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White Night returns to our city this weekend and will transform the streets and venues of Ballarat on Saturday evening (1 June 2024) through illuminations, projections, music, and interactive works.The night commences at 6pm and will conclude at 12am for the following morning, for those night owls.  The event is free to attend with no registration required – just show up and have fun.  Activations will be throughout the CBD, spanning up...

WHITE NIGHT BALLARAT White Night will transform the streets and venues of Ballarat on the evening of the 1 June 2024 through illuminations, projections, music, and interactive works. Commencing at 6pm and concluding at 12am the following morning, the event is free to attend with no registration required – just show up and have fun. White Night Ballarat is an alcohol-free event, however many of the local restaurants and bars will be...

A historic rotunda in the Arch of Victory precinct has been expertly restored in time for Remembrance Day.The Memorial Wall Rotunda at the Arch of Victory has undergone extensive conservation works in recent months, including cleaning, repairing render, applying waterproofing and repainting.The works, which were approved by Heritage Victoria under a heritage permit exemption, were funded by a $20,000 contribution by the City of Ballarat and a fur...

A significant milestone has been reached towards the development of the Continuous Voices Memorial in Ballarat.The memorial will be a place to acknowledge the truth, trauma and ongoing legacy suffered by victims of sexual abuse across Ballarat and the entire country.  On Friday last week at the Art Gallery of Ballarat we launched a national design competition to identify design professionals to lead collaborative teams to create the memorial...

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The City of Ballarat will next week begin grass slashing works as part of its annual fire hazard reduction program.Conditions across the municipality have been monitored closely by the City of Ballarat’s Emergency Management team, who have determined the appropriate time to begin the program.The fire hazard reduction program involves preparing the community by undertaking inspections of council and private land to mitigate the fire risk during th...

The countdown is on until major redevelopment works at the Ballarat Library are complete.In what will be a significant milestone for the $7.48 million project, it is expected that contractors H Troon will hand the facility over to the City of Ballarat in December 2023.  Once this occurs, work will begin to start moving all necessary equipment and approximately 75,000 library resources back into the Doveton Street facility.It is expected the ...