The Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts is a multi-purpose performance venue located at Howitt Street Wendouree, in the Victorian town of Ballarat in south east Australia. It was completed in mid-2006 replacing the ageing "Timkin Hall" as Wendouree's premier theatre. It was built at an estimated cost of $8 million dollars.
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