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The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2023, had a population of 118,137. [ 3 ]
Ballarat (/ ˌ b æ l ə ˈ r æ t / BAL-ə-RAT) [3] (Wathawurrung: balla arat) [4] is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria.
The City of Ballaarat was a local government area covering the inner suburbs of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 34.52 square kilometres (13.3 sq mi), and existed from 1855 until 1994.
Ballarat East Town Hall in 1862 (demolished in the 1960s) After the creation of the Ballarat Municipality in 1855 and the Ballarat Road District (covering the surrounding rural area) in 1856, Ballarat East gained municipal government with the creation of the Ballarat East Municipality in 1857 (note that until 1994, local government names were spelled "Ballaarat", whereas the urban settlement ...
The Ballarat Star report "deplored the general lack of interest and neglected condition of the graves". [1] [2] [3] In the late 1860s, after lobbying by locals, the mayor of Ballarat East, Emanuel Steinfeld, requested that the state government proclaim a reserve around the area where the Eureka Stockade was erected. Following a formal request ...
In 1889, the line became the direct Melbourne−Ballarat railway when it was extended eastwards from Ballarat to Bacchus Marsh, meeting with another line constructed from Sunshine. In 1995, the line beyond Ararat , along with several old branch lines, was converted to standard gauge and reopened to form part of the 1435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ...
Winter Valley is a western suburb of the City of Ballarat. [2] The population at the 2021 census was 3,440. [1] Established on 11 February 2016 as part of the western growth zone, Winter Valley was named after early colonist John Winter following a controversy on whether on not it should be named after the 19th-century Aboriginal elder Mullawallah.
Bonshaw is a locality on the southern rural fringe of the City of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia.At the 2021 census, Bonshaw had a population of 949. [1] This is an increase from a population of 210 at the 2016 census [2] and 188 at the 2011 census.