Ararat
- Local Government Area
- Ararat
- Postcode
- 3377
- Population
- 8,500
- Area
- 161.18 km²
- Coordinates
- -37.2624, 142.9756
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Ararat
Ararat (Djabwurrung: Tallarambooroo) is a town in the Central Highlands region in Victoria, Australia, about 198 kilometres (120 mi) west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera. The source of the Hopkins River is a few kilometres to the east below Telegraph Hill. Its urban population according to 2021 census is 8,500 and services the region of 11,880 residents across the Rural City's boundaries.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Dunneworthy 9 km
- Denicull Creek 9 km
- Dobie 9 km
- Armstrong 10 km
- Norval 10 km
- Cathcart (Vic.) 10 km