Shire of Hindmarsh

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Shire of Hindmarsh

| state = vic

| image = Australia Victoria Hindmarsh Shire.svg

| caption = Location in Victoria

| pop = 5645

| pop_year = 2018

| pop_footnotes = {{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.

| area = 7524

| area_footnotes =

| est = 1995

| gazetted = 20 January 1995{{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1995&class=S&page_num=4&state=V&classNum=S4 |title=S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 8) the Shire of Hindmarsh |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=20 January 1995 |page=4 |accessdate=10 January 2014}}

| mayor = Cr Melanie Albrecht

| seat = Nhill

| region = Grampians

| logo = Hindmarsh Shire Council Logo.png

| url = http://www.hindmarsh.vic.gov.au/

| stategov = Lowan

| fedgov = Mallee

| near-nw = Mildura

| near-n = Mildura

| near-ne = Mildura

| near-w = West Wimmera

| near-e = Yarriambiack

| near-sw = West Wimmera

| near-s = Horsham

| near-se = Horsham

}}

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 {{convert|7527|km2|mi2}} and in June 2018 had a population of 5,645, having fallen from 5,852{{cite web |title=ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018 |url=http://stat.data.abs.gov.au/# |website=ABS.Stat |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=29 November 2019 |date=27 March 2019}} in June 2013.

It includes the towns of Dimboola, Nhill, Rainbow and Jeparit. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Lowan and Shire of Dimboola.

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.