Shire of Hindmarsh
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Grampians
Established	1995
Council seat	Nhill
Government
• Mayor	Cr Melanie Albrecht
• State electorate	Lowan
• Federal division	Mallee
Area [1]
• Total	7,524 km2 (2,905 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5,464 (2024)[1]
• Density	0.72621/km2 (1.88087/sq mi)
Gazetted	20 January 1995[2]
Website	Shire of Hindmarsh
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TheShire of Hindmarsh is alocal government area inVictoria,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,^[1] having fallen from 5,852^[3] in June 2013. It includes the towns ofDimboola,Nhill,Rainbow andJeparit.

The Shire is governed and administered by theHindmarsh Shire Council; itsseat 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 afterJohn Hindmarsh) located in the east of the LGA.

The Shire of Hindmarsh was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of theShire of Lowan andShire of Dimboola.^[2]

Ward boundaries in use since 2005. Expand the map and click on a ward to see the ward name

The council is composed of three wards and six councillors, with two councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.^[4] The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:^[5]

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Nhill Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It provides customer services at its administrative centre in Nhill, and its service centres in Dimboola, Jeparit, and Rainbow.

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 5,698 down from 5,721 in the 2016 census^[7]

^ -Territory divided with anotherLGA

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Hindmarsh

Media related toShire of Hindmarsh at Wikimedia Commons

• Hindmarsh Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Interactive map of Victorian local government areas (pre-1994 vs present) -Victorian Government - Digital Twin Victoria

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