The Empire Christmas Pudding was the brainchild of the Empire Marketing Board. A pudding recipe featuring ingredients from across the British Empire was promoted to encourage trade amongst the dominions and colonies.

Piecing together information and images on Ballarat businesses is a popular research topic. Here are some tips on using the various resources available, both at BRHAE and online.

James Meek was a man of many varied interests and talents, especially pen drawing. His sketches are among some of the earliest representations of life on the Ballarat goldfields.

An insight into the resources available at BRHAE by work experience student Thomas Lin.

In February 1898, Ballarat made its pitch to become Australia's Federal Capital hosting delegates from the Australasian Federal Convention.

Nathan Spielvogel was an author, a schoolteacher and a historian. In Ballarat he is remembered for his strong association with the Ballarat Historical Society.

Chinese men in Ballarat played several Australian Rules football games for between 1892 and 1896. A series of charity matches were staged at Ballarat’s Eastern Oval between the two main occupation groups within the Chinese community: Miners and Market Gardeners. The matches became known as the ‘Chinese Football Premiership’. 

Grenville College was a Methodist educational establishment that operated in Ballarat from 1860 to 1910.  It's alumni included two Prime Ministers of Australia.

A reflection on the history of Christmas in the Ballarat region and the enduring traditions from Victorian times that are still with us today.