Yields information about the views of various letter writers, special trains for the Begonia Festival and issues re costs.Foolscap sheet of plain paper, with rounded corners, with 7 newspaper cuttings, concerning the mooted closure of the Ballarat Tram system 2 and 3 March 1962. All from The Courier, unless noted otherwise. One cutting missing. 1 - "Tram Repairs" - 2/3/62 - Letter from R Courtney local Secretary of the Union, regarding the cost of new trams, tracks needed to and Geelong fares raised shortly before closure and then again afterward. 2 - Letter - 2/3/62 - signed by a tram driver regarding repairs of tram faults 3 - "Bolte re Promise on trams" - 2/3/62 - representations to Bolte by the Opposition leader Stoneham and protested to the Minister Mr. Reid 4 - "Special Train for Festival visitors" - The Mail, - 2/3/62 - re visit to Ballarat by the PMG Social club on 11/3 for the Begonia Festival 5 - "Sunday tour Festival City" - re a special train to Ballarat and being met by buses. 6 - "Trams Future" - 3/3/62 - 3 letters re costs of operations - two man trams, bus costs will be based on one man, trams are clean vehicles no emissions, Apex Club issues. 7 - "To Discuss Trams" - 3-3-62 - result of a Greater Ballarat Association meeting.closure, letter to the editor, editorial, sec, begonia festival, greater ballarat association

Colour photograph of Ballarat University College International Students and staff. Front row L-R - Pat Hope. ? , ? , ? , John Sharpham, ? , Alison Lanigan? , ? , Gerry Andersonballarat university college, international students, alumni, pat hope, john sharpham, alisan lanigan, gerry anderson, dennis else, ann bouts, brian west, mary hickey, carolyn blackman, m. ines dickinson, ron kemp

Maroon photograph album with photographs thought to be Ballarat College of Advanced Education Science students and staff. Includes a photograph of the Lal Lal Ironworks kiln in the early 1970s.ballarat college of advanced education t-shirt, bbq, ray martin, brian sunter, laboratory, mineral industry laboratory, mount helen, bill vermeend, frank hurley, jim thyer, barry shearer, lyn robert, frank martin, colin kline, alan ballard, roger johnson, david james, ian mckee, robert pyke, bushnell, judy dixon, dennis else, john murray, peter dahlhaus, kim dowling, richard macewan, aziz albazazz, susanne hynes, stafford mcknight, bob smith, paul bennett, athol shelton, peter richards, geoff brooks, computers, snow, snowman, bruce cameron, iron monarch, mining, lal lal iron mine, ginny goff, ausimm scholarship, diane haddon, david martin, glenn kreelman, sunter's, clarendon, anne beggs sunter, foundry, stawell, brian sunter's farewell, jack harvey, microscope, metallurgy

Typed letter in response to advice from the Ballarat School of Mines that trained female telegraphers were ready for employment. Victoria Railways were not interested in employing girls. telegraphy, victoria railway, women students, female telegraphers, e.b. jones, victorian railways

It is believed the ball on the tower flag pole was raised and lowered to indicate when mail had been sorted and was ready.Previously unknown image of Ballarat. The set and its subjects indicate these images were produced to promote Ballarat and were perhaps aimed at tourists.Ballarat Post Office, ne corner Sturt and Lydiard Streets, image not dated but tower erected 1885. In foreground Burke and Wills memorial fountain, erected 1867.horse and cart, fountain, telegraph pole

The School of Mines Ballarat began in 1870. It's location was the south end of Lydiard Street. Ballarat Junior Technical School began in 1913 and was boys only until 1951 when girls were included. They were under the control of the School of Mines Council. In 1967 the were three divisions. Each was internally distinguished. Ballarat School of Industries, Ballarat Technical School and Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. In 1976 B.I.A.E. merged with State College of Victoria Ballarat - formerly Ballarat Teachers' College to become Ballarat College of Advanced Education, later to become Federation University. Letter written by H E Arblaster, Principal of Ballarat School of Mines, to The Editor, The Bendigo Advertiser. Letter refers to a letter written by Alec Craig's proposal for the development of a Bendigo School of Mines. This is a view Arblaster has held for some time.Single page, typed.HEA/BMH top right. B1080 ref for correspondence file.school of mines ballarat, h e arblaster, principle, alec craig, bendigp, bendigo technical school

Gladys REYNELL (04/091881 - 16/11/1956) Born Glenelg, South Australia Gladys Reynell was South Australia's first studio potter and the first Australian artist to apply modernist principles to the crafts. For four years she worked from Ballarat. Osrey Pottery Ballarat operated between 1922 and 1926 by Gladys Reynell and George Osborne. The name of the pottery was an acronym formed from their surnames. Gladys Reynell, her sister Emily and brothers Rupert and Carew supported the war effort during World War One. Rupert Reynell was a neurologist who valued handicrafts in the rehabilitation of shell-shocked soldiers. He influenced Gladys and Margaret Rose (Rose) McPherson (later known as Margaret Preston) to learn pottery at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London, in 1916. Next year a friend sent Gladys some Kangaroo Island clay which excited her: 'I thought then that it could be the most delightful thing on earth to make pots in Australia from virgin clay'. In 1918 Gladys and Rose began teaching pottery to soldiers at Seale Hayne Neurological Hospital, Devon. In September 1919 Gladys Reynell came home in September due to her father's illness. She established the Reynella Pottery and became responsible for all stages of pottery production. Using a seasoned dump of buff-coloured clay from a well at nearby McLaren Vale Gladys Reynell built and fired her own kiln; threw simple, robust forms based on early European folk pottery; and decorated them with designs inspired by both Aboriginal art—one of the earliest to use this as a source. Gladys Reynell decorated her earthenware pottery with the characteristic rich 'Reynella blue' slip. On 14 August 1922 at St Mary's Church, Edwardstown, Gladys married George Samuel Osborne, an ex-serviceman and gardener at Reynella; they had no children. Between 1922 and 1926 they set up Osrey Pottery In Ballarat. Gladys produced pottery for sale at fairs with George as her assistant. She would throw her pots in the street, causing a sensation. In 1926 George contracted lead poisoning from lead in the glazes. They moved to rural Curdievale where Gladys resumed painting and making woodcuts. From 1939 Gladys and George lived in Melbourne. In World War II she worked in the army pay corps, in the Taxation Office, and as a translator of French. Gladys died of cancer on 16 November 1956; her husband scattered her ashes at Reynella. Her ceramics, the work of one of Australia's earliest studio potters, have been avidly collected since the late 1960s and are in most major art galleries. Small blue glazed ceramic bowl incised around the top with a decorative frieze. Incised on the base "(Dam Clay) Ballarat 1923, Osrey"gladys reynell, osrey pottery, blue bowl, incised bowl, australian studio pottery, ceramics, native clay

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man dressed in a three piece suit sitting on a canon which is located in a park overlooking a lake. Trees and houses can be seen on the other side of the lake. The man is Frank Wright and the place is "View Point", Lake Wendouree, Ballarat.Written in pen on back - Frank Wright - on canon at "View Point", Lake Wendouree, Ballarat. Photo by Vernon Holt 3/2/22frank wright, vernon holt, lake wendouree, ballarat, canon

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. We are seeking information on this artist who studied at the Ballarat Technical Art School in the 1930s. If you can assist please make contact via the comments link below. art, artwork, poster, ballarat technical art school, don refshauge, refshauge, colpin avenue

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. We are seeking information on this artist who studied at the Ballarat Technical Art School in the 1930s. If you are able to assist please make contact via the comments link below. art, artwork, s.j. allan, colpin avenue, posters, ballarat technical art school

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. We are seeking information on this artist who studied at the Ballarat Technical Art School in the 1930s. If you are able to assist please make contact via the comments link below.art, artwork, keith, posters, colpin avenue

Quadrangle was the annual magazine of the Ballarat Junior Technical School, a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. Brown and white covered book of 32 pages. ballarat junior technical school, neil jennings, david izard, jim brown, immy gertners, bruce edwards, ray woolard

City of Ballarat Band official photograph on winning the championship brass band contests at Ballarat.Inscribed in biro on back of card mount, "Michael Taffe 2nd back row 2nd from right."

Yields information about the proposal for housing on the former SEC tram depot in Wendouree Parade.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, titled "Group housing proposal for old tram depot", 8/2/1972, about the SEC wanting to develop a group housing scheme comprising 16 homes for the old tram depot in Wendouree Parade. Has an image of proposed housing.closure, city of ballaarat, sec, depot

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 14/9/1971 reporting that the City Council will raise no objection to a proposal by the Ballarat Christmas Crib Committee to use the tram shelter at the eastern end of Sturt St. for a nativity display at Christmas. The cutting notes that the shelter would be removed after this display.In black biro in top right hand corner "14/9/71"trams, tramways, shelters, christmas, sturt st.

Small newspaper item in Ballarat Courier of 17/3/1998 about the record crowds carried by the BTM during the 1998 Begonia Festival, based on a press release by Richard Gilbert. Clipping on the bottom right hand corner of page 6. Also filed are pages 5,6,31 and 32. trams, tramways, begonia festival, btm, passengers

Colour print of the visit by the Ballarat Historical Society members to the Museum standing alongside No. 28 on the 13 Feb. 2007. Photograph from the BHS to the Museum March 2007. Has Richard Gilbert and Warren Doubleday standing on the right hand side of the photograph. Has a caption embedded into the photograph.Niltrams, tramways, btm, ballarat historical society, tours, visitors, tram 26

Yields information about the use of the Museum's trams for a fashion photo publication by The Courier and Karla the model.Two pages (Cover and pages 5 and 6) of "Unwind The Guide", by The Courier, Ballarat, Nov. 26/2009 featuring the model Karla and BTM's trams, modelling summer dresses. .1 - Boarding the horse tram - front cover. .2 - Boarding No. 26 - page 5 - advertising shoes.btm, modelling, fashions, clothing

Set of 9 mixed SEC tickets found in Ballarat No. 28, behind the north side sandboxes No. 2 end 6/1/1999. Tickets have been used and have varying degrees of dirt. The image file shows the nature of the damage. Tickets have not been individually numbered with the Registration Number, but can be identified by their ticket number and denomination. All SEC decimal tickets with one SEC pre decimal issue. All on white paper unless otherwise noted. 3d - 45 004131, black ticket with 3d in blue on pink paper, plain back 4c - B 177166 - red ticket, SEC logo on back 5c - B 271063 - yellow ticket, SEC logo on back 7c - B251545, turquoise ticket, SEC logo on back 7c - B385254 - turquoise ticket, SEC logo on back 7c - B447403 - turquoise ticket, SEC logo on back 10c - B873852 - black ticket, SEC logo on back 10c - B995920 - black ticket, SEC logo on back 15c - A202245? - brown ticket, tartan back trams, tramways, tickets, used tickets, secv, ballarat

An image from the Herbert Richmond collection, gifted in 1982 to the Ballarat Library. The collection contains approximately 200 photographs of Ballarat and district in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, as well as photo albums, glass negatives and other memorabilia. Herb Richmond was a keen photographer, a foundation member and a life member of the Ballarat Camera Club, and a photographer with the Ballarat Courier during the 1940s. The Ballarat Camera Club named an annual award after him. Mr Richmond died in 1981 aged 79. The former Post Office building in Ballarat now houses the Art School, Federation University These images were digitally re-photographed by members of the Ballarat Camera Club in September 2006.post office building, lydiard street north, sturt street, federation university

Original photograph by Victorian Railways, with the original image held by the State Library of Victoria. Edited by Richard Conn. Purchased by the Museum.Provides information about the appearance of Sturt St from Grenville St looking west. Tram No. 20 is travelling west. Note the many bikes parked on the shelter. Has in the view buildings of Ballaarat Gas Co, the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute with advertisements for Robur Tea and Davies Bread, Thornton for photos, Terminus Cash Butchery and a Vacuum Oil Co vehicle.Black & White copy photograph view A4 size, titled "Ballarat, looking west on Sturt St ca 1937". Original image by the Victorian Railways, c1937-1940. Looking from the top of a building in Grenville St. towards the West. Has a number of parked vehicles in kerbs, two people riding horses, a Vacuum Oil Co. truck in the bottom right hand corner and SEC tram 20 traveling west, just past the City Loop points. See also Reg Items 675, 4284 for other prints, 2981 for a colour postcard. For a similar view see Reg Item 8332. ballarat, vr photos, sturt st, robur tea, thornton, ballarat gas co, vacuum oil co, tram 20, shelters, tramways

An image from the Herbert Richmond collection, gifted in 1982 to the Ballarat Library. The collection contains approximately 200 photographs of Ballarat and district in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, as well as photo albums, glass negatives and other memorabilia. Herb Richmond was a keen photographer, a foundation member and a life member of the Ballarat Camera Club, and a photographer with the Ballarat Courier during the 1940s. The Ballarat Camera Club named an annual award after him. Mr Richmond died in 1981 aged 79. These images were digitally re-photographed by members of the Ballarat Camera Club in September 2006.minerva, ballarat mechanics institute, statue

An image from the Herbert Richmond collection, gifted in 1982 to the Ballarat Library. The collection contains approximately 200 photographs of Ballarat and district in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, as well as photo albums, glass negatives and other memorabilia. Herb Richmond was a keen photographer, a foundation member and a life member of the Ballarat Camera Club, and a photographer with the Ballarat Courier during the 1940s. The Ballarat Camera Club named an annual award after him. Mr Richmond died in 1981 aged 79. These images were digitally re-photographed by members of the Ballarat Camera Club in September 2006.chancery house, punshon & plummer pty ltd, harry irvine, legal & general assurance society ltd, j.a. dellaca, estate agents, parking meters, gas lamps, ansonia hotel

An image from the Herbert Richmond collection, gifted in 1982 to the Ballarat Library. The collection contains approximately 200 photographs of Ballarat and district in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, as well as photo albums, glass negatives and other memorabilia. Herb Richmond was a keen photographer, a foundation member and a life member of the Ballarat Camera Club, and a photographer with the Ballarat Courier during the 1940s. The Ballarat Camera Club named an annual award after him. Mr Richmond died in 1981 aged 79. These images were digitally re-photographed by members of the Ballarat Camera Club in September 2006.masonic lodge, peel street

An image from the Herbert Richmond collection, gifted in 1982 to the Ballarat Library. The collection contains approximately 200 photographs of Ballarat and district in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, as well as photo albums, glass negatives and other memorabilia. Herb Richmond was a keen photographer, a foundation member and a life member of the Ballarat Camera Club, and a photographer with the Ballarat Courier during the 1940s. The Ballarat Camera Club named an annual award after him. Mr Richmond died in 1981 aged 79. These images were digitally re-photographed by members of the Ballarat Camera Club in September 2006.doveton street north, perry maher, barber, carrier's arms hotel, carrier's arms antiques, melbourne bitter sign