Electoral district of Ararat

Ararat
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location in Victoria, 1859
StateVictoria
Created1859
Abolished1904
Area746 km2 (288.0 sq mi)
DemographicRural

Ararat was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. The electorate was abolished in 1904 and replaced by the electoral district of Stawell and Ararat.[1]

Its area was defined as:

Commencing at the south-western angle of the agricultural reserve of Crowlands; thence south eighteen miles; thence west sixteen miles; thence north eighteen miles; and thence east sixteen miles to the commencing point.

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This equivalent to approximately 30 km by 25.7 km.

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1858Act was invoked but never defined (see the help page).