City of Ararat
The City of Ararat was a local government area about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. It existed from 1858 until 1994.
| City of Ararat Victoria | |
|---|---|
 Location in Victoria | |
 Former Town Hall, now the Ararat Regional Art Gallery | |
| Established | 1858 |
| Area | 19.09 km2 (7.4 sq mi) |
| Council seat | Ararat |
| Region | Grampians |
| County | Ripon |
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Headquartered in Ararat, Victoria, the city 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.
History
Ararat was first incorporated as a borough on 24 September 1858, known as the Municipal District of Ararat, headed by chairmen. In 1862, it was declared as a borough and known as the Borough of Ararat, headed by mayors. It was declared as a town on 29 May 1934, and on 24 May 1950, it was proclaimed as a city. It received some land from the surrounding Shire of Ararat on 27 May 1960.
On 23 September 1994, the City of Ararat was abolished, and along with the Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Stawell, was merged into the newly created Rural City of Ararat.[2]
The former town hall was National Trust listed[3] and later adaptively reused as the Ararat Regional Art Gallery,[4] managed by the Rural City of Ararat. It was designed by Molloy and Smith and built in 1899.
Population
| 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
- 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
- 1899–1900 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 [5]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). "Victorian Year Book". Victorian Year-Book: 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 (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 4. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- "Town Hall". Vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au. 24 July 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- "Site error | Ararat Rural City Council". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). www.ararat.peptolab.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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