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A little part of the Ballarat heritage (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rather

'a little' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'part of the ballarat heritage' is the wordplay.
'part of' indicates a hidden word.
'RATHER' is hidden within 'ballarat heritage'.

(Other definitions for rather that I've seen before include "Quite; on the contrary" , "To a certain extent" , "More precisely; instead of" , "On the contrary or to some extent" , "Preferably, instead" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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