Sebastopol is a southern suburb on the rural-urban fringe of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Today it is the site of numerous light-industrial businesses and primarily low cost single-family detached homes and is a fringe suburb in Ballarat and also one of the most car dependent areas in the city.
Sebastopol's origin was a separate working class town servicing the rich gold mining fields south of Ballarat.
Sebastopol is served by a joint primary and secondary school, Phoenix College, several kindergartens, a post office and library, and several small shopping precincts including three supermarkets.
The building was built in 1961 and is rich in history, but has only recently transformed into a second home for Ballarat's troubled youths.