Relive the goldrush days at this outdoor museum. You can pan for real gold in the creek, enter the underground world of the miners and visit historic buildings from the 1850s.
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- Jun 12, 2008 "A declining attraction"
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- Mar 20, 2008 "Australia's birthplace of Democracy"
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- Apr 25, 2008 "Beautifully restored trams (streetcars)"
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- Jan 12, 2004 "the place to visit in Ballarat"
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Instituted in 1884, this became the first provincial Art Gallery established in Australia.
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- May 19, 2008 "Good regional gallery"
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Attraction type: Garden
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- Jun 18, 2008 "Admire the Prime Ministerial busts"
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- May 17, 2008 "A dry dustbowl but previously popular"
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