The County of Grant is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the

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

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, on the west side of

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, and includes

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

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is on its north-western edge. It is bounded in the west by the

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, on the north by the

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and on the east by the Werribee River. The county was proclaimed in 1853. The Darriwilian Age of the

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

Parishes

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within the county: * Anakie, Victoria * Ballark, Victoria *

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 Australi ...

(also in the counties of Grant, Grenville, Ripon & Talbot) * Balliang, Victoria * Bamganie, Victoria * Barrarbool, Victoria * Bellarine, Victoria * Beremboke, Victoria * Borhoneyghurk, Victoria * Bulban, Victoria * Bungal, Victoria *

Bungaree, Victoria Bungaree is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located west of the state capital, Melbourne and east of the regional centre of Ballarat, on the Western Freeway and in the Shire of Moorabool local government area. At the , Bungaree an ...

(also in the counties of Grenville & Talbot) * Bungeeltap, Victoria * Buninyong, Victoria * Burtwarrah, Victoria * Cargerie, Victoria * Carrah, Victoria * Carrung-e-murnong, Victoria * Clarendon, Victoria * Cocoroc, Victoria * Conewarre, Victoria * Coolebarghurk, Victoria * Corio, Victoria * 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 * Kerrit Bareet, Victoria * Korweinguboora, Victoria * Lake Lake Wollard, Victoria *

Lal Lal, Victoria Lal Lal is a town in Victoria (Australia), Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool and on the Geelong-Ballarat railway line, west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Lal Lal and the surrounding area had a population of 47 ...

* Lara, Victoria * Mambourin, Victoria * Meredith, Victoria * Modewarre, Victoria * Moolap, Victoria * Mooradoranook, Victoria * Moorarbool West, Victoria * Moorpanyal, Victoria * Moranghurk, Victoria * Moreep, Victoria * Mouyong, Victoria * Murgheboluc, Victoria * Murtcaim, Victoria * Narmbool, Victoria * Paraparap, Victoria * Parwan, Victoria * Paywit, Victoria * Puebla, Victoria * Tutegong, Victoria * Wabdallah, Victoria *

Warrenheip, Victoria Warrenheip is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia on the eastern rural-urban fringe named after nearby Mount Warrenheip. At the , Warrenheip had a population of 721. Precolonial history and name origins Mount Warrenh ...

* Werribee, Victoria * 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 (state) Barwon South West (region) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub