What is Lake Hindmarsh?
{{Infobox lake | lake_name = Lake Hindmarsh | image_lake = | caption_lake = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry= | location = Wimmera, Victoria | coords = {{coord|36|04|S|141|55|E|region:AU-VIC_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | type = [[eutrophic lake|eutrophic]] | inflow = [[Wimmera River]] | outflow = Outlet Creek (When full), ''evaporation'' | catchment = {{Convert|23500|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = Australia | length = {{Convert|22|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{Convert|135|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | depth = {{Convert|3.4|m|ft|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{Convert|3.65|m|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = 378 GL | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = | frozen = }} '''Lake Hindmarsh''', in western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia, is the state’s largest natural freshwater lake. The nearest towns are [[Jeparit, Victoria|Jeparit]] to the south and [[Rainbow, Victoria|Rainbow]] to the north. It is a large shallow lake which is often dry. The lake filled after floods in 2011, having been dry for nearly ten years. ==History== The area around the lake is the traditional country of the Gromiluk, a group of the Wotjobaluk people.<ref>[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10390b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography] Retrieved 2012-02-29.</ref> Explorer [[Edward Eyre]] camped at Lake Hindmarsh in 1838 while searching for an overland route from [[Melbourne]] to [[Adelaide]].<ref>[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010346b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography] Retrieved 2012-02-29.</ref> By 1845 Europeans were settling near lake. In 1859 the [[Moravia]]n [[Ebenezer Mission]] was established nearby. ==Geography== Lake Hindmarsh is the first lake of the Wimmera River Terminal Wetlands. Its water comes directly from th