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Hopetoun is a town which serves as the major service centre for the Southern Mallee area of Victoria, Australia. Hopetoun is situated 400 kilometres north-west of Melbourne on the Henty Highway in the Shire of Yarriambiack. In the 2011 census, Hopetoun had a population of 555. Hopetoun is predominantly supported by agriculture and businesses which support Victoria's grain and legume production, along with some niche markets in export hay, Angora goats, gypsum, prime lamb production and some cattle. Hopetoun is surrounded by rolling sand hills and grassy plains,