In time for the 2025 ANZAC Day commemorations, we look back at an early example of war commemoration in Ballarat – the Boer War Memorial. The statue depicts western Victorian farmer James Rogers and honours his Victoria Cross winning endeavours.
To mark International Women’s Day, we explore the life of Ballarat-raised actress, travel writer and author, Gwen Richardson, who is best remembered for her 1925 travel memoir, ‘On the Diamond Trail in British Guiana’.
This post is inspired by the life of Captain Henry Evans Baker, Ballarat’s first publicly recognized astronomer. From his base at the Ballarat Observatory, he made important contributions to this field of science.
This blog post will take us back to Christmas in Ballarat in 1901; a significant year that saw Federation of the Australian states, the death of Queen Victoria and Australia’s continuing involvement in the Boer War.
This post explores the life of Sir Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907), a notable Ballarat resident who rose to prominence as a lawyer and politician. Cuthberts Road in Alfredton is named in his honour.
To mark ANZAC Day 2024, as a tribute to the servicewomen of the Australian Army Nursing Service and the New Zealand equivalent, we remember Sr. Gertrude Evelyn Munro, a nurse from Ballarat, who served and died during World War I.
Happy International Women’s Day 2024! This post focuses on Ballarat streets named after women and reveals the different and changing ways that society has approached the representation, and under-representation, of women in public spaces.
