Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the 1800s, the lure of gold brought a rush of people and an influx of money to Ballarat, giving rise to the historic city and its ...

For the first time, hundreds of Gold Rush-era artifacts entombed in the wreckage of the S.S. Central America will go on public sale. Known as the "Ship of Gold," the steamship sank on Sept.

Could this gold rush icon become Ballarat’s next luxury hotel? While heritage protections apply, a major restoration between 2017 and 2018 — funded in part by the Living Heritage program ...

It’s a gold rush from the original Gold Rush. Artifacts from an 1857 shipwreck tied to the California Gold Rush will be auctioned Saturday for the first time ever. FILE – Chief scientist Bob ...

Ballarat and Wedderburn. Victoria was once home to thousands of migrants during the Gold Rush, but modern-day detectors continue to do it for the thrill. Australia’s population skyrocketed from ...

Now an art gallery in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat is hoping it has struck gold with a new exhibition centred around not an artist, but one of the main tools of the trade: the guitar.