Shire of Indigo
The Shire of Indigo, a local government area (LGA) in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 17,368.
| Shire of Indigo Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 17,368 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 8.514/km2 (22.05/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,040 km2 (787.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Bernard Gaffney | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Beechworth | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Benambra | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Indigo | ||||||||||||||
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It includes the towns of Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. It formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen, Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beechworth, it also has service centres located in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. The Shire is named after the Indigo Valley and Indigo Creek, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the Murray River.
In 2008, the Bankwest Quality of Life Index rated Indigo fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas.