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Sovereign Hill
2008.10.11
On Saturday Genevieve packed a lunch and we drove to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. This place is a working re-creation of an 1860s mining town, complete with locals in period costume tending the shops, working the equipment, driving horses and talking to visitors.
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On Saturday Genevieve packed a lunch and we drove to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. This place is a working re-creation of an 1860s mining town, complete with locals in period costume tending the shops, working the equipment, driving horses and talking to visitors.
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Through the window of "Brown and Co. Confectionery" We watched a man making candy. There was a speaker system (one of the few things there NOT from the mid 1860s) and he explained what he was doing as he went.
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Through the window of "Brown and Co. Confectionery" We watched a man making candy. There was a speaker system (one of the few things there NOT from the mid 1860s) and he explained what he was doing as he went.
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The outside of "Brown and Co. Confectionery"
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The outside of "Brown and Co. Confectionery"
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This man melts down gold!
He poured some liquid gold into a mould, doused it in cold water then asked for a few volunteers to hold it.
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This man melts down gold!
He poured some liquid gold into a mould, doused it in cold water then asked for a few volunteers to hold it.
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I got to hold it! Yes it was very heavy. And very valuable too!
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I got to hold it! Yes it was very heavy. And very valuable too!
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This thoughtful shop put a wee bridge over the gutter so the ladies would not have to risk their skirt hems as they walked across the road
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This thoughtful shop put a wee bridge over the gutter so the ladies would not have to risk their skirt hems as they walked across the road
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A guide took us underground into some of the mining tunnels! some parts of the tunnels has been dug out for tours. Other parts were the original tunnels dug well over a hundred years ago!
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A guide took us underground into some of the mining tunnels! some parts of the tunnels has been dug out for tours. Other parts were the original tunnels dug well over a hundred years ago!
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This man gave a rifle demonstration, he also explained that it was often hard to find people willing to be law-enforcers as they all wanted to be gold-hunters. To solve the problem prisoners in nearby towns were offered pardon if they agreed to work for the law.
Strange but true.
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This man gave a rifle demonstration, he also explained that it was often hard to find people willing to be law-enforcers as they all wanted to be gold-hunters. To solve the problem prisoners in nearby towns were offered pardon if they agreed to work for the law.
Strange but true.
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Millinery Store!
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Millinery Store!
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Dresses, frocks and gowns. I LOVED seeing all the early Victorian clothing!
