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1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria
1838 Mar WC Yuille's camp at the Black Swamp
1838 Aug White settlement of the Ballarat district
1839 WC Yuille homestead site chosen on Yarrowee
1851 Feb 8 Black Thursday
1851 About the beginning of August a Mr Hiscock found gold in a gully near Buninyong.
1851 Aug 21 Gold discovery at Poverty Point
1851 Aug 25 Golden Point named when gold was discovered in that area. This was the
beginning of the great gold discovery that became The Ballarat Diggings.
1851 From the end of August till September a number of parties arrived at Golden Point
1851 Sep 4 Geelong Advertiser report of gold discovery
1851 Sep 10 Messr Esmond and Cavanagh washed out 50 lbs of gold and this was the
first gold sent down by escort to Geelong.
1851 Sep 19 Police Camp established near Magpie St hill
1851 Sep 20 First gold licence issued
1852 First house built by David Meek, cnr Mair & Lydiard
1852 Post Office moved to cnr of Mair & Lydiard Sts
1852 Proclamation of Township of Ballaarat
1852 Jan 17 W.S. Urquhart's survey map of Ballarat
1852 Jul Police Camp moved to Camp Hill
1852 Aug 25 First Township land sale
1853 Jul 1 Thomas Bath opened the Ballaarat Hotel (Craig's)
1854 Christ Church building commenced
1854 Apr 5 Gold claim extent 12ft x 12ft for one man
1854 May 19 Post Office opened cnr Mair & Lydiard Sts
1854 Jul 12 Bentley's "Eureka Hotel" opened
1854 Oct 7 Death of James Scobie
1854 Oct 17 Burning of Bentley's Hotel
1854 Nov 11 Ballarat Reform League formed
1854 Nov 29 Eureka Flag first raised on Bakery Hill
1854 Nov 18 Bentley's Trial
1854 Dec 3 Eureka Stockade
1855 Mar 4 First Wesleyan Church in Lydiard St opened
1855 Mar 4 St Paul's first church opened
1855 Sep 22 The Star first published
1855 Nov 10 P Lalor & JB Humffray elected to parliament
1855 Dec 8 Ballarat proclaimed a Municipality
1856 First Ballarat Council election
1856 Gaol building commenced at southern end of Lydiard Street
1856 Apr Temporary Council building completed in Sturt St
1856 Aug 11 Hospital opened in Drummond St
1856 Oct 24 Streets being metalled in Township
1856 Dec 3 First electric telegraph from Melbourne to Ballarat
1857 Walter Craig bought Bath's Hotel
1857 May 5 Ballaarat East Municipality proclaimed
1857 Jul 1 Union Bank opening in Lydiard St
1857 Sep 13 Christ Church, Lydiard St opened
1858 Ballarat Botanical Gardens begun
1858 Jan 20 Wesleyan Chapel in Lydiard St opened
1858 Jun 9 Welcome Nugget unearthed
1858 Jul 17 Opening of the Gas Company Works
1858 Aug St Paul's Church built in Humffray St on Bakery Hill
1858 Nov 21 Ballarat's first water pipeline from Yuille's Swamp
1858 Dec 19 Post Office building in Sturt St opened
1859 Apr 12 Botanical Gardens planting commenced
1859 Sep 24 Town Hall burnt down
1860 Barkly Street Church built
1860 Western Fire Brigade Foundation Stone laid
1860 Feb 20 Ballarat Benevolent Asylum opened
1860 May 20 First recorded football match at Green's paddock
1860 Aug 16 City Hall 1st Foundation Stone laid
1860 Aug 28 Brick Police Barracks completed
1860 Sep 28 Mechanics Institute Foundation Stone laid
1861 Nov 20 Ballarat Rowing Club established
1861 Burke and Wills perished
1861 Feb 1 First part of City Hall opened
1861 Oct 1 Last issue of Ballarat Times
1861 Dec 26 Ballarat East Town Hall Foundation Stone laid
1862 Kirks Reservoir obtained by both Councils
1862 Lester's Hotel in Sturt St
1862 St Paul's Anglican Church red brick tower built
1862 Feb 18 Ballarat Gaol walls completed
1862 Apr 11 First train from Geelong
1862 Dec 10 Ebenezer Church Foundation Stone laid
1863 Christ Church in Lydiard St completed
1863 Gate Lodges built at the Gardens
1863 Union Hotel in Sturt St built
1863 Jul 27 Report of cutting down of Camp St Logs tree
1863 Oct 21 Eastern and Western Municipalities declared Boroughs
1863 Nov 8 St Patrick's Cathedral opened
1864 Ballarat East Fire Station tower erected
1864 Apr 4 St Paul's Church subsided
1864 May 6 First Rowing Regatta on Lake Wendouree
1864 Jul 1 Ballarat College founded
1864 Aug 14 St Andrew's Church opened
1864 Dec 29 Post Office building (present)opened
1865 First steamer placed on Lake Wendouree
1865 Jan 11 Main Road fire destroyed 60 premises
1865 Feb 11 Shenandoah Grand Ball at Craig's
1865 Apr 23 St Paul's Anglican Church rebuilding in front of the tower opening
1865 Jun 11 Opening of St Peter's C of E
1866 Jul 8 Ballarat & District Orphan Asylum opened
1867 Jan 8 Mining Corner buildings removed
1867 Jun 10 First issue of the Courier
1867 Aug 26 Burke & Wills monument second Foundation Stone laid
1867 Nov 4 Burke & Wills monument completed
1867 Nov 20 Alfred Hall completed across Yarrowee
1867 Dec 9 First Royal visit, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
1868 Clarendon Ladies College founded
1868 Court-house south of the gaol opened
1868 Rowing course at Lake Wendouree created
1869 BBH Prince Alfred Wing Foundation Stone laid
1870 Mitchell's Building built in Sturt St
1870 Aug 1 Ballarat Acclimatisation Society formed
1870 Aug 9 Withers first edition published
1870 Sep 9 Ballaarat proclaimed a City
1870 Oct 26 School of Mines opened
1871 Town Hall tower built
1871 Ballarat Town Hall completed
1872 State Savings Bank built
1872 Jan 8 Lydiard St Wesleyan Sunday School opened
1872 Aug 23 Borough of Ballaarat East proclaimed a Town
1873 Jun 30 Sunnyside Woollen Mill commenced production
1875 Gill's Lake View Hotel built
1875 Jun 7 Academy of Music (Her Majesty's) opened
1875 Dec 18 Launch of first commercial PS Wendouree
1876 Queen's College founded
1876 Jul 31 First football match played on Saxon Paddock
1877 Gong Gong Reservoir built
1877 May 29 Ballarat Yacht Club formed
1879 Crown-shaped Rockery built at the Lake
1880 Apr 1 Galloway Monument presented
1881 Congregational Church built
1881 Tunbridge Building in Lydiard St built
1881 View Point jetty completed
1881 Jun 29 Royal visit Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Prince George, Duke of
York (George V)
1883 Oct 15 Wendouree Rowing Club formed
1884 Ballarat Football League formed
1884 Gabled extensions to the Fernery built
1884 Lydiard St Wesleyan (new) Church opened
1884 St Andrew's Kirk spire erected
1884 May 24 Stoddart Statues unveiled
1884 Jul Ballarat Fine Art Gallery established
1885 Post Office tower commenced
1885 Jun 16 Golden City steamer launched on Lake Wendouree
1886 Bones Building built in Lydiard St
1886 May 26 Death of James Russell Thomson
1886 Aug 27 Eureka Monument presented to Town Council
1887 City Oval grandstand built
1887 Withers Revised Edition
1887 Apr 21 Robbie Burn's Statue unveiled
1887 Jun 21 Queen Victoria's Jubilee Foundation Stones laid for Mining Exchange, Art
Gallery & Old Colonists Hall
1887 Dec 21 Horse-drawn trams commenced on Gardens route
1888 Old Colonists Hall built in Lydiard St
1888 Feb 13 Mining Exchange in Lydiard St opened
1888 Aug 3 Thomson Bequest Statues unveiled
1888 Nov 30 Anglican Cathedral Foundation Stone laid
1889 Feb 9 Death of Peter Lalor
1889 May 24 Wallace Statue presented
1889 Dec 3 Thomas Moore Statue unveiled
1890 Claxton Memorial Fountain erected
1890 Lake Pavilion constructed
1890 May 23 Victoria Park Arbor Day planting
1890 Jun 13 Opening of Fine Art Gallery building
1891 Mar 9 Death of J.B. Humffray
1891 Jul 3 St Peter's Tower Foundation Stone laid
1891 Aug 30 Nazareth House opened
1892 Marble lions presented to Town Hall by E. Morey & W. Little
1892 Jan 14 Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale
1892 Jun 22 Disastrous cyclone, loss of life and immense damage
1892 Dec 31 66 Hotels closed by Local Option
1893 Marble lions in the Gardens were presented
1893 Bank Smash
1893 Jan 26 Peter Lalor Statue unveiled
1894 Ballarat Electric Supply Company founded
1894 Morey Gates presented
1895 Jan 24 Electric Light illuminates Ballarat streets
1885 Feb 10 First issue of "Echo"
1895 Apr 11 Ballarat Golf Club formed
1896 Shoppee Square in Sturt St proposed
1897 Bluestone pillars erected at the Gardens
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897 May 10 Severe earthquake shock
1898 Apr 11 Battle of Ballarat at Victoria Park
1898 Dec 17 Official trial of Ballarat Melbourne telephone line
1899 Apr 3 City Oval officially opened
1899 Apr 3 Hebe Statue in Shoppee Square unveiled
1899 Apr 3 Her Majesty's Theatre opened
1900 May 24 Queen Victoria Statue unveiled
1901 Queen Alexandra Bandstand built in Sturt St
1901 Jan 22 Death of Queen Victoria
1901 Jan 31 Edward VII proclaimed King
1901 Apr 4 City Library Foundation Stone laid
1901 May 9 Federation - First Federal Parliament, Royal Exhibition Building
1901 May 13 Royal visit, Prince George & Princess May (King George V and Queen
Mary)
1901 May 13 Soldiers Statue Foundation Stone laid
1902 George Hotel built with 3 storeys
1902 Yarrowee paved with basalt
1902 May 24 Queen Victoria drinking fountain presented
1902 Aug 9 Coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra formerly Prince Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales who succeeded his mother Queen Victoria
1904 Aug 23 Power House Foundation Stone laid
1904 Dec 3 50th Anniversary of Eureka
1905 National Mutual Building completed
1905 Aug 18 First electric tram
1906 Nov 1 Soldiers Statue unveiled
1907 Jun 14 Art School transferred to SMB
1908 Nov 10 Moorabool Reservoir construction began
1908 Dec 16 Water restrictions
1909 Sep 28 Coliseum opened
1910 Aug 27 Ballarat High School opened
1911 King Edward VII Pavilion built
1911 Feb 17 Ballarat Church of England Grammar School founded
1911 Mar 3 Death of James Oddie aged 87
1912 Apr 15 Titanic sank on maiden voyage from England to New York
1913 Titanic Bandstand built
1913 Apr 14 Last horse-tram to Sebastopol
1914 Aug 4 War declared against Germany
1917 Ballarat Railway Workshops completed
1917 Apr 4 Back to Ballarat celebrations
1917 Oct 23 Exceptionally brilliant meteor
1918 Nov 11 Armistice Day, end of WW I
1919 Jun 9 Avenue of Honour planting completed
1919 Aug 27 Fly Fishers Club founded
1920 Jun 2 Royal visit, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (Duke of Windsor)
1920 Jun 3 Arch of Victory opened
1921 May 25 Amalgamation 0f Ballarat East and West
1922 Feb 9 Death of C.H. Petersen, Fountain in Sturt St
1922 Dec 6 Sewerage construction commenced
1923 Mar 7 Fire destroyed Sunshine Biscuit Factory
1925 Jul 1 Sewerage scheme in operation
1927 Jan 28 - Feb 4 Home to Ballarat celebrations
1927 Apr 29 Duke & Duchess of York (later King George VI) visited Ballarat
1934 Jul 1 State Electricity Commission assumed charge
1934 Aug 27 Yuille Cairn unveiled at Lake Wendouree
1934 Oct 6 Eureka Tile Factory fire
1934 Nov 1 Royal visit, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
1935 Oct 31 BBH Eildon House opened
1936 Mar 24 Burning of the Coliseum
1937 George V Statue erected in Sturt St
1938 Centenary of founding of Ballarat Colony of Victoria
1938 Mar 8 Floral Festival began
1938 Mar 10-12 Ballarat's first floral carpet displayed
1940 Prime Ministers Avenue opened
1945 Dec 6 Royal visit, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
1952 Frank Pinkerton Bequest Statue unveiled in Sturt St
1953 First Begonia Festival held
1954 Mar 6 Royal visit, Queen Elizabeth II & Duke of Edinburgh
1955 BBH Prince Alfred tower demolished
1956 Olympic Games events on Lake Wendouree
1958 Oct 18 Ballarat Yacht Club House officially opened
1958 Mar 2 Royal visit, Queen Mother
1965 Ballarat Gaol closed
1969 Horse Statue erected in Sturt St
1970 Nov 29 Sovereign Hill opened
1971 Ballarat Tramways closed
1972 Fly Fishing jetty built
1980 Dec 18 Ornamental lamps erected outside Town Hall
1983 Apr 15 Royal visit, Prince Charles & Princess Diana
1989 Jul 4 Ballarat Goldfields mine shaft sunk
1989 Nov 16 Freak hailstorm, damaged roofs and cars
1990 New lamps in Lydiard Street
1991 First Ballarat Region Conservation Strategy
1992 Jan International Scout Jamboree at Victoria Park
1994 Mar Royal visit, HRH Prince Edward
1994 Local government amalgamation, City of Ballarat
1995 William Dunstan VC Memorial erected in Sturt St
1995 WW II Memorial erected in Sturt St
1996 May Nerrina Wetlands Project began
1996 Nov 6 Refurbishment of Town Hall
1996 Nov 24 Community Adventure Playground built at the Lake
1998 Jan 1 Merger of SMB, Wimmera TAFE & University of Ballarat
1998 Mar 27 Eureka Centre opening
1998 May 29 Preview of Panoramas of Ballarat at Craigs Royal Hotel
1998 May 30 Launch of Panoramas of Ballaarat at Collins Bookstore, Bridge Mall
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