Sovereign Hill is a living museum telling the story of Ballarat as a gold rush town. Gold was discovered here in 1851, triggering the greatest alluvial gold rush the world has ever known.

PRICE: $35
per person

 

With your day admission ticket to Sovereign Hill, see a spectacular gold pour, take a guided underground gold mine tour and see the town by horse-drawn coach.

Shop 1850s style and visit hotels, schools and a Victorian Theatre. See massive mining machinery in action and chat with wheelwrights, candle makers and confectioners. Watch our industrial blacksmith smelt & pour a 100 ounce gold bar before your eyes and then try your luck in the diggings to strike it rich.

End the day and relax with a Devonshire tea in the New York Bakery.

Enjoy 3 underground gold mine adventures
Pan for real gold in the diggings creek
Marvel at the multi-million-dollar sound-and-light show

See the Redcoat Soldiers
Panning for real gold that you can keep
Red Hill Mine Underground self-guided tour
Gold pouring demonstration
Musket firing demonstration
Theatre shows
Sweet-making demonstration
Candle making
Wheelwrighting and coach building
Black-smithing
Printing
Photographic rooms
Chinese Camp visit
Fully-guided Gold Mine Tour may be purchased on arrival. Bookings are essential. Price: $12.50 adult, $7.00 child (5-15), $35.00 Family (2 adults and 2 children)
Horse-drawn coach rides may be purchased on arrival. Price: $6.00 adult, $4.50 child (5-15), $19.00 family (2 adults and 2 children)

 

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