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Sovereign Hill

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Featured Review : Set on a former gold mining site, this award-winning outdoor museum recreates the hustle and bustle of life during the gold rush days in the 1850s. A living museum it sprawls across 60 acres. This area, once pock-marked ...See Full Review

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Sovereign Hill Gold Mining Outdoor Museum

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Drever from Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • May 3, 2009
Sovereign Hill Gold Mining Outdoor Museum
Quote: Set on a former gold mining site, this award-winning outdoor museum recreates the hustle and bustle of life during the gold rush days in the 1850s. A living museum it sprawls across 60 acres. This area, once pock-marked with alluvial workings and... Read the full Sovereign Hill review

From journal Exploring Ballarat and Melbourne

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Sovereign Hill

  • 5 out of 5 stars by LenR from Townsville, Queensland, Australia
  • October 23, 2007
Sovereign Hill
Quote: Sovereign Hill is a living museum representing Ballarat’s first golden decade following the discovery of gold in 1851. It is great. The museum is set outdoors on 25 hectares at the site of one of the world’s richest gold rushes, which proved to be a... Read the full Sovereign Hill review

From journal Ballarat's Gold History and Culture

Sovereign Hill

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Koentje3000 from Hamme, Belgium
  • January 19, 2006
Sovereign Hill
Quote: Dig for gold in this recreated gold mining town! It recreates the atmosphere of a town a hundred years ago. If you have some time to spare in Melbourne, it's definitely worth a day trip. It is a nice trip through the gold-mining history of... Read the full Sovereign Hill review

From journal Ballarat & Sovereign Hill