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Ararat Rural City is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 11,795.[1]

Rural City of Ararat Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	11,795 (2018)[1]
• Density	2.8010/km2 (7.2545/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	23 September 1994[2]
Area	4,211 km2 (1,625.9 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Cr Jo Armstrong [3]
Council seat	Ararat
Region	Western Victoria
State electorate(s)	Lowan Ripon
Federal division(s)	Wannon
Website	Rural City of Ararat
LGAs around Rural City of Ararat: Northern Grampians Northern Grampians Pyrenees Southern Grampians Rural City of Ararat Pyrenees Moyne Moyne Corangamite

It includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ararat, Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Stawell.[2][4]

Ararat Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government 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.[5]

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of this are the Djab Wurrung.[6]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[7] Composition as of September 2022:

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Unsubdivided		Cr Gwenda Allgood
		Cr Jo Armstrong	Mayor
		Cr Peter Beales
		Cr William Waterston
		Cr Bob Sanders	Deputy Mayor
		Cr Henry Burridge
		Cr Rob Armstrong

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.

Main towns

In June 2018 the rural city had a population of 11,795.[1]

Town	Population
Ararat	8,297
Armstrong	88
Buangor	103
Dunneworthy	19
Elmhurst	183
Lake Bolac	330
Mafeking	19
Maroona	110
Mininera	62
Moyston	348
Pomonal	322
Rossbridge	32
Streatham	156
Tatyoon	110
Westmere	40
Wickliffe	113
Willaura	530

See also

• List of localities (Victoria)

References

External links

• Ararat Rural City Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

На других языках

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[de] Ararat Rural City

-37.283333333333142.91666666667 Die Rural City of Ararat ist ein lokales Verwaltungsgebiet (LGA) im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria. Das Gebiet ist 4211,1 km² groß und hat etwa 11.600 Einwohner.[1]

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- [en] Rural City of Ararat

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