Ballarat Bell Ringers

Town Hall, Sturt Street, Ballarat

Ballarat is the only city in regional Victoria with two “rings” of bells – one ring is in the city’s Town Hall and the other in St Peter’s Church in Sturt Street. Amazingly, there are only four town halls anywhere in the world with similar bells.

Eight of the country’s best bell ringers will mark the Ballarat Heritage Weekend with a special three-hour peal at the Town Hall from 10.30am Saturday 10 May. The peal, which is an extremely rare event, has been organised especially to celebrate the Ballarat Heritage Weekend.

Television screens will be placed in the Town Hall so visitors can see the bell ringers and the bells in the bell ringing chamber. There will also be demonstrations by local bell ringers on Sunday 11 May.