Shire of Nillumbik

- 37.683333333333145.11666666667Koordinaten: 37 ° 41 ' S, 145 ° 7' O Nillumbik Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. Nillumbik is part of the Outer Metropolitan Area of Melbourne, the outer metropolitan area of the capital Victoria. The area is 430 km ² and has about 60,000 inhabitants.

Nillumbik is located 24-46 km northeast of the city center of Melbourne, north-west of the Yarra River and contains 23 neighborhoods and towns: Arthurs Creek, Bend of Islands, Christmas Hills, Cottle's Bridge, Diamond Creek, Doreen, Eltham, Eltham North, Greensborough, Hurstbridge, Kangaroo Ground, Kinglake, Kinglake West, North Warrandyte, Nutfield, Panton Hill, Plenty, research, Smiths Gully, St Andrews, Strathewen, Wattle Glen and Yarambat. The seat of the Shire Council is located in Greensborough in the extreme southwest.

By gold discoveries mid-19th century the population began to rise in the hilly area. Sheep breeding and fruit growing replaced the livelihoods of residents after the few years of the gold wealth. Even today, large parts, especially in the sparsely populated north, agricultural land.

The Sugarloaf Reservoir is a 440 -acre reservoir on the territory of Christmas Hills in the east of the Shire, which supplies water to the Northwest and parts of the inner city of Melbourne. In the north- east are part of the Kinglake National Park.

Management

The Nillumbik Shire Council has nine members, who are elected by the residents of the nine Wards. These nine districts ( Allwood, Coleman, Cottle, Edendale, Ellis, Lenister, Sutherland, Wingrove and Yankie ) are set independently of the districts. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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