What is Division of Hume?
{{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes | name = Hume | image = Division of Hume 2010.png | imagesize = 300 | caption = Division of Hume (green) within [[New South Wales]] | mp = [[Angus Taylor (politician)|Angus Taylor]] | mp-party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] | created = 1901 | namesake = [[Hamilton Hume]] | electors = {{formatnum:102321}} 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-125.htm |title=House of Representatives Division First Preferences |first= |last= |work=vtr.aec.gov.au |year=2013 |accessdate=8 November 2013 |archive-date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909211010/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-125.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area = 33637 | class = Rural }} [[File:Hamilton Hume.jpg|thumb|Hamilton Hume]] The '''Division of Hume''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in the [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[New South Wales]]. It was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first Federal election in 1901. It was named after [[Hamilton Hume]], one of the first Europeans to travel through the area.<ref name=profile>{{cite web |url= http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/hume.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Hume (NSW|first= |last=|work=Australian Electoral Commission|year=2013 |accessdate=8 November 2013}}</ref> ==Location== The Division is in the central part of the state, north of the [[Australian Capital Territory]]. The Division covers a predominantly rural area, with agriculture and [[Coal in Australia|coal mining]] the main industries. It includes [[Bargo, New South Wales|Bargo]], [[Binalong, New South Wales|Binalong]], [[Boorowa, New South Wales|Boorowa]], [[Bundanoon, New South Wales|Bundanoon]], [[Buxton, New South Wales|Buxton]], [[Caragabal, New South Wales|Caragabal]], [[Colo Vale, New South Wales|Colo Vale]], [[Cootamundra, New South Wales|Cootamundra]], [[Cowra, New