Historical information

A guide to the history of Camp Street Ballarat and its historical buildings. Camp Street has been the location of Unions Ballarat since 1887 - a chapter of the book is dedicated to Trades Hall - and was the home of the former labour newspaper, the Evening Echo. Camp Street was the site of the government camp at the time of the Eureka Stockade. Camp Street is now recognised as an Arts and Education precinct within the city of Ballarat.

Headings:

Gold fever
The CAMPSTREET Project
Titanic Bandstand
Old Ballarat Free Library Complex
"Point to the sky"
"Perseus"
Former government offices and court house
Old Ballarat Court House
Alfred Deakin Place
Old Police Station (Ballarat Fine Art Gallery)
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Millennium Extension
Bluestone Warehouse (Pratt's Warehouse)
Old YMCA building
Wilson House
Ballarat Office Systems
Ballarat Trades Hall
The ANA Building
Freemason's Hall
Former Ballarat Trustees and Executors Agency Co. Ltd.
Restaurant
Former Evening Echo Building
Ballarat Savings Bank (now The Ballarat Business Centre)

Significance

Significant to the history of architecture and social life within the city of Ballarat. Direct relevance to Unions Ballarat building.

Physical description

Book; 48 pages.

Cover: blue background; colour photos and maps pertinent to Ballarat; white lettering; title and compiler's name.