Shire of Hindmarsh
- 36.333333333333141.65Koordinaten: 36 ° 20 ' S, 141 ° 39' O Hindmarsh Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 7570 km ² and has about 6,000 inhabitants.
Hindmarsh is located in the west of Victoria about 360 kilometers northwest of the capital, Melbourne on Western Highway, halfway from Melbourne to Adelaide and includes the following towns a: Dimboola, Nhill, Jeparit, rainbow and Netherby. The seat of the City Council is located in Nhill in the south of the LGA, a place of nearly 2,000 residents.
The predominantly agricultural area is located in the region Wimmera. 10% of the grain and oilseed of all Victoria produced in the Shire. In addition, especially poultry farming is operated. Here come even 90 % of all ducks of the state of Hindmarsh.
Well-known animal of the Little Desert National Park, which begins south of Dimboola, is the thermometer chicken ( Lowan Bird or Mallee Fowl ), which constructs large piles of leaves for his breed that a constant indoor temperature at the local temperature extremes of -8 ° to 44 ° hold of 33 °.
Management
The Hindmarsh Shire Council has six members who are elected by the residents of the three Wards. Each of these three districts - North, West and East - provides two Councillor. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.