Yields information about the way the trams were used in Ballarat by ladies undertaking their shopping, their clothes and the condition of the trams, reflection in the paintworkBlack and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Shoppers boarding No. 35, Sturt & Lydiard St corner, following a tram strike. Photo taken 11/02/1966, published 12/02/1966. No. 35 has an "Electric Cooking Serves you best" roof advertisement and has a Sebastopol destination. The lady shoppers (passengers) are carrying their shopping in baskets and are dressed in summer clothes. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, strike, passengers, shoppers, tram 35

Yields information about the seemingly frequent derailment of bogie trams at this intersection although this one was an in bound tram. Also details information about the streetscape, and buildings.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - No. 39 derailed, Bridge & Main Sts corner, in bound from Mt. Pleasant. No. 11 awaiting passengers. Photo taken 25/4/1966, published 26/4/1966 Location Stones Corner. Has Bridge St buildings in the background, including Stones signs, Gear Chemist, advertisements for Astor, Turf, Pye, and Suppland. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, stones corner, bridge st, derailments, accidents, passengers, tram 39

Yields information about Ballarat's the perils of operating a tramway system in decay, derailments at a major intersection.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, photo taken 15/7/1969, published 16/7/1969 of No. 32 derailed, Sturt & Lydiard Sts corner, after rounding the corner from Lydiard St Nth in the early evening. Tram has the destination of City. Crew members and Inspector observing the scene. The tram has a roof advertisement for Wilkinson Sword razor blades. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, derailments, sturt st, lydiard st nth, tram 32

Yields information about the incidents that can occur on a street tramway system - collisions resulting in derailments than can affect other people as well.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 20/6/1970, published 2/6/1970 of No. 13 after derailment & collision with car, Drummond St North. Shows tramcar behind in the crossing loop, Inspector talking to the police and people looking at a damaged vehicle. Note the pole is still on the overhead - hopefully the power had been turned off. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, drummond st nth, accidents, derailments, collision, tram 13

Yields information about the tramcars and the street scenes at particular locations and how the tramway fitted with its streetscape at the time with a crossing loop behind the tram.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - unpublished, probably Sept. 1971 of No. 43 in Barkly St Mt Pleasant (could have been taken on the same date as Reg. Item 3769). Has the Grant St loop in the background. On the right hand side is a shop with a "Vincent's Cold and Flu" poster. See Reg Items 2907 for the actual newspaper cuttings. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, mt pleasant, barkly st, grant st, tram 43

Yields information about the construction of the Trackwork on the depot fan and some of the people who undertook the work.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Trackwork on BTPS depot fan (left-right) Bill Kingsley, Noel Forster, Gavin Young, Clyde Croft, Stuart Lodington. Photo taken 7/5/1973? published 8/5/1973. No. 27 appears in the view with the "million mile" banner on the tram. Copy of newspaper clipping photo appeared in, not held by Museum at date of cataloguing. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, ballarat, access track, btps, begonia festival, tram 27

Yields information about the recovery of ESCo No. 12 and its transportation from the site.Set of two Black and White copy photographs of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of ESCo No. 12 moved from Nerrina to BTM depot, following its recovery by BTPS staff. Photo taken 5/11/1990 and published (3837.1) on 6/11/1990. See Reg item 1131 for the newspaper cutting the photograph was used in. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. Hi Res of image added 15/7/2014.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, 12, esco, tramcar acquisition, btps, preservation, tram 12

Yields information about the construction of the access track across Wendouree Parade, the methods used and some of the people who undertook the work.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of the laying the BTPS depot access track across Wendouree Parade. Photo taken 25/11/1974? published 26/11/1974. Has Bob Prentice, Rolf Jinks, Peter Winspur and others in the photograph. Copy of newspaper clipping photo appeared in, not held by Museum at date of cataloguing. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. See Reg Item 6834 for the newspaper cutting.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, ballarat, access track, btps, track laying, depot junction

Yields information about the streetscape in Lydiard St wall where a feature, since demolished was a brick wall on the east side of the street, Three trams in the view, possibly of a charter.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - published 5/01/1976 No. 17 in Lydiard St North, near Macarthur St with two other bogie trams in the background. Date of photo unknown, but probably September 1971. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol and a Twin Lakes advertisement on the front panel. shows the brick wall cutting in Lydiard St North near Macarthur St and a general streetscape looking north. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, closure, lydiard st nth, tram 17

Yields information about the way the signing of the agreement between the City of Ballarat and the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society and the parties involved.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of BTPS President Hal Cain signing the agreement between the BTPS & City Council. Also present (left-right): Frank Hanrahan & Richard Gilbert (BTPS), Cr J Chisholm (Mayor of Ballarat), Hugh Morrow (City Solicitor). Photo taken 24/11/1971, published 25/11/1971. See Reg. Item 941 for the photo used in the newspaper clipping. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, btps, city of ballarat, agreements

Yields information about the nature of operating a tramway system in Ballarat, collisions with motor cars. Shows the accident and the clean up process.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, photo taken 6/03/1969, published 6/04/1969? - No. 18 derailed after collision with a Holden motor car at the intersection of Grenville and Bridge Sts, looking east, close-up of damaged car. 3751.2 - not published. Shows Policeman, tow truck, tow truck operator and tram and onlookers. Tram had the destination of Mt Pleasant. Dickins and Neptune signs in the photo. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, bridge st, accidents, derailments, tow trucks, tram 18

Yields information about the place - Tramway Centre or City Centre - with trams prior to closure and their bus replacement, how they fitted with their streetscape.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - published - 28/7/1971 of No. 12 & bus at Sturt & Lydiard St corner, showing the approaching end of the tramway era. Follows the first route conversion. Photo taken from the Town Hall, of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, with statute of Robert Burns, Titanic Bandstand, Post Office and other buildings in the photograph. See Reg Item 2182 for the Courier Newspaper clipping - heavily cropped. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, tramway centre, bus replacement, robert burns, statues, tram 12

Yields information about the occasional weather conditions that a tramway operation around Lake Wendouree could encounter - flooding.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - 27/5/1963, published 28/5/1963 of No. 14 in water (blocked drain), Wendouree Parade & St Aidans Dve - wading through the floods. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. See Reg Item 5604 for original of newspaper cutting.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." and in pencil "B.C. Battern".tramways, trams, wendouree parade, flooding, st aidans drive, tram 14

Demonstrates the evolution of public transport in Ballarat, from tram to bus with the first of the replacement buses adjacent to a tram about to be phased out.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 17/8/1971 and published in the Courier Supplement of 20/9/1971, showing first tramway replacement bus near Grenville St loop, August 1971 (another pic of the bus was published on 18/8/1971). Shows a Davis Bus with four drivers standing along side with three single truck trams in the loop - No. 13 at the rear. Has the Camp Hotel and the Ballarat Courier Offices in the background. See Reg Item 3720 also for another use of this photograph. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." with "88%" in blue ink.tramways, trams, closure, buses, davis bus lines, sturt st, tram 13

Yields information about the delivery run of tram 18 to Borough of Sebastopol and how it was delivered using a tractor.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 30/9/1971, published 1/10/1971 of No. 18 being towed by tractor along Albert St, Sebastopol on the way to Victory Park for display. See Reg Item 2909 for the actual Newspaper cutting and 6599 for colour slides of the move. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. 3778.1 - Black and white photograph of the hand over from the SEC to the Borough at the resting place of the tram. Features Cr. N. F. Donald and Mr. I. F. Pellas at the handover. Photo shows the construction of the enclosure for the tram. .1 - Print of original photograph print added 14-3-2016 from the donation to the Museum by Karelyn Satter Feb. 2016.Has the Ballarat Courier stamp on the rear.tramways, trams, sebastopol, borough of sebastopol, victory park, transport, closure, tram 18

Yields information about the seemingly frequent derailment of bogie trams at this intersection. Also details information about the streetscape, clothing, and buildings.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - No. 37 derailed, Bridge & Main Sts corner, 1964. Photo taken 4/09/1964, published 5/09/1964 No. 37 bound for Mt Pleasant. Location Stones Corner. Has Bridge St buildings in the background, including Stones signs, Verna Cake Shop, State Savings Bank and Caltex "Clean Rest Rooms" sign. Photo taken with two ladies and two children watching the event. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, stones corner, bridge st, derailments, accidents, passengers, tram 37

Yields information about the tram stop at the east end of Sturt St, advertisements on the tram and the way the stop was used.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, published 19/7/1968 of No. 13 picking up passengers, Sturt & Grenville Sts corner, after Govt announced intention to close Ballarat & Bendigo systems. Tram has the destination of View Point, a "Twin Lakes" sign and a roof advertisement for ANA medical services. Two lady passengers, one with a shopping basket boarding the tram. In the background are Morsheads and Dickins stores. See Reg Item 2921 for the Newspaper cutting the photograph used in. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, bridge st, grenville st, sturt st, twin lakes, tram 13

Yields information about Ballarat's tramway system at the point where the tram services to and from Sebastopol often crossed each other and the nature of Albert St itself at the time.Black and White copy photograph taken by The Courier, photo not published of No. 42 and 41 crossing at the Grey St Loop, in Albert St (Sebastopol) crossover, looking south. No. 41 has the destination of Lydiard St Nth, while No. 41 is proceeding to Lydiard St Nth . Presumably photographed 30/9/1969, at the same time as Reg. Item 3753. Shows the Albert St road looking south with a milk bar on the opposite side of the road, two children adjacent to the tram and the nature of the road surface. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, albert st, sebastopol, grey st loop, tram 42, tram 41

Yields information about the appearance of the tramway and other vehicular traffic in Ballarat in 1060 and was used to illustrate a proposal to rename the street.Black and White photograph of Ballarat No. 38 at the Eastern end of Sturt St West, following proposal to name that section the "Royal Mile". Photo published by The Courier 5/4/1960. Has the outbound tram standing while the front door is open with the driver looking back. Note the lack of motor vehicles (cars) in the street. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." and "91 ARPT" in ink.tramways, trams, sturt st west, royal mile, tram 38

Yields information about the seemingly frequent derailment of bogie trams at this intersection and the people who travelled on the tram and alternative means of transport - walking. Also details information about the streetscape, clothing, and buildings.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - No. 40 derailed, Bridge & Main Sts corner, 1964. Photo taken 1/07/1964, published 2/07/1964 No. 40 bound for Mt Pleasant. Location Stones Corner. Has buildings in Bridge St in the background and part of Stones sign. Photo shows many people, passengers, from the single truck tram behind No. 40, walking up Bakery Hill towards Victoria St West. Ladies, Gents, shoppers, passengers, school children etc. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, stones corner, bridge st, derailments, accidents, passengers, tram 40

Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Transferring No. 27 to the BTPS depot, while parked at depot junction. Has the destination of "Mt Pleasant" and a "Twin Lakes" front dash panel advertisement. Photo taken 16/7/1972, published 18/7/1972. See Reg. Item 1790 for the photo used in the newspaper clipping. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. .1 - actual cutting from The Courier, with the caption "A tram in Ballarat is an unusual sight these days. This tram, which ran to Mt Pleasant is being transferred to the trams preservation site."On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, btps, moving trams, depot junction, tram 27

Yields information about the BTPS operations and the people involved.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Barry McCandlish polishes No. 40 for the 21st anniversary of the tramway closure. Photo taken 18/9/1992 and published 19/9/1992. Copy of cutting not held in the BTM collection. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." and "The Courier Celebrating 125 years in 1992"tramways, trams, btps, depot, 21st anniversary, tram 40

Yields information about the day to day nature of the operations in Ballarat, especially derailments at points of maximum traction bogie trams and the way people behaved at such times.Black and White photograph of Ballarat No. 34 derailed, Sturt & Drummond St corner (south side), causing disruption to tram services. Photo published by The Courier 20/7/1960, published on 21/7/1960. Three single truck trams are banked up behind the tram. Note the lady passengers remained on board while the Gentlemen watched from the street in their overcoats. Tram has two Admiral roof advertisements, advertising Televisions (TV), about the time of the introduction of TV into Ballarat. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. High Res Images added 5/3/2011.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, hospital corner, drummond st, derailments, accidents, tram 34

Yields information about the events that can happen to a operating tramway - broken overhead wire. Lesser significance account quality of photograph.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier 21/11/1960, published on 22/11/1962 of No. 37 near broken wire, Hamilton Avenue (copied from newsprint) - with conductor "guarding the fallen wire" Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. Possibly Charles Wilkie - daughter of Deanne Robbins, 0488 135 137 - see file "Letter to D. Robbins re Charles Wilkie.doc", 22/8/2008 - with worksheet and other notes. Confirmed by Deanne Robbins 12/10/08 as Charlie Wilke - still alive and 89 years old at the time - see worksheet for copies of correspondence and notes.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, overhead, accidents, safety, tram 37

Has a strong association with Donald Campbell's attempts on land speed records - shows how the vehicle Bluebird was transported and the people who came to see it.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - 19/3/1963, published 20/3/1963 No. 14 near Donald Campbell's "Bluebird", Sturt St (copied from newsprint). Bluebird was one the motor vehicle used in the land world speed record attempts of the era. Show many people milling around the truck carrying the trailer, barricades. People had blocked Sturt St at this point. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. See Reg Item 5603 for the newspaper cutting and a larger photograph. See Reg Item 6861 for another photograph of this event.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, bluebird, tram 14

Yields information about the an unusual accident with a milk cart, no horse in the view, on the Mt Pleasant line outside a milk bar.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - Bogie car after collision with horse drawn milk cart, Barkly & Gladstone Sts corner. Photo taken 28/6/1966, published 29/6/1966. Has Frampton's Milk bar in the left hand side of the photo with a Peters ad, workers recovering bottles. Note the milk in the grooves of the track. Would appear tram was inbound with destination of Gardens via Drummond St. Nth, member of the crew reversing the tram to assist in the clean up, with an inspector at the far end. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, milk cart, accidents, mt pleasant

Yields information about a typical scene at the City centre about the trams, how they linked with each other.Black and White copy photographs of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, published 31/10/1967 of Trams at Sturt & Lydiard St corner, after announcement of TRB enquiry into tram services. 3745.1 - a more general shot - with a single trucker on the north side of Sturt St, two bogie trams, a single trucker waiting to cross Lydiard St and a crew man walking in front of the tram - No. 38. Shows people sitting at the tram stop waiting for trams. 3745.2 - a close up view of the same image. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, transport regulation board, city, tram 38

Demonstrates nature and size of gang undertaking overhead repairs to the tramway in Drummond St. Nth..Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, taken 20/4/1968, published 22/4/1968, of repairs to damaged overhead wire, Drummond St North. Shows the tower truck with two men on the truck, one below and an SEC truck parked adjacent. Photo taken at the south end of the Mill St loop. Tram in the photo has probably reversed and showing Victoria St as a destination. Inspector standing adjacent to tram. Photo possibly taken through the windscreen of the car, given the level of the photograph and reflections? in the photo. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, drummond st nth, overhead, sec

Yields information about special trams that were operated on the system prior to its closure for the benefit of school children.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 13/8/1971, published 14/8/1971of Nos. 13 & 32 on a school tram tour, No. 27 on normal service, Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade. No. 27 has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West, whilst the other tram are showing "Special". Photo taken after a shower of rain. See Reg Item 2814 and 2918 for copies of the actual newspaper cutting. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. 2nd copy added 22/7/2012 - from Alan Bradley 20/7/2012.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, wendouree parade, gardens loop, tours, special trams, tram 13, tram 32, tram 27

Plaque - "Sergt. John S Hurst killed in Action at Zuirfontein South Africa April 27th 1901 Deeply regretted by his fellow members of the Ballarat Stock Exchange" Donated by Hazel Luke who dug it up while gardening . . ". On back - "Major Ed"literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat