West Wimmera Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the western part of the state. It includes the towns of Edenhope and Kaniva. It has an area of 9,024 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 5,000.
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Official website (http://www.westwimmera.vic.gov.au/)
Barley is grown in similar areas to wheat, but with the Victorian Mallee and northern Wimmera, the southern part of the South Australian Murray Lands, and the Lachlan Valley being among the main growing areas (Figure 2).
In 1991-92, the Young Shire had 335,984 cherry trees (59.1 per cent of the MDB figure), grown on 73 farms (24.7 per cent), which produced 1,489 tonnes of fruit (53.3 per cent), valued at $6,548,039 (55.4 per cent).
At Eulo, to the west of Cunnamulla on the Paroo River, dates are grown.
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