ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRADITIONAL OWNERS

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale takes place on country of which members and elders of both the Wathaurong and the Djadjawurrung communities and their forbears have been custodians for many centuries. On this land their people have performed age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal. We acknowledge their living culture and their unique role in the life of this region.

Ballarat is one of the largest inland cities in Australia with a population around 90,000.

Strategically located in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Ballarat is approximately 110kms west of Melbourne.

Travel time by car to Ballarat:

Melbourne                     70 mins

Warrnambool                 120 minutes

Geelong                         60 minutes 

Traralgon                      180 minutes

Mildura                          4 hours 30 minutes

Bendogo                       90 minutes   

Horsham                      

The perfect destination for a day trip, short break or longer stay, Ballarat is just over an hour’s drive northwest of Melbourne.

Ballarat was born in the goldrush era. The  city’s wonderful heritage of natural beauty, historic buildings, gardens and art reveals a fascinating and turbulent story.

Today, Ballarat’s elegant architecture, broad, tree-lined streets and cultivated European-style gardens are a legacy of the wealth of the era when this was the premier city of the Victorian goldfields.

The city’s three tourism precincts reflect different aspects of the city’s history and heritage. Eureka and Gold, Heritage and Arts & the Lake and Gardens precincts featuring iconic Sovereign Hill, an open-air living museum and Her Majesty’s Theatre Australia’s oldest continuously running live theatre.

The Art gallery of Ballarat is Australia’s oldest and largest regional gallery and for a greater insight into Ballarat’s turbulent past visit the Eureka Centre.

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