NEW historic signage at the Mt Pleasant Reserve was unveiled on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The marker is the culmination of the Discover Historic Mount Pleasant project undertaken the area\u2019s history group, Ballarat East Neighbourhood House and the City of Ballarat.<\/p>\n
The production and installation of signs at significant historic sites in the area is the key focus of the scheme.<\/p>\n
Max Duthie, the Mt Pleasant History Group\u2019s President said the Reserve\u2019s signboard details a place once described as \u2018a pleasant place for a tent town\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the site where Cornish miners set up a town, a church and a school all under canvas on their arrival to the Ballarat goldfields in 1855,\u201d Mr Duthie said. \u201cThe Mt Pleasant reserve was originally the place the miners brought their families to settle.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs devout Wesleyan Methodists they wanted to escape, what they considered to be, the morally unsuitable area of Main Road.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kate Owen, Acting Manager at Ballarat East Neighbourhood House said each of the placards in the project feature information and photographs of that particular historic site.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, this one unveiled at the Reserve and the one in Pearce\u2019s Park also feature a map and a description of all 20 historic sites across Mt Pleasant,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Owen, at the unveiling ceremony acknowledged the research undertaken voluntarily by Dr. Bill Garner and the design layout created by Peter Lambert.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted that this project has achieved the group\u2019s vision to tell the story of the early days of Mt Pleasant,\u201d Mr Duthie said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW historic signage at the Mt Pleasant Reserve was unveiled on Thursday. The marker is the culmination of the Discover Historic Mount Pleasant project undertaken the area\u2019s history group, Ballarat East Neighbourhood House and the City of Ballarat. The production and installation of signs at significant historic sites in the area is the key focus […]<\/p>\n