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Rural City Of Ararat
Ararat Rural City is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 11,795. It includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ararat, Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Stawell. Ararat Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076. Traditional owners The traditional owners of this are the Djab Wurrung. Council Current composition The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Bureau Of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statutory agency of the Australian Government responsible for statistical collection and analysis and for giving evidence-based advice to federal, state and territory governments. The ABS collects and analyses statistics on economic, population, environmental and social issues, publishing many on their website. The ABS also operates the national Census of Population and Housing that occurs every five years. History In 1901, statistics were collected by each state for their individual use. While attempts were made to coordinate collections through an annual Conference of Statisticians, it was quickly realized that a National Statistical Office would be required to develop nationally comparable statistics. The Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics (CBCS) was established under the Census and Statistics Act in 1905. Sir George Knibbs was appointed as the first Commonwealth Statistician. Initially, the bureau w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyston, Victoria
Moyston is a town in the Western District region of Victoria, Australia, near the Grampians mountain range. The town is located in the Rural City of Ararat local government area, north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Moyston and the surrounding area had a population of 403. Moyston is the self-proclaimed "Birthplace of Australian Football", based on its connection to the sport's founder, Tom Wills, who grew up in the area in the 1840s, and, according to some, played Marn Grook with the Indigenous people of the area.Harris, Amelia (22 March 2008)"Moyston where footy dreams lie" ''The Herald Sun''. Retrieved 4 January 2015. History The first European to see the Moyston area was the explorer Major Thomas Mitchell in 1836. Squatters and their flocks of sheep followed soon after, among them Horatio Wills. His son, Tom Wills, was Australia's first great cricketer and a pioneer of Australian rules football. It has been claimed that, while livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Localities (Victoria)
This is a list of locality names and populated place names in the state of Victoria, Australia, outside the Melbourne metropolitan area. It is organised by region from the south-west of the state to the east and, for convenience, is sectioned by Local Government Area (LGA). Localities are bounded areas recorded on VICNAMES, although boundaries are the responsibility of each council. Many localities cross LGA boundaries, some being partly within three LGAs, but are listed here once under the LGA in which the major population centre or area occurs. The Office of Geographic Names (OGN), led by the Registrar of Geographic Names, administers the naming or renaming of localities (as well as roads, and other features) in Victoria, and maintains the Register of Geographic Names, referred as the VICNAMES register, pursuant to the ''Geographic Place Names Act 1998''. The OGN has issued the mandatory ''Naming rules for places in Victoria, Statutory requirements for naming roads, features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djab Wurrung
The Djab Wurrung, also spelt Djabwurrung, Tjapwurrung, Tjap Wurrung, or Djapwarrung, people are Aboriginal Australians whose country is the volcanic plains of central Victoria from the Mount William Range of Gariwerd in the west to the Pyrenees range in the east encompassing the Wimmera River flowing north and the headwaters of the Hopkins River flowing south. The towns of Ararat, Stawell and Hamilton are within their territory. The Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy is located on a proposed highway duplication on the Western Highway south of Ararat. There were 41 Djab Wurrung clans who formed an alliance with the neighbouring Jardwadjali people through intermarriage, shared culture, trade and moiety system before colonisation. Their lands were conquered but never ceded. Language Djab Wurrung, meaning "soft language", belongs to the Western branch of the Kulin languages. It is the southernmost language, with Dja Dja Wurrung spoken to the east/southeast, and Jardwadjali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traditional Owners
Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have rights and interests to their land that derive from their traditional laws and customs. The concept recognises that in certain cases there was and is a continued beneficial legal interest in land held by Indigenous peoples which survived the acquisition of radical title to the land by the Crown at the time of sovereignty. Native title can co-exist with non-Aboriginal proprietary rights and in some cases different Aboriginal groups can exercise their native title over the same land. The foundational case for native title in Australia was ''Mabo v Queensland (No 2)'' (1992). One year after the recognition of the legal concept of native title in ''Mabo'', the Keating Government formalised the recognition by legislation with the enactment by the Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seat Of Local Government
The seat of government is (as defined by ''Brewer's Politics'') "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority". In most countries, the nation’s capital is also seat of its government, thus that city is appropriately referred to as the national seat of government. The terms are not however, completely synonymous, as some countries' seat of government differs from the capital. The Netherlands, for example, has Amsterdam as its capital but The Hague is the seat of government; and the Philippines, with Manila as its capital but the metropolitan area of the same name (Metro Manila; also known as National Capital Region (NCR)), is the seat of government. Local seats of government Local and regional authorities usually have a seat, called an administrative centre, as well. Terms for seats of local government of various levels and in various countries include: *County seat (United States) * County town (UK and Ireland) * City hall/To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Stawell
The Shire of Stawell was a Local government in Australia, local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1995. Stawell, Victoria, Stawell itself was managed by a separate entity; the City of Stawell. History Stawell was first incorporated as a Road districts of Victoria (Australia), road district on 29 January 1861, and became a shire on 30 December 1864. On 26 October 1926, it annexed part of the North Riding of the Shire of Ararat. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Stawell was abolished, and along with the City of Stawell, the Town of St Arnaud, parts of the Shires of Ararat, Shire of Avoca, Avoca, Shire of Donald, Donald, Shire of Kara Kara, Kara Kara, Shire of Dunmunkle, Dunmunkle and the Grampians National Park section of the Shire of Wimmera, was merged into the newly created Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Mortlake
The Shire of Mortlake was a local government area about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. History Mortlake was incorporated as a road district on 20 July 1860, and became a shire on 26 January 1864. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Mortlake was abolished, and along with the Borough of Port Fairy, the Shires of Belfast and Minhamite, parts of the Shires of Dundas, Mount Rouse, Warrnambool, and the Tower Hill Reserve, was merged into the newly created Shire of Moyne. Wards The Shire of Mortlake was divided into four ridings on 7 June 1978, each of which elected three councillors: * Ballangeich Riding * Darlington Riding * Mortlake Riding * Woorndoo Riding Towns and localities * Ballangeich * Darlington * Dundonnell * Ellerslie * Hexham * Kolora * Mortlake* * The Sisters * Woorndoo * Council seat. Population * Estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Ararat
The Shire of Ararat was a Local government in Australia, local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994. The shire did not cover the town of Ararat, Victoria, Ararat, which was managed by a separate City of Ararat, local government authority. History Ararat was first incorporated as a Road districts of Victoria (Australia), road district on 27 August 1861, and became a shire on 8 March 1864. Parts of its North Riding were annexed to the Shire of Stawell on 26 October 1926, while other portions were annexed to the City of Ararat on 1 October 1941 and 27 May 1960. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Ararat was abolished, and along with the City of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Stawell, was merged into the newly created Rural City of Ararat. Wards The Shire of Ararat was divided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Ararat
The City of Ararat was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. It existed from 1858 until 1994. Headquartered in Ararat, Victoria, the city had jurisdiction over an area of , and by 1992 a population of 8,070 people. It was surrounded by the separate and largely rural Shire of Ararat. History Ararat was first incorporated as a borough on 24 September 1858, known as the Municipal District of Ararat, headed by chairmen. In 1862, it was declared as a borough and known as the Borough of Ararat, headed by mayors. It was declared as a town on 29 May 1934, and on 24 May 1950, it was proclaimed as a city. It received some land from the surrounding Shire of Ararat on 27 May 1960. On 23 September 1994, the City of Ararat was abolished, and along with the Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Stawell, was merged into the newly created Rural City of Ararat. The former town hall was National Trust listed and later adaptivel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willaura, Victoria
Willaura is a town in western Victoria, Australia in the Rural City of Ararat local government area, west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Willaura and surrounding area had a population of 439. According to tradition, the town's name is derived from a question, specifically "Will Laura?" History In September 1836 Major Thomas Mitchell travelled through the area on his return to Sydney from Portland. He crossed the Hopkins near the Edgarley Bridge, camped at Mount Stavely, journeyed through the salt lakes area, and then camped at Cockajemmy Lakes. He wrote in his journal that "...a land more favorable for Colonization could not be found..." and his trip effectively opened the district for European settlement. A cairn on the Wickliffe road commemorates his journey. The 1862 the Duffy Land Act made blocks available for free selection, and this was taken up enthusiastically around what was then known as Wickliffe Road. The railway had come through in 1877, and gold discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickliffe, Victoria
Wickliffe is a small town in the Rural City of Ararat local government area in western Victoria, Australia. At the , Wickliffe and the surrounding area had a population of 123. History In 1840 John Dickson Wyselaskie (1818-1883) took up the 'Narrapumelap' pastoral run in the Wickliffe district. In 1843 an Irishman named John Farrell established a public-house, the Hopkins Inn, at a crossing-place on the Hopkins River. The location was known by several names – Ford's Crossing, Hopkins Crossing and Farrell's Inn. By 1850 the settlement on the Hopkins River had been named Wickliffe. Town lots at Wickliffe were offered for sale in August 1853, with lots being purchased by the local land-holder Wyselaskie and inn-keeper Farrell. The first Presbyterian minister, Rev. John McLachlan, was appointed to the district in 1851. McLachlan lived on 'Narrapumelap' station and ministered at Wickliffe, Hopkins Hill and Dunkeld until 1856. Services were initially conducted in the Hopkins H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
