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Ballarat suburb Sebastopol delves into its history, links to war-torn Ukrainian namesake
Summary by Ground News
Sebastopol was named after its counterpart in Ukraine – spelt Sevastopol – where a key battle of the Crimean War was fought. It was separate village before becoming one of the original suburbs of Ballarat, which became a boom town after the discovery of gold in 1851. Many of the miners who came to Sebastopol were Welsh or Cornish.