The Victorian Goldfields has been officially included on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, a promising step on the ...

Fifteen regional councils, headed by the City of Ballarat and City of Greater Bendigo, have backed efforts dating back to 1986 to have much of the Victorian Goldfields World Heritage listed.

The goldfields span from Ballarat to Bendigo and into parts of western and eastern Victoria. The Victorian Goldfields have overcome their first formal hurdle on the way to UNESCO World Heritage ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and PERTH, Australia, Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HIGHLIGHTS – FOURTH QUARTERThree new high ...

Ballarat and Bendigo's joint bid for a Goldfields World Heritage listing is one step closer, but Ballarat's historic urban landscape has not made the tentative list. Nieve is The Courier's ...

The boys were eight and nine and lived in Ballarat when the abuse they describe in their claims took place, but do not know each other and went to different schools in the Victorian goldfields ...

The gold rush brought waves of immigration to Australia with people hoping to strike it lucky, and now the goldfields are on ...

Stakes winner at Flemington on debut before excuses on a wet track that was difficult to make ground on in the Merson Cooper at Caulfield. Fitter for two trials this campaign and looked very ...

Sovereign Hill doesn't just attract tourists to learn more about Ballarat's gold rush history.

A tour guide killed at a former Colorado gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground after apparently not latching its door closed, documents obtained by The ...