Sturt, Lydiard & Camp Street
Sturt Street
A tree-lined boulevard with a European ambience, Sturt Street, featuring more than two kilometres of central gardens containing bandstands, fountains, statues and memorials, is considered one of Australia's finest avenues.
There are monuments everywhere in Sturt Street: to the explorers Burke and Wills; the Scottish poet Robert Burns; and to an elderly and dour-looking Queen Victoria.
Lydiard Street
It's hardly surprising that Lydiard Street is a popular location for movies - most recently Ned Kelly.
Considered one of Australia's most beautifully preserved historic thoroughfares, Lydiard Street boasts some of the country's finest examples of colonial architecture, from the classic Ballarat Gaol and School of Mines to the magnificent Mining Exchange to the city's grand railway station.
Camp Street
Ballarat's Government Camp was established on this elevated site off Lydiard Street in the 1850s to give troopers an open view of the gold diggings below.
Troopers began their march to the Eureka barricade from here, early in the morning on December 3 1854.
Today Camp Street is home to an array of delightful historic buildings including the Baroquestyle Trades Hall, former courthouse; and impressive Edwardian YMCA building, old Freemason's Hall, and old Ballarat Police Station.
The Titanic Bandstand
The Titanic Memorial Bandstand in Sturt Street was built in 1915 following a local subscription by Ballarat music fans in memory of the bandsmen of the SS Titanic, which sunk in 1912 enroute from England to America.
As highlighted in movies made of the disaster, the band continued to play as the ship was sinking.
All band members lost their lives in the tragedy.
Check out the silhouette of the doomed ship, which acts as a weather vane at the top of the bandstand.