Ballarat

Ballarat lies along the Yarrowee River in Victoria’s Central Highlands, where former goldfields, broad streets and Lake Wendouree shape an inland cityscape. Gold was discovered here in 1851, setting off a rush that transformed the settlement and helped make Ballarat one of colonial Victoria’s major centres. The 1854 Eureka uprising, a defining episode in Australia’s democratic story, is remembered at the Eureka Centre. Sovereign Hill interprets the gold-rush era through a recreated nineteenth-century streetscape, while the city’s civic buildings and gardens reflect the wealth of that period. Lake Wendouree adds a waterside circuit near the centre. Move on to other webcams in Victoria to compare landscapes and settings around Ballarat and the Central Highlands.

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