With Ballarat’s stunning Victorian architecture as the backdrop the annual festival highlights the city’s golden past and evolving future. Starting May 17th and over the next 10 days experience all there is to offer and immerse yourself in Ballarat. https://ballaratheritagefestival.com.au

Trees in the Australian Garden show the diversity of Australian plants and how they have survived over time. Learn about how plants have been adapted to the changing environment.

Join us on a walk along Nunn Street and identify its historical buildings.

Join us for guided tour through the bluestone jewel box that is home to the National Wool Museum.

Discover a small town's unique connection to the Blue Mallee Eucalyptus, a species that is endemic to the Inglewood region and has been harvested for Eucalyptus Oil production for more than a century.

Visit and experience 150 years of families living in a mudbrick home. Built by Thomas and Sarah Evans in 1874 it grew to a farm of about 120 acres and today sits on an acre of gardens with 7 out buildings.

An exclusive behind the scenes tour of the National Wool Museum Anzac Collection.

An historical pub crawl walking tour of Hamilton, of both ‘ghost’ hotels and present-day hotels. As well as two Hamilton History Centre exhibitions:
The unique hat collection of the first female Mayor of Hamilton;
A collection of buried items both metal and bottles

Celebrate four decades of Victoria's largest free multicultural street party, Pako Festa through an archive of photographs, objects and stories.

Join historian Eddie Tichelaar, who will draw on his wealth of knowledge and first hand experience as we learn about the history of the Montrose CFA.

Are you looking for information on your English ancestors? Not sure where to look, or have hit a brick wall? Join us for an informative look at English Records - what is available and where to find them.

Join our family history team for a fascinating look at cemeteries and the people in the graves within them. We will discover the stories of some of the people that are buried beneath the headstones in some of Australia's graveyards and cemeteries.

Have you ever wondered about DNA and how it can assist you in researching your family? Join our family history team, to learn what DNA is and how it works to assist you in locating those elusive family connections.

Your Library invites you to attend a range of inspiring talks and this is one no different. Since it's settlement, Knox residents have built some incredible buildings. Join us to find out more about some of these historical buildings, their history and the stories.

A soldier, parachutist, and piper, Iain Townsley served in the British Army for 25 years.
As we approach ANZAC Day, we invite you to join us to hear first-hand from Iain about his many experiences.

This rarely seen property offers visitors the opportunity to explore an intact 1930s Roy Grounds waterfront holiday house set amidst a faithfully reconstructed landscape of native coastal vegetation, located in the Victoria Heritage listed Ranelagh Estate designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1924.

A unique opportunity to explore the original buildings and landscape of the Castlemaine Government Camp, where the official government in the district began in 1851. Be guided through the history and changing roles of the military, police and volunteers in goldfields administration and protection and explore the 1851-60 buildings and history of the goldfields government precinct.

Join expert tour guides from the Royal Historical Society of Victoria on a guided walk through beautiful Flagstaff Gardens - the historical hears of the City.
Visitors will climb Flagstaff Hill to consider its early role as a burial ground, flagstaff signalling station and weather station.

During WWII a Prisoner of War camp was set up in Rowville to intern the local Italian migrant population. Join local author Darren Arnott to hear the history and stories, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Your Library invites you to attend a range of inspiring talks and this is one no different. Since it's settlement, Knox residents have built some incredible buildings. Join us to find out more about some of these historical buildings, their history and the stories.

The Charlton RSL Sub-branch is proud to present a very special event that will highlight the connections to Charlton and two World War One service personnel. The stories of the recently recovered remains of local Digger Pte. M.J.Claxton and others, plus the amazing life of local hero 'Pompey Elliott