Mark Twain, who visited in 1895, was impressed by the town's rebellious history, but less than impressed by the vista, 'There is nothing like surface-mining to snatch the graces and beauties and benignities out of a paradise, and make an odious and repulsive spectacle of it.'

At the bottom left is the Good Templars' Hall, where Ballarat's temperance advocates met. Apparently they had some influence in town, because in 1872, the City of Ballarat Company's new pumping engine was christened by them with soda water, instead of champagne.

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Digital ID A2825398