Ararat (Australia)

Ararat
Barkly Street. Looking east towards Mount Langi Ghiran
State :  Australia State : Victoria Founded : 1857
Coordinates : 37 ° 17 ′  S , 142 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 17 ′  S , 142 ° 56 ′  E Area : 13.6  km²
Residents : 6,925 (2016) Population density : 509 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3377 LGA : Ararat Rural City
Ararat

Ararat is a city in the southwest of the Australian state of Victoria . It is located about 205 km west of Melbourne on the Western Highway , on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills in the valley of Cemetery Creek . In the 2016 census, 6,925 inhabitants were determined.

Ararat is the largest settlement in the Local Government Area Ararat Rural City and its administrative center.

The discovery of gold in 1857, during the Victorian gold rush , made Ararat a boom town that grew and prospered until the beginning of the 20th century. After that, the population decreased steadily. On May 24, 1950, Ararat was granted city status, but the population has continued to decline to this day.

The city was named after Mount Ararat 10 km west. This in turn received its name in 1841 from Horatio Wills .

history

Edward Roper: Gold diggings, Ararat , c. 1854–1858, oil on canvas, State Library of New South Wales

Upper Barkly Street 1894. The tower of the fire department (now demolished) is the tall building in the background. The ES & A. Bank and the cloth trade can be seen on the right.

Before the European settlement, the land of today's Ararat was inhabited by the Aboriginal tribe of the Tjapwurong .

The first Europeans settled in the Grampians in the 1840s after the explorer Thomas Livingstone Mitchell moved through the area in 1836. In 1841, while searching for land further south, Horatio Wills wrote in his diary: "like in the Ark we rested" (We camped like on Noah's ark). Hence he named the nearby hill Mount Ararat . The city was later named after the mountain.

The first post office opened on February 1, 1856, but was called Cathcart until August 31, 1857 .

In 1857 a group of Chinese miners found gold on their way to the gold fields in the center of Victoria at what was then called the 'Canton-Ader'. With that began the immense growth of Ararat. The Chinese community in Ararat was very large. The Gum San Chinese Heritage Center keeps her memory.

Rapid population growth spawned a parish that was registered as a suburb on September 24, 1858.

Ararat became the city of insane asylums. J Ward , an institution for the mentally ill offender, opened there in 1859. In 1865, the Aradale Mental Hospital opened a large hospital for the treatment of the mentally ill. Both facilities were then closed again, but to this day remain mementos of the city's role as a center for the treatment of mentally ill patients.

In 1863, French settlers planted vines.

economy

Ararat's economy essentially comprises various branches of agriculture, such as sheep farming for wool, cattle farming for meat and viticulture in the Grampians. There are also a number of wind farms in the area, such as B. in the Challicum Hills , which feed large amounts of renewable energy into the power grid.

There are also a number of service companies in the health sector and in administration in the city. It is also a regional trading center. The Hopkins Correctional Center (prison) is also in Ararat.

Tourism through the neighboring Grampians National Park and the wine-growing businesses in the Grampians is a small but important industry with 150 jobs that generate AU $ 8 million annually. Even more important is the impact on the local economy, where tourists spend AU $ 270 million annually.

geography

Ararat from the One Tree Hill Lookout . Looking southwest at the Challicum Hills Wind Farm .

Ararat lies in the middle between different mountains, such as the Grampians, Mount Langi Ghiran , Mount Cole , Mount Buanger , the Ararat Hills and the Pyrenees Ranges . The Cemetery Creek , the main watercourse of the valley, flows through the northern neighborhoods and the Green Hills Lake is located on the eastern outskirts.

climate

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Ararat, Australia Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 27.1 27.2 24.1 19.7 15.5 12.5 11.8 13.1 15.3 18.2 21.8 24.5 O 19.2 Min. Temperature (° C) 11.1 11.2 9.5 7.1 5.3 3.9 3.3 3.8 5.0 5.9 7.9 9.4 O 6.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 34.7 29.4 30.3 38.5 50.8 60.4 62.9 70.7 59.3 51.1 44.6 41.1 Σ 573.8 Rainy days ( d ) 7.2 5.5 7.9 9.8 13.6 17.7 18.8 18.0 15.5 12.8 10.5 8.7 Σ 146 T e m p e r a t u r 27.1 11.1 27.2 11.2 24.1 9.5 19.7 7.1 15.5 5.3 12.5 3.9 11.8 3.3 13.1 3.8 15.3 5.0 18.2 5.9 21.8 7.9 24.5 9.4 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: WMO World Weather Information Service

Demographics

84% of the population of Ararat were born in Australia and 58% are of the Christian faith, 23% are of the Catholic and 12% of the Anglican denomination.

administration

Offices of the Rural City of Ararat

In the city there is the municipal administration and the administration of the LGA Rural City of Ararat. Ararat is represented in the Australian Parliament by the Division of Wannon .

Ararat has a single police station, magistrate court and juvenile court, all on Barkly Street .

Schools and educational institutions

Ararat has four elementary schools, Ararat Primary School , Ararat West Primary School , Ararat North Primary School, and St. Marys Catholic Primary School . There are also several kindergartens in the city. There are two colleges, Ararat Community College and Marian College , a Catholic educational institution. Ararat has local offices of the University of Ballarat and the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE .

Culture

art

Former city hall, now Ararat Regional Art Gallery and Ararat Performing Arts Center

Ararat's former town hall, built by Molloy and Smith in 1899 and listed on the national monument list, now houses the Ararat Regional Art Gallery and the Ararat Performing Arts Center .

Sports

Australian football is a popular sport in Ararat. The Ararat Football Club (founded in 1871) was a founding member of the Wimmera Football League , in which he still plays today and last won the championship in 2001. A second club, the Ararat Eagles Football Club , was only founded in 2000 and plays in the Lexton Plains Football League . Like many football clubs in the country, those in Ararat offer women's netball . The Ararat Rats represent the city in the Wimmera Netball Association .

The horse racing club, the Wimmera Racing Club , organizes five competitions in Ararat each year, including the Ararat Cup in November.

The Ararat Trotting Club also holds regular competitions at the city's racetrack.

Golfers can play at Aradale Golf Club on Grano Street or Chalambar Golf Club on Golf Links Road

Motocross has become a popular sport in the area, and the Ararat Motorcycle Club holds regular competitions, including state-level competitions.

Football is played in youth teams; the competition is the Ararat and Grampians YMCA School Competition for children aged 8–12.

Festivals

The main local festival is the Golden Gateway Festival , which has been held since 1958. Back then, it was held to mark the city's 100th anniversary.

The Jailhouse Rock Festival , a 1950s revival festival, has been held in Ararat twice a year since 1994.

Ships

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy were named after this city, the HMAS Ararat (K 34) , a Bathurst- class corvette , and the HMAS Ararat (ACPB 89) , de Armidale- class patrol boat .

Infrastructure

traffic

A VLocity train ends at Ararat station

The main mode of transport in Ararat is by car. According to the 2006 census, 88% of the population drive to work in motor vehicles, the vast majority of them driving their own car. Ararat is at the crossroads of many trunk roads, such as the Western Highway (across High Street , east to Ballarat and Melbourne and west to Horsham and Adelaide), the Pyrenees Highway (across Vincent Street , east to Avoca and Maryborough), the Ararat Pomonal Road (on the Barkly Street west to Halls Gap ) and Mortlake Ararat Road (via Vincent Street southbound connection with the west (Hamilton), south ( Warrnambool ) and Eastern ( Geelong )). Ararat's inner city streets are laid out according to the Hippodamian pattern . Ararat Transit operates 120 bus trips on three routes on six days of the week. The routes are also synchronized with the railway line. According to the 2006 census, only four people took the bus to get to work. Ararat Cabs has been offering six normal taxis and one wheelchair bus (for two wheelchair users or ten normal passengers) since November 2010.

There is both passenger and freight traffic in Ararat by rail. The station is on the railway line of the same name and is also the terminus of the Ararat V / Line Rail Service . VLocity trains run twice a day to Ballarat (journey time: 53 minutes) and on to Melbourne (journey time: 133–143 minutes), with some trains also stopping at other stations on the route. Ararat station forms the junction of the Western standard gauge railway line and the railway line to Avoca. The Overland runs three times a week to Melbourne (journey time: 140 minutes) and there is also a journey to Adelaide (journey time: 16 hours).

Ararat also has a regional airport ( ICAO : YARA, IATA : ARY) five kilometers south of downtown on the Western Highway.

Health care

Former Ararat Hospital (1885–86)

The Ararat & District Hospital (founded in 1850) is a major regional hospital and is from East Grampians Health Service and the Ararat Medical Center operated.

Water supply

Ararat gets its drinking water from Langi Ghiran Reservoir and Picnic Road Reservoir , both in Langi Ghiran State Park and operated by the Ararat Rural City Council. The Olivers Gully Reservoir is another source of water supply in case the other two are not available.

Personalities

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger was born in Ararat on May 18, 1904.
• Shane Kelly , Olympic cyclist and medalist, is also from Ararat.

Web links

Commons : Ararat (Victoria)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ararat Online (English)
• History of Ararat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Ararat ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
2. ^ Ararat Rural City - Introduction and Summary . Ararat Rural City Council
3. ↑ Premier Postal History: Postal Auction No. 73 . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
4. ^ Website of the Gum San Chinese Heritage Center (English) ( Memento June 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Tourism . Ararat Rural City Council ( Memento of February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Ararat Rural City Council - Introduction . Ararat Rural City ( Memento of February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Your Local Police - Ararat . Victoria Police
8. ^ Ararat Children's Court . victoriaonline
9. ↑ Ararat . Magistrates' Court of Victoria ( Memento of September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
10. ^ Ararat campus . University of Ballarat ( Memento of October 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
11. ^ Ararat campus . Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (nmit) ( Memento from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
12. ^ Ararat Town Hall . National Trust Database
13. ^ Ararat Regional Art Gallery . Ararat Rural City Council ( Memento of October 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
14. ^ Ararat Performing Arts Center . Ararat Rural City Council ( Memento from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Full Points Footy: Ararat . Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
16. ^ Full Points Footy: Ararat Eagles . Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
17. ^ Eagles on the Move . The Ararat Advertiser, August 27, 2010 ( Memento of March 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
18. ^ Rats Gain Momentum . The Ararat Advertiser, June 18, 2010 ( July 6, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive )
19. ^ Australian Harness Racing: Ararat . Retrieved May 11, 2009.
20. ↑ Golf Select: Ararat . Retrieved May 11, 2009.
21. ↑ Golf Select: Chalambar . Retrieved May 11, 2009.
22. ^ Sarah Scully: Golden Festival Strikes it Rich . The Ararat Advertiser, October 16, 2009 ( March 6, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive )
23. ↑ Jailhouse Rock Festival (English)
24. ↑ ^{a b} 2006 Census Community Profile Series: Ararat (State Suburb) . Australian Bureau of Statistics
25. ^ Ararat transit launched . In: Ararat Advertiser . yourguide.com.au. May 13, 2008. Archived from the original on July 22, 2008. Retrieved on August 1, 2008.
26. ^ Reservoir levels . GWM Water ( Memento from September 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )