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Panorama of Main Street in the Sovereign Hill living museum in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The beautifully recreated streetscape features detailed buildings representative for the gold rush period in the 1850s.
The very large museum which is run by a not-for-profit community based association opened in 1970 and has since been developed into a highly awarded tourist attraction employing some 350 people supported by over 250 volunteers.
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Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
