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This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Ballarat, a local government area and the third largest city in Victoria, Australia.
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This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Ballarat, a local government area and the third largest city in Victoria, Australia.
| # | Commissioners | Term |
|---|---|---|
| John Sharpham (Chief Commissioner) | 1994-1994 | |
| Vern Robson (Chief Commissioner) | 1994–1995 | |
| Bruce Clark (Assistant Commissioner) | 1994–1995 | |
| Malcolm Lee (Assistant Commissioner) | 1994–1995 |
| # | Mayor | Term |
|---|---|---|
| James Coghlan | 1996-97 | |
| John Barnes | 1999-2001, 2004–2005 | |
| David Vendy | 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 | |
| Stephen Jones | 2007–2008 | |
| Judy Verlin | 2008–2009 | |
| Craig Fletcher | 2010–2011 | |
| Mark Harris | 2011-2012 | |
| John Burt | 2012-2013 | |
| Josh Morris | 2013-2014 | |
| John Philips | 2014-2015 | |
| Des Hudson | 2015-2016 | |
| Samantha McIntosh | 2016-2017 | |
| Samantha McIntosh | 2017-2018 | |
| Samantha McIntosh | 2018-2019 | |
| Ben Taylor | 2019-2020 | |
| Daniel Moloney | 2020-2021, 2021-2022 | |
| Des Hudson | 2022-2024 | |
| Tracey Hargreaves | 2024-present |
Ballarat is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. Ballarat has a population of 119,096 as of March 2024 making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria.
The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2023, had a population of 118,137. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Ballarat urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Buninyong, Waubra, Learmonth and Addington. It was formed on 6 May 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ballarat, Shire of Ballarat, Borough of Sebastopol and parts of the Shire of Bungaree, Shire of Buninyong, Shire of Grenville and Shire of Ripon.
The Division of Ballarat is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It was named for the provincial city of the same name by Scottish squatter Archibald Yuille, who established the first settlement − his sheep run called Ballaarat − in 1837, with the name derived from a local Wathawurrung word for the area, balla arat, thought to mean "resting place".
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The Sturt Street Gardens is a central reservation running along Sturt Street, one of the main thoroughfares of Ballarat,. The formal gardens span 13 city blocks from Grenville Street in the east to Pleasant Street in the west, are 20 metres (22 yd) wide and cover an area of 2.87 hectares running east–west.
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