Shire of Loddon

- 38.416666666667143.61666666667Koordinaten: 38 ° 25 ' S, 143 ° 37' O The Loddon Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 6700 km ² and has about 7,900 inhabitants.

Loddon is located in north-central Victoria about 240 kilometers northwest of the capital, Melbourne and includes the following towns a: Boort, Pyramid Hill, Serpentine, Dingee, Newbridge, Korong Vale, Wedderburn, Inglewood, Mitiamo, Bridgewater on Loddon and Tarnagulla. The seat of the City Council is in Wedderburn in the west of the LGA, a place with just the 650 inhabitants.

The relatively large, sparsely populated area is dominated by agriculture especially. 45% of all employees work in agriculture. Meat ( sheep, cattle ), milk and grain are the main products of the region.

In addition, Loddon Shire looks back on a long gold mining past. While the Shire is situated in a very fertile region, but the lack of water made ​​it difficult in many places the gold recovery, so that after the first discoveries in 1852 caused any major permanent settlements. A hundred years later, several large nuggets have been found up to 145 troy ounces ( 4.5 kg ) in the spatial domain of Wedderburn and even today there are still many prospectors in the region go. In many cases serve the old gold mining sites and mines as tourist attractions.

Management

The Loddon Shire Council has five members who are elected by the residents of the four Wards. Of these four districts provide Boort, Terrick and Wedderburn each one, two Kooyoora Councillor. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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