The Shire of Nillumbik ( ) is a

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in Victoria, Australia. It contains outer northern suburbs of

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and rural localities beyond the urban area. It has an area of 432 square kilometres and at th
2021 census
the Shire had a population of 62,895. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of parts of the Shires of

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, Diamond Valley,

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and the City of Whittlesea. The Shire uses the tag-line ''The Green Wedge Shire''. The Nillumbik Council offices are located in Civic Drive, Greensborough. The shire's name is derived from the Parish of Nillumbik, which was named in the 1830s the term ''nyilum bik'' meaning "Bad Earth" in the local Aboriginal language

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. On 13 October 1998, Nillumbik Council was suspended by then Local Government minister

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, with the state government declaring that infighting was affecting the ability of the council to function. Nillumbik was rated third of 590 Australian local government areas in the BankWest Quality of Life Index 2008.

Council

The current council was elected in October 2020 for a four-year term.

Suburbs and Towns

* Arthurs Creek * Bend of Islands * Christmas Hills * Cottles Bridge * Greensborough (shared with the City of Banyule) * Diamond Creek * Doreen (shared with the City of Whittlesea) *

Eltham North Eltham North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule and Shire of Nillumbik local government areas. Eltham North recorded a population of 6 ...

(shared with the City of Banyule) * Hurstbridge * Kangaroo Ground * Kinglake (shared with the

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) * Kinglake West (shared with the City of Whittlesea and

) * North Warrandyte * Nutfield *

Panton Hill Panton Hill is a town in Victoria, Australia, 32 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Panton Hill recorded a population of 1,063 at the 2021 census. Hist ...

* Plenty *

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* Smiths Gully *

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* Strathewen * Watsons Creek * Wattle Glen *

Yan Yean Yan Yean is a locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 34 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea and Shire of Nillumbik local government areas. Yan Yean recorded a population of 246 ...

(shared with the City of Whittlesea) *

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Facilities

Nillumbik's oldest public building is the Eltham courthouse which was restored in 2022. Eltham Library and Diamond Valley Library located in Greensborough are operated b
Yarra Plenty Regional Library
A mobile library service is also operated by Yarra Plenty Regional Library serving the locations of Doreen, Panton Hill, St Andrews, Hurstbridge, North Warrandye, Kangaroo Ground, Diamond Creek and Christmas Hills. Nillumbikk U3A provides a wide range of courses open to all retired and semi-retired people NillumBUG is a bicycle user group for the Nillumbik Shire.

Books on the Shire of Nillumbik

Marshall, Marguerite, ''Nillumbik Now and Then'' Research, Vic. MPrint Publications, 2008

References

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