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Sovereign Hill acknowledges the Wadawurrung people as the Traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and to all of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live and work on Wadawurrung Country. We acknowledge their unceded sovereignty over Wadawurrung Country, and the ongoing hardship and trauma as a result of colonisation. The history and continuous culture of the Wadawurrung people is an important part of our shared story.

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Pioneer Women Montage web

In the collections of Sovereign Hill is the impressive photographic montage Pioneer Women of Ballarat. Believed to have been created sometime between 1870-1890, the montage is part of the Ballarat Historical Society collection managed by Sovereign Hill Museums Association and includes 32 portraits of significant women who lived in Ballarat in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The montage originally celebrated the women’s status as wives of Ballarat’s prominent male citizens.
In Courage and Resilience: The Pioneer Women of Ballarat Montage, authors Lucy Bracey and Fiona Poulton have researched and explored the stories of those 32 women, bringing their stories to life in their own right and showing the breadth of contributions these women had in the domestic, commercial, economic and social development of the city. This free e-publication includes the 32 photographs of the women and their biographies. Download your free copy of the e-publication below.
Sovereign Hill Museums Association gratefully acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government and Public Record Office Victoria for making this project possible.

Courage and Resilience Pioneering Women

Sovereign Hill was made by the community, for the community. We are a non-profit association, and support from our generous donors assists us to care for our collections and undertake research. To make a donation to support this important work please follow the link below.

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