County of Grant, Victoria
| Grant Victoria | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
The County of Grant 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 west of Melbourne, on the west side of Port Phillip and includes Geelong. Ballarat is on its north-western edge. It is bounded in the west by the Yarrowee River, on the north by the Great Dividing Range and on the east by the Werribee River. The county was proclaimed in 1853.
The Darriwilian Age of the Ordovician Period of geological time is named for parish in the county.
Parishes[]
Parishes within the county:
- Anakie, Victoria
- Ballarat, Victoria (also in the counties of Grant, Grenville, Ripon & Talbot)
- Balliang, Victoria
- Bellarine, Victoria
- Beremboke, Victoria
- Bungaree, Victoria (also in the counties of Grenville & Talbot)
- Buninyong, Victoria
- Clarendon, Victoria
- Cocoroc, Victoria
- Corio, Victoria
- Dean, Victoria (also in the county of Talbot)
- Durdidwarrah, Victoria
- Gnarwarre, Victoria
- Jan Juc, Victoria
- Lal Lal, Victoria
- Lara, Victoria
- Mambourin, Victoria
- Meredith, Victoria
- Modewarre, Victoria
- Moolap, Victoria
- Paraparap, Victoria
- Parwan, Victoria
- Warrenheip, Victoria
- Werribee, Victoria
References[]
- Vicnames, place name details
- Research aids, Victoria 1910
- Map of the county of Grant showing colony and county boundaries, 1886. National Library of Australia
Coordinates: 37°50′S 144°10′E / 37.833°S 144.167°E
 | This article about a location in Victoria, Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- Counties of Victoria (Australia)
- Victoria (Australia) geography stubs