A History of Ballarat Bands
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Researched and Compiled by Rex Hardware ©1995-2001 Banana Arcade Publishing
BALLARAT has one of Australia's most dynamic independent, original music scenes, involving around 1000 people actively performing live music in the last 20 years.
This free online guide to Ballarat's Band History has been produced by Ratnet Multimedia, in conjuntion with The Ballarat Independent Music Website.

The history evolved from a small book, funded by The City of Ballarat in 1995,
A large amount of work was undertaken to put as much of the info as possible here from the old book, and bands up to about 1998, however it appears a bit dated in 2003 as many of the new acts are not featured.
As soon as time and resources permit, we will be updating the history.
* If you would like to help research for new information (not just your own band!) and send then please send email
UPDATED on Jan 13th 2003

Thanks to Netconnect Communications for hosting this Archive of Australian music culture!

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