Ararat Rural City is a

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, 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,

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, Dunneworthy,

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Moyston 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 cen ...

, Pomonal,

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, Wickliffe and

Willaura 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 ...

. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the

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 ...

Shire of Ararat The Shire of Ararat was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994. The shire did not cover the town of Ararat, which was ...

and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and

Shire of Stawell The Shire of Stawell was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1995. Stawell itself was managed by a separate entity; ...

. Ararat Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its

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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

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of this are the Djab Wurrung.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. Composition as of September 2022:

Administration and governance

The Ararat Rural City Council meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm in the Council Chamber at the Ararat Shire Hall, 239 Barkly Street, Ararat. The Ararat Municipal Offices, 59 Vincent Street, Ararat, is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at this location and is open from 8.15am to 5.15pm on week days.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 11,880 up from 11,600 in the 2016 census ^ - ''Territory divided with another LGA''

References

External links

Ararat Rural City Council official websiteMetlink local public transport mapLink to Land Victoria interactive maps
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