Electorate profile: Western Victoria Region
Map of the Western Victoria Region. The Region covers the west of the state south of the Northern Region and extends from the S.A. state border to the Bellarine peninsula, and the boundaries of the Metropolitan Regions. The map shows the towns of Horsham, Avoca, Ararat, Ballarat, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool, Colac, and Geelong.
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Features of the Region
| Area: | 70,239 square kilometres |
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| Districts: | Ballarat East, Ballarat West, Bellarine, Geelong, Lara, Lowan, Melton, Polwarth, Ripon, South Barwon and South-West Coast |
| Centres: | Ararat, Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Colac, Geelong, Hamilton, Horsham, Kyneton, Maryborough, Melton, Nhill, Portland, Queenscliff, Stawell, Warrnambool |
| Features: | Western Victoria Region is a mixed urban and rural electorate. Major urban towns in the Region include Geelong, Victoria’s largest provincial city and Ballarat Victoria’s largest inland city. Natural features include the Otway Ranges, the Grampians, Mt Arapiles, the Little Desert, Loch Ard Gorge and coastal resorts at Lorne, Apollo Bay and Port Fairy. Other features include the Daylesford area with natural springs and health spa resorts, Creswick State Forest, part of the Great Dividing Range, and the Werribee and Lerderderg Gorges. |
| Members: | Peter Kavanagh |
| David Koch | |
| Jaala Pulford | |
| Gayle Tierney | |
| John Vogels |
Statistical profile from the 2001 Census.