Shire of Strathbogie

Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place The Shire of Strathbogie 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 Template:Convert and in August 2021 had a population of 11,455.<ref name=ABSLGA/>

It includes the towns of Avenel, Euroa, Longwood, Nagambie, Strathbogie and Violet Town. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of parts of the Shire of Euroa, Shire of Goulburn, Shire of Violet Town, Shire of McIvor and Rural City of Seymour.<ref name=Gazette />

The Shire is governed and administered by the Strathbogie Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Euroa, it also has service centres located in Nagambie and Violet Town. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Strathbogie Ranges, which is located in the south-east of the LGA.

The Shire is about Template:Convert from Melbourne and bordered to the east by the Strathbogie Ranges and to the west by the Nagambie Lakes district. It is also known for its sheep production, horse studs (earning the title "The Horse Capital of Victoria"), wineries (Mitchelton, Tahbilk, Fowles Wines), olives and alpacas. Tourism is a growing industry in the area, with many B&Bs, hotels and restaurants.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors with unsubdivded wards. Prior 2024 the council had seven councillors with two councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Seven Creeks and Lake Nagambie wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.<ref name=Council>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ward	Councillor		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Unsubdivided	Template:Australian party style|	Scott Jeffery	Deputy Mayor
	Template:Australian party style|	Fiona Stevens
	Template:Australian party style|	Claire Ewart-Kennedy	Mayor
	Template:Australian party style|	Vicki Halsall
	Template:Australian party style|	Laura Binks
	Template:Australian party style|	Gregory Carlson
	Template:Australian party style|	Clark Holloway

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Euroa Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Euroa, and its service centres in Nagambie and Violet Town.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 11,455, up from 10,274 in the 2016 census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	75	95
Template:VICcity^	1,048	1,112
Template:VICcity^	338	347
Template:VICcity	109	120
Template:VICcity	110	135
Template:VICcity	68	88
Template:VICcity^	77	93
Template:VICcity^	16	34
Template:VICcity	138	162
Template:VICcity	79	82
Template:VICcity	3,275	3,508
Template:VICcity^	148	141

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Goulburn Weir^	82	90
Template:VICcity	58	60
Template:VICcity	64	76
Template:VICcity	136	134
Template:VICcity	47	67
Template:VICcity	15	26
Template:VICcity	110	131
Template:VICcity	240	263
Template:VICcity	95	131
Template:VICcity^	182	183
Template:VICcity	52	77

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	211	223
Template:VICcity	57	71
Template:VICcity	27	28
Template:VICcity	38	34
Template:VICcity^	25	25
Template:VICcity	32	43
Template:VICcity	1,886	2,254
Template:VICcity^	25	22
Template:VICcity	18	28
Template:VICcity	30	31
Template:VICcity^	112	164

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	33	38
Template:VICcity	304	351
Template:VICcity	131	160
Template:VICcity	51	54
Template:VICcity^	42	32
Template:VICcity	57	56
Template:VICcity	23	29
Template:VICcity^	874	936
Template:VICcity	85	88
Template:VICcity^	42	45
Template:VICcity	3	3

Template:Columns-end ^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

• List of localities (Victoria)
• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Strathbogie

External links

• Strathbogie Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• Strathbogie Ranges Tourism
• The Euroa Gazette
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link