Shire of Ballarat

Shire of Ballarat
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Historic shire office at Learmonth
Population19,530 (1992)[1]
 • Density40.541/km2 (105.000/sq mi)
Established1856
Area481.74 km2 (186.0 sq mi)
Council seatWendouree
RegionGrampians
CountyRipon, Talbot, Grenville
LGAs around Shire of Ballarat:
Lexton Talbot and Clunes Creswick
Lexton Shire of Ballarat Bungaree
Ripon Grenville Ballaarat

The Shire of Ballarat was a local government area immediately to the northwest and west of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 481.74 square kilometres (186.0 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.