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Things to do in Ballarat, Victoria: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Ballarat, Australia including Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Learmonth Heritage Walk, Ballarat Cenotaph, Incidents In Time - Public Art Installation, Major General Harold, Prime Ministers Avenue, Sovereign Hill, St Patrick's Cathedral, Lydiard Street, Arch of Victory.
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1. Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 211 reviews
Reviewed By MrDavetheSarks - Melbourne, Australia
Great to see a memorial to those who suffered through the POW camps, including my grandfather. Shows a lot of respect those as well.
2. Learmonth Heritage Walk
3. Ballarat Cenotaph
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
The Cenotaph is in Sturt St, Ballarat. The Cenotaph is both noticeable and impressive. It is inscribed "Our Glorious Dead." It is dedicated to those who fell in both World Wars. The Cenotaph is 30 feet (9 meters) tall. It is faced in Hawkesbury sandstone. The Cenotaph was unveiled by Sir Dallas Brookes, Governor of Victoria, in November 1949. Some 3,000 people attended the ceremony. The Cenotaph has remained a feature of Sturt St in central Ballarat.
4. Incidents In Time - Public Art Installation
5. Major General Harold
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
Pompey Elliot was one of Australia's great Captains, battlefield commander and later Senator. He vigorously led Australian front-line troops in Gallipoli and the Western Front in World War I.
6. Prime Ministers Avenue
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By Crystalline4u - Traralgon, Australia
Edmund Barton (1901–03) Alfred Deakin (1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10) John Christian Watson (1904) George Houston Reid (1904–05) Andrew Fisher (1908–09; 1910–13; 1914–15) Joseph Cook (1913–14) William Morris Hughes (1915–16; 1916–23) Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1923–29) James Henry Scullin (1929–32) Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1932–39) Earle Page (1939) Robert Gordon Menzies (1939–40; 1940–41; 1949–66) Arthur William Fadden (1941) John Curtin (1941–45) Francis Michael Forde (1945) Joseph Benedict Chifley (1945–49) Harold Holt (1966–67) John McEwen (1967–68) John Grey Gorton (1968–71) William McMahon (1971–72) Gough Whitlam (1972–75) Malcolm Fraser (1975–83) Robert Hawke (1983–91) Paul Keating (1991–96) John Howard (1996–2007) Kevin Rudd (2007–10; 2013) Julia Gillard (2010–13) Tony Abbott (2013–15) Malcolm Turnbull (2015–18) Scott Morrison (2018– ) Unlike other patriotic countries this is not something that I needed to remember in history classes. I was surprised at the amount of Prime Ministers that I remembered as I walked along the path...who I had read about since leaving school. Australia, established as a federated union in 1901, is a constitutional monarchy, and its government is led by a prime minister, generally the leader of the majority political party or coalition in the federal House of Representatives. I really enjoyed the walk down memory lane. My Uncle even found this interesting although I am sure he questioned why I felt the need to see it. And then, he enjoyed putting them into perspective... who was in when he was born... who was around during the war...is there a Prime Minister that served a shorter term than some of ours in recent times.
7. Sovereign Hill
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,696 reviews
At Sovereign Hill, the story of an important time and place in Australian History, and the people who lived it, lives on. An internationally acclaimed tourist attraction, Sovereign Hill prides itself on its close attention to detail found in every aspect of this living, outdoor museum. Sovereign Hill is a glimpse of the vigour and excitement of life on Australia’s 1850s goldfields. Visitors can find real gold in the creek – gold pans are provided and it’s ‘finders keepers’, see $150,000 worth of molten gold poured into a gleaming bar, and take in the rich program of activities, shows and demonstrations. On Main Street there are working shops, hotels and a theatre – all based on original Ballarat businesses. Visitors are able to watch goldfields tradespeople in action and take a ride around the township in a horse-drawn coach. For the brave hearted, journey underground on a gold mine tour.
Reviewed By SuzyG327
Couldn’t have had a better day at Sovereign Hill. Wonderful gold mine tour guide James, fabulous magician, great horse carts, all staff cheerful and happy all day, and those lights at night! Wow! Wow! So magical!
8. St Patrick's Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
St Patrick's Cathedral is the principal Catholic church for Ballarat. It is built of local stone. Many of the early settlers were Irish, St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
9. Lydiard Street
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 213 reviews
Reviewed By clareg498 - Ballarat, Australia
The Lydiard Street Victorian streetscape boasts numerous double story architectural gems highlighting the wealth generated on the Ballarat goldfield during Victorian Ballarat. A stroll up and down the street starts with the stunning Ballarat Train Station, passes the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Old Colonists' Hall, Mining Exchange, Former Ballarat Post Office, the legal precinct, the Ballarat School of Mines, and the remnants of the former Ballarat gaol.
10. Arch of Victory
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 161 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
The Arch of Victory caught me by surprise. It is a substantial structure, intended to commemorate the sacrifices of the people of Ballarat and districts in World War I. The Arch of Victory is the beginning of the Avenue of Honor, which consists of 3,771 trees, one for each local person who volunteered to serve in WWI. Not only was this the first such Avenue in Victoria, it is also the longest, stretching for 22 km (14 miles). The trees are elms and mountain ashes. The are other Avenues of Honor in Victoria, but this one remains among the most impressive
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