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The Electric Supply Company of Victoria built a bluestone power station at the corner of Ripon Street and Wendouree Parade in 1901 to replace Ballarat's horse-drawn tramways with a new electric system. [4] Despite the decline in Ballarat's wealth, the march of large expensive homes toward the shores of the lake continued well into the 1920s.
Wendouree (/ ˌ w ɛ n d ə ˈ r iː /) is a large suburb on the north western rural-urban fringe of the city of Ballarat, in Victoria, Australia.It is the second most populated suburb in the City of Ballarat with a total of 10,376 inhabitants at the 2021 census.
Ballarat East Town Hall in 1862 (demolished in the 1960s) After the creation of the Ballarat Municipality in 1855 and the Ballarat Road District (covering the surrounding rural area) in 1856, Ballarat East gained municipal government with the creation of the Ballarat East Municipality in 1857 (note that until 1994, local government names were spelled "Ballaarat", whereas the urban settlement ...
See also Ballarat, Victoria and both City of Ballarat. Pages in category "Suburbs of Ballarat" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Canadian is a residential suburb in Ballarat, Victoria, located 3km south-east of Ballarat Central.At the 2021 census, Canadian had a population of 4,098. [1]A small gold rush at Canadian Gully occurred in September 1852, during the period known as the Victorian gold rush.
The Grampians is an economic rural region [1] located in the western part of Victoria, Australia.The 48,646-square-kilometre (18,782 sq mi) region lies to the northwest of the western suburbs of Greater Melbourne, to the state's western border with South Australia and includes the Grampians National Park and significant gold mining heritage assets.
According to the 2011 Census, 4% of people commute by train (four times the Ballarat average and an increase of 100% since the 2006 Census). [6] Growth in train travel is facilitated by major rail improvements. Soldiers Hill benefits from the trend toward intercity commuting in being the closest residential area to Ballarat station.
Golden Point is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia located south-east of the CBD. It is the oldest settlement in Greater Ballarat. Gold was discovered at Poverty Point on 21 August 1851 by John Dunlop and James Regan, sparking the Ballarat gold rush. Golden Point was the site of what was known as the Ballarat diggings, and for at least a ...