Ballarat

[bal-uh-rat, bal-uh-rat]

noun

1. a city in S Victoria, in SE Australia.

Ballarat

/ ˈbæləˌræt, ˌbæləˈræt /

noun

1. a town in SE Australia, in S central Victoria: originally the centre of a gold-mining region. Pop: 72 999 (2001) See also Eureka Stockade

Example Sentences

Victoria Police said the 17-year-old, who is from the nearby Ballarat area, was being held in custody.

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In fact, less than 24 hours before the attack in Bondi, crowds gathered at a rally in Ballarat after three women in the regional town were allegedly killed by men within in a month - a jogger who allegedly died at the hands of a stranger, and two women allegedly murdered by current or former partners.

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Samantha Murphy was last seen leaving her home in East Ballarat, Victoria, for a morning run on 4 February.

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He was sentenced in the Ballarat Magistrates Court to an additional year after he pleaded guilty in June to indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy while he worked at a Catholic school in Horsham in 1987.

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In April 2022, Mr. Andrews had promised that the 12-day competition would offer significant opportunities to Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Gippsland and Shepparton, five areas in Victoria that were to host events.

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