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A Pathway of Remembrance to honour the 35 men who are known to have died during the Eureka Stockade battle has been officially unveiled in the National Heritage-listed Eureka Stockade Memorial Park.  The Eureka Centre Ballarat has partnered with Eureka Australia, an association of Eureka Stockade descendants and supporters, to memorialise the 35 men who are known to have died because of the events which occurred at the Eureka Stockade on ...

This National Reconciliation Week, the City of Ballarat is proud to continue working towards a united Ballarat where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are reflected in policies and respected in the community.  The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians — individuals, families, communities, organisations and government—to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of ...

Ballarat City Council has unanimously endorsed Stage 2 of the Elevating Environmentally Sustainable Design project. The move is a culmination of the City of Ballarat and 30 other local governments collaborating with the Municipal Association of Victoria and the Council Alliance to ensure Victorian communities are more resilient to the effects of climate change. In 2017 Ballarat Council acknowledged the Municipal Association of Victoria’s ...

May really has been a busy month and I thought this week it would make for interesting reading to recap on just how diverse life at the City of Ballarat can be in one month.   The month was led by the release of the City of Ballarat’s Draft Budget, a huge piece of work, with some key line items responding to the public’s number one concern for environmental sustainability and infrastructure development for our growing city.   As o...

Tender documents can be obtained from www.eprocure.com.au/ballarat   Tender No  Tender Description  Closes   12 noon   2021/22-721  Construction of the Ballarat Airport Runway extension  6/06/2022  2021/22-767  Roundabout construction at Eureka Street / Navigato...

City of Ballarat Deputy Mayor Cr Amy Johnson today joined with Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison, to announce that City of Ballarat was successful in a grant application to develop a new sensory friendly play zone at Ballarat’s Victoria Park Inclusive Play Space. The project will be funded with a grant of $186,900 from the Victorian Government’s Local Sports Infrastructure Fund and a contribution of $124,600 from The City of Ballarat. ...

The 2022 Ballarat Winter Festival is set to dazzle and amaze again this year following the official launch at the Art Gallery of Ballarat today.  The festival runs from Saturday 25 June to Sunday 17 July and is sure to bring some warmth to locals and visitors alike with yet another fantastic line up of winter activities.  Headlined by Sovereign Hill’s Winter Wonderlights, there are several new events added to this year’s festival ...

Ballarat has launched a bid to restore rowing events as part of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games – and has put its hand up to host the events at Lake Wendouree. 

Students making care packs for those less fortunate, a ‘give sport a go day' for people with disabilities and a non-disposable coffee cup exchange system have been named Ballarat’s best ideas for 2022.  The ideas were provided to businesses and organisations in the second Ballarat Best Ideas competition, held from 8 March to 19 April this year.  The competition called for members of the community to share their positive ideas to s...

The City of Ballarat is excited to announce nominations have opened for the 2022 Youth Awards.  Since 2005, the City of Ballarat Youth Awards have recognised the outstanding contributions that young people make in the Ballarat community.   The awards shine a light on the leadership, innovation, kindness, and exemplary commitment to community that young people demonstrate.  There are new and exciting categories including th...