Shire of Northern Grampians

The Shire of Northern Grampians is a local government area in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 5918 km2 and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 11,845. It includes the towns of Stawell, St Arnaud, Great Western, Marnoo, Glenorchy, Stuart Mill, Navarre and the tourist town of Halls Gap. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Stawell, Town of St Arnaud, Shire of Stawell, Shire of Kara Kara and parts of the Shire of Wimmera, Shire of Dunmunkle and Shire of Donald.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Northern Grampians Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Stawell, it also has a service centre located in St Arnaud. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, The Grampians, and that the northern part of this feature occupies the southern part of the LGA.

The local economy is based on a diverse range of industries including agriculture, tourism, wine production, gold mining, brick manufacturing and meat production.

Administration
Council sits at one of two locations, Council Chambers at the Stawell Town Hall in Stawell and the Council Chambers at the St Arnaud Town Hall in St Arnaud. Customer Service centres are located at the Stawell Town Hall at 63–65 Main Street, Stawell and the St Arnaud Town Hall at Napier St, St Arnaud.

Wards
The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Stawell Ward, two councillors elected to represent the Kara Kara Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.
 * Central – Cr Kevin Erwin (Mayor 2013-14)
 * Kara Kara – Cr Merrilee Reid
 * Kara Kara – Cr Tony Driscoll
 * South West – Cr Paul Russell
 * Stawell – Cr Murray Emerson
 * Stawell – Cr Karen Hyslop
 * Stawell – Cr Wayne Rice