Alice Ann Cornwell was an English industrialist, mine speculator, entrepreneur and newspaper owner.

Ballarat Punch was a satirical publication which contained funny cartoons and drawings, satirical articles which made fun of local public figures, and provided a chiding moral commentary on everyday life.

Marie Collier (1927-1971) was a Ballarat-born opera soprano. She was born on 16 April 1927 to Thomas Robinson Collier, a railway employee, and Anne Marie (nee Bechaz).

This week I wanted to look at the old Ballarat Gaol. I am sure many people have driven past this intriguing building that is part of the School of Mines campus of Federation University Australia.

While James Oddie is a name that will be familiar to many people due to his involvement in the founding of many of Ballarat’s charitable and cultural institutions, I wanted to focus on an aspect of his life that maybe not so well known, the creation of his newspaper, ‘The Corn Stalk’.

Football has a rich history in Ballarat. Many players have developed their skills at local football clubs and then drafted to play at an elite level, including the VFL/AFL.

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of The Ballarat Arch of Victory. The Arch is the starting point of Ballarat’s Avenue of Honour.

Ellen Francis Young was a poet who lived in Ballarat during the gold rush.

During the early 1850s, there weren’t many women on the Victorian goldfields, due to the harsh conditions and the many social impediments they faced.