Dimboola, Victoria

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For the play Dimboola, see Dimboola (play). For the film Dimboola, see Dimboola (film).

Dimboola Victoria
Location of Dimboola in Victoria (red)
Population:	1863 (2006)^[1]
Postcode:	3414
Location:	337 km (209 mi) from Melbourne 391 km (243 mi) from Adelaide 39 km (24 mi) from Horsham 39 km (24 mi) from Nhill
LGA:	Shire of Hindmarsh
State District:	Lowan
Federal Division:	Mallee

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Dimboola is located in Shire of Hindmarsh in the Wimmera region of Western Victoria, Australia, 334 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. At the 2006 census Dimboola had a population of 1863.

Named after the Sinhalese word meaning 'land of figs', Dimboola's original inhabitants were the Wotjobaluk aboriginal people before initial European settlement in 1846.

Dimboola's economy is predominantly rural, with wheat, sheep and timber being traditionally important, although there have been recent forays into emu and alpaca rearing and olive plantations.

Paintings of Dimboola landscapes by noted Australian painter Sidney Nolan, who was stationed in the area while on army duty in World War II, can be found in the National Gallery of Victoria. Dimboola is also the setting of the play (and subsequent film) Dimboola by Jack Hibberd.

The town's secondary college, is the only memorial secondary college in the Southern Hemisphere, hence its name, Dimboola Memorial Secondary College.^{[citation needed]}