Our history

History of UB

SMB Entrance bookThe University of Ballarat is one of Australia's newer universities as well as the third oldest tertiary institution. Read more about our history here.

Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre

Historical collectionThe Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre is located at the Mt Helen Campus and includes a supervised reading room. The GBRC includes the Geoffrey Blainey Mining Collection, the UB Special Collection, the UB Art and Historical Collection.