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A tram ploughs into Dickins' store, 1969.SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

King Billy and his tribe in Ballarat. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Wendouree Rowing Club's Champion Eight Of Victoria 1893 - 94". Back row: J. Blaikie (4), A. Dawson (3), J. Rogers (5), C. Donald (6). Front row: F. Clennel (2), J. Donald (str), W. Dawson (7), J. Maher (bow), A. McKenzie (cox).SOURCE: THE BALLARAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Daily costumes in 1860s Ballarat. SOURCE: THE BALLARAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Playing football at Ercildoune. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Frank, the last of the Ballarat tribe. SOURCE: THE BALLARAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

The Ballarat Railway Station, circa 1910. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The Ballarat Begonia Festival, March 8, 1965. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The Begonia Festival Parade, 1960. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Lights, camera, action at BTV6 Live.SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Bush life in early Ballarat. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Crowds gather in Sturt Street for a major event. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Eliza Perrin and family. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The Eureka March. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The Olympic Games Village - now Wendouree West. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Gardeners at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Isabella Gordon. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The last day of trams running in Ballarat. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

A mine shaft opens under a house in November, 1956. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The opening of Sovereign Hill in the 1970s. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The Phoenix Market. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The Queen on her visit to Ballarat. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

Opening of the racing season for the Ballarat Yacht Club on Lake Wendouree. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

The Wendouree Football Club in 1931. SOURCE: GOLD MUSEUM, SOVEREIGN HILL.

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