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Bald Hills

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City of Ballarat VIC, PO Box 655, Bald Hills, VIC 3364
03 5320 5500

Description

Bald Hills is a locality in central Victoria, Australia, in the Hepburn Shire local government area, 107 kilometres (66 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne, and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Ballarat.

Bald Hills is a locality in central Victoria, Australia, in the Hepburn Shire local government area, 107 kilometres (66 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne, and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Ballarat. The area is about 442 metres (1,450 ft) above sea level.The area is dominated by large volcanic hills, including Mount Blowhard, Mount Pisgah, Mount Hollowback and Mount Cavern. These hills gave the area its name:

These rounded mound-like hills are thickly dotted over the surface, at times there being fully a score of them in view at once. They are almost bare of trees, and have been named by the bushmen "bald hills."

Balds Hills also at one time had a railway station on the still operating Ballarat - Creswick - Maryborough line (station now closed and no evidence exists) and several hotels (all closed).

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Type: Rural areas

Population: 101 - 1,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 11.113 km2

Elevation: 201 to 500 metres

Town elevation: 444 m

Population number: 107

Local Government Area: City of Ballarat

Location

City of Ballarat VIC, PO Box 655, Bald Hills, VIC 3364

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Bald Hills, Victoria