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Shire of Indigo

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Population
  
15,431 (2015 est)

Region
  
Hume

Federal Division(s)
  
Indi

Area
  
2,044 km²

Mayor
  
Cr Jenny O'Connor

Gazetted
  
18 November 1994

Established
  
1994

State electorate(s)
  
Benambra

Website
  
Shire of Indigo

Founded
  
1994

Council seat
  
Beechworth

Shire of Indigo

Points of interest
  
Chiltern‑Mt Pilot National, Hume Dam, Murray to the Mountain, Burke Museum, Pfeiffer Wines

Destinations
  
Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen, Yackandandah, Hume Dam

The Shire of Indigo, a local government area (LGA) in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,044 square kilometres (789 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 15,178. It includes the towns of Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. It formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen, Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.

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Map of Indigo, VIC, Australia

The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its seat of local government 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 and Indigo Creek, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the Murray River.

In 2008 the BankWest Quality of Life Index rated Indigo fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas.

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.

References

Shire of Indigo Wikipedia