City of Ararat


The City of Ararat was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. It existed from 1858 until 1994.
Headquartered in Ararat, Victoria, the city had jurisdiction over an area of, and by 1992 a population of 8,070 people. 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.
The former town hall was National Trust listed and later adaptively reused as the Ararat Regional Art Gallery, managed by the Rural City of Ararat. It was designed by Molloy and Smith and built in 1899.

Population

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

Chairmen