Shire of Northern Grampians

- 37.05142.76666666667Koordinaten: 37 ° 3 ' S, 142 ° 46' O Northern Grampians Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 5.310km ² and has about 13,000 inhabitants.

Northern Grampians located in the center of the West of Victoria about 240 kilometers northwest of the capital, Melbourne and includes the following towns a: St Arnaud, Marnoo West, Navarre, Glenorchy, Stuart Mill, Moyreisk, Lubeck, Stawell, Halls Gap and Great Western. The seat of the City Council is located in Stawell in the south of the LGA, a town with about 7,000 inhabitants.

After the mid-18th century first sheep and cattle breeders had come to the region created the larger settlements in the time of the Gold Rush after 1850. After the occurrence exhausted at one time appeared, new gold was in the 1980s discovered and today the Stawell Gold Mine is the largest Gold Mine Victoria.

The Shire is located northeast of the mountain chain of the Grampians and the 300 - inhabitant village Halls Gap is the only settlement in the 167,000 -hectare Grampians National Park. Particularly well known is the area for millennia-old rock paintings of the Aborigines, for example in Bunjil 's Shelter.

Stawell is poison, which will be held at Easter time since 1878, also known for the prestigious sprint races Stawell. It is a 120 m race on turf with handicap system, that is weaker sprinter get up to 10 feet ahead. The finale of the race will be broadcast live on Australian television and the winner gets a prize of 40,000 Australian dollars.

Management

The Northern Grampians Shire Council has nine members, who are elected by the residents of the two wards. Of these two districts is Bolangum three and six Grampians Councillor. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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