An online WebQuest
Designed and constructed by Gary Tippet
September - 2003



An interactive curriculum resource - CSF II Level 4


Ballarat is 113 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Victoria's capital city.

In 1851 - one of the world's biggest goldrushes began with the discovery of gold at Bakery Hill. It became one of the world's richest goldfields.

Gold was discovered in Ballarat in August, 1851, by John Dunlop and James Regan.


On 10th of June, 1858, the 'Welcome Nugget' was found at Bakery Hill and weighed 68956 grams.

Ballarat was also the setting of Australia's most famous civil uprising - the Eureka Stockade on December 3rd, 1854.

 All MINERS must click the License link to receive their Miner's License and Password before proceeding to the goldfields