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Location of Ballarat, Victoria
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Ballarat is located in central west Victoria, on the foothills of the southern end of the Great Dividing Range. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2009), and an older (1988) scene are available below in high resolution JPEG format.

For acquisition of full resolution files see the Earth Observation Catalogue, or contact earth.observation@ga.gov.au

• Ballarat false colour before and after
• 1988 Ballarat true colour
• 2009 Ballarat true colour
• 1988 Ballarat false colour
• 2009 Ballarat false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Ballarat has seen notable residential growth to the west, while it is somewhat restricted to the east by the state forest. New or expanded residential areas include Delacombe, Sebastopol, Alfredton and Invermay. Industry centres have developed in Mitchell Park, west of Invermay and south of Victoria Park in Newington. Lake Wendouree can be seen completely dried up in the 2009 image, as this was during the peak of the drought conditions for the region.

	1988 Ballarat true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 14 February 1988 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 518KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Ballarat true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 27 March 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 546KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1988 Ballarat false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 14 February 1988 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 550KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Ballarat false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (Mid-infrared), 4 (Near infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 27 March 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 566KB] © Geoscience Australia

Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 27, 2011