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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.
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 ...
Map of Australia. This is a list of places (local government areas) in Australia which have standing links to local communities in other countries.In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The Grampians is an economic rural region [1] located in the western part of Victoria, Australia.The 48,646-square-kilometre (18,782 sq mi) region lies to the northwest of the western suburbs of Greater Melbourne, to the state's western border with South Australia and includes the Grampians National Park and significant gold mining heritage assets.
VicRoads is a government joint venture in the state of Victoria, Australia.In the state, it is responsible for driver licensing and vehicle registration.It is owned and operated through a joint venture between the Victorian government and a consortium made up of Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust and Macquarie Asset Management.
During the first years of the Victorian gold rush, Canadian Gully [a] became one of the most prominent diggings on the Ballarat goldfields. January 1853 marked the discoveries of three gold nuggets each weighing over 1,000 ounces (28 kg) — including the Canadian, then the largest recorded nugget ever — and brought a gold rush to Ballarat greater than the original rush at Golden Point in 1851.
Ballarat Primary Co-ed Government 1953 website: Ballarat Secondary College: Ballarat Secondary Co-ed Government 1994 website: Ballarat Steiner School and Kindergarten Mount Helen Primary Co-ed Rudolf Steiner: 2000 website: Black Hill Primary School Black Hill Primary Co-ed Government 1881 website: Bungaree Primary School Bungaree Primary Co-ed ...