Miners Rest, Victoria

Miners Rest Ballarat, Victoria
Miners Rest
Coordinates	37°29′10″S 143°45′25″E / 37.486°S 143.757°E / -37.486; 143.757Coordinates: 37°29′10″S 143°45′25″E / 37.486°S 143.757°E / -37.486; 143.757
Population	2,542 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3352
Location	4 km (2 mi) from Ballarat Central
LGA(s)	City of Ballarat
State electorate(s)	Wendouree
Federal Division(s)	Ballarat
Suburbs around Miners Rest: Learmonth Blowhard Sulky Windermere Miners Rest Mount Rowan Cardigan Mitchell Park Brown Hill

Miners Rest is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the north-western rural-urban fringe of the city, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the Central Business District. The population at the 2011 census was 2542.^[1]

Miners Rest is a semi-rural suburb with a very small township and commercial area. It is located to the North of the Western Freeway.

History

The original Township of Miners Rest, surveyed in 1854, is located at the northern end of the district.

Education

The local primary school is Miners Rest Primary School.

References

Localities in the City of Ballarat
Addington Alfredton Ascot Bakery Hill Bald Hills Ballarat Central Ballarat East Ballarat North Black Hill Blowhard Bo Peep Bonshaw Brown Hill Buninyong Bunkers Hill Burrumbeet Canadian Cardigan Cardigan Village Chapel Flat Coghills Creek Delacombe Durham Lead Ercildoune Eureka Glen Park Glendaruel Glendonnell Golden Point Gong Gong Invermay Invermay Park Lake Gardens Lake Wendouree Learmonth Lucas Magpie Miners Rest Mitchell Park Mount Bolton Mount Clear Mount Helen Mount Pleasant Mount Rowan Nerrina Newington Redan Scotchmans Lead Scotsburn Sebastopol Soldiers Hill Sulky Tourello Warrenheip Waubra Weatherboard Wendouree Windermere