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Tickets on sale to Melbourne Vixens' Ballarat Blitz

The Melbourne Vixens and Netball Victoria will bring two blockbuster pre-season events to Ballarat in March, with the Ballarat Blitz returning for another year.

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Former Ballarat Orphanage Heritage Interpretation Works

Since opening as an institution in 1866, the 200 Victoria Street site was at different times known as the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum, Ballarat Orphanage and Ballarat Children’s Home (the Former Orphanage) until its closure in 1983. It then entered a new era as St Paul’s College and then Damascus College, before being recently adapted as a mixed used development. 

City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Tracey Hargreaves with some of the Begonia Festival trash puppets.

Ballarat Begonia Festival preparations in full swing

Anticipation is building as the City of Ballarat's biggest event of the year draws closer.The 73rd annual Ballarat Begonia Festival is less than four weeks away, with tens of thousands of people expected to flock to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens for the three-day festival.Held every year over the Labour Day long weekend, the Ballarat Begonia Festival offers a diverse range of free activities, entertainment, and educational experiences for all ag...

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Ballarat. Now and Into the Future: Enabling Growth 2025

Ahead of the upcoming federal election, Ballarat. Now and Into the Future - Enabling Growth 2025 is calling on all sides of politics to support eight transformational projects for our city and region.Ballarat has a clear vision for how it will grow – evolving as a university city, a hub for tourism, a sustainable city with an unparalleled quality of life, one which attracts investment, supports business, facilitates regional economic growth, and

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Mars Wrigley celebrates Ballarat’s Community Heroes

Mars Wrigley Australia is proud to announce a new community initiative celebrating the unsung heroes of the community who make a positive contribution to the strength and resilience of the Ballarat region.The inaugural Mars Ballarat Community Heroes awards, proudly supported by The Courier, will showcase the wonderful volunteers and members of the community who consistently go above and beyond to make Ballarat a better place to live.There are thr...

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Last Days to enter Ballarat’s Best Ideas Competition

The Ballarat community is urged to send through their suggestions to improve local businesses and organisations before the Ballarat’s Best Ideas competitions closes on Friday 14 May. Since its launch in April, the City of Ballarat and Commerce Ballarat, in partnership with Suggest it has been asking for ideas to aid in Ballarat’s post-lockdown recovery. Hundreds of ideas have already been submitted to the competition, and three will b...

City of Ballarat CEO Evan King, Central Ward Cr Samantha McIntosh, Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre President Chris Alcock, North Ward Cr Peter Eddy, Ballarat Mayor Daniel Moloney and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison at the announcement of $1 million funding for the Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre upgrade.

Funding welcomed for Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre upgrade

City of Ballarat Mayor Daniel Moloney has welcomed the announcement of $1.02 million in Victorian Government funding for an upgrade to Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre in Wendouree. Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison announced the funding on Tuesday from the Victorian Government's Community Sports Infrastructure Stimulus Program. The City of Ballarat will contribute $130,000 and the Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre ...

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Australian Regional Tourism Convention 2021 coming to Ballarat

Australian Regional Tourism and convention partner, City of Ballarat, is pleased to announce that Ballarat, Victoria will be hosting the 2021 Australian Regional Tourism Convention (ARTC) to be held 11-13 October 2021. “Ballarat is thrilled to be able to host the Australian Regional Tourism Convention. The City of Ballarat and our tourism partners are leaders in regional tourism and we relish the opportunity to show the great work being ...

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Nominations open for City of Ballarat Youth Awards 2021

The City of Ballarat Youth Services T.E.A.M (Together Enhancing the Achievements of Many) Volunteer Committee are proud to announce nominations for the 2021 City of Ballarat Youth Awards open 1 June. The 16th Annual Youth Awards celebrate recent achievements and accomplishment of young people in the Ballarat community. These prestigious awards aim to recognise the valuable contributions that young people are making in our comm...

Begonia Festival

New Timeframe for Two of Ballarat’s Most Popular Events

Ballarat’s signature festivals the Ballarat Begonia Festival and Ballarat Heritage Festival, formerly Ballarat Heritage Weekend, will be celebrated over an extended period this year. The Ballarat Begonia Festival will be held from Saturday 6 March to Sunday 28 March and the Ballarat Heritage Festival will now be celebrated Friday 7 May to Sunday 30 May. Both festivals have changed from their traditional weekend timeslots to 3 weeks, i...