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City of Ballarat Mayor Cr Des Hudson with Volunteer Award winner Steve Burgess, Equity Diversity and Inclusion Award winner Cheryl Szöllősi, Healthy and Active Living Award winner Stuart Bell, Cr Belinda Coates, Ballarat Senior of the Year winner Maureen Doonan and Ageing Well Award winner Mary Douglas.

Winners honoured at Ballarat Seniors Awards

Ballarat’s outstanding older residents have been officially recognised for their contributions to the city in a special ceremony.The City of Ballarat Seniors Awards were held at Ballarat Town Hall on Tuesday, providing a fitting conclusion to October’s Seniors Festival.The awards seek to recognise Ballarat’s ageing community members, aged 55 and over, and their commitment and contribution to our community. City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Des Hud...

City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Des Hudson (right) works on a puzzle with Heidi and City of Ballarat Early Childhood Teacher, Karen Li at Rowan View Children’s Centre.

Kindergarten underway across City of Ballarat

This week marked a major life milestone for hundreds of children in Ballarat with the commencement of kindergarten.

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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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Ballarat to commemorate Reconciliation Week 2024

The City of Ballarat will commemorate National Reconciliation Week with a series of events next week.In Ballarat, the week will begin with a Wadawurrung Welcome and cultural ceremony and flag raising in Queen Victoria Square, followed by a morning tea and Reconciliation Action Yarning Circle in the Ballarat Town Hall.The Yarning Circle event will include representatives from Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, The Yarning Garde...

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Identifying Industrial land opportunities in Ballarat

The City of Ballarat’s draft Industrial Land Strategy is now open for community review and feedback. As the economy grows and changes, new commercial and industrial opportunities will arise in the municipality that must be accommodated on land identified for that purpose.Planning for future industrial and commercial areas is important to ensure the ongoing supply of land for industry, business and employment opportunities for Ballarat.This ...

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Ballarat Growth Areas Framework Plan

The Ballarat Growth Areas Framework Plan (the Framework Plan) is a key document which will address the future long-term greenfield growth of the city. It will be a blueprint for how the city should plan for the roll out of its growth areas, building on the key physical and infrastructure implications for an expanded urban area. In combination with the Ballarat Housing Strategy 2023-2041 and the Ballarat Strategy 2040: Today, Tomorrow, Together, t

The crowd gathering at Lake Wendouree for the Ballarat Tweed Ride as part of the 2023 Ballarat Heritage Festival.

The future is bright for leading Ballarat events

Two Ballarat events have been officially recognised at the 2023 Victoria Tourism Industry Council Tourism Awards. The Begonia Festival and the Ballarat Heritage Festival were both honoured as finalists at the gala awards ceremony on Thursday night at Crown Palladium.The Begonia Festival was a finalist in the Major Festivals & Events Category, while the Heritage Festival was a finalist in the Festival & Events category.The Heritage F...

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Christmas in Ballarat celebrations under way

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Ballarat.While Christmas decorations have adorned the CBD for a month now, the city is now in full festive season mode. The City of Ballarat officially launched its ‘Christmas in Ballarat’ program on Friday 1 December, detailing a bumper month of festivities and attractions for everybody to enjoy.The 2023 decorations arrangement is somewhat different from previous years due to the Bridge Mall r...

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Art Gallery of Ballarat visitation on the rise

There has been a significant rise in visitor numbers to the Art Gallery of Ballarat, showing a positive trend in audiences returning post COVID.Newly released figures show that during the 2022/23 financial year, the Art Gallery of Ballarat had 113,734 visitors, averaging 9,479 visitors per month.The annual visitation represented a 33 percent increase on the previous year and indicates the gallery is well on the way to getting back to pre-COVID vi...

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Help shape how Ballarat grows

Now is the time for Ballarat residents to provide feedback as to how the city should grow towards 2041.Consultation has officially opened on the Draft Ballarat Housing Strategy 2023-2041. As Ballarat continues to grow and change it is important that there is a plan in place to guide population growth and residential development in line with community needs and values, while also helping the city and townships evolve in a sustainable manner....