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Ballarat’s Tin Pan Alley: A Forgotten Story of Poverty, Resilience, and Social Division

Ballarat is often remembered through the lens of gold, rebellion, and prosperity. The Eureka Stockade dominates the city’s historical narrative, symbolising democratic struggle and working-class resistance. Yet, running parallel to that story is a far less celebrated chapter — Tin Pan Alley, a place that exposed the stark social inequalities that accompanied the gold rush and lingered long after the gold ran dry.

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