Editing Ballarat (section)

==Cultural depictions==
Ballarat has inspired many [[visual art]]ists. [[Eugene von Guerard]] documented the city's establishment as a gold digging settlement, while [[Albert Henry Fullwood]] and [[Knut Bull]] depicted the city's boom era streetscapes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.balgal.com/?id=collection|title=BALGAL – My WordPress Blog|access-date=10 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024231304/http://www.balgal.com/?id=collection|archive-date=24 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/gold-rushes|title=Gold rushes 1851: Gold rushes in New South Wales and Victoria begin|access-date=30 August 2018|work=Defining Moments in Australian History, National Museum of Australia|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831072024/http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/gold-rushes|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ballarat features prominently in literature and fiction, including "[[The Boscombe Valley Mystery]]", a short story from [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1891); ''[[King Billy of Ballarat and Other Stories]]'' (1892) by [[Morley Roberts]]; ''[[The Fortunes of Richard Mahony]]'' (1917) by [[Henry Handel Richardson]]; ''[[Murder on the Ballarat Train]]'' (1993) by [[Kerry Greenwood]]; and ''[[Illywhacker]]'' (1985) by [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]].

Ballarat is also a popular filming location.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmballarathepburnandbeyond.com.au/filming/feature|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070724002715/http://www.filmballarathepburnandbeyond.com.au/filming/feature|archive-date=24 July 2007|title=Filmed Here|publisher=Film Ballarat Hepburn & Beyond|access-date=18 August 2010}}</ref> Australia's second oldest feature film, ''[[Eureka Stockade (1907 film)|Eureka Stockade]]'' (1907), is the first in a line of films about the historic Ballarat event. The city makes cameos in ''[[Dogs in Space]]'' (1986), ''[[My Brother Jack]]'' (2001), ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' (2003) and ''The Writer'' (2005).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cometolifeballarat.com/invest/key-industries/film-and-television/movies-shot-in-ballarat.aspx|title=Movies Shot in Ballarat|date=9 July 2009|work=Invest in Ballarat, City of Ballarat|access-date=10 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617055555/http://www.cometolifeballarat.com/invest/key-industries/film-and-television/movies-shot-in-ballarat.aspx|archive-date=17 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The television series ''[[The Doctor Blake Mysteries]]''  (2012–2017) is set in Ballarat and also mostly shot there.<ref name="Doctor Blake Mysteries 2012-04-02">{{cite news|first=Jordan|last=Oliver|title=Filming for ABC series to start in Ballarat|date=2 April 2012|work=The Courier|url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/filming-for-abc-series-to-start-in-ballarat/2514573.aspx|access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-20/ballarat-keeps-doctor-blake-alive-as-abc-kills-off-crime-series/8456872|title=Ballarat keeps Doctor Blake alive as ABC kills off crime series|date=20 April 2017|last1=Bentley|first1=Prue|last2=Allan|first2=Tony|location=Ballarat|publisher=ABC News|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref> The series was picked by the [[Seven Network]], which proposes to make several telemovies without the Blake character, picking up the story line after his death, leaving his widow Jean.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/good-news-for-anna-mcgahan-means-bowing-out-of-the-doctor-blake-mysteries-for-now/news-story/26f99671075cc1345052b387f6a291ff|title=Good news for Anna McGahan means bowing out of The Doctor Blake Mysteries ... for now|last=Brain|first=Anna|date=3 November 2017|newspaper=Herald Sun|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=Carmody2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/doctor-blake-mysteries-to-return-without-craig-mclachlan-20180420-p4zapf.html|title=Doctor Blake Mysteries to return without Craig McLachlan|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 April 2018|access-date=30 August 2018|last=Carmody|first=Broede}}</ref>

Two ships of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] have been named [[HMAS Ballarat]] after the city, the corvette [[HMAS Ballarat (J184)]] and the frigate [[HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155)]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}