May 12, 2021
War book writers set for talk
MINING Mud & Medals was released before lockdown last year, sadly the small group of Victorian Interpretive members were unable to give talks to...
May 10, 2020
The little lake you may not know about
BALLARAT has beautiful gardens but also lakes surrounding it, aside from Lake Wendouree, and just outside the city, Lake Burrumbeet, Lake Learmonth, but there’s...
May 3, 2020
Ballarat’s champion oarsman
AT Lake Wendouree, close to the boatshed, stands a white marble monument, which was originally a drinking fountain. Maybe you walk past without thinking,...
April 25, 2020
WW1 Tunnellers – Anzacs one and all
BALLARAT and surrounding townships have a long history of mining, evidenced by the schools of mines found in many of them. During World War One...
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