Shire of Hindmarsh
Shire of Hindmarsh | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Nhill | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Melanie Albrecht | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 7,524 km2 (2,905 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 5,464 (2024) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.72621/km2 (1.88087/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Hindmarsh is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 7,527 square kilometres (2,906 mi2) and in June 2024 had an estimated population of 5,464, having fallen from 5,852 in June 2013. It includes the towns of Dimboola, Nhill, Rainbow and Jeparit.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Hindmarsh Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Nhill, it also has service centres located in Dimboola, Rainbow and Jeparit. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, Lake Hindmarsh, (which in turn was named after John Hindmarsh) located in the east of the LGA.