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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Bid to bring back city's tramway", 4/08/2014 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 4/8/2014 - with headline - "Bid to bring back city's tramway" and sub-heading "Potential to boost tourism". Item written by Melissa Cunningham, about the construction of a tourist based tramway in Ballarat following a suggestion by Residents following the announcement of a study in Bendigo. Quotes Peter Hiscock, Ron Edberg, Jeremy Johnson and Catherine King. Has a photo of a line up of BTM trams with Richard leaning from the first one. Refers to the study of 15 years ago. ballarat revival, sovereign hill, tourist trams, eureka -
Clunes Museum
Document - LETTER
THIS LETTER DATED 26TH MAY 1950 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES, TREASURY GARDENS, MELBOURNE C.2 CONFIRMS THE FIRST UNOFFICIAL DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN VICTORIA BY DR. G. H. BRUHN. J W ESMOND WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT THE DISCOVERY OFFICIALLY ON JULY 1ST 1851PHOTOCOPIED LETTER IN BROWN WOODEN FRAME WITH GOLD ACCENTSeureka, gold, esmond, bruhn -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Cafe Menu, ZILLES COLLECTION: Menu for "The Hideaway" Coffee Lounge and Restaurant, Ballarat
Zilles Printers was begun by Lewis Zilles in the early 1930s. It was in McKenzie Street Ballarat. His son Jeffrey also became a printer - letterpress, offset and screen printer. The business became Zilles Printers/Graphics and was in Armstrong Street and later Bell Street Ballarat. "The Hideaway" was in Sturt Street Ballarat during 1960s-70s. The propriotor was Graeme McKenzie. He was the manager and swimming teacher at the Eureka Pool until it was taken over by the YMCA. He was also on the committee of the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park. Buff coloured thick card with black printzilles printers, graeme mckenzie, the hideaway, coffee lounge and restaurant, sturt street ballarat, eureka pool, eureka stockade memorial park, swimming teacher -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard - Folder set, John Sands and Co, "City of Ballarat", c1950
Yields information about the city of Ballarat late 1940's or early 1950's through a set of photographs and has a strong association with well known photographer - Frank Hurley.Folder of postcards or photographs of the City of Ballarat, photographs by Capt. Frank Hurley, late 1940's or very early 1950's. Series of 7 colour photographs on one side and five black and whites on the other. Colour - Arch of The Avenue of Honor, Ballarat from Black Hill showing gold workings, Eureka Stockade, The Begonia Conservatory Botanic Gardens, Sturt St between Grenville St and Lydiard St, the floral clock with the Town Hall in the background, The Ballarat Hospital and Autumn in the Botanic Gardens. Has a title "City of Ballarat", with a folder tab at the top. Black and white photographs "Ballarat Monument to the Golden Age (The gold monument), Sturt St looking west from the town hall, The City Hall, Ballarat Looking NE from the City Hall with the post office in the foreground and the "The flight from Pompeii - Botanical Gardens" Printed by John Sands and Co.trams, tramways, ballarat, postcards, sturt st, town hall, floral clock, eureka, botanical gardens, hospital, post office, black hill, floral clock -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Image, Hon. Sir Graham Berry, K.C.M.G
Graham Berry arrived in Victoria in 1852. In 1854 Berry sat on one of the juries which acquitted the Eureka rebels, and next year became secretary of the Prahran Reform LeaguePortrait of Sir Graham Berrygraham berry, politician, portrait -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Plan of the Endeavour Quartz Mining Co., Ballarat East, 1874, 04/01/1874
Hand drawn and coloured paper plan relating to the Endeavour Quartz Mining Co. and tenements 634 and 546. The tenements were along Main Road and Eureka Street in close proximity to the Barkly Street and the Ballarat East Town Hall.ballarat east, endeavour quartz mining co, mining, plan, cgt -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Portrait, Valda Lawn (Val D'Angri), c1950
Val Lawn married Norm D'Angri. She later taught Craft at the Ballarat Technical Art School. Val D'Angri is well known for her work on the conservation of the Eureka Flag. Black and white potrait of Ballarat Technical Art School Student Valda Lawn. valda lawn, val d'angri, ballarat technical art school, alumni, university women -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Award, Victorian Community History Award, 2000, 2000
In 2000 Clare Gervasoni, Dorothy Wickham and Wayne Phillipson won an Honourable mention in the Victorian Community History Awards for the best Community Research Register for the initial Eureka research directory.Victorian Community History Award Certificate eureka stockade, victorian community history award, certificate -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ann Lewis, née Keating
Ann Keating married William Lewis at Gnarkeet in 1853. Mrs Lewis is said to have been with her husband at the Eureka Stockade. Photograph is part of Old Lintonian collection ; No. 109.Sepia CDV (carte de visite) portrait of a lady wearing high necked clothing and hat.ann lewis (née keating), mrs lewis snr., old lintonian collection -
Clunes Museum
Book - BIOGRAPHY, LES HUGHES, A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN PIONEER HENRY MUNDY, 2003
THE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY MUNDY ABOUT HIS LIFE IN AUSTRALIA DURING THE GOLDRUSHDARK BLUE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH GOLD EMBOSSING ON SPINE: "HENRY MUNDY A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN PIONEER". BLUE PAPER DUST COVER WITH SUNSET PICTURE ON FRONT. 279 PAGES non-fictionTHE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY MUNDY ABOUT HIS LIFE IN AUSTRALIA DURING THE GOLDRUSHhenry mundy, les hughes, historical autobiography -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Peter Moses, Jan. 1966
Photo of SEC Ballarat Tram No. 11, west bound after leaving Victoria St. terminus crossing the Buninyong or Eureka Siding railway Bridge. Tram fitted with a "Twin Lakes" and SEC Briquettes roof advertisement and has destination of "Gardens via Sturt St. West". On the left side of the photograph is a roadside advertisement for the "Eureka Caravan Park". Note scanning error in the photograph. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses January 1966. Actual slide does not give the year, but slide fitted in with numbering sequence for 1966.On back of slide in blue ink in bottom right hand corner "P. Moses".tramways, trams, victoria st, railway bridge, tram 11 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Doug Bradby, Bridge Street: The Historic Heart of Ballarat, 2020
Twenty eight page dark green covered book on Ballarat's Bridge Street, including information on the Gravel Pits, Main Road shops, floods, Chinese cerneval, Queen carneval, Yarrowee Bridge, Eureka Stockade, fire, Yarrowee Creek.non-fictionballarat, gravel pits, main road shops, floods, chinese cerneval, queen carneval, yarrowee bridge, eureka stockade, fire, yarrowee creek, bridge street -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 27 mm sq slide/s, Andrew Howlett, No. 27 and 40 at the Carlton St terminus during the COTMA Conference tram tour, 25/04/1975
Yields information about BTPS Tram operations during the 1975 COTMA Conference.Set of two Colour slides, Kodak white cardboard mount, April 1975 of No. 27 and 40 at the Carlton St terminus during the COTMA Conference tram tour, 25/4/1975. No. 40 has a Eureka Roofing tiles advert.ballarat, tramways, trams, btps, cotma, carlton st, tram 27, tram 40 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard - Folder set, Murray Views, "Pictorial Souvenir of Ballarat - Views in Colour", 1940's
Demonstrates pictorial souvenir strips of photographs of Ballarat, both colour and black and white and yields information about Ballarat c 1940.Set of 10 small colour and 5 large black and white views of Ballarat printed on a folded strip, glued within a light brown colour light weight cardboard folder, titled "Pictorial Souvenir of Ballarat - Views in Colour". Booklet printed with an address area with title in red and kookaburras. Produced by Murray View, Gympie Queensland. The rear has a slit surrounded by red dashes on the rear cover that allowed the folder to be secured. Pictures are: Colour: 1. Statutory Pavilion 2. Sturt St looking west - with a tram in the bottom of the photograph 3. Victory Arch 4. Queen Elizabeth Benevolent home 5. Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens 6. Swans on Lake Wendouree 7. The Conservatory 8. Avenue of Fame (Prime Ministers) 9. Eureka Stockade 10. Cnr Sturt and Lydiard St, with a bus in the view Black and White 1. The State Building 2. Panorama from Black Hill 3. Old Curiosity Shop 4. Reflections - Botanical Gardens 5. Sturt St looking east - has a tram in the view, with 1930's SEC colour scheme. trams, tramways, sturt st, town hall, lake wendouree, memorial arch avenue of honour, memorial, gardens, lydiard st, eureka, tram 19 -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Gough Whitlam Speaking at the Old Colonists' Hall, 1997, 30/11/1997
Photograph of The Hon. E.G. Whitlam addressing guests at the Old Colonists' Club.The Eureka Stockade Memorial Trust 2nd Annual Eurela Luncheon - 30 Nov 1997 Pictured: Key note speaker, The Hon. E.G. Whitlam, AC, QC Addressing guests at the Old Colonists' Clubgough witllam, old colonists' hall, old colonists' association ballarat, eureka stockade memorial trust, eureka luncheon -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Ticket, Shire of Grenville Bicentennial Community Committee Colonial Ball, 1988
Pale green ticket with gold embossed scalloped edging. Ticket is for a ball held in Mannibadar Hall Friday, November 18th, 1988.Text: " SHIRE OF GRENVILLE / BICENTENNIAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE / Colonial Ball / Friday, November 18th, 1988 / Mannibadar Hall / Eureka Band Excellent Supper / PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUMED COUPLE / CABARET / BYO and Glass. "shire of grenville, bicentennial community committee, colonial ball, mannibadar hall -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, A.W. Hughes, Drawings of Sloyd Models, 1905, 1905
A.W. Hughes was a student of the Ballarat east Sloyd Centre, Eureka State School, in 1905. His instructor was Albert W. Steane. Albert Steane was one of the first trained sloyd teachers in Victoria.Black hard covered drawing book with drawings,done my hand, of sloyd models by A.W. Hughes.The work is drawn in black and red ink, each model is numbered and named, and the scale is given. ballarat junior technical school, steane, albert steane, a.w. steane, hughes, a.w. hughes, sloyd, ballarat east sloyd centre, eureka street school. drawing -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Travis Jeffrey, c1992
Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of No. 33 northbound in Wendouree Parade near Depot Junction. Tram has Twin Lake sign, roof advertisements for Peters Ice cream and Eureka Roofing Tiles. Photo by Travis Jeffrey, c1992.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, tram 33 -
Mont De Lancey
Diary, Letts’s Diary No. 10 1854
Diary of Mr. Simon Blagdon 1854. Pages give story of Eureka Stockade and Crimean War, a note that Steamship arrives with mail. Mr. Blagdon was a senior Postal official, who died 1893 in Hawthorn, Victoria. Brown diary with gold lettering on cover"Letts's Diary No 10. 1854"diaries -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, May 20, 1854
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. GLORIOUS NEWS!! THE LITTLE WONDER has OPENED a BRANCH STORE near the CONCERT HALL, EUREKA, with an IMMENSE STOCK of - Boots, shoes and clothes. A splendid assortment of Jewellery, watches and Clocks. A superb collection of Musical Instruments and Elegant Musical Clocks with Mechanical Figures. NOTE the ADDRESS!:- LITTLE WONDER, Poverty Point, Balaarat, near the concert Hall Eureka and at Queen's Arcade, Melbourne. Bank price given for gold. Slide reads: An advertisement from the Gold Diggers' Advocate, May 20, 1854. Markings: 17 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - EUREKA STOCKADE - A PICTORIAL HISTORY
A Pictorial History - Eureka Stockade by Geoff Hocking The events leading to the attack in the pre-dawn of 3 December 1854 208 page soft cover book with colour and B&W illustrations First published in 2004 by The Five Mile Press Pty LtdGeoff Hocking -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 11/04/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams in Lydiard St North and the tram operations.Agfa blue/white mount, colour slide of trams 33 and 30 at the Lydiard St North terminus. Tram 33 has roof adverts for Eureka Tiles and Bliss Bombs and a Twin Lakes sign on the front. Both trams have the destination of Sebastopol."11-4-71" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, tram 33, tram 30 -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital photograph, Victorian Community Heritage Awards, 2005, 2005
BHS Publishing winners of the Victorian Community Heritage Awards, 2005 for their publication The Eureka Encyclopaedia. Justin Corfield, Mr Corfield, Wayne Phillipson, and Dorothy Wickham. Second photograph: Justin Corfield, Clare Gervasoni and Dorothy Wickham. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Tram 33 Wendouree Parade Gardens, Vance Findlay, 15/3/1970
Photograph show SEC Ballarat 33 in Wendouree Parade in the Gardens area, with the destination of Victoria St. Has Eureka Roof tiles and SEC Electric Cooking roof Advertisements along with a Twin Lakes dash canopy panel.Yields information about Wendouree Parade prior to the closure of the SECV operated tramways.Black and White photograph with details on rear.Date and photographer's notes.trams, tramways, wendouree parade, tram 33, sec -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, Peter Lalor statue and reliefs
Peter Lalor statue and close up of bronze reliefs. Eureka Stockade relief on the south side and Lalor in Parliament on the north side of the statue. Located at the western end of the median strip where Dawson Street crosses Sturt Street.peter lalor, eureka stockade, statue, sturt street, dawson street, parliament -
Federation University Historical Collection
Brochure, Blood on the Southern Cross, c2000, c2000
Coloured brochure highlighting Sovereign Hill's sound and light show "Blood on the Southern Cross". Teureka, eureka stockade, blood on the southern cross, sound and light show, sovereign hill -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Stockade & Swimming Lake 1960's
This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, eureka, swimming, lake, 1960s -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Eureka Stockade swimming pool 1950's
This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, eureka, swimming, lake, 1950s -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Looking over Eureka Swimming pool C 1960
This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, eureka, swimming, lake, 1960 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Creswick, Parish of Creswick, County of Talbot, 1928, 1928
Parish Plan of Creswick showing Slaty Creek, Old Gold Workings, Police Reserve, Railway Station, Public Gardens, Sawpit Gully, Hospital Reserve, Nigh Soil Depot, Eureka Terracotta Tile COmpany, Creswick Creek, Forest COmmission, Roycroft's Racecreswick, eureka terracotta tile co, parish plan