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2002 - Highland Dancing Championships (part of Royal South Street) at Grammar' Performing Arts Centre. L-R Shkara Rantall(8), Ebony Mackay (9), Rebecca Kelly (9).

2002 - BFL under-14.5, East V Lakers: East Corey Quinlan.

2002 - BFL representative team's coaches: Phillip Knowles (U18 coach).

2002 - Ballarat Secondary College. Winner of the Courier Write on Art Competition.
16 year old Josh Begbie and 19 year old Ashley Skewes.

2002 - Jason Ibbotson, 2nd Dan Black Belt in the Korean martial art "Hapkido."  He has been studying the art for 20 years and conducted a demonstration at Eastwood Leisure Complex.

2003 - VS dance party preview at Grainery Lane, pictured are organisers and performers Michelle (stage name will be "Luva DJ") and Kynan ("old Des Peres") Robinson.

2003 - Buninyong CFA profile captain Ron Shirley with the brigade's 1899 Merryweather Fire Tender.

2003 - Avoca Races: from Left Pauline Borch, Linda Parry, Nicole Rinaldi Lizzie Lang. 

2003 - Peter O'Connell 300th Game for Lake Wendouree.

2003 - Creswick Salem's Lot location Superviser Peter Kedall and son Andrew Kendall prepare the town for Filming Next Week.

2004 - Promo for "100 days to Athens" dinner. President Ballarat Sportmans Club John Burt and executive director Victorian Olympic Council and bronze medallist (softball) Atlanta 1996 Jenny Holiday fight for gold at Sovereign Hill.

2004 - Excellence in Learning preview, ACU students from left, Bernie Sanford, Fiona Broadhead, Zoe Ruwoldt and Sandra Nicholls.

2004 - Sturt St Rotunda works, pictured is City of Ballarat painter, Simon Caygill, painting the top.

2004 - Preview to 100 days to Athens dinner, Canoeist Bryan Thomas, left, and badminton star Peter Blackburn.

2004 - At Peter Stevens motorworld workshop WorkCover minister Rob Hulls launches a safety campaign targeting automotive workshops. Rob Hulls with 4th yr apprentice auto technician Paul Manfreda looking at a turbo charger to fitted to the car.

2005 - Austin Radiology Centre at Base- official opening by Health Minister Bronwyn Pike, pic left, and BHS Chief M.I.T. Richard Van Dreven, right.

2005 - Silence for Killed worker on the Job at John Valves: Fetter Mark Duke. 

2005 - Donation of a Guitar to the Victims of the Linton Fire: from left Henry McLean Manager of Allans Music Tony Boadle and Barb McLean.

2005 - IT entrepeneur George Fong flicks the switch to launch the opening of the festival. 

2005 - Creswick School of Forestry-- research and student services manager Carol Stewart, and Researcher CRC wood innovations Dr. David Butt.

2006 - Shane Giles of Ballarat training at WizeGuys gym for his role in The Biggest Loser TV show.

2006 - Scholar and Learmonth footballer, Luke Anderson.

2006 - Announcement by Minister for State and Regional Development John Brumby of $3.8M for 2 new and renovations for 5 attractions at Sovereign Hill.   John Brumby (R) refuses the kind offer of dead possums from Sovereign Hill's Luke Tonkin (L). Sovereign Hill board President Peter Davies watching.


2006 - Manager of "Irish Murphy's" pub, Ian Larkin, prepares to renovate the front interior to accommodate smokers due to the new legislation being introduced. Greg Sheridan enjoys a smoke in the soon to be renovated area. 

2006 - East Timorese veterans who helped the Australian Diggers repel the advancing Japanese army during WW11, spend a day at Christian College's Scotsburn campus as part of the school's external programme and a sister city arrangement with Geelong and Viqueque.  Rufino Alves Correia (89) and Armindo Monteiro (86) proudly wear the SAS berets.

2007 - Geoff Wallis is reunited with his stopwatch that was lost in Lake Wendouree about 40 years ago when a cox. He was training in a rowing crew lost it overboard. BHS student Stachia Taffe unearthed it in about a foot of mud during an archaeological dig  under the school's boatshed.

2007 - Hole in One for 15-year-old Natalie Shannon.

2007 - Ballarat Trotting Club to hold fund-raising night for Riding For The Disabled at this saturday's trots night.   RDA volunteer Bill Whiting and VP Bobby Bath help Tiffan Poulton try out a trotting sulky at the RDA's indoor arena in Carngham Rd. 


2007 - Sudanese refugee Mary Top with her baby Nyabaum and and reunited with her daughter Nyadoar Moses (2) who she had to leave behind when she left to come to Australia.

2007 - Nikita Alexander and Andrew McDougall the only two primary school students from Ballarat to be chosen to represent Victoria in the VPSSA National titles.

2008 - Chris Banwell from East Point and Brad Anderson from Ballarat Swans.

2008 - Reunion of Vietnam Veterans at the North Britain Hotel: Bill Klaus Peter Locke, Bob Eddon, Rick Avery.

2008 - ACU Nationl Schoolarships ceremony at Ballarat ACU: Miranda Dakydd, Marcus Page.  

2008 - Sebastopol Secondary College student Steph Kuskonovic who suffers from cerebral palsy now ownes a computer which she can opperate simply by moving her eyes.

2009 - Jackie Stewart-Engelbrecht and Ian MacPherson from Barkly's Restaurant.


2009 - Ballarat Devils' Marcus Lynch.    

2009 - Carngham Linton GD Tiarne Harrison fights for possesion with Illabarook GA Tegan Prentice.

2009 - Jackson Cheung from Tokyo Grill House.

2009 - Fifteen-year-old Australasian Under 17 Girls Singles Badminton Champion Tara Pilven.

2010 - Steve Fielding at Ballarat Secondary College, he wasn't allowed in though. 

2010 - Ballarat Football Club Legends Night will happen on June 5 and the club is looking for descendants of relatives: John Smith and Don Ross search for legends in the old photos in the club rooms.            .

2010 - Chess tournament involving schools from around the region being held at Ballarat and Clarendon College, Caleb Fitzpatrick (Mt Clear College).

2010 - Cr Sam McIntosh, Ballarat And District Vignerons Assocuiation Rep Keith Wightwick and head chef at Heritage on Lydiard Damien Jones on the Balconey at Craigs.

2010 - Roosters Nick Peters and Bullants Richard Hadley.

2011 - Terry Cunnington with his partner Shelley Foote in the block of land they have purchased round the lake. Terry has had issues with building regulations due to the Heritage area.

2011 - Lady Devils senior Leadership Group Tessa Curtain, Sally Gentle, Lisa Dejong.           

2011 - Umpire Daryl Biggin at City Oval, celebrates, 100 Senior BFL games on the weekend.

2011 - Preview for MOPS walk around Lake Wendouree: Ruby Sanders (6), Lorna Clarke, Margaret Sanders (National Director of MOPS), Juelz Sanders.

2012 - Matt Walker, Scott Simpson, Megan Ryan at the Avoca Races.

2012 - Girls camped out for One Direction tickets that go on sale tomorrow. The earliest arrival was Nykita who has been there since 8am: Mikayla Duffy, Brooke Hutchinson, Tamika John, Nykita Gale.     

2012 -   Katherine Martin and Joshua Liston from Ballarat and Sebastopol Cycling Club and Professor George Kannourakis (Ballaract Cancer Research Centre) .

2012 - Sascha is the first Assistance Dog Australia puppy to be trained in Ballarat: Sascha and Sandra McLeod.            

2012 - Manager of Warrembeen property near Rokewood, Wayne Johnstone, has had several sheep stolen.

2013 - Matt Short has been selected to play cricket for Victoria.

2013 - Ballarat Go Kart owners Nigel and Olga Kaye still aren't able to open their business.           

2013 - Miners Rest farmer Shane Carey will have an open farm day as part of nationwide Alpaca Week to promote Alpacas.

2013 - Commerce Ballarat executive officer Jodie Gillett and Tabel 48 owner Gus Raschilla.

2013 - Chris Skett, Elaine Tso, James Philips.        

2014 - Mitre 10's Chris Jones in front of new building in McPherson St. It will open in July.


2014 - Beechworth Bakery manager Belinda Pearce and employee Hannah Westaway after chopping their hair to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, with Kc hairdresser Jacqui Carey and Ashlee Sandwith, and Beechworth employee also making the chop Hannah Westaway.

Ballarat Lady Devils v Doncaster Rovers @ Morshead Park L-R - Alexandra Amore - Doncaster, Holly Williamson, Jordyn Donald - Ballarat

2014 - Ballarat mum Kate Gale is this year's ambassador for the Mother's Day Classic. She is also a breast cancer survivor after being misdiagnosed several times. L-R - Bree Gale - 9yo, Kate Gale, Gemma Gale - 7yo

Corey Smith is the new area manager for Country Victoria/Southern Australia Director of Coaching, in the new Ballarat Futsal Centre

On this day in Ballarat | April 27

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