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  Ararat, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ararat is the largest town in the local government area known as the Rural City of Ararat.
Ararat is in the federal Division of Wannon.
Ararat began as the result of a short-lived gold boom which began in 1857.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ararat,_Victoria   (269 words)

  
 Ararat - Victoria - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
Ararat was advanced to the status of a borough in 1863 but, by that time, the gold had already begun to dwindle.
The Mafeking goldrush at Mt William in 1900 saw a revival of gold fever and a resurgence of Ararat's population.
Elmhurst is 35 km north-east of Ararat on the Pyrenees Highway to Avoca.
www.smh.com.au /news/Victoria/Ararat/2005/02/17/1108500206181.html   (2524 words)

  
 Mt Ararat—Australia1
He and his family had travelled a long way to reach that spot and in the late afternoon when he dismounted wearily from his horse, over to the east was a tall shapely hill which was fading from violet to blue in the afterglow of the sunset.
This settlement was pronounced a town in 1934 and as the population continued to grow it was declared to be a city in 1950.
Ararat is situated some 200 km north west of Melbourne, Victoria and currently has a population of around 9,000.
www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v7/i2/ararat.asp   (822 words)

  
 Art trails: Ararat Gallery
Ararat Gallery holds one of the major contemporary fibre and textile collections in Australian regional galleries.
Ararat was founded by a large party of Chinese gold diggers in the mid 1850s and benefited from a second gold rush in the early 1900s.
Ararat today sits at the centre of a major merino wool and wine producing district.
www.amol.org.au /art_trails/ararat/index.htm   (214 words)

  
 Acacia Caravan Tourist Park Ararat Victoria Australia
Ararat is situated 200 Klms Nth West of Melbourne, the State Capital of Victoria.
Ararat is simply the ideal place to start your exploration of the region's many attractions, of which include the Grampians National Park, Mount Cole, Mount Langi Ghiran, Mount Buangor and the Pyrenees Ranges.
The strength of Ararat's geowth as a business centre in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries is reflected in the prominent architecture of the Barkly Street shopping centre.
www.acaciatouristpark.com   (554 words)

  
 Ararat, Victoria - Travelmate
Ararat is an attractive old gold-mining town in the foothills of the Grampians, 203 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
The Ararat Gallery is also distinguished by a unique collection of fashion and fabric highlighted by some magnificent gowns donated in 1991 by Lady Barbara Grimwade who was a prominent Melbourne socialite for many years.
Ararat's darker past is reflected in the macabre collection housed behind the 1860 bluestone walls of J Ward.
www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=66   (485 words)

  
 The king comes to Ararat - Victoria - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
Ararat is 225 kilometres from Melbourne on the Western Highway.
Pomonal is 35km from Ararat on the Halls Gap Road.
Langi Morgala in the centre of Ararat documents the district's history in memorabilia (5352 4858).
www.theage.com.au /news/victoria/ararat/2006/08/25/1156012746570.html   (643 words)

  
 ARARATLions Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Following the discovery, by Chinese immigrants, of the rich Canton Lead in 1857, the township of Ararat was born.
Ararat rapidly became a thriving community, serving a district that continues to be renowned for its production of quality merino wool, a diverse range of crops and fine wines.
Ararat's gold heritage is reflected in the town's impressive architecture and the National Trust has classified several buildings.
www.lionwap.org /araratau   (394 words)

  
 TCC 2001: Jacobsen & Tate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
There is currently a large push in Alberta and Victoria to analyze how information and communications technology is effectively integrated in all levels of education, from kindergarten to grade 12, and on to college and university.
Ararat students munched happily on the potato chips and chocolate bars, but preferred to pass on all things cinnamon - the flavor simply did not appeal to them.
Year 7 Ararat students and multiage, University of Calgary pre-service teacher students connected live, after initial glitches with the time zones, for a one hour conference that included a puzzle, a game of multicultural trivia tic tac toe, charades, a survivor game, and multicultural explorations.
kolea.kcc.hawaii.edu /tcc/tcon01/papers/jacobsen.html   (6332 words)

  
 Parks Victoria: Ararat Regional Park page
With the arrival of the first squatters and their flocks in the early 1840s, the Parn balug's traditional lifestyle, social and cultural structures were severely affected by disease and conflict and their numbers rapidly declined.
Ararat Hills Regional Park is in the South Western Total Fire Ban District.
Ararat Hills Regional Park is accessible from the Western Highway just north of Ararator via Banfield Street, McDonald or One Tree Hill Track.
www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=234   (581 words)

  
 McLean Family Genealogy Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
Her death certificate stated the doctor was William Sharp, she had Hepatitis for several years prior to her death and that she was a resident of Victoria for 24 years.
Therefore she would have arrived in Victoria around 1849 and the marriage date would be circa 1853.
Medical: Died at Ararat Hospital of Hepatitis, doctor was William Sharp and death certificate stated she had Hepatitis for several years.
pub16.bravenet.com /forum/1292279261/fetch/47575   (464 words)

  
 Returning Home :: A story of Ararat :: ABC Victoria
Ararat is the town of Mark Shea's youth, where his Irish ancestors settled five generations ago as farmers.
After the Gold Rush, Ararat became a farming district and very much a government town, housing a Mental Asylum, Prison and acting as a railway hub, with lines stretching out in five different directions.
Mark Shea returned to Ararat after living away for fifteen years and was amazed at the turnaround in the Town after the crushing blow of industry shutdown.
www.abc.net.au /victoria/ararat   (440 words)

  
 Ararat Gallery - Travel Downunder - Discover the real Australia
Ararat Gallery provides a program of temporary exhibitions, public programs and associated events.
The strength of Ararat Gallery's permanent collection is contemporary fibre and textile art, a focus that has been followed since 1974.
Ararat Gallery holds one of only two major contemporary fibre and textile collections in regional galleries in Australia.
www.traveldownunder.com.au /Victoria/Grampians/Ararat_Gallery.asp   (200 words)

  
 Drilling program to commence at Ararat, Victoria
The company's Ararat property is part of the major Stawell gold province in western Victoria.
Historical gold production across the company's Ararat tenement was in excess of 600,000oz gold, recovered from alluvial deposits.
No part of this material may be reproduced, translated, transmitted, framed or stored in a retrieval system for public or private use without the written permission of the publisher.
www.ferret.com.au /articles/db/0c0135db.asp   (154 words)

  
 Ararat, Australia
During the 1857 gold rush here, when the population of the town rapidly rose to 20,000, many Chinese prospectors made rich finds on the Canton Lead and were then driven away by white rivals.
After the brief gold boom Ararat became the commercial center of a farming area (wool).
The town has preserved a number of handsome buildings (the post office, the Town Hall) from its 19th C. heyday.
www.planetware.com /australia/ararat-aus-vic-arrt.htm   (119 words)

  
 Past Experience
Involvement in the project contributed to the development of information technology and telecommunications skills, E-mail, on-line conference collaboration, digital image preparation and multimedia publication on the internet, desktop publishing, and word processing, researching on the internet and collaboration with experts.
We have succeeded in overcoming problems of rural isolation shared by some schools in Japan by accessing the very best in resources through the internet and by involving a broad range of regional and international organisations in our work.
Ararat has been nominated as a Leading Practice School for Technology, and the Coordinator of the project was the 1999 Technology Teacher of the Year.
www.araratcc.vic.edu.au /CUSCU/billgates.htm   (3220 words)

  
 ararat.yourguide
Ararat Rural City received an early Christmas present this week, with the announcement that reconstruction of the Eurambeen-Streatham Road will finally go ahead.
Ararat Rural City Council, in conjunction with the Victorian Government and GWMWater, is developing a network of emergency water supplies to provide stock and domestic water for landowners.
Young Ararat cricketer Olivia Miocic has gained selection to compete in the Victorian State Cricket Championships in January.
ararat.yourguide.com.au /home.asp   (648 words)

  
 CommunityWalk - Big Ben's Virtual Victoria
Most of the panoramas are displayed using PTViewer and as such will require JAVA to run properly.
With the cursor in the panorama, you can use the space bar to toggle the names of the surrounding mountains while you pan.
Guy's Hut is a handy stop over in winter for the trip north to Mt Howitt.
www.communitywalk.com /map/109   (1243 words)

  
 Holiday Rentals Australia :: Beach House Accommodation & Apartment Vacation Ararat, Grampians, Victoria
Ararat Motor Inn - 14 fully refurbished air-conditioned ground floor units.
Ararat Holiday Homes - Luxury self-contained accommodation for up to eight people.
While retaining most of the original features of our sixty-year-old art deco style home, many new features have also been added: Lounge room with TV, video and stereo system, dining area, fully equipped kitchen, fully equipped laundry.
www.holidayrentals.com.au /index.asp?open=/Victoria/Grampians/Ararat   (168 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The first heat was won by Tess Downing (Drapac Porsche) in what was to be an almost complete domination of all the events she rode in Ararat.
Her time of 2.37.65 for the 2000m was from scratch and she rode alone to sweep up the rest of the field after South Australian, Bianca Rogers did not start.
Lisa Friend (Carnegie Caulfield) looked to be enjoying her time at Ararat - relaxed and smiling, but when the race started she got down to business from 35m and followed Downing to second in the heat.
www.cyclingnews.com /track.php?id=track/2005/dec05/ararat05   (1101 words)

  
 Ararat, Victoria Copywriters - Copy Writer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Here are the most recent Ararat, Victoria copywriter vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
Actual Ararat, Victoria listings appear in the search results at right.
Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Ararat copy writer featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
www.marketingtool.com /channel/copy/b.457.g.27165.html   (141 words)

  
 Chalambar Motel - Ararat Victoria Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Chalambar Motel is a boutique style motel that has recently been fully renovated and now offers beautifully appointed rooms with a touch of luxury.
In the heart of Western Victoria's winery and horsing district, the Chalambar Motel has the serenity of the country and wineries, with its own shiraz vines growing in the front of the property.
The motel has been finished off in cedar to maintain the country feel, whilst inside the rooms our guests can enjoy luxury, including LCD TV screens, brand new bathrooms, coffee/tea and microwave facilities and split system heating/air conditioning.
chalambarmotel.com.au   (136 words)

  
 Ararat - Wikitravel
Ararat (Victoria) - A town in the Grampians region of Victoria.
Mount Ararat - A mountain of biblical fame in eastern Turkey.
If you arrived here by following a link from another page you can help by correcting it, so that it points to the appropriate disambiguated page.
wikitravel.org /en/Ararat   (96 words)

  
 Michele Jacobsen, Prosem, Videoconf Links with Ararat
Our first exchange with Ararat students has already occurred in the form of a web page, entitled "Researching and Reporting on Family Treasures" that we created as an entire class.
Students from both countries have begun to exchange e-mail messages to introduce and describe themselves, and trade information on how to approach planning, research and construction of a project about a family treasure.
University of Calgary students will share some of what they learned with Year 7 students from Ararat, Victoria, to guide their research efforts as they embark on their own Family Treasures Heritage project.
www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~dmjacobs/prosem/ararat_treasures.html   (429 words)

  
 index
Ararat Community College is a secondary college based in Ararat that draws students from the Rural City of Ararat and surrounding districts.
The school has 500 students and is a leader in the implementation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education.
The skills learnt will then be applied to the broader school community.
www.araratcc.vic.edu.au /LSF/index.htm   (172 words)

  
 Australian freight trains collide (26/11/99)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Early indications are that manually operated points were incorrectly set.
According to a statement from Freight Victoria, "The points are locked and require a special key to open them".
The company believes that the likely cause of the accident was human error rather than a mechanical failure.
danger-ahead.railfan.net /reports/rep99/ararat19991126.html   (301 words)

  
 VICTORIA VIRTUAL POSTCARDS, ARARAT, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ELECTRONIC POSTCARDS, E-CARDS
VICTORIA VIRTUAL POSTCARDS, ARARAT, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ELECTRONIC POSTCARDS, E-CARDS
The Australian Explorer Victoria E-Postcard Gallery features a wide selection of Australian Electronic Postcards.
New postcards are being added regularly so please keep checking the E-Postcard Gallery for the latest additions.
www.australianexplorer.com /postcards/vic_architecture_ararat.htm   (253 words)

  
 Bookshops in Victoria (Australia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Her shop is set out neatly, with all the sections clearly labled, (I couldn't see the 2 bookcases of science fiction/horror for looking) No section is "huge" so the minimal alphabetizing is not a hassle.
Our second-hand bookstore is located in bayside Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia.
We offer a diverse range of good quality, used books, vinyl records and a small selection of prints, at reasonable prices, to suit most tastes.
danny.oz.au /books/shops/victoria/index.html   (1442 words)

  
 Ararat Orchid City Motor Inn, Ararat - Travel Victoria: accommodation & visitor guide
Ararat Orchid City Motor Inn, Ararat - Travel Victoria: accommodation and visitor guide
Please mention "Travel Victoria" when contacting the managers above directly
About this guide - List your property - Contact - Terms of use and privacy - Site map - Travel links
www.travelvictoria.com.au /ararat/orchidcity   (90 words)

  
 Ararat Hotels: Read Ararat Hotel Reviews and Compare Prices - TripAdvisor
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www.tripadvisor.com /Hotels-g495045-Ararat_Victoria-Hotels.html   (350 words)

  
 Ararat photos - Travel Victoria: accommodation & visitor guide
War memorial, Barkly St Town Hall and Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Barkley St at Vincent St Town Hall
Ararat information sign, Western Highway at Heath St Ararat town sign, view west along Western Highway towards Cemetery Creek
Ararat and District Hospital, Girdlestone St Pyrenees House, part of hospital, Girdlestone St J Ward, Girdlestone St Ararat railway station and Visitor Information Centre, High Street:
www.travelvictoria.com.au /ararat/photos   (470 words)

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