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Stories, treasures from bygone era on display at new Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections in Ballarat

Worth more than $400,000 today, this gold nugget is part of the collection. (ABC Ballarat: Laura Mayers)

Stepping into the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections, pieces of history are dotted throughout, gleaming from behind glass cabinets and on the walls. 

In a brutalist polished concrete and glass building, formerly the Gold Museum, the newly opened centre overlooks Ballarat's famous Sovereign Hill.

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