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The gold may be gone but Ballarat has plenty of riches for the visitor.

It was like old times. The street was filled with locals protesting against a dread development. Dogs barked. Celebrities signed petitions. Councillors protested their impotence. There was general fury.

New Brunswick author Beth Powning was born into a literary world. Her grandfather, a professor of Victorian Literature at Brown University, always read poetry at family gatherings. There were a number of famous authors in her small New England town. Some were family friends. The young Powning would have tea with children's book author Esther Bates.

ANTIQUE dealers Tarin D'Este-Holmes and her husband Matt Holmes travelled from the Sunshine Coast to Ballarat to claim a prized spot at Ballarat's 40th antiques fair at the weekend. As the hordes poured in on Saturday, it seemed the trip was worth it.

Published 03/04/2010 - 2:26 p.m. Ramona Pioneer Historical Society will present its fourth annual Victorian High Tea, March 13, in the 1886 Verlaque House on the grounds of the Guy B. Woodward Museum on Saturday, March 13.

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