Dimboola is located in Hindmarsh Shire in the Wimmera region of Western Victoria, Australia, 334 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. 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.