Ballarat
Ballarat was born in eighteen ninety seven
following the discovery of the Radcliff Mine
in Pleasant Canyon
Its namesake was the famous gold city
in Victoria Australia
it was never a very large town
It served Panamint Valley and Death Valley
as a miners supply and recreation center
Ballarat's colorful life ebbed
with the closing of the post office in 1917
Marker can be reached from Ballarat Road west of Wingate Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
