Once thriving with mining, farming or railways, it all came to an end in these places. Such is the history of Australia's ...

Filipinos make up the fourth fastest-growing migrant community in Ballarat. The historic town has been good to the community that calls it home. An old mining town. A haven for artistic expression.

Ballarat became a boom town soon after the first gold discovery in 1851 ... th century saw the city become home to fine examples of colonial architecture like the Mining Exchange and Her Majesty’s ...

The geology around Ballarat typically produces gold in veins and nuggets, meaning extremely lucrative patches of rock tend to be surrounded by larger patches of worthless rock. Mining is easier ...

In Ballarat, a major gold rush town, miners continue digging for underground ... company's website takes you deeper into shafts filled with mining machinery, staff and excavated caverns.

When miners discovered gold in north-east Victoria in December of 1859, they must have thought all their Christmases had come at once. Their rich find led to the creation of the mining settlement ...

Emergency services rushed to the Ballarat Gold Mine at Mount Clear ... of Australia's most famous gold mining regions. The precious metal was found near the town in 1851, sparking a frenzied ...

The man who died in the Ballarat gold ... this style of mining, and it seems to have fallen on deaf ears,” he said. “This was a quick, cheap and easy way to chase gold.” ...