Football has a rich history in Ballarat. Many players have developed their skills at local football clubs and then drafted to play at an elite level, including the VFL/AFL.
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of The Ballarat Arch of Victory. The Arch is the starting point of Ballarat’s Avenue of Honour.
Ellen Francis Young was a poet who lived in Ballarat during the gold rush.
During the early 1850s, there weren’t many women on the Victorian goldfields, due to the harsh conditions and the many social impediments they faced.