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| | Population: | 85,197 (2006) [1] (19th) | | • Density: | 1,220/km² (3,160/sq mi) | | Established: | 1838 | | Postcode: | 3350 | | Elevation: | 441 m (1,447 ft) AHD | | Area: | 740 km² (285.7 sq mi) | | Time zone: • Summer (DST) VIC redirects here. ...
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| | LGA: | City of Ballarat | | State District: | Ballarat East, Ballarat West | | Federal Division: | Ballarat | Ballarat (37°33′S, 143°51′E) (formerly known as "Ballaarat") is a city in Victoria, Australia and one of the country's largest inland cities. Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City...
Ballarat is a city in rural Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ...
State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ...
The Electoral district of Ballarat East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ...
The Electoral district of Ballarat West is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ...
The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ...
The Division of Ballarat is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ...
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Sovereign Hill is a popular attraction, depicting Ballarats first ten years after the discovery of gold, in 1851. ...
Type Lower house Speaker of the House David Hawker, Liberal since November 16, 2004 Members 150 Political groups Liberal Party (74) ALP (60) National Party (12) Country Liberal Party (1) Last elections 9 October 2004 Meeting place Parliament House, Canberra, ACT Web site House of Representatives Entrance to the House...
The Division of Ballarat is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ...
Ballarat is a ghost town that was born in 1896 as a supply point for the mines in the canyons of the Panamints. ...
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Overview It is approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) north-west of Melbourne, with an urban population of 85,197 [1] people. The city lies at 441 metres (1,447 ft) AHD and consists of an area of approximately 740 square kilometres (286 sq mi), with the city occupying a built up area of approximately 75 square kilometres (29 sq mi). “Miles†redirects here. ...
The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...
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Gold was discovered near Ballarat in 1851, and the influx of over 10,000 miners in less than a year transformed it from a pastoral town into Victoria's largest city. Ballarat is notable as the site for Australia's only armed civil uprising, colloquially referred to as the Eureka Stockade but more correctly titled the Eureka Rebellion, which took place on 3 December 1854. 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a gold miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region of Ballarat. ...
The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat due to many reasons, including heavily priced mining items, the expense of a digging license, and unfair treatment. ...
1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
While the city's growth slowed after the 1880s and Melbourne quickly overshadowed its importance, Ballarat remains a major inland regional centre and tourist destination, having retained much of its Victorian era heritage and is known for its grand heritage listed buildings and gardens. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...
History The site of the city was originally a stock station established by William Cross Yuille and Henry Anderson in 1838 and named Ballarat (originally under the spelling Ballaarat), which was derived from local Aboriginal dialect meaning 'resting place'. Settlement, originally known as Ballarat, flourished in the early 1850s when gold was discovered. The area where gold was found was situated North East of Ballarat, about 3 miles (5 km) away. The total area was about 1 square mile (3 km²), and an estimated 200,000 ounces of gold are said to have been extracted from the area. This made Ballarat the wealthiest city in the district. However several other gold fields in the Ballarat area were important as well: the Berringa and Enfield Gold Fields, both were located 25 miles (40 km) South of Ballarat. My name is Slade Yuille of Melbourne Victoria Australia the decendent of William Cross Yuille the Founder and First White Settler and named Ballarat. ...
Henry James Anderson (1799 – 1875) was an American scientist and educator. ...
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With a huge influx of population and wealth as a major participant in the Gold Rush, Ballarat was, for a time, Victoria's largest township. It was proclaimed a city in 1871. The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ...
 Nerrena Fossickers in Nerrena Creek outside Ballarat Ballarat is notable as the site for Australia's only armed civil uprising, colloquially referred to as the Eureka Stockade but more correctly titled the Eureka Rebellion, which took place on 3 December 1854. The event, in which 22 miners died, is considered a defining moment in Australian history. The purported site of the rebellion contains an historical park and a memorial to the event. The remains of the original Eureka Flag are on public display in the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 377 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (462 × 735 pixels, file size: 57 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Nerrena Fossickers in Nerrena Creek. ...
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The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a gold miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region of Ballarat. ...
The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat due to many reasons, including heavily priced mining items, the expense of a digging license, and unfair treatment. ...
1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Eureka Flag The Eureka Flag is an Australian flag which has no official status, but which is used by a wide range of groups. ...
During the last 50 years of the 19th century Ballarat prospered on gold mining. The confidence of the city's early citizens in the future of the city is evident in the sheer scale of many of the early public buildings, generous public recreational spaces, and opulence of many of its commercial establishments and housing. The period from the 1880s to the early 20th century witnessed a successful transition from a gold rush town to an industrial age city. Many industries and workshops that had been established as a result of manufacturing and servicing for the deep lead mining industry during the 19th century later made successful transition into engineering and manufacturing businesses throughout the 20th century.
In 1930 an aerodrome was established, which was ceded to the Commonwealth in 1940 as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme. During WWII the base was a RAAF Wireless Air Gunners' School as well as the base for USAF Liberator bomber squadrons. During the war the airport was expanded and consisted of three sealed runways of which two were over 2,000 metres (6,550 ft) long and 45 metres (150 ft) wide. The aerodrome remained the RAAF School of Radio until 1961 when it was returned to civil operations. The City of Ballarat is the civil operator of the aerodrome. The site is now listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its social and historic significance. Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ballarat Airport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: YBLT) is located Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ...
External links The Canadian Contribution (includes newspaper archives) World War II Newspaper Archives — The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. ...
The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ...
After World War II, Ballarat expanded significantly to the North West. An acute post war housing shortage was eased with the establishment of an extensive government housing estate on the former Ballarat Common (Today known as Wendouree West). The estate was originally planned to contain over 750 prefabricated houses. Whilst planning for the estate began in 1949, main construction occurred between 1951 to 1962. During the 1970s a further 300 houses were constructed. Private housing in the adjacent suburb of Wendouree closely matched and eventually eclipsed this by the mid 1960s. The suburb of greater Wendouree and Wendouree West had evolved by the 1970s as the suburban middle-class heart of the city. Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
From the late 1970s and early 1980s urban growth slowed in Wendouree and began expanding to the Southern and Western corridors of the city. In 2007 growth of the city for the next 30 years is being planned for to the west of the city centre and through the redevelopment of inner city housing blocks, and other under-developed inner city land in the East that is being redeveloped to create a higher density housing structure. Throughout the 20th century Ballarat maintained steady economic and population growth, keeping pace with that of the Australian national average without ever experiencing any significant growth surges. Steady population and economic growth has enabled the city to mature and preserve much of its historical grandeur and beauty whilst accommodating thoughtful and modern development. Ballarat's modern architecture was designed to blend with the old with examples being the City Library, the Law Courts and Justice Centre and the Ballarat Base Hospital. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Transport Ballarat is linked directly to Melbourne by a combination of state highway and dual carriageway freeway. Regular high-speed train services also link directly to Melbourne. Ballarat is also served by an extensive public bus service and taxi system. The Regional Fast Rail project is a government initiative in Victoria, Australia, which aims to decrease travel times on parts of the Victorian regional railway network. ...
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The city airport, located 8 km (5 mi) North-West of the CBD consists of two sealed runways (each approximately 1,400 m/4,600 ft length and 30 m/100 ft wide) as well as extensive sealed aprons, night lighting and NDB Navaid. The Ballarat Aerodrome is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for is social and historical significance. In 2005 the City of Ballarat commissioned a Master Plan 2004-2014, that outlined future development and growth of the Airport. The report made a series of recommendations and forecasts that included eventual lengthening, widening and strengthening of the existing main runway up to 1800 metres (5,900 ft), consideration for expansion of the passenger terminal and recommendations for future use of aprons and development of future structures supporting larger aircraft and increased frequent usage. It is forecast that by 2012-15 regular domestic passenger services using 40-50 seat commuter aircraft may feasibly commence. Ballarat Airport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: YBLT) is located Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ...
The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ...
The city maintained an electric tramway system until September 1971 when services were replaced by buses. A short section of track continues at the western end of Lake Wendouree as a museum line operated by the Ballarat Tramway Museum. In recent times there have been studies conducted to reinstate sections of tram line or light rail to service key tourist routes and high usage bus services between the city and Wendouree. This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ...
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In late 2006, a second railway station for the city was being established in Wendouree to service direct links to Melbourne and western distributor lines.
Features Ballarat is renowned for its decorative arts, especially applied to the built environment, combined with the gold rush, this has created a picturesque urban landscape. In 2003 Ballarat was the first of two Australian cities to be registered as a member of the International League of Historical Cities and in 2006 hosted the 10th World League of Historical Cities Congress.
Grand Avenues and Boulevards
 The Avenue of Honour, Ballarat Ballarat is notable for its very wide boulevards. The main street is Sturt Street and is considered among one of the finest main avenues in Australia with over 2 kilometres of central gardens known as the Sturt Street Gardens featuring bandstands, fountains, statues, monuments, memorials and lamposts. Image File history File links BallaratAvenueofHonour. ...
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The Sturt Street Gardens are located in Ballarat, Victoria (Australia). ...
Ballarat is home to the largest of a collection of several Avenues of Honour in Victoria. The fifteen kilometre (9.3 mi) long Ballarat Avenue of Honour consists of a total of approximately 4,000 trees, mostly deciduous which in many parts arch completely over the road. Each tree has a bronze plaque dedicated to a soldier from the Ballarat region who enlisted during World War I. The Avenue of Honour and the Arch of Victoria are on the Victorian Heritage Register. Avenue of Honour is the term given to a memorial avenue of trees, with each tree symbolising a person. ...
Deciduous forest after leaf fall Like many deciduous plants, Forsythia flowers during the leafless season For other uses, see Deciduous (disambiguation). ...
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The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ...
Statues and Monuments
 RMS Titanic Memorial in front of Mechanics Institute. Sturt Street. The city also has the greatest concentration of public statuary in any Australian city with many parks and streets featuring sculptures and statues dating from the 1860s to the present day. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x800, 122 KB) Summary Ballarat RMS Titanic memorial in front of the Mechanics Institute building Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Some of the other unique memorials located in the Sturt Street Gardens in the middle of Ballarat's main boulevard include a bandstand situated in the heart of the city that was funded and built by the City of Ballarat Band in 1913 as a tribute to the bandsmen of the RMS Titanic, a fountain dedicated to the early explorers Burke and Wills, and those dedicated to Monarchs and those who have played pivotal roles in the development of the city and its rich social fabric. The most recent of which is one dedicated to a war hero [2] Sir Albert Ernest Coates. Sir Albert Ernest Coates was a soldier and a surgeon born at Mt Pleasant in Ballarat who served as a medical orderly at Gallipoli, trained as a doctor on his return and was worked tirelessly with minimal resources to save countless lives in Prisoner of War camps during World War 2. [2] The Sturt Street Gardens are located in Ballarat, Victoria (Australia). ...
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The route Burke & Wills took north (red) and south (dark blue) Robert OHara Burke William John Wills Artists depiction of Burkes death In 1860-61, Robert OHara Burke and William John Wills were sent on an expedition to cross Australia from south to north. ...
Sir Albert Ernest Coates is a notable Australian war hero who served in both WWI and WWII. Coates was born in Mt Pleasant a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ...
Sir Albert Ernest Coates is a notable Australian war hero who served in both WWI and WWII. Coates was born in Mt Pleasant a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ...
Recently (late 2006), The Ballarat "big miner" was erected at the eastern entrance to Ballarat, a larger than life statue of a miner holding a pick and pan greets visitors as they approach the city from the east.
War Memorials Ballarat has an extensive array of significant war memorials, the most recent of which is the Australian Ex Prisoner of War Memorial. The most prominent memorial in the city is the Ballarat Victory Arch that spans the old Western Highway on the Western approaches of the city. The archway serves as the focal point for the Avenue of Honour. Other significant individual monuments located along Sturt Street include those dedicated to the Boer War (1899-1901), the World War II (1939-1945) cenotaph, and Vietnam (1962-1972) (Located adjacent to the Arch of Victory). The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial. ...
A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. ...
Parks and Gardens The Ballarat Botanical Gardens are amongst the finest Botanical Gardens in Australia with extensive varieties of native and introduced species of plants and trees. Lake Wendouree hosted the rowing events for the 1956 Summer Olympics, and is a large recreational lake created out of former wetlands. The gardens are home to the annual Ballarat Begonia Festival, and feature a modern glasshouse and horticultural centre. Also of note is the Prime-Ministers' Walk which features bronze busts of every Australian Prime Minister. The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Reserve covers an area of 40 hectares which is divided into 3 distinct zones. ...
Lake Wendouree is an artificially-created and maintained shallow urban lake in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ...
A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ...
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. ...
The town is also home to the award winning tourist park Sovereign Hill, a recreated 1850s gold mining settlement that is rated amongst one of the best tourism theme parks in the world. Sovereign Hill is a popular attraction, depicting Ballarats first ten years after the discovery of gold, in 1851. ...
 Venetian gothic office building, corner of Lydiard and Sturt Streets Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x800, 97 KB) Summary Venetian Gothic office building. ...
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Architectural Heritage The legacy of the wealth generated during Ballarat's gold boom is still visible in a large number of fine stone buildings in and around the city, especially in the Lydiard Street area which contains some of Victoria's finest examples of Victorian era buildings- many of which are on the Victorian Heritage Register or classified by the National Trust of Australia. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ...
The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ...
Notable civic buildings include the Town Hall (1870-72), the former Post Office (1864), The Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (1887), the Mechanics' Institute (1860, 1869), the Queen Victoria Wards of the Ballarat Base Hospital (1890s), the Ballarat railway station (1862, 1877, 1888). Historically, Mechanics Institutes were educational establishments formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men. ...
Railway Station, Lydiard Street. ...
 Cast-iron front of Reid's Coffee Palace Other fine buildings include Provincial Hotel (1909), Reid's Coffee Palace (1886), Craig's Royal Hotel (1862-1890) and Her Majesty's Theatre (1875). A history of Her Majesty's Theatre, the oldest intact and operating theatre in Australia, has been written. [3] Image File history File linksMetadata Reids_coffee_palace_ballarat. ...
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The term Coffee Palace was used for 1880s hotels that did not serve alcohol as part of the Temperance movement in Australia. ...
Ballarat has what is considered to be the greatest concentration of historic architectural cast iron lace building decoration in the world with lacework adorning many public buildings, commercial establishments and houses. Considerable efforts have been made in recent years to restore or rebuild some of the more significant cast iron lace verandahs that were torn down in the 1960s. The most recent significant projects include the rebuilding of the 1914 Mechanics Institute verandah and the restoration of the former Unicorn Hotel facade. Information about heritage related things to do and see is found on the City of Ballarat webpage.
In 1998 a group of concerned citizens formed the Ballarat Citizens for Thoughtful Development with the aim of ensuring Ballarat's unique architectural heritage was given due consideration in the planning process. The group is now incorporated as Ballarat Heritage Watch.
Industry and Employment Ballarat's major industries include tourism and hospitality, textiles, small engineering, food products, brick and tile manufacture, building, prefabricated housing, automotive components, education and information technology services. Tourist redirects here. ...
Other major sectors of employment in the city include retailing, service industries, state and federal government branch offices and agencies and health care.
Media
Newspapers Ballarat has two local newspapers, both owned by Rural Press Limited, 'The Courier' is a daily, and the 'Ballarat News' is a free weekly, distributed almost universally across the city every Wednesday, and containing news of community events, advertisements for local businesses, and a real estate and classifieds section. Rural Press Limited owns roughly 160 newspapers and magazines, including The Canberra Times. ...
Radio Stations Local radio stations include '3BA', 'Power FM' and also several community radio stations. There are also local branches of ABC-run ABC Radio, Triple J and ABC Classic FM. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ...
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- 3BA 102.3 FM (local "classic hits" commercial radio station)
- Power FM 103.1 FM (local "top-40" commercial radio station)
- Noise FM 87.8 FM (local chart music narrowcast radio station)
- Voice FM 99.9 FM - formerly known as 3bbb (local community-access radio station)
- Triple J 107.1 FM (Government-funded Youth Radio)
- ABC Local Radio 107.9 FM (Government-funded local news, current affairs, light entertainment and talkback)
- ABC Radio National 621AM (Government-funded, mostly news and talkback)
- ABC Classic FM 105.5 FM (Government-funded, classical music station)
- Gospel Radio 103.9 FM (Non-denominational community-based religious station)
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ABC Radio National is an Australia-wide radio network with many various programs, involving news and current affairs, arts, music, society, science, drama, comedy. ...
ABC Classic FM is Australian classical radio station available in major centres around the country. ...
Television Television station BTV Channel 6 Ballarat commenced transmission of test patterns on 17 March 1962. Among the many local programs BTV6 produced, the 90 minute live variety program "Six Tonight" (1971-1983) hosted by local Ballarat identity Fred Fargher, was one of the few live Australian programs of this type being presented in Australia.
In his 1999 book "And Now Here's..." (Four Decades of Behind the Scenes Fun in Australian Television), Mike McColl Jones fondly remembers local live television variety. "...and in Ballarat, Victoria, a Tonight show ("Six Tonight") was carving its name into Australian television history. The show, hosted by Fred Fargher, ran for 13 years, and managed to attract many of the top name entertainers in the world, simply by offering them a limo ride to this beautiful country centre, a no-pressure spot on the show, and then a great dinner afterwards at one of the city's excellent restaurants. The sheer bravado of the offer enticed some of show business' biggest names."
Today Ballarat is serviced by five 'free to air' High Definition and Standard Definition Digital television services. Two television broadcasting stations are located in the city including WIN (a sub-licensee of Nine Network) and PRIME (a sub-licensee of Seven Network). These two stations broadcast relayed services throughout regional Victoria. The city also receives Southern Cross Ten (a sub-licensee of Network Ten) that is based in Bendigo but operates a local office. Ballarat television maintains a similar schedule to the national television network but maintains local demographic commercials and local/regional news. In addition to commercial television services, Ballarat receives Government ABC and SBS television services. WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, Australia. ...
The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ...
Prime Television is an Australian television network affiliated to the Seven Network in regional New South Wales, the ACT, and Victoria and in Western Australia as Golden West Network. ...
The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. ...
Southern Cross Ten are a network of Network Ten affiliates in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. ...
Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three commercial television networks, available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. ...
Bendigo is a large regional town in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. ...
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ...
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ...
Subscription television services are provided by Neighbourhood Cable, Austar, and SelecTV. Neighbourhood Cable (ASX: NCA) is a regional telecommunications provider based in Victoria. ...
An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ...
SelecTV is an Australian satellite based subscription television broadcasting service headed by CEO Jim Blomfield (previously CEO of FOXTEL). ...
Education Ballarat is home to two Universities - the University of Ballarat and Australian Catholic University Ballarat (Aquinas). The University of Ballarat orgins lie in the Ballarat School of Mines, founded in 1870 and sometime affliliated with Melbourne University. The university consists of six campuses, three of which are in Ballarat. Two of these are located in the city (Camp Street and SMB campuses), while the main campus is located at Mount Helen, approximately 6 kilometres (3.75 mi) southeast of the city at the foot of Mount Buninyong. Ballarat is the only regional Campus of Australian Catholic University which has campuses in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane. The University of Ballarat is a university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ...
Australian Catholic University The Australian Catholic University, or ACU National, is a Roman Catholic, public, multi-campus, multi-state university, based in eastern Australia, open to all staff and students regardless of their religious beliefs. ...
Ballarat has six State Government operated secondary schools, of which Ballarat High School (established in 1907) is the oldest. Additionally, there are six private day or boarding schools which provide education from Years 1 to 12; among these is Ballarat College, a boys college founded in 1864 and now combined with its former 'sister' school, Clarendon college, Loreto College, a girls college which has many historical buildings on the southwestern shore of Lake Wendouree and a boy's school, St Patrick's college. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this school-related article may require cleanup. ...
Ballarat has several public libraries. The largest and most extensive is the City of Ballarat Library which is located in Creswick Road. Another unique library service is provided by the Mechanics Institute in Sturt Street which contains an excellent collection of historic, archival and rare reference material. Historically, Mechanics Institutes were educational establishments formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working people. ...
Arts and Culture
Galleries
 Ballarat University, Camp Street Campus (Fine Art). Modern rear facade. The Ballarat Fine Art Gallery houses one of Australia's oldest and most extensive collections of early Australian works. It is considered to have the best Australian collections outside any capital city in Australia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 601 KB) Summary Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Rear Modern Facade Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery is the oldest and largest regional art gallery in Australia. ...
The University of Ballarat operates the Post Office Gallery in the Wardell designed former Post Office on the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. The Gallery Schedule includes general exhibitions as well as exhibitions of student work.
Performing Arts Ballarat has a lively and well established theatrical community with several local ensembles as well as a number of large performing arts venues. Major performing arts venues include: - Her Majesty's Theatre - Seating 940
- Post Office Box Theatre (University of Ballarat, Arts Academy Camp Campus) – Flexible Seating up to 100
- Helen Macpherson Smith Performing Arts Theatre (University of Ballarat, Arts Academy Camp Street Campus) – Seating 200
- The Founders Hall (University of Ballarat, Mount Helen Campus) - Seating 600
- The Courthouse Theatre (University of Ballarat, SMB Campus) - Seating 140
- The Victoria Theatre (Sovereign Hill) - Seating 300
- Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts (Ballarat Grammar School) – Seating 900
- Gay E. Gough Theatre (Mt.Clear Secondary College) – Seating 350
 Her Majesty's Theatre facade, Lydiard Street. Additionally the Mechanics Institute hall (seating 700) is used from time to time for travelling performances and cinema shows. Image File history File linksMetadata Her_majestys_ballarat. ...
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Ballarat is also the home to Australia's oldest and largest annual performing arts eisteddfod. The Royal South Street Eisteddfod is an all-encompassing performing arts festival and competition event that is conducted over twelve weeks annually.
Entertainment and Nightlife
 Regent Theatre on Lydiard Street, a restored 1930s theatre expanded to include a post modern multi-cinema complex In the 1970s the Ballarat urban area contained no less than 60 hotels. The introduction of gaming machines in the early 1990s has brought about significant change in the city entertainment precincts. By 2006 at least 20 hotels had closed and some of those that remain have been redeveloped as dining and/or gaming venues. Gaming machines have brought significant revenue to the remaining hotels, sports and social clubs which has enabled many to expand and modernise. Image File history File linksMetadata Regent_theatre_ballarat. ...
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The city has several dance clubs as well as a highly active live music and jazz scene. Hotels are popular meeting places for young people. The city has many fine restaurants, wine bars and eateries as well as themed restaurants located at Sovereign Hill and Kryal Castle. Sovereign Hill is a popular attraction, depicting Ballarats first ten years after the discovery of gold, in 1851. ...
A large cinema complex consisting of several theatres is located behind the facade of the old Regent cinemas in the heart of the city.
Sport
 Ballarat City Oval grandstand. Built 1887. Ballarat has produced many notable sports people, perhaps the most famous being marathon runner Steve Moneghetti. The city is well endowed with parks, sport fields and organised sporting clubs and associations. Image File history File linksMetadata Ballarat_city_oval. ...
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For other senses of this word, see Marathon (disambiguation). ...
Steve Moneghetti (born September 26, 1962 in the town of Ballarat, Victoria) is a long-distance runner from Australia, who was not considered to be a good runner in primary school as he never managed to win a single medal. ...
Australian rules football and cricket are highly popular in the city. Basketball, horse racing and rowing are also popular. High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of...
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The city is excellently equipped with indoor stadiums and training centres for most sports. The city has three international standard cricket ovals, an international standard athletics track, two Olympic sized pools as well as an indoor 25 metre (82 ft) competition short course pool.
Notable sporting teams in Ballarat include the North Ballarat Roosters who compete in the Victorian Football League and the Ballarat Miners who compete in the South East Australian Basketball League. The region is home to the strong Ballarat Football League and Central Highlands Football League. The Ballarat Football Club, formed in 1860, remains one of the oldest football clubs in the world. The North Ballarat Football Club is an Australian Football Club based in Ballarat and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. ...
This article is about the present day Victorian state football league. ...
The Ballarat Miners play in the East Conference of the SEABL in the ABA. Current roster External links Basketball website SEABL Webpage ABA website Categories: | | | ...
SEABL Logo SEABL (the South East Australian Basketball League) consists of two conferences of the Australian Basketball Association (ABA). ...
The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. ...
The title of the worlds oldest football club, or the oldest club in a particular country, is often disputed, or is claimed by several different clubs, across several different codes of football. ...
The city has a soccer competition, known as the BDSA.
Ballarat has excellent horse and greyhound racing tracks, and the Harness Racing centre is considered to be among the best in Australia. Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
Several greyhounds before a race. ...
Ballarat is home to numerous rowing clubs, and annually hosts the Victorian Schools Rowing Championships. Lake Wendouree plays host to the annual 'Head of the Lake' rowing regatta- contested by Ballarat High School, Ballarat and Clarendon College, Ballarat Grammar School, St Patrick's College and Loreto College. The city hosted rowing events for the 1956 Olympic Games. A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ...
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Ballarat's Eastern Oval hosted a game in the 1992 cricket world cup. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...
Climate Ballarat experiences a temperate climate with four seasons. Its elevation, at 450 metres (1,476 ft) above sea level, causes its mean monthly temperatures to tend on average 2-3 degrees Celsius below those of Melbourne. The mean daily maximum temperature for January is 24.9 °C (76.8 °F), while for July it is 10 °C (50 °F). The mean annual rainfall is 705 millimetres (27.75 in), with August being the wettest month (77 mm/3.0 in). There are an average of 198 rain-free days per year. In winter, snow occasionally falls on nearby Mount Buninyong, and in very cold winters, has been known to fall heavily in the city. Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. ...
Mount Buninyong is a hill overlooking Ballarat in southern Australia. ...
In recent years, Ballarat (along with South Eastern Australia) has experienced a severe decrease in average annual rain fall. This is marked by the recent drying out of Lake Wendouree and heavy water restrictions being imposed on the city and many other regional centres throughout Victoria. The City of Ballarat, The Central Highlands Water Commission, and State Government of Victoria have initiated a number of projects that are designed to ensure that the city is guaranteed a steady water supply and that the lake will be regenerated using storm water and recycled water from the city's treatment plants. Many residents have become pro-active and redirect grey water from homes directly onto gardens and for outdoor cleaning as a matter of daily routine.
The City of Ballarat is further using the drought as an opportunity to dredge the lake and upgrade the international rowing course as well as replace many introduced trees that have died with native Australian flora which is highly drought resistant.
Famous sons, daughters, and residents - Geoffrey Blainey, Historian and Foundation Chancellor of the University of Ballarat.
- Sir Henry Bolte, Premier of Victoria, 1955-72
- Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria, 1999-2007
- Sir Albert Ernest Coates, OBE (1895–1977) Surgeon and Soldier (Prisoner of War Surgeon)
- Raffaello Carboni - author and eye witness account of the uprising at the Eureka Stockade
- John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, 1941-45
- Christopher James Curwood, inventor of the jewellery joiner, Link lock, used world-wide by the jewellery industry
- Henry Daglish, Premier of Western Australia, 1904-05
- Jacqueline Dark, Opera Singer [3]
- Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia, Member for Ballarat
- Frank Fenner, virologist
- Edward King, Lawn Bowler
- David Fleay (b. 1907) - naturalist, and first breeder of the Platypus
- Duncan Gillies - Premier of Victoria, Member for Ballarat West
- David Hobson opera singer
- Thomas Hollway - Premier of Victoria
- Peter Lalor, Leader of the Eureka Rebellion and colonial Parliamentarian
- John Lynch, (1829-1909) Peter Lalor's 21C at Eureka, later a founder of Ballarat School of Mines (1870) and author of The Story of the Eureka Stockade.
- Arthur Alfred Lynch, (1861-1934), son of John Lynch. He was an engineer cum journalist. A Boer Colonel in the Boer War who fought with the Boers(1899-1900) - raised the Second Irish Brigade, sentenced to death in absentia for treason against British (1903) pardoned in 1907,elected in House of Commons in absentia by Irish in 1901 and 1909-1918; later became a medical doctor. (Aust Dictionary of Biography, 1891-1939, Vol. 10. CfR. L. Wallace, Australians at Boer War, (1976) Cf. A. O'Brien, Bye-bye Dolly Gray, (2006); Cf. Arthur Alfred Lynch
- Alfred Arthur O'Connor (B? - death?) a wild-card Irish miner who attended the Melbourne Land Convention 1857 and was elected onto the Ballarat Mining Board 1858; he followed the big gold rush to Chiltern in 1859 and was a successful deep wet lead miner. He stood as a candidate for the Ovens election in 1859 and lost. Returned to Ballarat and was elected into parliament during 1862. His activities on the Ovens covered in detail in A.O'Brien, Shenanigans on the Ovens Goldfields: the 1859 election, (2005)
- Tony Lockett, Australian Football League footballer, Brownlow Medallist and holder of the all-time goalkicking record
- Steve Moneghetti, former Olympic marathon runner
- Leslie Morshead, regarded as one of Australia's two greatest generals
- Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, 2001-present
- Rosina Raisbeck, Opera Singer [4]
- James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia, 1930-31
- Henry Sutton, Inventor [5] [6]
- The fictional character Black Jack of Ballarat appears in the Sherlock Holmes story The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC (born 11 March 1930), is one of Australias most significant historians. ...
The University of Ballarat is a dual-sector university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ...
Sir Henry Edward Bolte (20 May 1908 - 4 January 1990), Australian politician, was the longest serving Premier of the state of Victoria. ...
Stephen Philip Bracks (better known as Steve Bracks) (born October 15, 1954), Australian politician, was the 44th Premier of Victoria, holding the position for eight years, from 1999 to 2007. ...
Raffaello Carboni (15 December 1817 - 24 October 1875) was an Italian writer. ...
This article is about the Australian Prime Minister. ...
A Link Lock is a type of mechanical connection used in the jewellery industry. ...
Henry Daglish, from the Western Australian Government Photographer Collection The Hon. ...
Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 15 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06) - Product ($m) $107,910 (4th) - Product per capita $53,134/person...
Jacqueline Lisa Dark was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and attended Ballarat University College (University of Ballarat ) in 1986-88. ...
Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Dr Frank Fenner (born 1914) is an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology. ...
David Howells Fleay (6 January 1907 Ballarat, Victoria – 7 August 1993) was an Australian naturalist who pioneered the captive breeding of endangered species, and was the first person to captive breed the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). ...
Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ...
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Duncan Gillies Duncan Gillies (January 1834 – 12 September 1903), Australian colonial politician, was the 14th Premier of Victoria. ...
David Lee Hobson (born October 17, 1936) is an American politician of the Republican party who serves as a U.S. representative from the seventh congressional district of Ohio (map), based in Springfield, Ohio. ...
Thomas Tuke Hollway (Ballarat, 2 October 1906 — Point Lonsdale, Victoria, 30 July 1971) was Premier of Victoria from 1947 to 1950, and again for a short period in 1952. ...
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Arthur Alfred Lynch (16 October 1861 – 25 March 1934) was an Australian philosophical and miscellaneous writer, rebel and polymath. ...
Arthur Alfred Lynch (16 October 1861 – 25 March 1934) was an Australian philosophical and miscellaneous writer, rebel and polymath. ...
This article is about the Australian rules football player nicknamed Plugger. ...
This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...
Steve Moneghetti (born September 26, 1962 in the town of Ballarat, Victoria) is a long-distance runner from Australia, who was not considered to be a good runner in primary school as he never managed to win a single medal. ...
Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ...
Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ...
Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (September 18, 1889 – September 26, 1959) was an Australian soldier with a distinguished career in both world wars. ...
George Cardinal Pell, AC, (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
Phyllis Rosina Raisbeck MBE (28 July 1916 - 23 December 2006) was an Australian opera and concert mezzo-soprano singer. ...
James Henry Scullin (September 18, 1876 – January 28, 1953), Australian Labor politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia. ...
A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...
The Boscombe Valley Mystery, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ...
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Inagawa (猪名川町; -cho) is a town located in Kawabe District, Hyogo, Japan. ...
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Zhaoyuan, Heilongjiang, China about 120km west of Harbin. ...
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This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Ballarat, a Local Government Area and the third largest city in Victoria, Australia. ...
Notes Australian Bureau of Statistics logo The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the Australian government agency that collects and publishes statistical information about Australia. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
References History Books on Ballarat - Bate, Weston.Lucky City: The First Generation of Ballarat 1851-1901 (1978)
- Carboni, Raffaello. The Eureka Stockade (1980) first published (1855)
- Goodman, David. Gold Seeking: Victorian and California in the 1850s (1994)
- Lynch, John. The Story of the Eureka Stockade: Epic Days in the early fifties at Ballarat, (1947?)
- Fleet, James. The History of Gold Discovery in Victoria
- Moloney, John. Eureka, (1984)
- Serle, Geoffery. The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria, 1851-1860, (1963)
- Freund, P with Sarah V, Her Maj A History of Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat (2007)
- Ballarat City Council
- Victorian Heritage Register, Heritage Victoria
External links
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