Yandoit

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Yandoit

| state = vic

| image = Entering Yandoit.JPG

| caption = Entering Yandoit

| lga = Shire of Hepburn

| postcode = 3461

| est =

| pop = 154

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes =

| coordinates = {{coord|37|12|0|S|144|06|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position =

| use_lga_map = yes

| elevation=

| maxtemp =

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| rainfall =

| stategov = Macedon

| fedgov = Ballarat

| dist1 = 128

| dir1 = NW

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 63

| dir2 = N

| location2= Ballarat

| dist3 = 21

| dir3 = N

| location3= Daylesford, Victoria

}}

Yandoit is a locality in Victoria, Australia.Yandoit is in the Hepburn Shire local government area, {{convert|128|km|mi}} north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Yandoit and the surrounding area had a population of 154.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC22887 |name=Yandoit (State Suburb)|access-date=31 August 2017|quick=on}}

The Yandoit area was first settled by Captain John Stuart Hepburn.{{cite web|title=Yandoit|url=http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00305b.htm|work=Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia|publisher=Cultural Heritage Unit, The University of Melbourne|access-date=19 January 2014}} Alluvial gold was discovered in 1854 and 5,000 miners came to the area creating a gold rush. The gold soon ran out and deep lead mining started in 1858. Yandoit was surveyed in 1861 when it had a population of 232. Despite its population declining to 77 in 1881, Yandoit was proclaimed a township in 1885.

Many Swiss Italians settled in Yandoit and built many of the remaining stone buildings.