Northern Grampians Shire

Northern Grampians Shire (1995-) is an amalgamation of several local government areas, including the former Stawell city and St Arnaud town. In addition it includes the former Stawell shire, Kara Kara shire and small parts of four other former shires. Kara Kara shire was the rural area surrounding St Arnaud.

Stawell and St Arnaud were former gold towns, along with a few villages in their vicinities. The rural hinterland is the eastern Wimmera, mainly comprising wheat/sheep holdings. The relationship to the Grampians mountain range is confined to the south-west of the shire.