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Ararat (Australia)

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Ararat

Town in Victoria, Australia, situated towards the western end of the Great Dividing Range, 203 km/126 mi northwest of Melbourne; population (1996) 6,890. It is the commercial centre for the region's wheat, wine, and wool trade.

Ararat is a former goldmining town, which developed during a gold rush which began in 1857.
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