Shire of Hindmarsh

Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place 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 Template:Convert and in June 2024 had an estimated population of 5,464,<ref name=ABSLGA/> having fallen from 5,852<ref name="ABSStatLGAERP2013">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.

History

The Shire of Hindmarsh was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Lowan and Shire of Dimboola.<ref name="Gazette" />

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Hindmarsh Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

Current composition

Template:Victoria LGA ward map The council is composed of three wards and six councillors, with two councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.<ref name=Council>Template:Cite web</ref> The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
East	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Debra Nelson	Mayor (2015-2017)
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Wendy Bywaters	Position vacant following 2020 election. By-election held December 2020.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
North	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Ron Ismay	Mayor (2017-2019, 2020-2021)
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Brett Ireland
West	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Melanie Albrecht	Mayor (2021- )
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Rob Gersch	Mayor (2019-2020)

Administration and governance

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.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 5,698 down from 5,721 in the 2016 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Albacutya	0	0
Template:VICcity	63	53
Template:VICcity^	3	8
Template:VICcity^	145	65
Template:VICcity^	11	15

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	1,730	1,635
Template:VICcity	69	65
Template:VICcity	87	71
Template:VICcity	477	476
Template:VICcity^	803	891

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	8	3
Template:VICcity	62	64
Template:VICcity	5	5
Template:VICcity	10	8
Template:VICcity	120	111

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	2,184	2,401
Template:VICcity^	683	672
Template:VICcity	30	36
Template:VICcity	63	69

Template:Columns-end ^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

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

External links

• Hindmarsh Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link