__NOTOC__ Hindmarsh Valley is a locality in the Australian state of

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located about south of the state capital of

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and about north of the municipal seat in Victor Harbor. It consists of land on the south-east side of the

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that extends from the foothills towards the coastline and which is mostly located within the catchment of the Hindmarsh River. The

Victor Harbor Road Victor Harbor Road (and its southern sections Adelaide Road, Hindmarsh Road and Torrens Street through Victor Harbor) is a major road in South Australia that runs south from Main South Road at Old Noarlunga on the southern fringes of suburban ...

passes through the locality on its eastern side while the Hindmarsh Tiers Road passes throughout its centre. Boundaries for the locality were created in August 1998 for the "long established name" which refers the area associated with the catchment of the Hindmarsh River. The name Hindmarsh Valley was also used during 1959 for a private sub-division of a site located within the boundaries of the locality. Land use within Hindmarsh Valley is mainly agricultural with some land at its southern end zoned in part for both commercial use and for current and future residential use as part of the Victor Harbor urban area. Some of the land at its northern boundary is located within a watershed protection zone where land use is limited to "farming activities on large land holdings that do not pollute water resources". This part of the locality includes the Hindmarsh Valley Reservoir and the Hindmarsh Falls, a waterfall on the Hindmarsh River. The locality also includes two

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s – the Mount Billy Conservation Park in its north and part of the Spring Mount Conservation Park in its west, and a heritage listed site - the Cut Hill Stone Wall & Memorial Plaque located in its east on the Victor Harbor Road. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hindmarsh Valley had 476 people living within its boundaries. Hindmarsh Valley is located within the federal

division of Mayo The Division of Mayo () is an Australian electoral division located to the east and south of Adelaide, South Australia. Created in the state redistribution of 3 September 1984, the division is named after Helen Mayo, a social activist and th ...

, the state

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and the local government area of the

City of Victor Harbor The City of Victor Harbor is a local government area of South Australia. It covers an area of along the coast, about south of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The council is responsible for the town of Victor Harbor, which contains ...

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{{City of Victor Harbor suburbs, state=collapsed Fleurieu Peninsula