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Miners Rest, Victoria
Miners Rest is a suburb north of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the north-western rural-urban fringe Peri-urbanisation relates to the processes of scattered and dispersive urban growth that create hybrid landscapes of fragmented and mixed urban and rural characteristics. Such areas may be referred to as the rural–urban fringe, the outskirts ... of the city, northwest of the Central Business District. The population at the was 3,829. Miners Rest is a semi-rural town with a very small township and commercial area. It is located to the north of the Western Freeway. History The original Township of Miners Rest, surveyed in 1854, is located at the northern end of the district. Education The local primary school is Miners Rest Primary School. The local secondary school catchment is Mount Rowan Secondary College. References Suburbs of Ballarat 1862 establishments in Australia {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Australian census, 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. Within months of Victoria History of Victoria#Separation from New South Wales, separating from the colony of New South Wales in 1851, gold was discovered near Ballarat, sparking the Victorian gold rush. Ballarat subsequently became a thriving boomtown that for a time rivalled Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, in terms of wealth and cultural influence. In 1854, following a period of civil disobedience in Ballarat over gold licenses, local miners launched an armed uprising against government forces. Known as the Eureka Rebellion, it led to the introduction of white male suffrage in Australia, and as such is interpreted as the origin of democracy in Australia, Australian democracy. The rebellion's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Ripon
Ripon is a single member electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is a rural electorate based in western Victoria (Australia), Victoria. In 1946 the electoral district of Ripon was first contested but then abolished in the 1955 election after being held by Labor for seven of these years. Ripon was re-created in 1976, essentially as a replacement for electoral district of Hampden, Hampden and Electoral district of Kara Kara, Kara Kara. Ripon has an area of 16,761 square kilometres. It includes the towns of Amphitheatre, Victoria, Amphitheatre, Ararat, Victoria, Ararat, Avoca, Victoria, Avoca, Bealiba, Beaufort, Victoria, Beaufort, Borung, Bridgewater On Loddon, Victoria, Bridgewater on Loddon, Buangor, Cardigan, Victoria, Cardigan, Carisbrook, Victoria, Carisbrook, Charlton, Victoria, Charlton, Clunes, Victoria, Clunes, Creswick, Victoria, Creswick, Dunolly, Victoria, Dunolly, Eddington, Victoria, Eddington, Elmhurst, Victoria, Elmhurst, Glenorchy, Victoria, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Ballarat
The Division of Ballarat (spelt Ballaarat from 1901 until the 1977 election) is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the states and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the List of Australian electorates contested at every election, original 65 divisions to be contested at the 1901 Australian federal election, first federal election. It was named for the provincial city of Ballarat, the same name by Scottish squatter Archibald Yuille, who established the first settlement − his sheep station, sheep run called Ballaarat − in 1837, with the name derived from a local Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung word for the area, ''balla arat'', thought to mean "resting place". The division currently takes in the regional City of Ballarat and the smaller towns of Gordon, Victoria, Gordon, Meredith, Victoria, Meredith, Buninyong, Clunes, Victoria, Clunes, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learmonth, Victoria
Learmonth is a town, located in Central Victoria, Australia, west of the state capital Melbourne, and 23 kilometres north west of the regional city centre of Ballarat. Learmonth is located on the Sunraysia Highway, on the road to Avoca, St Arnaud and the Pyrenees wine region, and is surrounded by an agricultural, pastoral and dairy region. At the 2021 census, Learmonth had a population of 396. History The township was first established in 1837. It was the original local government office headquarters of the Shire of Ballarat. Lake Learmonth Post Office opened on 13 February 1858 and was renamed Learmonth in 1860. The town was named in reference to its position beside Lake Learmonth, which itself was named after the brothers Thomas Livingston Learmonth and Somerville Learmonth who squatted in the area in 1838. In November 1859, Thomas Learmonth made a donation towards building a church in the town: Thomas Learmonth, Esq., of Ercildoun, with his usual liberality has contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blowhard, Victoria
Blowhard, is a rural locality north-west of Ballarat, in western Victoria, Australia. It is located between Creswick and Learmonth. Blowhard was once a prominent mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ... area. Mt Blowhard Primary School was erected by the Education Department in 1878 and is still operating as a primary school. At the 2021 census, Blowhard had a population of 82. References Ballarat Mining towns in Victoria (state) {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulky, Victoria
Sulky is a locality on the Eastern rural fringe of the City of Ballarat municipality in Victoria, Australia Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; .... At the , Sulky had a population of 234. References Suburbs of Ballarat {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windermere, Victoria
Windermere is a locality in the City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, located west of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori .... At the , Windermere had a population of 96. References External links Towns in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Rowan, Victoria
Mount Rowan is a locality in western Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Mount Rowan and the surrounding area had a population of 295. Notable person * Jim Hovey (1922-95), Australian rules footballer (Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...) References Towns in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardigan, Victoria
Cardigan is a suburb on the north-western rural-urban fringe of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. At the , Cardigan had a population of 1,064. Cardigan Post Office opened 1 January 1861 and was closed on 30 June 1975. References Suburbs of Ballarat {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Park, Victoria
Mitchell Park is a suburb on the north-western rural-urban fringe of Ballarat Ballarat ( ) () 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. Within mo ... in Victoria, Australia. At the , Mitchell Park had a population of 887. Mitchell Park contains the Ballarat Airport. References Suburbs of Ballarat {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendouree, Victoria
Wendouree () is a large suburb on the north western rural-urban fringe of the city of Ballarat, in Victoria, Australia. It is the second most populated suburb in the City of Ballarat with a total of 10,376 inhabitants at the . It is named after nearby Lake Wendouree, which derives its name from the Wathaurong word ''wendaaree'', meaning "be off" (or "go away"). It incorporates the unofficial locality of Wendouree West. Wendouree has the second major commercial and business hub in Greater Ballarat, and is also the location of several Ballarat-based commercial and industrial firms. Landmarks of Wendouree include the Ballarat Sports and Events Centre, the home of the Ballarat Miners and Ballarat Rush; the Ballarat Showgrounds (Venue for the annual Ballarat Show); Eureka Stadium (Home ground of the North Ballarat (Australian Football) club and Australian Football League venue), the former St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery, Stockland Wendouree Shopping Complex, and the Wendouree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballarat Central
Ballarat Central (known as the Central Business Area by the City of Ballarat and sometimes simply as "Ballarat") is the central locality of Ballarat, Greater Ballarat in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The population of Ballarat Central at the was 5,378, making it the sixth most populous in the urban area. It is the administrative headquarters for the City of Ballarat as well as the Ballarat Base Hospital and health services and home to the city's major religious institutions and a major retail, commercial and inner city residential area. It is the third oldest settlement in Greater Ballarat (after the Australian gold rushes, gold rush settlements of Ballarat East and Golden Point, Victoria, Golden Point). Planned as a permanent settlement shortly following the initial gold rush, it was formerly known as Ballaarat West or the new township of Ballaarat. The boundaries are Lexton, Drummond, Talbot and Pleasant Street to the west; Sebastopol, Hill, Hummfray and Steinfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
