NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Division of Indi

The Division of Indi is an electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives. It is located in north-eastern Victoria. Its northern border is formed by the Murray River (which also serves as the Victorian-New South Wales border). It is bounded to the south-east by the Division of Gippsland, the border being roughly the watershed separating the Murray basin from Gippsland's catchment in the the remote and almost completely uninhabited Australian Alps. To the south, the seat shares a small boundary with the Division of McMillan, including the isolated village of Woods Point. To the west, it also borders on the divisions of McEwen, Bendigo and Murray. Australian House of Representatives chamber The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... A branch of the Murray in its middle reaches, near Howlong, New South Wales. ... The Australian Alps viewed from Mount Buffalo The Australian Alps is a general term for the highest mountain ranges in south-eastern Australia. ... The Division of McMillan is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. ... The Division of Bendigo is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ...

The largest settlements in the division are Wodonga, Wangaratta, and Benalla. Other towns in the electorate include Rutherglen, Mansfield, Beechworth, Myrtleford, Corryong, Tallangatta, Euroa and a number of other small villages (notably including the ski resort of Falls Creek). Wodonga is a small city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, Australia. ... Wangaratta is a medium sized town of about 19,000 people in the north east of Victoria, Australia, about 230 km from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla approximately 45 kilometres to the south-west, and Albury-Wodonga 72 kilometres to the northeast. ... Benalla is an agricultural town of about 12000 people on the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria (Australia), about 40 km south of Wangaratta. ... Rutherglen is a small town in northeastern Victoria, Australia, near the Murray River border with New South Wales. ... Mansfield is located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in the high country of Victoria, Australia. ... Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, having experienced major growth during the Gold Rush days of the mid-1800s. ... Looking across a tobacco field to tobacco kilns and to Mount Buffalo National Park Myrtleford (postcode: 3737, 36°33′ S 146°43′ E) is a town in Victoria, Australia. ... Corryong is a small town in Victoria, Australia. ... Tallangatta is a small town with a population of 923 people (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2001 figures) in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, situated on the banks of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, approximately 40 kilometres south-east of Albury-Wodonga. ... Euroa is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie in North-East Victoria, Australia. ... Falls Creek is also the name of a Baptist Summer Camp in Oklahoma Falls Creek is a carfree ski resort in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. ...

While Indi is one of the largest electorates in Victoria, much of it is located within the Alpine National Park and is thus uninhabited. While Wodonga serves as a regional hub for much of the northern part of the electorate, the southern part is closer to Melbourne than Wodonga. Alpine is a national park in Victoria (Australia), northeast of Melbourne. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 61,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ...

Indi has existed continuously since Federation. It has been held by one of the conservative parties (either the Liberal Party of Australia, the National Party of Australia, or their predecessors) since 1931; it is one of the safest conservative seats in Australia. The seat has traditionally been filled by candidates who might be described as "rural gentry" who have not tended to advance beyond the back bench, but this has changed when in 2001 Sophie Panopoulos, a formerly city-based barrister and a comparative young, single woman, was elected and has proved very popular, winning with 66% of the two-party preferred vote in the 2004 Australian federal election. The Liberal Party of Australia also known as the Neo Nazi Party of Australasia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... National Party of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Sophie Panopoulos Sophie Panopoulos (born 27 October 1968), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001, representing the Division of Indi, Victoria. ...

The most nationally prominent person to represent Indi to date was the first, Sir Isaac Isaacs, who rose to become Attorney General, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. John "Black Jack" McEwen was a long-serving Minister and was briefly Prime Minister of Australia after the death of Harold Holt in 1967, but he was member for Murray by then. Sir Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, KBE, PC (6 August 1855 - 12 February 1948) Australian judge and politician, was the ninth Governor-General of Australia, the first Jew, and the first Australian to occupy that post. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the court of last resort for the jurisdiction of Australia. ... The Governor-General of Australia is a position established by the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act to sign legislation into law, appoint judges and ministers and perform many other important duties. ... Rt Hon John McEwen Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ...

Categories: Electoral divisions of Australia Sophie Panopoulos Sophie Panopoulos (born 27 October 1968), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001, representing the Division of Indi, Victoria. ... The Liberal Party of Australia also known as the Neo Nazi Party of Australasia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ... Rt Hon John McEwen Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ... United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ... The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ... Sir Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, KBE, PC (6 August 1855 - 12 February 1948) Australian judge and politician, was the ninth Governor-General of Australia, the first Jew, and the first Australian to occupy that post. ... The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...