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Representing and Commemorating History
Burke and Wills Memorial Fountain Yesterday, Sovereign Hill, together with our project partners: City of Ballarat, Heritage Victoria, DEECD and the Royal Society of Victoria received a commendation at...
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World history as local history
On Friday (28/10) we were fortunate to have Mr Craig Deayton as the speaker for our annual Weston Bate Lecture. Craig spoke about his research on the 47th battalion from the First World War undertaken...
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Visit a cemetery and discover the past
Image by Sunday’s Child Stuck for a great local history excursion? Historic cemeteries offer inquirers a number of insights into life in the past. The key to a good cemetery excursion is providing the...
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School Anniversary Events
Planning an Anniversary Event at your school Many schools plan history events for significant anniversaries of their school’s founding. These events are a great way to immerse students in history that...
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Goldfields Immigration
Ballarat’s Scottish Heritage This blog post has been summarised from notes by Sovereign Hill’s senior historian, Dr Jan Croggon on the Scottish in Ballarat. We would like to thank Jan for her...
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The Walk from Robe: Retracing the Chinese Journey to the Goldfields
From Left; Oscar Zhang, Charles Zhang and Bill Moy From the CACSB standing in front of the Chinese Temple at Sovereign Hill On the 15th of December 2013, Charles Zhang and his son Oscar will begin to...
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Weird and wonderful goldfields history. Part one.
Animals During the Christmas school holiday period this year Sovereign Hill has focussed on some of the strange but true stories of the Ballarat gold rush period. These have included stories about a...
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Fire in the 19th Century
Fire is an important yet destructive force in Australia. Fire was an important tool for Australians new and old in the 19th century, but it could also be an enemy of gold miners and farmers alike....
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The arrival of the train
Ballarat West Railway Station c.1889. Image courtesy of The Gold Museum, Ballarat Trains changed the world; however, nowadays their impact can easily be overlooked. For thousands of years before the...
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