Previously named Higinbotham, the Division was renamed in 1968 in honour of Sir Charles Hotham, a former Governor of Victoria and first contested at the 1969 federal election.
Initially a relatively safe Liberal seat, Hotham has become a safe Labor seat due to electoral redistributions.
Prominent members include Don Chipp of the Liberal Party, who served as Minister for Customs and Excise while the local member and would later quit the Liberals to help found and lead the Australian Democrats (his son Greg contested the seat for the Democrats at the 1984 election) and current member Simon Crean, who served as federal leader of the Labor Party in 2003. The best result by a third party was 18.4% by the Democrats in 1977.
Harmony Falls has many small unique characteristics which add up to one great package.
Heading in Friel Lake, a large lake perched 1400 feet above the ocean on a strangely shaped peninsula, Friel Creek plunges down the side of the fjord almost directly into the waters of Hotham Sound.
Because the base of the falls is at sea level, the falls can easily be seen at any time of year by those with access to a boat.
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