14 Facts About Ararat Victoria

Ararat Victoria is the only city in Australia to be founded by Chinese people.

Ararat Victoria became a city of asylums, with a large facility Aradale Mental Hospital was opened in 1865 and J Ward, a lunatic asylum for criminally insane, opened in 1887.

Formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Ararat Victoria sits, north-west of Campbell Street and the Pyrenees Highway and north-east of the Western Highway and Lambert Street are the Wotjobaluk, Jardwadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk nations.

Formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Ararat Victoria sits, south-east of Campbell Street and the Pyrenees Highway are the Djab Wurrung people.

Ararat Victoria's economy is driven by primary industries of the region including wool, beef and the Grampians Wine Region.

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Ararat Victoria is nestled between several mountain ranges, including the Grampians National Park, Mount Langi Ghiran, Mount Cole, Mount Buangor, Ararat Victoria Hills Regional Park and the Pyrenees Ranges.

Law enforcement, Ararat Victoria has a single police station as well as a magistrates court and a children's court all located on Barkly Street.

Ararat Victoria has regional campuses of the Federation University Australia and Melbourne Polytechnic .

The Ararat Victoria Football Club was a founding club of the Wimmera Football League and continues to compete with its most recent premiership in 2001.

Ararat Victoria Harness Racing Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack in the town.

In 2014 Ararat Victoria residents appeared in the Channel 10 hit show The Biggest Loser.

Ararat Victoria Transit provides 120 bus services on three routes 6 days a week, connecting with train services.

Taxi services are provided by Ararat Victoria Cabs, provides 6 normal taxi-cabs and 1 wheel-chair bus, capable of 2 wheelchairs or 10 standard passengers.

Ararat Victoria's water supply source is a combination of Mt Cole Reservoir and Lake Fyans, with the smaller Langi Ghiran Reservoir part of the water supply system.