Item from The Courier, 25 years ago, about the change of destination of "Orphanage" to "Victoria Street" and a note regarding the introduction of more "modern" second hand trams into Ballarat.Yields information about the change in the name of the Victoria St terminus.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat January 1936, about Ballarat trams - titled "25 years ago" Two red arrows mark the item of interest.letters, tramways, public transport, victoria street, orphanage, destinations, new trams

Newspaper item from the Digital Edition of The Courier advising that Horse Tram No. 1 will be running Saturday 22-4-2023, the first time since the pandemic. Has a photo of Neville Britton holding a harness with tram No. 1 in the background. Photo by Lachlan Bence. Gives details of time and the tram itself.Yields information about BTM's activities.Digital image of page 3 of The Courier, Ballarat, 19-4-2023trams, ballarat, horse tram, tram 1, neville britton, btm, operations

Yields information about cabs in Ballarat, cab shelters, cab men and has a strong association with a particular cabbie.Newspaper clipping regarding sale of taxi shelter at Peel St. Ballarat East. The Courier, Ballarat, Friday June 2, 1950 p7, including photos of cabmen and cabbies in Ballarat, in particular Bill McHutchison. Handle With Caretrams, tramways, peel st., ballarat, cabs, taxis

Yields information about a new ticket for shoppers and short journeys in Ballarat and the use of tickets in the city section.Newspaper cutting from Ballarat Courier (p2) of 24/7/1951 (Tues), titled "New Tram Section For City Shoppers" outlining introduction of a new tram fare to cover travel in City area of Ballarat. Notes the problem with transfer tickets. Record updated and images added 20/8/2013.Year in read pencil on reartrams, tramways, ballarat tramways, fares, sec

Yields information about a minor derailment in Ballarat and the delays to services.Small newspaper clipping from The Courier, titled "Tram Derailed At Hospital" regarding derailment of a tram at South side of Sturt St and Drummond St Sth of Sebastopol bound tram. Dated 2/10/51. Record updated and images added 20/8/2013."2/10/51"trams, tramways, ballarat trams, derailments, accidents

Yields information about the expected problems with services were replaced by buses and additional road maintenance and the closure of Provincial tramways. Has a strong association with various contributors to the article - Tramways Union, Councillors and parliamentarians.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, titled "Rate rise could follow scrapping of trams here" of report of Ballarat Trades & Labour Council meeting discussing possibility of scrapping Ballarat trams, Geelong buses & impacts on roads & Union involvement. Dated 21/2/1957 - Thursday. Record updated and images added 20/8/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, geelong, trams, closure, unions

Yields information about a tramway power supply defect in Ballarat and the delays to services.Newspaper clipping describing a cable failure at corner of Lydiard and Sturt St on Sunday Oct. 25,1953, delaying start of services about an hour - explains reason for delay and probable cause of failure. From The Courier, Ballarat, 26-10-1953, titled "Trams delayed with cable head blows up" Record updated and images added 20/8/2013.trams, tramways, sec, delays, electric failure, ballarat trams

Yields information about a provision of treated wooden pine sleepers to tramways in Ballarat.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, dated 18-9-53 regarding treated softwood sleepers, 100 installed in 1936 from Ballarat Water Commission, creosote treatment CSIRO. Titled "Still good after Seventeen Years" Record updated and images added 20/8/2013.Pencil date of "18-9-53"trams, tramways, sleepers, tram track, trackwork

Has a strong association with Mr Arthur Walker an employee of ESCo since 1907 and the SEC - Ballarat office.Newspaper clipping dated 29-3-51, following retirement of Arthur Walker - ESCo and SEC, Accountant at Ballarat office - stories of trams, power supply etc. Has photo of Arthur Walker, has reference to windscreens on tram, testing of trams in Ballarat use of electricity in Ballarat. From The Courier, titled "They Said "Please use our Electricity" (in 1907)" Record updated and images added 21/8/2013.In ink "Courier - Thursday 29-3-51"trams, tramways, sec, esco, power supply, trams

Yields information about the introduction of the 3d city section ticket in 1951.Newspaper clipping dated 1-8-51, re introduction of 3d City Section between Dawson St and Main St. to come into use on Wednesday 1-8-51??, requested by Bridge St. traders. From The Courier, titled "City's 3d Tram Section". Record updated and images added 21/8/2013.In ink "Wed 1-8-51"trams, tramways, 3d city section, ballarat trams, tickets

Yields information about Ballarat tramway services in July 1951.Newspaper clipping of July 1951, advertising altered tramway services, commencing Sun 28/7/1951 - details service frequency and View Point Services. exact date of cutting unknown - would appear to be a paid advertisement. Record updated and images added 21/8/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, timetables, services, sec

Yields information about Ballarat bus services to Waubra and issues.Newspaper clipping (undated) about bus services to country districts outside Ballarat in particular Waubra. Involves Trades and Labour Councils, City of Ballarat, and Transport Regulation Board. Mr. R. Emery ex RAN is mentioned. From The Courier? titled "Bus Services claimed to be unsatisfactory" Record updated and images added 21/8/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat rural bus services, waubra, transport regulations

Yields information about Ballarat, it businesses, identifies and its locations or environs through photos and advertisements and articles.The body of the "Christmas Number of the Ballarat Courier, Special Edition - December 1922" = coves missing. See attached listing with worksheet for summary of contents. Contains many advertisement for local business houses, photos and fiction and articles , pages 3 - 94 still existing, stapled. Notes on contents of Christmas Number of The Ballarat Courier Special edition, December 19, 1922. Photos Ballarat Association Cricket Team, winners Country championship - 1922 and photo of dinner at Sth Melb. Town Hall by VCA. - p83 Ballarat Golf club, Arch of Victoria and Club House - p63, 65 Ballarat Imperial Football club - league premier- 1922 - p19 Ballarat Miners Turf Club - showing stands and office bearers - p43 Ballarat North Golf Club - p67 Ballarat Town hall - p87 Ballarat Turf Club Office bearers and race finish - p45 Ballarat Yacht club - opening day and yacht race - p89 Black Hill Progress Association, - members and scenes - p33 Eureka Monument - p79 Finish of a race at Miners RC - p45 Head of the Lake and St. Patrick's the winning crew - p47 1.ake Wendouree - boating on (Gardens side - p] 1 Lake Wendouree, rowing and club houses - p28 Lal Lal waterfalls - p61 Lydiard St. View - Railway Station, Cemetery gates, Mining Exchange, Post Office and Banks - p71 National Federation Conference - 1922 - p39 South city Football club, Ballarat Assoc. Premiers 1922 - p25 Sturt and Lydiard St - top photo Town Hall and T&G building, with ESCo tram (pencil note "Tram No- 3 - Peckham Truck" written in - p75. Bottom photo, looking south from Town Hall. The Western Oval during a football match - p23 Victorian Farmers Union Conference, Ballarat 1922 - p37 Victorian Railway photos of various scenes around Victoria: Pages 3, 5, 7, 55, 59 Views of Victoria Park - p91 VR Ballarat Railway Workshops - p9 Advertisements on even numbered pages, featuring in particular: Ballarat Motor Garage - with photos - p88 C.A.V. Willard - storage battery service Stn - p76 with photo. CA Mitaxa - Builder - includes photos of new homes - p38 Coles & Pullham - stock sales - with photos - p86 ESCo - p70 Geo E. Dibble, machinery merchant - includes photos - p26 Geo. Waller - asphalt and carrier - photos of work and buildings Hanrahan's of Ballarat - Garage and stables - p30 J.L.Ridings - dentists, - photos of surgery p14 Longhurst's Bakeries - Mair and Yuille St. Includes Photos. - P84 Preston Motors, Melbourne - The Maxwell Sep Morse - Motor and Carriage builders - photo - p78 St. Patrick's College - photos of students and buildings - p46 State Savings Bank of Vic. - p20 T-J. Brown house remover and general carrier, photo of traction engines - p90 T.J.Haymes - Wallpaper etc. - p33 The Ballarat Co-Op Distribution Society - includes photos - p44 The Hupmobile - McLean Richards Motors - p22 Wallace Butter Factor - p82 Articles Black Hill Progress Association - p35 Damaged pages - cut outs clippings etc. Page 17/18 - top half bottom 1/3 of page 21/22 Pages: 9, 70, 71, 75, 87 and 90 imaged. Record reviewed and images of some of the pages added 10-9-2013p74. Note re tram 33.trams, tramways, ballarat, commerce, ballarat business, sports, science, esco

Page 7 and 8 of the Centenary issue of the Ballarat Courier. Page 7 - features In Retrospect, Highlights of Ballarat story (August to December), John Hollway & Sons (Radio Receivers). Page 8 - "Down Times Corridor" by Major General R.E.Williams (photo of VR loco) and an advertisement - "Boyd's" - drapers and outfitters. See also items 198, 199 and 200. Image scans added 14-9-2013 and record checked.trams, tramways, ballarat, centenaries, commerce

Pages 9 and 10 of the Centenary issue of the Ballarat Courier, 8/3/1938 p9 - Article - "Prisoners aide in Municipal Work" - rifle range at Victoria Park, photo of "first train" Geelong Ballarat crossing Moorabool viaduct, Advertisements for Sherry stores, Berger Paints - S.E. Hobson and Harry Davies & Co. Department Store. p10 - article on Ballarat Banking, (see also archive item No. 200) - large ad from "The Bank of Australasia" - illustration of Ballarat in 1856 from Bath's Hotel - towards the Australasia Bank. Record reviewed and images of three pages added 7-9-2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, centenaries, banking, victoria park, rifle range

Yields information about Ballarat and its locations or environs late 1938.Pages 21,22,29 and 30 of the Centenary issue of the Ballarat Courier, 8/3/1938. Page 21 "When the World was Wide", photos, Ballaarat City Council of Centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district, year, and Sturt St. from Bridge St., possibly original photo of time. Ads. - Marks & Phillips, - Tailors and C.J.Coles. Page 22 - Towns that have a history - Learmonth, Clunes, Creswick and Buninyong. Photos - Learmonth, Clunes and Forestry school Creswick. Ads - State Savings Bank of Vic, Swanston Used Cars. Page 29 - Ballarat's historic Sports Grounds - origin and development, Eastern Oval incident, listing of nuggets found and quartz specimens. Ads for Prestige stockings, T&G Mutual Life and Fosters Lager. Photo of mine at No. 6 shaft on Band of Hope and Albion Consolidated. Page 30 - articles - Ballarat's sporting origins and swamp to reservoir (water supply). Photos of First England Cricket team to visit Ballarat and aqueduct at Kirks storage basin. Ads for Craig Bros, Pratts cash stores, Haymes paints and Ballarat Block Arcade - shops. Record reviewed and images of some of the pages added 10-9-2013trams, tramways, ballarat centenary celebrations, centenary, sports ground, water supply

Yields information about Ballarat and its locations or environs late 1938.Pages 11,12, 19 and 20 of the centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district by the Ballarat Courier - March 1938. See also items 186, 198 and 199. Page 11 Royal visits, banking in Ballarat, photos - NW section of Ballarat, railway station in foreground. Ads for J.McKay and Son, Roy Reeds (Men's store) and Ballarat Gas Co. Also photo of "The Corner" in Sturt St. - old Mining Exchange. Page 12 - full page ad for Morseheads, women's store. Page 19 - articles - Ballarat Lighting and Power, ESCo, SEC, electric trams. photos of the Arch of Victory, first electric tram, Lake Wendouree. Advertisements for Austin Spears (cycles), McDougall and Chisholm (drapers), W.E. Longhurst (bread) and the ES&A bank. Also article on South St. Society - music and elocution. Page 20 - articles - Ballarat Gas Co., horse and electric trams, agriculture in district and Ballarat's war record (WWI). Photos of work at Gong Gong Reservoir and Committeemen of the Ballarat Horticultural Society - 1859 to 1885. Ads for Ballarat College, Clarendon, Queens (girls) and Ballarat Grammar schools, Ern Craig Motors (Vauxhall) and Snows men's wear. Record reviewed and images of pages added 7-9-2013 and 10-9-2013trams, tramways, ballarat electricity, centenary, banking, transport, trams, esco

Yields information about the demolition of the Alfred Hall, in the mid 1950's - a once important part of Ballarat's community facilities.Newspaper article titled "Temporary Hall? Just silly says wrecker" on the demolition of Ballarat's Alfred Hall in The Courier, Dec 18, 1956. Photo of building with roof partially removed. On rear is an advertisement for Owens (Toys) of Ballarat - not complete. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, alfred hall, ballarat, demolition, buildings

Demonstrates the work done by the BTM/BTPS to celebrate the 50 years since the end of the Second World War and the documents prepared for the CHHA Exhibition in 1995.Six items illustrating operations of tramways in Ballarat during WWII, used in "Ballarat Trammies at War Exhibition" - Oct. to Dec. 1995. 254.1 - Part copy of page of Ballarat Courier with SEC ad to save electricity and War bonds - photocopied, laminated with 4 Velcro dots on rear. 254.2 - part copy of page of Ballarat Courier 2/7/1942 - re growth of tram traffic - as above. 254.3 - part copy of page of Ballarat Courier 14/2/1042 - re trams are black out - as above. 254.4 - retyped item of .2 on plastic film with orange paper glued to rear, used for pointer to .2 item with two Velcro dots. 254.5 - Note re item to be sent to overseas used in .3, as for .4, but on yellow paper. 254.6 - retyped item of .3 as for .4, but green paper. Images added 19/10/2013.trams, tramways, secv, ballarat tramways, world war ii

Yields information about the history of Ballarat trams, tramways and the trammies and their stories. Has a strong association with the businesses in Ballarat.269 - Twelve page souvenir supplement to the Ballarat Courier, published the day after closure of Ballarat's SECV trams. Features many photos, sketches, items regarding the history of trams in Ballarat, and local advertisements of commercial business houses at the time. Dated 20/9/1971 . 2nd copy of 269 added 4/6/1999. 269.1 - Full copy of the Courier Newspaper containing the supplement detailed in item 269. Has a photo of tram 40 on front page in Sturt St. near Doveton street and article on front page, continued on page 2. 2nd copy added 18/06/2006. Note advertisement in the bottom right hand corner of the front page - house sale notice with reference to the horse trams. Image of front cover of newspaper and of each sheet of the supplement added 22/10/2013.trams, tramways, secv, ballarat trams, closure, advertisements

Photocopies of original newspaper clippings from the Ballarat Courier. Originals of cuttings held - see notes below. 278.1 - "Tram makes farewell trip" - photo of No. 43, near dusk on Mt. Pleasant route, fire station in background. - Sunday Sept. 5, 1971. - Courier Monday 6/9/1971 - A4 sheet. - (See Reg. Item 2907 for actual copy of cutting) 278.2. - "Last Journey for 39" - report on tram 39 last trip to Mt. Pleasant by Judy Graham - page 1 of Courier, 6/9/1971 - A4 sheet. - See Reg. Item 2908.1 for actual copy of cutting and 2908.2 for 2nd part on page 2. 278.3 - "Tram Change Uneventful" - report in the Courier of 24/8/1971, day after buses started on Victoria Street and photo of overhead dismantling (A4 sheet). - See Reg Item 1065 for actual copy of the cutting. 278.4. - "Many will miss tram" - report in Courier, Monday 23/8/1971 - following closure of Victoria St. route on 232/8/1971. Photo of No. 31 at Victoria St. (A3 sheet). (See Reg Item 1068 for actual copy of cutting). 278.5 - "Pieces of Tram History" - item in Courier of Wed. 22/9/1971 of tramway Supt. Mr. Denmead, handing over tokens and sample tickets to City of Ballarat - 2 photos - A3 sheet. - (See Reg Item 1846 for actual copy of cutting). Record updated 11/9/2013 for actual cuttings held. See Page 57 of KS Kings, "Ballarat Tramways"trams, tramways, ballarat, secv, closure

Ballarat Courier (?) article on knitted donations for Chernobyl children from residents at the Kelaston Nursing Home and Day Centre.1 x newspaper articlekelaston home (ballarat), association for the blind

This painting of Lake Wendouree gives an accurate idea of activities at the Lake in 1873.This newspaper print of the painting is historically important in giving a clear idea of the environs, recreational activities and the people visiting Lake Wendouree in1873.1 large sheet in colour of a painting, oil on canvas entitled Lake Wendouree, by Thomas Thompson.Lefthand corner, to celebrate the Ballarat Courier's 140 years. Righthand corner, restored for the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.john garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, lake wendouree, thomas thompson, ballarat fine art gallery, ballarat courier, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat

The two articles are about Lake Wendouree, the first relates to the Lake as a major wildlife habitat and the second to the development of the Lake.Not only are there details of the Lake as a wildlife habitat, there is a detailed chronology and history of developments on and around Lake Wendouree.1 page of the Courier newspaper (p.5) with 2 major headings and a " Lake Timeline", 1/2 way down the page.Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanic gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, lake wendouree, wildlife habitat, yuille's swamp, ducks, grebes, native aquatic plants, white ibis, silver gull, possums, native water rats, history of lake wendouree., john garner collection, gardens, ballarat

This article highlights the popularity of Lake Wendouree for leisure time activities and the account of a suicide in 1884.Elizabeth Murphy's suicide at Lake Wendouree contrasts with the usual happy reports of activities at the Lake and was selected over 100 years later perhaps to give another perspective on Ballarat Life.2/3 of a page of newspaper print with a large black and white picture, mid- page of people paddling in Lake Wendouree in 18884Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanic gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, lake wendouree, boating, picnicking, paddling, suicide, elizabeth murphy, william pritchard, 1884, ballarat star, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat

So many attacks on the Stoddart statues over the years. "Lock Them Away" by Andrew Eales, City Council Reporter, Courier, Wednesday 10th July 2022, page 1 & 2.Importance of the statues to the Ballarat community. and the costs involved.pp.1-2 of the Courier newspaper in colour.john garner collection, garner, dr, vandalism, statues, courier, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens

1. "Two Charged." pp. 1-2, April 16, 2002. 2. "Council steps up security." pp.1-2, April 18, 2002. 3. "Sentenced." pp.1-2, October 23, 2002. Statue vandalism had become a matter of serious concern3 articles in colourNonejohn garner collection, garner, dr, vandalism, statues, protection, sentence, ballarat botanical gardens, council, ballarat, gardens, courier