Shire of Hepburn

- 37.34144.14Koordinaten: 37 ° 20 ' S, 144 ° 8' O Hepburn Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 1470 km ² and has about 14,000 inhabitants.

Hepburn is located in the center of Victoria about 110 kilometers northwest of the capital, Melbourne and includes the following towns a: Allendale, Broomfield, Bullarto, Campbelltown, Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Dean, Eganstown, Hepburn Springs, Kingston, Leonards Hill, Lyon Ville, Musk, Newlyn, Rocklyn, Smeaton and Trentham. The seat of the City Council is located in Daylesford in the eastern half of the LGA with about 3,400 inhabitants.

In the 30s of the 19th century, first, scattered sheep farmers in the region settled. On 7 July 1851, the gold rush began in Victoria, as the first official gold discovery of the state was made ​​known in Clunes. During the Gold Rush, the area prospered, but by the end it went down just as quickly. The number of inhabitants increased in Creswick in the ten years to 1861, only 25,000 to 50,000 and then fell below 5,000.

Creswick was 1882 and the scene of the biggest mine disaster in Australian history. With the flooding of the mine Australia No. 2 drowned 22 gold digger.

Apart from agriculture and forestry characterizes the region. In the eucalyptus forests around Trentham time, several thousand tons of wood per year were beaten. In the Creswick School of Forestry was established in 1910, which is a Department of Forestry and Ecological Sciences at the University of Melbourne today.

Daylesford and Hepburn Springs are also known as " Spa Town". There you will find the highest concentration of mineral springs in Australia. About 60 of them are located in the region. Accordingly, there to find about health and wellness as well as accommodations for over 3,500 visitors many spas and facilities.

The area around Clunes is also very popular as a film location. Several Australian film and television productions come from here, among other things, also scenes of the internationally successful film Mad Max were filmed here.

Management

The Hepburn Shire Council has five members who are elected by the residents of the five Wards. These districts are Birch, Cameron, Coliban, Creswick and Holcombe. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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