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Ararat is a major regional centre in the western districts of Victoria, near the Wimmera, and not far from the Grampians National Park. It is about 200 km from Melbourne by road. Ararat sometimes claims to be the only town/major settlement in Australia founded by Chinese, and indeed in 1857 Chinese miners discovered the 'Canton lead', the richest single alluvial gold deposit ever discovered in Australia. Following this a large settlement sprung up at Ararat, so named after nearby Mount Ararat.
The video includes the main street, Barkly Street, the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre which commemorates the town's Chinese heritage, and the Ararat Cemetery. Ararat has an old gaol and former lunatic asylum, and several locations are reputedly haunted.