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Ballarat's autumn events 2024

Ballarat Begonia Festival The Ballarat Begonia Festival will make a flourishing return next year over the Labour Day long weekend, Saturday 9 to Monday 11 March 2024.The three-day event will take place in the iconic Ballarat Botanical Gardens, celebrating the city’s rich horticulture heritage and boasting a line-up of demonstrations and talks led by a roster of celebrity presenters and industry experts. For more information, visit the ...

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Heritage permit received for lake lighting

The City of Ballarat on Friday 27 May, 2022 received notification from Heritage Victoria a planning permit has been issued to install 181 lighting poles along the extent of the Steve Moneghetti track around Lake Wendouree. The work will include electrical cabling to be installed via directional and hand boring, and four electrical cabinets.   The location for the permit approved on Friday sits within the Heritage Overlay ar...

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The new Ballarat Heritage Advisory Committee

The Heritage Advisory Committee provides an advocacy platform for Ballarat’s citizens, communities, groups, organisations and businesses relating to heritage matters across the whole municipality, including rural areas and urban areas. In March 2024, an expression of interest was advertised for new community representatives to join the committee to help sustain the municipality’s heritage. Applications were received and considered aga...

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Creative elements at the Ballarat Heritage Festival

Ballarat’s iconic Heritage Festival returns in May 2024 with something for everybody. If you’re seeking to explore creativity and cultural heritage with a contemporary twist, there’s certainly fun to be had.Whether you’re interested in getting your hands dirty, or understanding the secrets of creative practice, or you’re just looking for innovative and experimental experiences – there's a host of things to taste, try and test. Ballarat is a...

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The Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Bid

World Heritage listing of Australia’s Victorian Goldfields aims to share the extraordinary story of the Victorian Goldfields with people from across the globe and create social, cultural and economic opportunities for every community and person across the region.World Heritage listing of the Victorian Goldfields in recognition of its outstanding global heritage significance can be a major catalyst for transformative regeneration of the region.Fif

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Finding the gaps in our heritage places

The City of Ballarat’s Heritage Gaps Review Program has reached a milestone step as it embarks on a year-long consultation process, with the community being called upon to help identify important places in Ballarat’s history that should be protected. Consultation has now opened and will run throughout 2025, asking locals to share information about the most valued heritage places in their area and across the municipality. The Heritage ...

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Eureka Stockade Gardens

The Eureka Stockade Gardens are National Heritage Listed for their association with the Eureka Stockade Rebellion of 3 December 1854. The gardens are located next to the Eureka Centre, Home of the Eureka Flag and Eureka Aquatic Centre. Features Heritage listed, commemorative site Eureka rebellion Public toilets Playground Picnic shelters, BBQs Eureka Centre

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City of Ballarat applies for a Heritage Victoria Permit

Public submissions are open for the City of Ballarat’s application for a Heritage Victoria (HV) permit for the portion of the Lake Wendouree Lighting Project covered by an Interim Protection Order (IPO). The permit relates to the installation of approximately 181, 5m-high, LED Luminaire light poles approximately 25-30m apart along the Steve Moneghetti Track A Notice for an IPO on the Lake Wendouree precinct was issued in M...

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Heritage Victoria Permit Approved for Lake Lighting

Ballarat’s Lake Wendouree and Victoria Park Lake lighting Project has been granted a permit from Heritage Victoria for the installation of lighting in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens precinct which is a Heritage Victoria listed site. The $2.5million State Government-funded project proposes to deliver more than 220 lights around the Steve Moneghetti track, providing extended hours for the lake’s 345,000 annual users and increased opportunities t...

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Ballarat Heritage Festival a finalist in tourism awards

The Ballarat Heritage Festival continues to cement itself as one of Victoria’s premier tourism events, after being named as a finalist in the Festivals and Events Category at the 2022 Victorian Tourism Awards. It follows hot on the heels of taking out the top honour on the national stage earlier this year, when the festival was awarded Gold at both the 2021 Victorian Tourism Awards and the 2021 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards in the Fes...