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Alpine Shire

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Alpine Shire
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Location in Victoria
Official logo of Alpine Shire
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionHume
Established1994
Council seatBright
Government
 • MayorCr Sarah Nicholas
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
[1]
 • Total
4,788 km2 (1,849 sq mi)
Population
 • Total13,235 (2021 census)[2]
 • Density2.7642/km2 (7.1593/sq mi)
Gazetted18 November 1994[3]
WebsiteAlpine Shire
LGAs around Alpine Shire
Wangaratta Indigo Towong
Wangaratta Alpine Shire East Gippsland
Mansfield Wellington East Gippsland

The Alpine Shire is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 4,788 square kilometres (1,849 mi2) and in August 2021 had a population of 13,235.[4]

It includes the towns of Bright, Dinner Plain, Harrietville, Mount Beauty, Myrtleford and Porepunkah. There are two unincorporated areas surrounded by the shire: the Mount Hotham and Falls Creek Alpine Resorts.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Alpine Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bright. It also has service centres located in Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford.

Over 90% of the Shire is public land.[5] The Shire is home to two major national parks, the Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park.[6] The Shire's economy is based on tourism, agriculture and forestry.[6]

History

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The Alpine Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bright, the Shire of Myrtleford, the Gapsted and northern Mudgegonga districts of the United Shire of Beechworth, the Merriang district and the Buffalo Valley west of the Buffalo River from the Shire of Oxley, the Dederang district of the Shire of Yackandandah, and the Dinner Plain district of the Shire of Omeo.[3][7]

The Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.
🞲 The Falls Creek and Mount Hotham Alpine Resorts were excised in 1997[8]

Council

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Current composition

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The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[9][10]

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided  Sarah Nicholas
 Peter Smith
 John Andersen
 Dave Byrne
 Gareth Graham
 Jean-Pierre Ronco
 Noah Tanzen

Administration and governance

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The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Bright Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities.[11] It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bright, and its service centres in Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford.

2020 election results

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Hume § Alpine.[edit]
2020 Victorian local elections: Alpine[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ron Janas (elected 1) 1,525 17.15
Independent Kelli Prime (elected 2) 1,157 13.01
Independent Tony Keeble (elected 3) 973 10.94
Animal Justice Charlie Vincent (elected 4) 812 9.13 +9.13
Independent Katarina Chalwell (elected 5) 749 8.42
Independent Sarah Nicholas (elected 6) 642 7.22
Independent John Forsyth (elected 7) 604 7.29
Independent Daryl Pearce 521 5.86
Independent Simon Kelley 506 5.69
Independent Mario Vaccaro 483 5.43
Independent Mickey Fletcher 430 4.84
Independent Kitty Knappstein 284 3.19
Independent Jean-Pierre Ronco 205 2.31
Total formal votes 8,891 95.04
Informal votes 464 4.96
Turnout 9,355 83.76

Townships and localities

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In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,235, up from 12,337 in the 2016 national census.[14]

Population
Locality20162021
Abbeyard04
Barwidgee10696
Bogong58
Bright2,4062,620
Buckland135156
Buffalo River255285
Cobungra^5358
Coral Bank8388
Dandongadale38
Dargo^99105
Dederang167198
Dinner Plain230128
Eurobin212239
Falls Creek293326
Freeburgh110136
Gapsted173156
Germantown00
Glen Creek5459
Gundowring^214208
Harrietville338488
Havilah2122
Hotham Heights196128
Kancoona8474
Kergunyah South5876
Merriang178182
Merriang South4143
Mongans Bridge3549
Mount Beauty824910
Mount Buffalo05
Mudgegonga172184
Myrtleford3,1933,285
Nug Nug2136
Ovens219197
Porepunkah9411,024
Rosewhite134141
Running Creek4236
Selwyn00
Smoko4656
Tawonga574568
Tawonga South8621,012
Upper Gundowring99120
Wandiligong453522
Wongungarra^00
Wonnangatta00

^ – Territory divided with another LGA

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Alpine (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. 1 2 "Local Government Act 1989 – Order Constituting the Shires of Towong, Indigo, Milawa, Delatite, Strathbogie, Murrindindi, Mitchell, Moira and (etc.) – Part 6: Alpine Shire". Victoria Government Gazette (Online Archive) (S87). State Library Victoria: 3–4. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "2021 Alpine, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "About Alpine Shire". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Know Your Council". Alpine Shire. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 9. ISBN 0-642-23117-6.
  8. ↑ Segon, Michael (20 January 2022), "Mt Buller's snow business", Regional Businesses in a Changing Global Economy (1 ed.), London: Routledge, pp. 79–91, doi:10.4324/9781003256717-7, ISBN 978-1-003-25671-7, retrieved 28 August 2025
  9. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Alpine Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Meet Your Council". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Council Meertngs". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Alpine Shire Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Bunn, Anthony (26 December 2021). "Animal Justice Party councillor Charlie Vincent leaving Alpine Shire after scoring tourism job". The Border Mail. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 11 January 2023.
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