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City of Ararat
Victoria
Location in VictoriaEstablished: 1858 Area: 19.09 km² (7.4 sq mi) Council Seat: Ararat County: Ripon The City of Ararat was a Local Government Area located about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia that existed from 1858 until 1994.
Headquartered in Ararat, Victoria, the council had jurisdiction over an area of 19.09 square kilometres (7.4 sq mi) and by 1992 a population of 8,070 people.[1] It was surrounded by the separate and largely rural Shire of Ararat.
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History
Ararat was first incorporated as a borough on 24 September 1858 and known as the Municipal District of Ararat and was headed by chairmen.
In 1862 it was declared as a borough and known as the Borough of Ararat headed by mayors.
A hall with an elaborate clock tower was designed by Molloy and Smith and built in 1899.
The it was declared and gazetted as a town on 29 May 1934.
It was proclaimed as a city on 24 May 1950, and received some land from the surrounding Shire of Ararat on 27 May 1960.
On 23 September 1994, the City was abolished, and merged with Shire of Ararat and part of the Shire of Stawell into the Rural City of Ararat.[2]
Population
Former Town Hall, now Regional Art Gallery
Year Population 1954 7,414 1958 7,880* 1961 7,934 1966 8,237 1971 8,312 1976 8,288 1981 8,336 1986 8,015 1991 7,633 * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
Chairmen and Mayors
Chairmen
- 1858-60 Cr F Lowe
- 1860-61 Cr JD Smith
- 1861-62 Cr TM Girdlestone
- 1862-62 Cr WR Mitchell
== Mayors ==[3]
- 1862-66 Cr T Walker
- 1866-68 Cr GWH Grano
- 1868-69 Cr C Mulcahy
- 1869-70 Cr W Rundell
- 1870-71 Cr WH Dawson
- 1871-72 Cr W Rundell
- 1872-73 Cr J Tuson
- 1873-74 Cr GWH Grano
- 1874-75 Cr WH Dawson
- 1875-76 Cr GWH Grano
- 1876-77 Cr W Beveridge
- 1877-78 Cr JD Smith
- 1878-79 Cr D Gordon
- 1879-80 Cr T Tobin
- 1880-81 Cr J Hewitt
- 1881-82 Cr J Tuson
- 1882-83 Cr MC Nott
- 1883-84 Cr T Flattely
- 1884-85 Cr J Crouch
- 1885-86 Cr J Tuson
- 1886-87 Cr T Tobin
- 1887-88 Cr WH Dawson
- 1888-89 Cr H Thompson
- 1889-90 Cr T Tobin
- 1890-91 Cr TW Palmer
- 1891-92 Cr H Dodd
- 1892-93 Cr E Boberski
- 1893-94 Cr WE Nichols
- 1894-95 Cr T Tobin
- 1895-96 Cr G Burns
- 1896-97 Cr T Tobin
- 1897-98 Cr E Boberski
- 1998-99 Cr EJ Simpson
- 1899-00 Cr WH Elliott
- 1900-01 Cr D Hamilton
- 1901-02 Cr R Hargreaves
- 1902-04 Cr TA Wild
- 1904-05 Cr E Boberski
- 1905-06 Cr TA Wild
- 1906-07 Cr EJ Simpson
- 1907-08 Cr R Hargreaves
- 1908-10 Cr J Moore
- 1910-12 Cr J Irwin
- 1912-14 Cr G Burn
- 1914-15 Cr W Tibbles
- 1915-16 Cr J Irwin
- 1916-17 Cr JJ Northey
- 1917-18 Cr T Impey
- 1918-19 Cr TJ Gossip
- 1919-20 Cr WH Mackay
- 1920-21 Cr EC McGibbony
- 1921-22 Cr J Moore
- 1922-23 Cr WH Toole
- 1923-24 Cr G Bryant
- 1924-26 Cr W Timmins
- 1926-27 Cr J Irwin
- 1927-28 Cr HJ Blackie
- 1928-30 Cr WH Toole
- 1930-32 Cr J Moore
- 1932-33 Cr WL Brewster
Legacy
The former town hall was National Trust listed[4] and later adaptively reused to the Ararat Regional Art Gallery[5] managed by the Rural City of Ararat.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia. p. 4. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ http://www.ararat.peptolab.com/library/document/1254784743_document_honour.pdf
- ^ http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/search/nattrust_result_detail/67279
- ^ http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=784&h=0
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