The City of Hobsons Bay is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the south-western suburbs between 6 and 20 km from the Melbourne city centre.
The Werribee River Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Werribee River in the outer western suburb of Werribee in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The County of Bourke is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia,. It is the oldest and most populous county in Victoria and contains the city of Melbourne. Like other counties in Victoria, it is subdivided into parishes. The county was named after Irish born Sir Richard Bourke, the Governor of New South Wales between 1831 and 1837. It is bordered by the Werribee River in the west; the Great Dividing Range in the north; Port Phillip in the south; and by Dandenong Creek, a small part of the Yarra River, and the Plenty River in the east. The county was proclaimed in 1853.
The County of Grenville is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the north-east of Lake Corangamite and includes Cressy. Ballarat is on its north-eastern edge. The boundary to the east is the Yarrowee River, and to the south part of the Barwon River. Colac is on its southern edge. The county was proclaimed in 1849.
The County of Bendigo is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It includes the city of Bendigo. It is bounded by the Campaspe River in the east, and the Loddon River in the west. The county was proclaimed in 1869.
The County of Dalhousie is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the north of Melbourne. It is bounded by the Coliban River to the west. The Goulburn River forms part of the boundary to the north-east. Puckapunyal is on its northern edge, and Kilmore and Woodend on its southern edge. The county was proclaimed in 1849.
The County of Talbot is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the north of Ballarat, and includes Castlemaine. The county was proclaimed in 1849.
The County of Tanjil is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It includes the coastal area around the Gippsland Lakes. The Mitchell River is the north-eastern boundary. Before the 1860s, the area was part of the former county of Bruce and part of Haddington.
The County of Gunbower is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the south of the Murray River, from Swan Hill to Echuca.
The County of Millewa is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the south of the Murray River, at the north-western corner of Victoria, with the South Australian border to the west. This border was originally intended to be at the 141st meridian of longitude, but because of the South Australia-Victoria border dispute it is several miles to the west of it. The southern boundary of the county is at 35°S, and the eastern at 142°E. The name is also used for the region.
The City of Ballaarat was a local government area covering the inner suburbs of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 34.52 square kilometres (13.3 sq mi), and existed from 1855 until 1994.
The Shire of Buninyong was a local government area south and southeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 785.1 square kilometres (303.1 sq mi), and existed from 1858 until 1994.
The County of Ripon is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The county includes the plains of the Western District from Ballarat in the east to the Grampians in the west. Larger towns include Beaufort. The county was proclaimed in 1849.
The County of Polwarth is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District of Victoria and includes the Cape Otway area, bounded by the Gellibrand River in the west and the Anglesea River and Barwon River in the east, in the north by a line from Winchelsea, through Colac to Larpent, and by Bass Strait to the south. The largest town is Colac. The county was proclaimed in 1849.
West Bourke was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1904.
North Grenville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859. It was bordered on the east by the Yarrowee River and included an area south of Ballarat. The short-lived, rural district of North Grenville was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.
South Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.
The Electoral district of Grant was one of the sixteen electoral districts of the original unicameral Victorian Legislative Council (Australia) of 1851 to 1856.
Grenville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1927. It was located in western Victoria, south of Ballarat.
Eyres House is an historic residential property, located at 810 Ligar Street Soldiers Hill in the Victorian gold rush city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Later named Balmoral, the house was constructed between 1901 and 1905 for Joseph Bryant, and having passed through as series of private hands, is now under the ownership of the Ballarat Health Services for use as a day centre and intermittent residential service for people with memory loss and confusion.
