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| | Ballarat's tram system (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Ballarat, which claims to be Australia's largest inland city, was founded in 1837 (as Ballaarat, from the Aboriginal Balla-arat, meaning ??) but really took off with the gold rushes, from 1851 onwards. |
 | | It operated 3 tram systems (Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo) which was a lot for a body which was not interested in running any at all. |
 | | However, it replaced all of Ballarat's ageing fleet with surplus trams from Melbourne, Adelaide and Geelong, all of which were built around the time of the first World War, and kept them going all the way to final closure in 1971. |
| www.railpage.org.au /tram/ballarat.html (374 words) |
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