Talk:Mallee (region, Victoria)

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Determining the Mallee area

As you will see on the article page I have begun to draw a map of the Mallee including what is referred to as the Loddon Mallee Region. At this stage I can not definitively determine if this map includes too much area to the south - that is are Campaspe Shire, Greater Bendigo Shire, Greater Goldfields Shire, Mt Alexander Shire and Macedon Ranges Shire part of the Mallee or not. The views of other editors would assist (with references please) I can then adjust my drawing to be more accurate. --VS ^talk 12:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those shires you mentioned in the south (Campaspe Shire, Greater Bendigo Shire, Greater Goldfields Shire, Mt Alexander Shire and Macedon Ranges Shire) are definately not part of the Mallee. The Mallee area is bound by the Murray River to the north and east, the South Australia border to the west and a line running through Birchip to the south. Well that is what local residents believe. I think there is also this or a very similar description in Govt Land books.

Also the population is now about 90,000. See the latest ABS release 2005-06. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.6.10 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for this information. I do not have any problem relating to your general map references (and I was clearly not totally convinced that some of the shires that you mention were not part of the Malee) but the suggestion relating to Birchip needs further consideration as it does not appear that the line running through Birchip is exactly horizontal or perhaps even correct. For example this map [1] which declared last year an Exceptional Circumstances (EC) case for the Eastern part of the Mallee appears to include Donald, Charlton, Boort, Mitiamo,and Echuca to the south of Birchip as part of the Mallee. Any further input would be much appreciated. --VS ^talk 07:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]