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 Regional Art Gallery
Established1858
Area19.09 km2 (7.4 sq mi)
Council seatArarat
CountyRipon

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
19547,414
19587,880*
19617,934
19668,237
19718,312
19768,288
19818,336
19868,015
19917,633

* 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
  • 1899-00 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 [5]
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References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. 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.
  3. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/search/nattrust_result_detail/67279
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.ararat.peptolab.com/library/document/1254784743_document_honour.pdf%5B%5D

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