It is always great to show new families around the school and showcase the fantastic learning that happens at Caledonian Primary School. If you know of any families considering an enrolment for 2020/2021, please encourage them to make a time to come down for a tour of the school, to meet the teachers and see the students in their classrooms.
Assistance with all your bookkeeping, budgeting and BAS needs. Tutoring also available in accounting, auditing and ethics for high school through to post-graduate students.
Brown Hill Market operates from 9 am to 1 pm every FOURTH Saturday of the month, in the Brown Hill Hall, Humffray St Nth, Ballarat. Please note that the market on 27 October will be at Caledonian Primary School, Thompson Street, Brown Hill.
Eureka Mums aim to share the joy of parenthood and save the earth’s precious resources by joining with support agencies throughout the Goldfields region to meet the material needs of families with young children. We collect, sort and redistribute essential nursery equipment, clothing, books and toys for babies and pre-school children.
The Brown Hill Community Newsletter was Ian Westerland's idea. He advocated for the project for years and was delighted when it finally got going in 2016. Sadly, Ian passed away in December 2018.
While the Brown Hill Hall is being refurbished, between July and December 2018, there are other venues in and around Brown Hill which may be suitable for your function.
The City of Ballarat created the Engaging Communities program to build strong neighbourhoods with community-led projects, embracing the philosophy that no one knows better what’s needed in a local area than its residents. The Brown Hill community was engaged in the program throughout 2016 and 2017.
The City of Ballarat is partnering with local residents to develop the 'Brown Hill Local Area Plan and Infrastructure Assessment' project. This page provides details of the development of the plan. The draft plan was released on 1 February 2019. Feedback is due by Friday 8 March 2019.
Brown Hill is a suburb of Ballarat on the eastern rural-urban fringe of the city. It is 5 kms east of the CBD. The suburb is roughly divided in two by the by-pass freeway with the older established area to the south and newer subdivisions to the north. There is at present approximately 1600 households in Brown Hill with a significant amount of infill housing development taking place in the suburb. The majority of Brown Hill is also designated as a Bushfire Prone Area.
The Brown Hill Progress Association Inc. is a not for profit volunteer group whose aim is to promote the economic, social and cultural development and progress of the community of Ballarat as a whole and of Brown Hill in particular. [as per our updated Incorporation Rules lodged with CAV in 1969]
The Association meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm in the rear of the Brown Hill Hall. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Give a Little, Change a Lot - 2018 National Volunteer Week, from Monday 21 until Sunday 27 May, saw thousands of events held across the country, including Brown Hill, to say thank you to the 6 million Australians who volunteer their time.
The Wadawurrung people are the Traditional Owners of Brown Hill, and more broadly all of the land between Ballarat and Geelong. Their families have lived here for tens of thousands of years, and their elders continue to care for Country, Wadawurrung language, and the stories that have been shared for many millennia.
The 2018 Festival will be held from 5.00 pm - 7.30 pm on Friday 26 October 2018 at the magnificent Brown Hill Reserve. The inaugural Brown Hill Community Festival, held in 2016, was awarded Ballarat's Community Event of the Year!