The Shire of Towong (; first syllable to rhyme with wow<!-- we cannot provide respelling here per WP:RESPELLNOT - but in my experience, barely any Australians can read IPA, so some additional key is needed-->) is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in August 2021 had a population of 6,223.

As part of the substantial local government reforms of 1994, the Shire of Towong was created anew by amalgamating the Shires of Tallangatta and Upper Murray.

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| |&nbsp;|| David Wortmann ||

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| |&nbsp;|| Peter Tolsher || Mayor

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| |&nbsp;|| Denise Anderson || Deputy Mayor

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| |&nbsp;|| Jonathon Pitman ||

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| |&nbsp;|| Andrew Whitehead ||

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Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Tallangatta Municipal Offices as well as its offices in Corryong on alternating months. Tallangatta is the primary location of the council's administrative activities. It provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Tallangatta, the Tallangatta library and its service centre in Corryong.

Townships and localities

According to the 2021 census, Towong Shire had a population of 6,223, up from 5,985 in the 2016 census.

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! colspan="3" | Population

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! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021

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| || 370 || 393

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| || 37 || 35

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| || 471 || 485

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| || 49 || 61

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| || 75 || 63

|-

| || 11 || 0

|-

| || 43 || 24

|-

| || 51 || 61

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| || 1,348 || 1,352

|-

| || 261 || 254

|-

| || 104 || 130

|-

| || 242 || 238

|-

| || 62 || 75

|-

| || 99 || 88

|-

| || 18 || 20

|-

| || 43 || 46

|-

| || 20 || 26

|-

| || 28 || 25

|-

| || 171 || 171

|-

| || 26 || 39

|-

| || 0 || 0

|-

| ^ || 90 || 87

|-

| || 35 || 45

|-

| || 34 || 32

|-

| || 7 || 5

|-

| || 219 || 245

|-

| || 79 || 92

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| || 1,082 || 1,175

|-

| || 56 || 39

|-

| || 139 || 142

|-

| || 202 || 194

|-

| || 11 || 22

|-

| || 82 || 70

|-

| || 60 || 66

|-

| || 0 || 7

|-

| || 132 || 143

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| || 34 || 37

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| || 177 || 191

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^ – Territory divided with another LGA

See also

  • List of localities (Victoria)
  • List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Towong

References

  • Towong Shire Council official website
  • Metlink local public transport map
  • Link to Land Victoria interactive maps