Nhill Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 36°20′0″S 141°39′0″E / 36.33333°S 141.65000°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,749 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3418 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 133.0 m (436 ft)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Shire of Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Lowan | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[3][4] |
Nhill is a town in the Wimmera, in western Victoria, Australia. Nhill is located on the Western Highway, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Nhill had a population of 1,749.[1] "Nhill" is believed to be a Wergaia word meaning "early morning mist rising over water"[5] or "white mist rising from the water".[6]
Nhill is the administrative headquarters for Shire of Hindmarsh[7] and residents are mainly employed in either farming or food processing, most notably in grain and fowl.
The town is home to a community of Karen people, the first of whom came to Australia as refugees, and who settled in Nhill in the early 2010s to work at the Luv-a-Duck food processing facility. In 2012, there were over 100 Karen residents in Nhill.[8]