Editing Alpine Shire

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = lga
| name     = Shire of Alpine
| state    = vic
| image    = Australia Victoria Alpine Shire locator map.svg
| caption  = Location in Victoria
| pop      = 13,235
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
|pop_footnotes=<ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA20110|name=Alpine (Local Government Area)|accessdate=17 November 2023|quick=on}}</ref>| area     = 4788
| area_footnotes =<ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref>
| est      = 1994
| gazetted = 18 November 1994<ref name=Gazette>{{cite journal |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1994&class=S&page_num=3&state=V&classNum=S87 |issue=S87  |title=Local Government Act 1989 {{ndash}} Order Constituting the Shires of Towong, Indigo, Milawa, Delatite, Strathbogie, Murrindindi, Mitchell, Moira and (''etc.'') {{ndash}} Part 6: Alpine Shire |journal=Victoria Government Gazette |type=Online Archive |publisher=State Library Victoria |date=18 November 1994 |pages=3–4 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>
| mayor    = Cr John Forsyth
| seat     = [[Bright, Victoria|Bright]]
| region   = [[Hume (region)|Hume]]
| logo     = Alpine-Shire-Council-logo.png
| url      = http://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Ovens Valley|Ovens Valley]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Indi|Indi]]
| near-nw  =[[Rural City of Wangaratta|Wangaratta]]
| near-n   = [[Shire of Indigo|Indigo]]
| near-ne  = [[Shire of Towong|Towong]]
| near-w   = [[Rural City of Wangaratta|Wangaratta]]
| near-e   = [[Shire of East Gippsland|East Gippsland]]
| near-sw  = [[Shire of Wellington|Wellington]]
| near-s   = [[Shire of Wellington|Wellington]]
| near-se  = [[Shire of East Gippsland|East Gippsland]]
}}
The '''Shire of Alpine''' is a [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]] in the [[Hume (region)|Hume]] region of [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of {{convert|4788|km2|mi2}} and in August 2021 had a population of 13,235.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Alpine, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/LGA20110 |access-date=2023-11-17 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>

It includes the towns of [[Bright, Victoria|Bright]], [[Dinner Plain, Victoria|Dinner Plain]], [[Mount Beauty]] and [[Myrtleford]]. There are two [[unincorporated areas]] within the shire: the areas around [[Mount Hotham]] and [[Falls Creek, Victoria|Falls Creek]]. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the [[Shire of Bright]], [[Shire of Myrtleford]], and parts of the [[United Shire of Beechworth]], [[Shire of Oxley]], [[Shire of Yackandandah]] and [[Shire of Omeo]].<ref name=Gazette />

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. The Shire is named after its location in the popular alpine region of Victoria.

Over 90% of the Shire is public land.<ref name="ASCabout">{{cite web |title=About Alpine Shire |url=https://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/council/about-alpine-shire |publisher=Alpine Shire Council |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> The Shire has two major national parks, the Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park.<ref name="ASknow">{{cite web |title=Know Your Council |url=https://knowyourcouncil.vic.gov.au/councils/alpine |website=Alpine Shire |access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref> The Shire's economy is based on tourism, agriculture and forestry.<ref name=ASknow/>

==Council==
===Current composition===
The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.<ref name=Council>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council/alpine |title=Alpine Shire Council |author=Local Government in Victoria |website=Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure |publisher=State Government of Victoria |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231030847/http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council/alpine |archive-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ASCmeet">{{cite web |title=Meet Your Council |url=https://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/council/our-council/meet-your-council |publisher=Alpine Shire Council |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="7"|Unsubdivided
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Ron Janas || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Kelli Prime || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Tony Keeble || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Simon Kelley  ||
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Katarina Chalwell || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Sarah Nicholas || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| John Forsyth || 
 
|}

===Administration and governance===
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.<ref name="ASCmeetings">{{cite web |title=Council Meertngs |url=https://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/council/our-council/council-meetings |publisher=Alpine Shire Council |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bright, and its service centres in Dinner Plain, Mt Beauty and Myrtleford.

===2020 election results===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Hume|section=Alpine}}

==Townships and localities==
In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,235, up from 12,337 in the 2016 national census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=11 January 2023}}</ref>

{{columns-start|num=4}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" | Population
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | Locality !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2016''' !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2021'''
|-
| {{VICcity|Abbeyard}} || 0 || 4
|-
| {{VICcity|Barwidgee}} || 106 || 96
|-
| {{VICcity|Bogong}} || 5 || 8
|-
| {{VICcity|Bright}} || 2,406 || 2,620
|-
| {{VICcity|Buckland}} || 135 || 156
|-
| {{VICcity|Buffalo River}} || 255 || 285
|-
| {{VICcity|Cobungra}}^ || 53 || 58
|-
| {{VICcity|Coral Bank}} || 83 || 88
|-
| {{VICcity|Dandongadale}} || 3 || 8
|-
| {{VICcity|Dargo}}^ || 99 || 105
|-
| {{VICcity|Dederang}} || 167 || 198
|}
{{Column}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" | Population
|-
! style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" | Locality !! style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" | '''2016''' !! style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" | '''2021'''
|-
| [[Dinner Plain, Victoria|Dinner Plain]] || 230 || 128
|-
| [[Eurobin]] || 212 || 239
|-
| [[Falls Creek, Victoria|Falls Creek]] || 293 || 326
|-
| Freeburgh || 110 || 136
|-
| [[Gapsted, Victoria|Gapsted]] || 173 || 156
|-
| Germantown || 0 || 0
|-
| Glen Creek || 54 || 59
|-
| [[Gundowring, Victoria|Gundowring]]^ || 214 || 208
|-
| [[Harrietville, Victoria|Harrietville]] || 338 || 488
|-
| Havilah || 21 || 22
|-
| Hotham Heights || 196 || 128
|}
{{column}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" | Population
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | Locality !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2016''' !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2021'''
|-
| {{VICcity|Kancoona}} || 84 || 74
|-
| {{VICcity|Kergunyah South}} || 58 || 76
|-
| {{VICcity|Merriang}} || 178 || 182
|-
| {{VICcity|Merriang South}} || 41 || 43
|-
| {{VICcity|Mongans Bridge}} || 35 || 49
|-
| {{VICcity|Mount Beauty}} || 824 || 910
|-
| {{VICcity|Mount Buffalo}} || 0 || 5
|-
| {{VICcity|Mudgegonga}} || 172 || 184
|-
| {{VICcity|Myrtleford}} || 3,193 || 3,285
|-
| {{VICcity|Nug Nug}} || 21 || 36
|-
| {{VICcity|Ovens}} || 219 || 197
|}
{{column}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" | Population
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | Locality !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2016''' !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2021'''
|-
| {{VICcity|Porepunkah}} || 941 || 1,024
|-
| {{VICcity|Rosewhite}} || 134 || 141
|-
| {{VICcity|Running Creek}} || 42 || 36
|-
| {{VICcity|Selwyn}} || 0 || 0
|-
| {{VICcity|Smoko}} || 46 || 56
|-
| {{VICcity|Tawonga}} || 574 || 568
|-
| {{VICcity|Tawonga South}} || 862 || 1,012
|-
| {{VICcity|Upper Gundowring}} || 99 || 120
|-
| {{VICcity|Wandiligong}} || 453 || 522
|-
| {{VICcity|Wongungarra}}^ || 0 || 0
|-
| {{VICcity|Wonnangatta}} || 0 || 0
|}
{{columns-end}}
'''^''' – ''Territory divided with another [[Local government areas of Victoria|LGA]]''

==See also==
* [[List of localities in Victoria]]
* [[List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in Alpine Shire]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/ Alpine Shire Council official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091017132829/http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/55 Metlink local public transport map]
*[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324211834/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp |date=24 March 2022 }}
* {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}

{{Towns in Alpine Shire}}
{{Local Government Areas of Victoria}}

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[[Category:Local government areas of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Hume (region)]]
[[Category:Alpine Shire| ]]
[[Category:Victorian Alps]]