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Historic haunted places in Ballarat, VIC. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Owner Walter Craig is said to have dreamed his horse Nimblefoot would win the 1870 Melbourne Cup with a jockey wearing a black armband; he died before the race, and the horse won. …
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Restored to its 1862 style, this hotel's owners speak of several ghosts: a two-year-old boy who drowned in a gold-rush mining hole, former owner Thomas Redshaw Hunt and his tobacco…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Ballarat ghost-tour guides say executed prisoners were buried in the gaol courtyard, standing upright and facing east so they would never see the sunset. When officials later tried…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Opened in 1875 as the Academy of Music, this is one of Australia's best-preserved theatres and is rumoured to have three ghosts. One is said to be Caroline Eliza Lewis, a 16-year-o…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Ghost-tour guides say this building has a poltergeist. A former waitress reportedly switched off a light that kept coming back on, then returned with the manager to find the bulb r…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.