City of Ballarat

- 37.566666666667143.85Koordinaten: 37 ° 34 ' S, 143 ° 51' O Ballarat City is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria to the City of Ballarat. The area is 740 km ² and has about 93,500 inhabitants.

Ballarat is located about 120 km west of the capital, Melbourne in the center of Victoria and includes the following towns a: Coghill's Creek, Ascot, Learmonth, Miners Rest, Burrumbeet, Cardigan, Ballarat, Nerrina, Mount Clear, Mount Helen, Wendouree, Alfredton, Delacombe, Brown Hill, Sebastopol and Buninyong. The seat of the City Council is located in the town of Ballarat in the middle of the LGA with about 86,000 inhabitants.

Ballarat is the third largest city in Victoria and one of the largest inland cities in Australia. It owes its size to the one the gold rush end of the 19th century, on the other hand its convenient location to the city of Melbourne. In addition to the industry in the city there are also some agriculture in the surrounding areas, especially cereal cultivation and animal husbandry.

The gold rush past makes the area around Ballarat has become a popular tourist destination, more than a quarter of all the gold discoveries in Victoria came from here. In Buninyong, where in 1851 the first gold was discovered, and other places there are specially restored gold mining settlements and mining facilities to visit. The wealth of Ballarat has also left a remarkable Victorian cityscape. Another attraction is the urban Lake Wendouree, on the 1956 Olympic rowing competitions were held.

Management

The Ballarat City Council has nine members, who are elected by the residents of the nine Wards. Five of these districts, Wendouree, Alfredton, Caledonian, Canadian and Central Ward are in the range of Ballarat, the other four are Learmonth, Sebastopol, Nerrina and Buninyong. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.