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If you are planning to backpack Ballarat, then this page provides information on the backpacker hostel located here. The page also provides a description of Ballarat, information on how to get here and contact details of the local visitor information centre.
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The area where present day Ballarat sits was originally settled around 1837. When gold was discovered in the area in 1851, thousands of diggers flooded the region. Ballarat now has a population of 82,000 and is Victoria’s largest inland city. Massive building works were undertaken in the gold mining heyday and many of the gracious old buildings have been maintained with many of them recognised for National Trust. |
Sovereign Hill
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Sovereign Hill
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Even though the gold ran out, Ballarat maintained its position as a commercial centre and the city’s major tourist attraction is Sovereign Hill. This is a reconstructed gold town, which is built around a disused gold mine. Ballarat also lays claim to the closest Australia has come to a civil war, when in 1854 an uprising over miners’ rights turned into a blood bath between miners and the law. Known as the Eureka Rebellion, the history of the event is strongly ingrained in the cultural heritage of Ballarat. |
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Sovereign Hill Lodge
Magpie St
Ballarat, VIC 3350
Phone (03) 5333 3409
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By Bus
Greyhound Australia go through here from Melbourne to Adelaide. V/Line operate to here from Melbourne and various other places. |
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