2022, Mayor Bruce Meyer caused outrage by likening requests to display the internationally recognised LGBTIQ+ pride flag to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) to the promotion of pedophilia.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census documented the shire's population at 4,006, up from 3,903 in the 2016 census. ^ - ''Territory divided with another

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* - ''Not noted in 2016 Census''
# - ''Not noted in 2021 Census''

References

External links

West Wimmera Shire Council official websiteMetlink local public transport map

Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
* Local government areas of Victoria (state) Grampians (region) {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub