FORMER LIVERPOOL HOTEL SITE

The site comprises Allotments 2, 3 and 4 of Section D first mapped in the Revised Town Plan of Ballaarat Main Street (1857). The site contained the Former Liverpool Hotel (destroyed by fire in 1859) and two bootmakers to the east. After 1865 the site likely contained commercial residential occupation that continued through until the 20th century.  The Ballarat DEM comparing the 1858 Ballarat Contour Plan and 2012 Lidar shows a 2m to 4m elevation increase indicating that early gold rush deposits are likely to survive. 

The site is of historical and archaeological significance. 

The site is within the area of the initial Ballarat rush of 1852. It relates to the establishment and operation of Ballarat’s first commercial centre during the years of the Victorian gold rush. The site is likely to contain the archaeological remains of the Liverpool Hotel, a commercial store, and the Golden Boot Emporium. The site is likely to contain archaeological remains that relate to the early gold rush commercial occupation in Ballarat and is of historical activity that is likely to be of regional importance. The site will contribute to our understanding of the formation of Ballarat as a city and gain an understanding of the life of store owners and the economy in the early-mid and late gold rush.