The County of Grant is one of the 37

counties of Victoria Cadastral divisions in Victoria are called counties, which are further subdivided into parishes and townships, for cadastral or land administration purposes. Cadastral divisions of county, parish and township form the basis for formal identifica ...

which are part of the

cadastral divisions of Australia Lands administrative divisions of Australia are the cadastral divisions of Australia for the purposes of identification of land to ensure security of land ownership. Most states term these divisions as counties, parishes, hundreds, and other t ...

, used for land titles. It is located to the west of

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, on the west side of

Port Phillip Port Phillip ( Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is com ...

and includes Geelong. Ballarat is on its north-western edge. It is bounded in the west by the

Yarrowee River The Yarrowee River (or Yaramlok in the Aboriginal language) is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Yarrowee is a major tributa ...

, on the north by the Great Dividing Range and on the east by the

Werribee River The Werribee River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip catchment that is located on the expansive lowland plain southwest of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The headwaters of a tributary, the Lerderderg River, are north of Ballan near ...

. The county was proclaimed in 1853. The

Darriwilian The Darriwilian is the upper stage of the Middle Ordovician. It is preceded by the Dapingian and succeeded by the Upper Ordovician Sandbian Stage. The lower boundary of the Darriwilian is defined as the first appearance of the graptolite species ' ...

Age of the

Ordovician The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start of the Silurian Period Mya. T ...

Period of geological time is named for Darriwil parish in the county.

Parishes

Parishes within the county: *

Anakie, Victoria Anakie is a rural township between Geelong and Bacchus Marsh, in Victoria, Australia. At the , Anakie and the surrounding area had a population of 734. The area is divided between the City of Greater Geelong and Golden Plains Shire local gove ...

* Ballark, Victoria * Ballarat, Victoria (also in the counties of Grant, Grenville, Ripon & Talbot) *

Balliang, Victoria Balliang is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It is divided between the Shire of Moorabool and City of Greater Geelong local government areas. It lies north of Geelong and from the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Balliang had a population of ...

* Bamganie, Victoria * Barrarbool, Victoria *

Bellarine, Victoria Bellarine is a rural locality in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In the 2011 census, the population of Bellarine was too low to separately report; however in June 2014 the Victorian Electoral Commission recorded 134 enrolled ...

* Beremboke, Victoria * Borhoneyghurk, Victoria * Bulban, Victoria * Bungal, Victoria * Bungaree, Victoria (also in the counties of Grenville & Talbot) * Bungeeltap, Victoria *

Buninyong, Victoria Buninyong is a town 11 km from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Midland Highway, south of Ballarat on the road to Geelong. Buninyong was proclaimed a town on 27 June 1851 on the same day as Winchelsea, Portarlington, ...

* Burtwarrah, Victoria * Cargerie, Victoria * Carrah, Victoria * Carrung-e-murnong, Victoria * Clarendon, Victoria *

Cocoroc, Victoria Cocoroc is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Dusiness District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Cocoroc recorded no population at the . History In 1892 the Melbourne and Met ...

* Conewarre, Victoria * Coolebarghurk, Victoria *

Corio, Victoria Corio is a residential and industrial area, which forms one of the largest suburbs of Geelong, Victoria in Australia. It is located approximately 9 km north of the Geelong central business district. The area was formerly known as Cowie's ...

* Darriwil, Victoria * Dean, Victoria (also in the county of Talbot) * Duneed, Victoria * Durdidwarrah, Victoria * Gherang Gherang, Victoria * Gherineghap, Victoria * Gnarwarre, Victoria * Gorong, Victoria * Gorrockburkghap, Victoria *

Jan Juc, Victoria Jan Juc is a suburb of Torquay, Victoria Torquay is a seaside resort in Victoria, Australia, which faces Bass Strait, 21 km south of Geelong and is the gateway to the Great Ocean Road. It is bordered on the west by Spring Creek and i ...

* Kerrit Bareet, Victoria * Korweinguboora, Victoria * Lake Lake Wollard, Victoria * Lal Lal, Victoria *

Lara, Victoria Lara is a town in Victoria, 18 km north-east of the Geelong CBD, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne. Its population at the 2016 census was 16,355. History The explorers Hume and Hovell arrived at Lara on December 16, 1824, b ...

Mambourin, Victoria Mambourin is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Mambourin recorded a population of 315 at the 2021 census. The proposed s ...

Meredith, Victoria Meredith is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Midland Highway between Ballarat and Geelong, in the local government area of the City of Greater Geelong. At the , Meredith had a population of 788. History The town was surveyed i ...

* Modewarre, Victoria *

Moolap, Victoria Moolap is a residential and industrial suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The name Moolap is derived from an Aboriginal word for nearby Point Henry, moo-laa, thought to mean 'men gathering to go fishing'. Moolap is located in the City of ...

* Mooradoranook, Victoria * Moorarbool West, Victoria * Moorpanyal, Victoria * Moranghurk, Victoria * Moreep, Victoria * Mouyong, Victoria * Murgheboluc, Victoria * Murtcaim, Victoria * Narmbool, Victoria *

Paraparap, Victoria Paraparap is a rural locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * ...

Parwan, Victoria Parwan is a town in Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton and the Shire of Moorabool local government areas. Parwan recorded a population of 188 at the 2021 census. Predomina ...

* Paywit, Victoria * Puebla, Victoria * Tutegong, Victoria * Wabdallah, Victoria * Warrenheip, Victoria *

Werribee, Victoria Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham Local government areas of Victoria, local government a ...

* Woornyalook, Victoria * Wormbete, Victoria * Wurdi-Youang, Victoria * Yaloak, Victoria * Yowang, Victoria

References

Vicnames, place name detailsResearch aids, Victoria 1910 Map of the county of Grant
showing colony and county boundaries, 1886. National Library of Australia Counties of Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub