Ballarat Times contains 39 articles about Ballarat’s History. Topics include Prince Alfred’s visit, the Art Gallery, Martin Hosking, professional associations, William Collard Smith, Eugene von Guerard, Yarrowee Creek, Yuille’s Swamp (Lake Wendouree) and families, streets and buildings, Sergeant Larner, Lola Montez, dentists, Craig’s Hotel, literature, Ballarat Botanical Gardens and many others. Butters and Mansfield have researched newspapers in the Mechanics’ Institute and research materials in the Australiana Room at the Ballarat City Library for these articles.