Ballarat Australia History - Other Resources


	CONTENTS (PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR FULL DETAILS) CONTACT ADDRESS FOR ENQUIRIES & RESEARCH ENQUIRIES & RESEARCH/PHOTO SHOOTS SITE CONTENT SITE UPDATES PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE LIBRARIES, GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS GENEALOGY WEBSITES VIDEO RECENT PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BALLARAT FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING . CONTACT ADDRESS FOR ENQUIRIES & RESEARCH All communications regarding this website, including research requests, should be e-mailed to Robert Martin at the email address further below. IMPORTANT...... PLEASE READ! Before making contact via e-mail, please ensure that "Ballarat History Central Enquiry" appears in the Subject Header - if not your message will likely be automatically deleted as spam and not answered. ENQUIRIES AND RESEARCH Ballarat History Central is a voluntarily maintained, fully independent community website designed to appeal to anyone interested in history in general, and local history in particular. The owner of Ballarat History Central (Robert Martin) has to pay all costs of running this site. Donations to cover costs (or research requests) are always welcome. Secure online payment can be made using PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account to do this. All enquiries, excluding those about school projects, will be responded to individually. Help with school projects is not available, and requests will not be answered. Basic general enquiries not requiring detailed research will be responded to free of charge. However, most requests for information usually involve undertaking research to varying degrees. Please allow up to 2 weeks for a reply. A Research Service is available. Effective 1st January 2008, the minimum charge is AUD$30 for up to two hours research, with each additional hour or part thereof AUD$15. Total fee charged includes airmail postage within Australia and a maximum of ten A4 photocopies. Where it is considered appropriate, a flat fee may be quoted. After receiving a quote, research fees are payable in advance - to do this please click on the PayPal Donate button above, or elsewhere on this website. Australian residents can also pay by Cheque or Money Order. Enquiries from outside Australia are welcome. Please include as much information as you can with your enquiries - e.g. full names, dates (birth, death), addresses, where you have already searched, and any documents or photos you may already have. This avoids a response giving you information you may already have or be aware of. As an additional service, digital photo or video shoots within Ballarat and surrounding areas can be arranged (e.g. of graves, buildings, statues, historical sites, etc.). These can be printed, burnt onto a CD or DVD, or if a few photos only, e-mailed. (A further separate AUD$30 minimum charge may apply depending on the circumstances). Digital photos can also be converted into a self-running slide show presentation playable on most DVD players. Quotes available on request. Research and/or photo requests should be e-mailed to Robert Martin at the e-mail address below. robmar@ncable.net.au SITE CONTENT No claim is made to the accuracy or authenticity of the content of the website. In no event will the owner of the Ballarat History Central website be held liable for the accuracy or authenticity of the information contained in it, its use, or reliance placed upon it . The information on the website is provided on the basis that all persons accessing the website undertake full responsibility for assessing the accuracy or authenticity of its content. With certain topics or content, it is suggested that more than one opinion is sought. Any disputed information or perceived errors will be referred directly to the relevant authors and/or sources for possible review and/or correction, but no guarantee can be given that the authors and/or contributors are still located in Ballarat, or are still contactable. Moreover, individual contributors and authors are under no obligation to respond to requests and/or to review any content. All enquiries, including those regarding possible errors or updates (involving links, addresses, news, etc.) should be e-mailed to Robert Martin at the e-mail address shown above. In particular, please read the information above under "Important" before e-mailing. SITE UPDATES For logistical reasons, the site is usually updated as necessary, and/or during the first week of every second month. If you consider your request to be very urgent, please state this in your e-mail, and every attempt will be made to carry out your request as soon as possible. I PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE Level 1, Ballarat State Government Offices, Cnr. Doveton and Mair Streets, Ballarat. Open Mondays and Tuesdays only 9.30 AM - 4.30 PM Phone (03) 5333 6611 The Public Record Office is responsible for the preservation of those state government records that are considered worthy of permanent retention for historical, genealogical or other research. Original records of the Central Highlands region (which includes Ballarat), together with microform copies of more frequently used genealogical records, can be consulted in the Ballarat Search Room. Records include those of the courts, local government, district land and police offices, mining registrars and wardens. LIBRARIES, GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS Further information on many aspects of Ballarat’s history may be obtained from the following groups and organisations: Australiana Research Room Ballarat Library, 178 Doveton Street North, Ballarat Tel : (03) 5331 1211 Fax (03) 5331 7908 Open Tuesday to Thursday: 9.30am - 5 pm and Sunday: 1.15pm - 4 pm. Resources include Ballarat newspapers from 1867, and a unique Australiana book collection. They are to be used in the Research Room, and are not for loan. Ballarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Tel: (03) 5331 3042 e-mail : bmilibrary@ncable.net.au The Mechanics' Institute is open weekdays from 9.30 AM to 4.30PM and Saturday mornings 9 AM - 12 noon. The extensive collection, including Ballarat Star, Courier and Melbourne Argus newspapers, is available to members. There also is a public database of historical publications, much more extensive than that shown on the website, accessible at the library. Ballarat Historical Society Inc P.O. Box 2292 Bakery Hill, Vic.3354 Meetings are held at 7.30 pm on the second Tuesday of each month (except January) at the Gold Museum in Bradshaw Street (opposite Sovereign Hill). Some meetings are held off-site as excursions. Enquiries : Write to the Correspondence Secretary at the above address. The Contact Person, Elizabeth Trudgeon, can be found on e-mail: trudgeon@westnet.com.au Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Inc. The group, founded in 1982, includes as part of its aims the involving of the community in scientific, educational, historical, cultural and recreational functions of the Gardens. Enquiries to : The Secretary, Friends of the Ballarat Gardens, Inc. P.O. Box 33W, Ballarat Vic. 3350 GENEALOGY WEBSITES The number of sites available for research, and their links, are too numerous to list here. A small selection pertaining to Australia are: www.aagra.asn.au Australian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents. www.genealogylinks.net/australia Australian Genealogy Links. www.alphalink.com.au/~aigs Australasian Names Research Directory www.users.on.net/proformat.ausnames.html Australian Family History Compendium www.sag.org.au Genealogy Downunder VIDEO Living Ballarat 1901-1941 - a comprehensive collection of most of Ballarat’s earliest films, assembled by Screensound (the National Film and Sound Archive). 75 mins. National Film and Sound Archive NFSA Sales GPO Box 2002 Canberra ACT. 2601 PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BALLARAT "Ballarat 1900-2000 - Celebrating the Century" was included free in the December 3 1999 edition of the Ballarat Courier. A limited number of bound copies were available at the time. Contact the newspaper sales department on 1800 679 720. W.B. Withers "History of Ballarat" was republished in a facsimile edition in December 1999. This 1870 edition was one of the first Australian local histories produced. The best known modern histories of Ballarat by Weston Bate - "Lucky City" (1978) and "Life after Gold" (1993) (publisher Melbourne University Press), are long out of print, but it might be possible to find a copy in a second hand book shop. Most good libraries will have a copy. "Ballaarat Golden City - A Pictorial History" by John Reid, John Chisholm, and Max Harris (publisher Joval, Bacchus Marsh 1989). Reprinted edition released December 1999. "The Eureka Flag - Our Starry Banner" by Dorothy Wickham, Clare Gervasoni, and Val D'Angri. (Ballarat Heritage Services, Ballarat 2000). A new and detailed account of the Eureka flag, its significance, origins, and conservation. (Val has also written an article for this web site - "The Conservation of the Eureka Flag"). "Eureka - From the Official Records", compiled and edited by Ian MacFarlane. (Public Record Office of Victoria, Melbourne 1995). "Nothing But Gold - The Diggers of 1852" by Robyn Annear (Text Publishing 1999). "To The Diggings!" A celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gold in Australia by Geoff Hocking. (Lothian, Melbourne 2000). "Eureka: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Rebellion" by Jill Blee. (Exisle Publishing, 2007). FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING Peter Freund & Val Sarah, "Her Maj:A History of Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat".( Currency Press, 2007). Robyn Annear "Fly a Rebel Flag". (Black Dog Books, Melbourne, 2004). Peter Butters, Peter Mansfield, Ballarat Times. Ballarat Historical Society Inc.1995. Michael Cannon, An Australian Camera 1851-1914. Thomas Nelson, South Melbourne 1973. Jan Clarke, Speak out Boldly (the first 125 years of the Ballarat Courier), The Courier, 1992. Eureka - From the Official Records, compiled and edited by Ian MacFarlane. Public Record Office of Victoria, Melbourne 1995. Wendy Jacobs, Nigel Lewis, Elizabeth Vines, Richard Aitken, Ballarat - A Guide to Buildings and Areas 1851-1940. Australian Heritage Commission, City of Ballarat, & Historic Buildings Preservation Council 1981. Graham Shirley, Brian Adams, Australian Cinema - The First Eighty Years. Angus & Robertson, Australia 1983. Walking Ballarat, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Ballarat Branch 1991. Copies available from the Adam Lindsay Gordon Craft Cottage in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. (Open daily 10am - 4 pm October-April (during May - September open weekends and public holidays only). Phone 5334 2005. William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry Andrews, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, Melbourne Oxford, 1985.