19-537: Black Hill may refer to: Australia [ edit ] Black Hill, Ballarat , an area of Ballarat, Victoria Black Hill Conservation Park , near Adelaide Black Hill, South Australia , formerly known as Friedensthal in South Australia Black Hill, New South Wales , near Newcastle Black Hill, Victoria , a locality near Ballarat Hong Kong [ edit ] Black Hill, Hong Kong ,
38-605: A hill in Hong Kong India [ edit ] Kalo Dungar also known as Black Hill in Kutch, India Ireland [ edit ] Black Hill (Wicklow Mountains) , 602 m peak in County Wicklow United Kingdom [ edit ] England [ edit ] Black Hill (Northwest Dartmoor) (584m), a hill in northwestern Dartmoor Black Hill (East Dartmoor) (412m), a hill on
57-568: A townland in County Londonderry , Northern Ireland Blackhill and Consett Park , a park in Consett, County Durham, England See also [ edit ] Black Hill (disambiguation) Black Hills (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
76-504: A Marilyn in the South East of Perth & Kinross United States [ edit ] Black Hill (California) , a hill near Morro Bay See also [ edit ] Blackhill (disambiguation) Black Hills (disambiguation) Black Mountain (disambiguation) Black Mountains (disambiguation) Black Rock (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Black Hill [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
95-551: A kindergarten. The school has students from prep to year 6. It has 526 students enrolled as of 2019. One reserve in the area is the Black Hill Reserve and is approximately 21 hectares and is located about 1.7 km northeast of the Ballarat CBD. The hill is a dominant landmark within the urban landscape of Ballarat and the lookout area at the top of the hill provides a carpark lookout over Ballarat, encompassing
114-471: A public swimming pool, with a solar heated 25m outdoor pool, toddlers pool, BBQ and picnic facilities, which is open from November to the end of March. Although it is generally closed if the temperature is below 23 degrees. There is another reserve, Chisholm Street Reserve, which is a large grassland. Both of these reserves are leash free areas, meaning that you take your dog off the lead. Black Hill has 2 bus routes, operated by CDC Ballarat. Route 13 goes from
133-778: A townland in County Antrim , Northern Ireland Scotland [ edit ] Black Hill (Earlston) , a Marilyn in the Southern Uplands near Earlston Black Hill (Pentland Hills) , a Marilyn in the Pentland Hills Black Hill (Clydesdale) , a hill fort owned by the National Trust for Scotland Black Hill transmitting station , a radio and television broadcasting facility in Scotland Black Hill (Sidlaw Hills) ,
152-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Black Hill, Ballarat Black Hill is a suburb of Ballarat , Victoria , Australia in the northeast of the city. It is named after the major landmark, Black Hill, on which there was extensive and highly profitable open-cut gold mining from the early 1850s during the Victoria gold rush . The hill
171-546: The Ballarat CBD to Invermay Park via Peel Street, Macarthur St and Lydiard St. Route 14 goes from the Ballarat CBD to part of Brown Hill and Chisholm Street, up Peel St and Havelock St and loops around Walker and Norman Sts. Black Hill's main north–south road is Peel Street. The east–west main road is Chisholm Street. This article about a location in Grampians (region) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Blackhill (disambiguation) From Misplaced Pages,
190-484: The East around to the airport. The reserve's terrain is steep and undulating with significant areas of exposed soils. The landscape has since been heavily forested with mature pine trees in plantations and more recent plantings of native trees. There is extensive observable evidence of its mining history, including only tunnels. The hill has many downhill mountain bike riding trails, varying in difficulty. Black Hill also has
209-776: The eastern edge of Dartmoor Black Hill (East Sussex) (223 m), second highest point in East Sussex Black Hill (Herefordshire) (640m), a mountain near Craswall in the Black Mountains Black Hill (Peak District) (582m), a Marilyn and the highest point in West Yorkshire Black Hill (Quantocks) (358m), a prominent high point in the Quantock Hills , Somerset Black Hill Down , Dorset Northern Ireland [ edit ] Black Hill, County Antrim ,
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#1732773195623228-577: The erection of a crushing battery at the base of the hill, probably the first in Australia. As late as 1856 this is evidence that Indigenous peoples lived amongst miners at Black Hill, with some oral history accounts of child minding during the Eureka Rebellion . By the mid-1860s the hill became known as the "White Cliffs of Ballarat" due to the open cut mining operations which exposed cliffs of sandstone. The various buildings associated with
247-498: The 💕 (Redirected from Blackhill (disambiguation) ) Blackhill may refer to: Blackhill, Consett , an area in Consett, County Durham, England Blackhill, Glasgow , an area of Glasgow, Scotland Blackhill, Aberdeenshire , a small Scottish village passed through by A952 road Blackhill, County Fermanagh , a townland in County Fermanagh , Northern Ireland Blackhill, County Londonderry ,
266-598: The mine would have been located at the base of the hill across from the Newman Street footbridge that exists today. On the southern side of the Yarrowee River were the Black Hill Flats, which were mined extensively for gold which was located at the surface and in deep leads far below. The flats are now located in the suburb of Ballarat East . By 1907 mining operations had almost ended and the hill
285-458: The north by Howitt Street, Walker Street and Boronia/Haimes Road and Reid Street to the west by Havelock and Rowe Streets. The Yarrowee River, Ballarat's major linear corridor, adjoins the reserve to the south. Urban areas of residential development adjoin the Reserve to the north, east and west. According to Federation University 's Ballarat and District Industrial Heritage Project , Black Hill
304-427: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Hill&oldid=919117947 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
323-438: Was known by the local Watha Warrung as 'Bowdun', which was the original name given by the surveyor William Urquart in 1851. The subtitle 'Black Hill' was given by Urquart in reference to the dense canopy of trees. However, extensive mining over the 1850s saw the hill stripped of trees and significantly reduced in height, as well as the creation of a valley. It became a focal point for quartz causing operations at this time, with
342-527: Was originally given its indigenous name, Bowdun , by surveyor William Urquhart. This is a suburb that many locals claim to be the ‘Fitzroy of Ballarat’, due to its high house price, large blocks of land and distance to the CBD. The population at the 2021 census was 2,124. The suburb, at is highest, is some 520m above sea level. The suburb is bordered to the south and east by the Yarrowee River and to
361-417: Was turned into a reserve. Local community groups, including the girl guides, planted Montarey pine ( pinus radiata ), many of which still exist today. Black Hill Post Office opened on 7 June 1864. The local primary school is Black Hill Primary School , located on Chisholm Street, which was started in 1878, although the initial request to government was made earlier in 1862. It is government owned and has
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