heritage
Ballarat Cemeteries
Gold-rush heritage cemetery stop with historic monuments, gardens and a free information centre.
Details
The approved listing covers Ballarat Old Cemetery and Ballarat New Cemetery from the Doveton Street North visitor address. It describes Old Cemetery as a gold-rush heritage site with Eureka soldiers and diggers memorials, Chinese-section heritage features, gardens, a restored rotunda and an Information Centre with free records and family-history research access. The New Cemetery adds elevated views, botanic gardens and more than 2,000 roses, making the record useful for heritage visitors, family-history research and quiet garden walks.