Nhill
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Main street of Nhill, December 2022 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 36°20′0″S 141°39′0″E / 36.33333°S 141.65000°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 133.0 m (436.4 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,749 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3418 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.6 °C (70.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.0 °C (46.4 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 412.9 mm (16.26 in) | ||||||||||||
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Nhill is a town in the Wimmera, in western Victoria, Australia. Nhill is located on the Western Highway, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Nhill had a population of 1,749. "Nhill" is believed to be a Wergaia word meaning "early morning mist rising over water" or "white mist rising from the water".
Nhill is the administrative headquarters for Shire of Hindmarsh and residents are mainly employed in either farming or food processing, most notably in grain and fowl.
The town is home to a community of Karen people, the first of whom came to Australia as refugees, and who settled in Nhill in the early 2010s to work at the Luv-a-Duck food processing facility. In 2012, there were over 100 Karen residents in Nhill.