The pubs that shaped Ballarat; then and now

Updated August 10 2016 - 9:50am, first published August 9 2016 - 3:30pm
Long demolished: The Foundry Hotel in Drummond Street South. The site is now a private house pushed further back from the road.
Long demolished: The Foundry Hotel in Drummond Street South. The site is now a private house pushed further back from the road.

In its heyday the pub culture of Ballarat was indeed something to behold. Until just prior to 1870 over 500 hotels served the town and environs.

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