Study in Ballarat

Overview

It is the third largest city in Victoria, the land of which stands at 343.6 km² according to 2016 census, with a population estimated in 2020 to have been 109,553.  The name had come from two Aboriginal words which indicate: “resting place”.

Ballarat has three main ancestries which are from English, Australia and Irish. So the cultural association and ethnic origin of residents are connected back to three generations.

Gold was found within close distance from Ballarat when Victoria had been separated from New South Wales colony in 1851, after which the Victorian gold rush started to accelerate.

In 1854, Ballarat, consequently, outran Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, in importance as it began to flourish and prosper in terms of gold's treasures and cultural impact. Because of conflicts concerning gold licenses, local miners released an uprising having been condensed with arms to combat government forces, following the civil disobedience time in Ballarat.

After the city of Ballarat had been founded in1854, Ballarat was the place where the armed rebellion (Eureka Stockade) erupted when 25 miners or more, who were calling for political reform and the licenses’ abolition, were killed by the government’s military forces.

Ballarat was announced to have been a city in 1871. The Thriving of Ballarat had been ongoing till the last months of 19^th century, when the city’s fields of gold had been being depleted for tens of years.

So, by the end of 19th century, Ballarat began to lose its energy and activity on the back drop of small amounts of gold’s extraction at a time, when Ballarat was more important than Melbourne.

The Culture of Ballarat

The culture of Ballarat is characterized by being attractive in having architecture houses which host the fantastic public art gallery, historic attractions, restaurants, cafes...

Ballarat is publicly known for having Victorian architectural heritage, so it was, in 2003, when it was the first of two Australian cities (Melbourne and Ballarat), to have been considered a member of International League of Historical Cities. In 2006, the city held the tenth World League of Historical Cities Congress.

Weather and Environment

Summers days in Ballarat are warm, te winters are cold and stormy. It is partly cloudy all around the year; with thhe course of time in a year, the temperatures normally vary between 6 – 23⁰C (39 – 78 ⁰F).

There are many best outdoor activities in Ballarat: Nature and Parks, Wildlife Park, Lake Wendouree, Botanical Gardens, Victoria Park and Lake Wendouree Adventure.

Working in Ballarat

The staff and Learning Advisors are always alert to aid international students to looking for a job by having them firstly trained and then employed after finding a suitable job, as students are different in having right jobs for each one of them.

So the Advisors are ready to help students whether they are looking for help to apply, searching training choices, work experience or career direction.

 The four Advisors will assist all kinds of job seekers; the youth, the older ones. The Advisors are, in contribution with a number of organizations, calling for the best results for students looking for appropriate jobs, either with employers for work experience, opportunities, employment, or with organizations responsible for training in order to have information on the workshop you like to enroll in.

The Advisors will facilitate the process of:

• Job search support
• Links to traineeships and apprenticeships
• Access to accredited training
• Interview skills and CV preparation
• Training in workplace culture
• Work experience support
• Connection with local employers
• Referrals to related support

 International students are permissible to work up to fourty hours while they are on study seats in one of Ballarat’s Universities, and for non-limited hours in times of holidays and study breaks.

The Areas and Districts of Ballarat

The City of Ballarat includes the suburbs and localities of Adding ton, Alfred ton, Ascot, Bakery Hill, Bald Hills (part), Ballarat Central, Ballarat East, Ballarat North, Black Hill, Blowhard, Bo Peep (part), Bonshaw, Brown Hill, Buninyong (part), Bunkers Hill, Burrumbeet (part), Canadian, Cardigan, Cardigan Village.

The Universities in Ballarat

The universities of Ballarat are among best ranking universities in Australia and around
the world.

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