The Shire of Mitchell is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

in the Hume region of

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 44,299. It includes the towns of Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour,

Tallarook Tallarook is a town the Shire of Mitchell local government area in central Victoria, Australia. The town is in on the Hume Highway, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tallarook had a population of 789. Tallarook Post Office opene ...

Pyalong Pyalong is a town in central Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Northern Highway, in the Shire of Mitchell local government area, from the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Pyalong had a population of 459. In 2016 the populatio ...

and

Wallan Wallan , traditionally known as Wallan Wallan (large circular place of water), is a town in Victoria, north of Melbourne's Central Business District. The town sits at the southern end of the large and diverse Shire of Mitchell which extends f ...

. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the

Shire of Pyalong The Shire of Pyalong was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994. History Pyalong was incorporated as a road district on 2 Se ...

, the

Shire of Kilmore The Shire of Kilmore was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1856 until 1995. History Kilmore was first incorporated as a road district ...

, most of the

Shire of Broadford The Shire of Broadford was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1869 until 1994. History Broadford was first incorporated as a road distri ...

, and parts of the

Shire of McIvor The Shire of McIvor was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994. History McIvor was incorporated as a road district on 26 J ...

and

Rural City of Seymour The Rural City of Seymour was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The rural city covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994. History Seymour was incorporated as a road dist ...

. The Shire is governed and administered by the Mitchell Shire Council; its

seat of local government The seat of government is (as defined by ''Brewer's Politics'') "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority". In most countries, the nation’s capital is also seat of its government, thus that ...

and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Broadford, it also has service centres located in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan. The Shire is named after an early British

surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...

and

explorer Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...

, Major Thomas Mitchell, who explored the south-eastern part of Australia, and whose return route for his third expedition passed through the present-day LGA. It is one of the fastest growing regional municipalities in Victoria.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Broadford Civic Centre, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Broadford, and its service centres in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan.

Towns and localities

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 44,299.

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