Willaura is a town in western Victoria, Australia in the Rural City of Ararat local government area, 231 kilometres (144 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne.

He wrote in his journal that "...a land more favorable for Colonization could not be found..." and his trip effectively opened the district for European settlement.

[citation needed] In 1902 part of Greenvale was sold as smaller town blocks, and the little settlement of Wickliffe Road, now called Willaura, had become a focal point for farming activities in the Shire.

Parts of Edgarley, Narrapumelap and Burrumbeep were divided for Closer Settlement, and again farming activity boosted the district.

[citation needed] Willaura has a temperate climate with warm (sometimes very hot) summers and cool winters with frequent frosts.