[Group | Day Tour Booking ONLY] Sovereign Hill Tickets [ONE FOC Tour Guide per Group ] | Melbourne

Step right into Sovereign Hill, a living museum presenting the story of Ballarat as a gold rush boomtown. Experience life as it was during the gold rush period in Australia and see with your own eyes the second largest gold nugget in the world.

Daily Activities

Covering 15 hectares of a former gold mining site, Sovereign Hill's Outdoor Museum brings the gold rush to life through a living township with over 18 scheduled activities happening throughout the day. You can find yourself panning for real gold and witness musket firing.

• The Diggings Tour: Explore Life on the early Goldfields hosted by a costumed interpreter.
• The Red Hill Mine Tour: Discover the dark, dangerous world of deep lead mining and witness the discovery of the famous “Welcome Nugget”.
• Gold panning: There’s real gold to be found in The Diggings and it’s yours to keep!
• Musket Firing: Our Troopers will tell you about law and order on the goldfields and demonstrate how to load and fire a musket.
• Sweet Making: Discover how boiled lollies are made in the traditional way and enjoy a sample at the end of the demonstration.
• Gold Pour: Pure gold is melted to 1,000 degrees Celsius and poured into a mould to create a pure Gold Ingot.
• Candlemaking: Be mesmerised by the enticing scents of our 19th-century candle factory and watch our candle makers in action.
• Bowling: Set up the skittles and try your hand at 9-pin bowling.
• Wheelwrighting: Watch our skilled craftsmen create hubs, spokes, and assemble coach wheels using traditional 19th-century methods.

The Outdoor Museum enjoys international renown as a living museum featuring rare trades, working machinery, exhibits, and costumed interpreters. Journey deep into the underground gold mine, explore the maze of tunnels, and learn about its history.