Miners Rest is a suburb north of
Ballarat, Victoria
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,
Australia
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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
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