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🌟 Lola Montez
Lola Montez brought theatrical celebrity and controversy to Ballarat in February 1856. The Irish-born performer, famous for her Spider Dance, appeared before goldfields audiences and invited miners to throw nuggets at her feet. Her visit also produced a very public clash with Ballarat Times editor Henry Seekamp, whom she horsewhipped after criticism in his newspaper. The Australian Dictionary of Biography records the episode as part of her turbulent Australian tour. Her connection was a brief performance visit, but it supplied Ballarat with considerably more drama than the stage programme alone.
