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The City of Ballarat marked the 16th anniversary of the National Apology to Stolen Generations Survivors with a ceremony at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, where those in attendance were invited to take part in a yarning circle.Guided by the Koorie Engagement Action Group (KEAG) Advisory Committee, the ceremony commemorated 13 February 2008 when then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology to Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery is now open to residents and visitors after landscaping works were completed.City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Des Hudson and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison joined the Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens and the Ballarat Botanical Gardens Foundation on the first day of the Ballarat Begonia Festival to mark the official opening of the landscaping project.The fernery is now a spectacular gallery for hundreds ...

The City of Ballarat 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.  The committee is currently seeking four additional community members for the final four months of the term, which concludes on 30 June 2024. Members can reapply should they wish to continue f...

At the ordinary April Council meeting, Ballarat Council approved a three year funding and service agreement with Commerce Ballarat to the total of $415,725 to help support the not-for-profit organisation.  Commerce Ballarat provides advocacy for the local business community, as well as a broad range of support services to more than 650 member organisations from across Ballarat. Many programs are also available to non-member businesses.The ex...

There are countless young people in Ballarat that make an incredible contribution to the city and the time is now for them to have their moment in the spotlight.Nominations have now opened for the City of Ballarat 2024 Youth Awards and people are being encouraged to think about someone they know who is worthy of an accolade.Since 2005, the City of Ballarat Youth Awards have recognised the outstanding contributions that young people make to the Ba...

Families with young children in the rapidly expanding western suburbs of Ballarat will soon have access to a new and expansive community facility.The community hub in Alfredton on Donegal Drive is nearing completion, with construction set to be finished and the facility handed over to the City of Ballarat by the end of 2023.  Once fully fitted out, the facility is expected to be open in late January 2024, in time for Term 1 of the kindergart...

A Ballarat intersection has been made safer thanks to a newly installed roundabout. The upgrade to the Ring Road/Gregory Street intersection in Alfredton was jointly funded by the Australian Government and the City of Ballarat.The $1.1 million project received over $560,000 in Australian Government funding under the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) program and the City of Ballarat contributed $573,102 from its 2022-23 budget.W...

The City of Ballarat will help build a playground in Timor-Leste as part of an ongoing Friendship City Relationship with the Municipality of Ainaro.

The City of Ballarat’s Neighbourhood Parks Program for 2023 was launched in July and has reached an important milestone.  The rolling program received 165 responses to a survey that will be used to understand how the spaces are being used, and how the people that use the spaces feel it could be improved. From this feedback, site analysis and concept designs will be developed and then discussed with the residents.  Following this, worksh...