Eureka Stockade Memorial Park – Walking Tours with Peter Freund

Discover the hidden histories of one of Ballarat’s most notable public parks with local cultural historian, Peter Freund. Since it was identified as the site of the Eureka Stockade in 1869, the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park has become a commemorative site of local and national importance. Hear how the park’s landscaping, buildings and monuments have been changed and shaped by both the local community, and local and State governments, into a place both of commemoration and recreation.

Peter Freund studied history at the University of Melbourne before training as an actor at the Victorian College of the Arts. Since coming to Ballarat in 1989, he has contributed to the celebration of Ballarat’s rich cultural history, through performance, historical talks, and tours. Among the walking tours he has presented are the Eureka Dawn Walk, a theatrical pub crawl ‘Boozers and Wowser’s’, and a tour of the Prime Ministers Avenue. He has worked as Publicist and Theatre Historian at Her Majesty’s Theatre, where he cowrote ‘Her Maj’, a brief history of the theatre in 2010, and as Marketing and Public Programs Officer at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. The tour will be followed by complimentary morning tea and free entry to the Eureka Centre.