Sideshow festival brings family-friendly freaks to Ballarat and other top stories

Sideshow festival brings family-friendly freaks to Ballarat

Shep Huntley was a young drama graduate when he first encountered the Jim Rose Circus in 1999. He was at once impressed and disturbed by the Seattle sideshow performer whose very loud, very confronting, nouveau freak show toured the world in the ... >> view original

St Alipius Presbytery in Ballarat holds dark history of child sexual abuse

But in just over a week, when the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse begins its public hearings in Ballarat, very far from pretty echoes of its past will be recalled. We will learn anew that for many, perhaps hundreds, ... >> view original

Dylan Long Out To Maintain Points Lead AT Ballarat

Benalla's Dylan Long will be looking to maintain his short one-point lead in the Pro Open class at the second round of the 2015 Victorian Senior Motocross Championship's at Ballarat's Monza Park this weekend, May 9-10. Dylan, 20, won the opening round ... >> view original

Warrnambool council unhappy with region's budget share as Ballarat ...

"I would imagine that there would be a lot of money that's already been pre-committed through election promises and I would imagine the big three, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong, will feature prominently, so we'll be holding the government to account ... >> view original

Ballarat abuse victims get their say

THE Catholic Church's failures in dealing with some of Australia's worst pedophiles will be laid out before the abuse royal commission when it sits in the Victorian town of Ballarat this month. CHURCH representatives and even clergy who have been ... >> view original

Victoria's Best Ready To Roll Into Ballarat's Monza Park

Over 200 riders from across Victoria and Australia will converge on Ballarat's Monza Park for the second round of the 2015 Victorian Senior Motocross Championships this weekend, May 9-10. Ballarat Rovers Motorcycle Club president Neale Perkins and his ... >> view original

Old Ballarat orphanage dig for children's remains fails to find anything

Archaeologists and police forensic crews had been digging up the grounds of the Victoria St site since Monday as they investigated alleged activities that may have occurred at the orphanage prior to it being closed and transformed into the Ballarat ... >> view original

Former Ballarat orphanage excavation for possible children's remains could ...

The search for children's remains in the grounds of an old orphanage in Ballarat, in Victoria's west, could take days to complete, police say. Police began the search at the site, which was once home to the Ballarat Orphanage, the Ballarat Children's ... >> view original

Fifty tonne battle tank comes to Ballarat

Held at the Ballarat Mechanic's Institute at 12 and 3pm over both days, Smith's parade will portray the influence of war on fashion through the decades. The Pacific Bells and John Schumann will also perform live throughout the weekend, with wartime ... >> view original

Former Kyneton duo in Ballarat squad

Lockington-Bamawm United premiership player Jarod Bacon, who played for the Bendigo Gold last year, was also named in the Ballarat squad. Bacon is on the North Ballarat Roosters' VFL list and is aligned with Redan in the Ballarat league. “We have been ... >> view original