Willaura is a small town in the Rural City of Ararat

Rural City of Ararat

The Rural City of Ararat is the local government area in south-west Victoria, Australia. The region has an area of 4,230 square kilometres and is centred around the city of Ararat. The population of the region is approximately 11100, according to the 2001 census...

 Local Government Area in western Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Willaura and surrounding area had a population of 467.

History

Wickliffe Road Railway Station Post Office opened around January 1878 and was renamed Willaura in 1905.

Today

The town shares an Australian rules football team with nearby Moyston

Moyston, Victoria

Moyston is a town in the Western District region of Victoria, Australia, near the Grampians mountain range. The town is located in the Rural City of Ararat Local Government Area, north west of the state capital, Melbourne...

, the Moyston-Willaura Pumas, competing in the Mininera & District Football League

Mininera & District Football League

The Mininera & District Football League is based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located east of Hamilton, south of Ararat and west of Colac. The league absorbed several teams from the defunct Ararat & District Football Association in 2000.-History:...

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Golfers play at the course of the Willaura Golf Club.