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Shire of Mitchell

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Population
  
39,143 (2015 est)

Region
  
Federal Division(s)
  
BendigoMcEwen

Area
  
2,864 km²

Mayor
  
Cr Sue Marstaeller

Gazetted
  
18 November 1994

Established
  
1994

State electorate(s)
  
EuroaYan Yean

Website
  
Shire of Mitchell

Founded
  
1994

Council seat
  
Shire of Mitchell

Points of interest
  
Hadfield Park, Seymour Historic Log Lock, Broadford and District Historical, Australian Light Horse Memorial, Army Tank Museum

Destinations
  
Seymour, Kil, Broadford, Wallan, Trawool

The Shire of Mitchell is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of 2,864 square kilometres (1,106 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 34,637. It includes the towns of Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Pyalong, Shire of Kilmore, most of the Shire of Broadford, and parts of the Shire of McIvor and Rural City of Seymour.

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Map of Mitchell, VIC, Australia

The Shire is governed and administered by the Mitchell Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Broadford, it also has service centres located in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan. The Shire is named after an early British surveyor and explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell, who explored the south-eastern part of Australia, and whose return route for his third expedition passed through the present-day LGA.

It is the second fastest growing regional municipality in Victoria.

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Broadford Civic Centre, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Broadford, and its service centres in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan.

References

Shire of Mitchell Wikipedia


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