Ballarat Heritage Weekend

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4 Phoenix Foundry Mall, Ballarat Central VIC 3350, Australia

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S37° 33' 43.59" E143° 51' 22.14"   (-37.562108333333, 143.85615) Start navigation »

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Ballarat Heritage Weekend is a community cultural festival held annually in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Run since 2006 by Ballarat Regional Tourism, it is a major tourist attraction. The festival follows a heritage theme drawing on Ballarat's reputation as a historic Australian city. Many of the events are free.
Popular recurring events include public access to selected buildings similar to Doors Open Days; vintage transport, including visits to the historic Ballarat railway station by Steamrail Victoria locomotives (Y112), vintage bus rides, double decker buses, vintage car displays, horse and cart and use of Ballarat's preserved vintage tramway at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens; actors in period garb; architecture and history walking tours; and exhibits of private and public paraphernalia collections; theatrical performance; and trade displays for heritage organisations.
The Ballarat Mining Exchange (1887−9) is regularly used as an exhibition space.

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