West Wimmera Shire

West Wimmera shire, created on 20 January 1995, adjoins the South Australian border. Its northern extremity is the southerly margin of the Big Desert/Mallee region and its southern extremity is Dergholm, in the vicinity of the Glenelg River. It thus extends in a north-south direction across an area that exceeds the Wimmera statistical region. Its easterly extremity is near Mount Arapiles. The shire was formed by the union of Kaniva shire, most of Kowree shire and parts of Arapiles and Glenelg shires, and has an area of 9116 sq km.