Ballarat, Victoria

Ballarat

Built from the gold rush in 1851, Ballarat became a bustling town of more than 20,000 miners trying their luck at the shallow alluvial clay deposits from Ballarat Creek. The miners were charged a monthly fee by the government before they could mine and were refused the right to vote. In 1854 they held a meeting at Bakery Hill in protest to the unfair conditions and built a stockade for protection. On December 3rd 1854, 300 soldiers attacked the Eureka Stockade, killing 28 miners and wounding many others. This led to the birth of democracy in Australia. Sovereign Hill is an excellent way to see how conditions were during the goldrush days. Today Ballarat is home to 85,000 people.

Nearby towns:
Bendigo | Castlemaine | Echuca

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Visitor Centre

43 Lydiard Street North
Tel: 1800 446 633
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Attractions

• Ballarat Botanical Gardens
• Eureka Centre
• Lake Wendouree

Art Gallery of Ballarat
40 Lydiard Street North
Tel: 03 5320 5858
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Her Majesty's Theatre
17 Lydiard Street South
Tel: 03 5333 5888
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Sovereign Hill
Bradshaw Street
Tel: 03 5337 1100
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Pubs

Court House Hotel
63 Brooke Street
Tel: 03 5342 8198
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Craig’s Royal Hotel
10 Lydiard Street South
Tel: 03 5331 1377
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George Hotel (1854)
27 Lydiard Street North
Tel: 03 5327 2777
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Golden City Hotel
427 Sturt Street
Tel: 03 5331 6211
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Provincial Hotel
121 Lydiard Street North
Tel: 03 5332 1845
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George V. 1910-1936 Statue	The Eureka Centre, area of the Eureka Stockade

Lake Wendouree

Ballarat Botanical Gardens

Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Ex-POW Memorial	Ballarat Botanical Gardens

Sovereign Hill - Gold Panning	Sovereign Hill - Gold Pour	Sovereign Hill - Stage Coach

Church on Sturt Street	Sturt Street Gardens	Craig’s Royal Hotel

Lydiard and Sturt Street	Mining Exchange	Provincial Hotel before reno

Camp Street wall texture	University of Ballarat (Arts)	Railway Signals