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Ballarat and District Irish Association
Image, Land League Committee Meeting, Dublin, 1864
The Irish National Land League (Irish: Conradh na Talún) was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on. The period of the Land League's agitation is known as the Land War. Within decades of the league's foundation, through the efforts of William O'Brien and George Wyndham (a descendant of Lord Edward FitzGerald), the 1902 Land Conference produced the Land (Purchase) Act 1903 which allowed Irish tenant farmers buy out their freeholds with UK government loans over 68 years through the Land Commission (an arrangement that has never been possible in Britain itself). For agricultural labourers, D.D. Sheehan and the Irish Land and Labour Association secured their demands from the Liberal government elected in 1905 to pass the Labourers (Ireland) Act 1906, and the Labourers (Ireland) Act 1911, which paid County Councils to build over 40,000 new rural cottages, each on an acre of land. By 1914, 75% of occupiers were buying out their landlords, mostly under the two Acts. In all, under the pre-UK Land Acts over 316,000 tenants purchased their holdings amounting to 15 million acres (61,000 km2) out of a total of 20 million acres (81,000 km2) in the country. Sometimes the holdings were described as "uneconomic", but the overall sense of social justice was undeniable. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Land_League, accessed 21 January 2014) The Irish National Land League was founded at the Imperial Hotel in Castlebar, the County town of Mayo, on 21 October 1879. At that meeting Charles Stewart Parnell was elected president of the league. Andrew Kettle, Michael Davitt, and Thomas Brennan were appointed as honorary secretaries. This united practically all the different strands of land agitation and tenant rights movements under a single organisation. The two aims of the Land League, as stated in the resolutions adopted in the meeting, were: ...first, to bring out a reduction of rack-rents; second, to facilitate the obtaining of the ownership of the soil by the occupiers. That the object of the League can be best attained by promoting organisation among the tenant-farmers; by defending those who may be threatened with eviction for refusing to pay unjust rents; by facilitating the working of the Bright clauses of the Irish Land Act during the winter; and by obtaining such reforms in the laws relating to land as will enable every tenant to become owner of his holding by paying a fair rent for a limited number of years. Charles Stewart Parnell, John Dillon, Michael Davitt, and others including Cal Lynn then went to America to raise funds for the League with spectacular results. Branches were also set up in Scotland, where the Crofters Party imitated the League and secured a reforming Act in 1886. The government had introduced the first ineffective Land Act in 1870, then the equally inadequate Acts of 1880 and 1881 followed. These established a Land Commission that started to reduce some rents. Parnell together with all of his party lieutenants, including Father Eugene Sheehy known as "the Land League priest", went into a bitter verbal offensive and were imprisoned in October 1881 under the Irish Coercion Act in Kilmainham Jail for "sabotaging the Land Act", from where the No-Rent Manifesto was issued, calling for a national tenant farmer rent strike which was partially followed. Although the League discouraged violence, agrarian crimes increased widely. Typically a rent strike would be followed by evictions by the police, or those tenants paying rent would be subject to a local boycott by League members. Where cases went to court, witnesses would change their stories, resulting in an unworkable legal system. This in turn led on to stronger criminal laws being passed that were described by the League as "Coercion Acts". The bitterness that developed helped Parnell later in his Home Rule campaign. Davitt's views were much more extreme, seeking to nationalise all land, as seen in his famous slogan: "The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland". Parnell aimed to harness the emotive element, but he and his party preferred for tenant farmers to become freeholders on the land they rented, instead of land being vested in "the people".(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Land_League, accessed 21 January 2014)Image of a number of men sitting around a table. They are members of the Land League Committee during a meeting in Dublin.ballarat irish, land league, land league committee, dublin -
Ballarat and District Irish Association
Image, Charles Parnell, c1864, 1864
Parnell was an Irish nationalist and statesman who led the fight for Irish Home Rule in the 1880s. Charles Stewart Parnell was born on 27 June 1846 in County Wicklow into a family of Anglo-Irish Protestant landowners. He studied at Cambridge University and was elected to parliament in 1875 as a member of the Home Rule League (later re-named by Parnell the Irish Parliamentary Party). His abilities soon became evident. In 1878, Parnell became an active opponent of the Irish land laws, believing their reform should be the first step on the road to Home Rule. In 1879, Parnell was elected president of the newly founded National Land League and the following year he visited the United States to gain both funds and support for land reform. In the 1880 election, he supported the Liberal leader William Gladstone, but when Gladstone's Land Act of 1881 fell short of expectations, he joined the opposition. By now he had become the accepted leader of the Irish nationalist movement. Parnell now encouraged boycott as a means of influencing landlords and land agents, and as a result he was sent to jail and the Land League was suppressed. From Kilmainham prison he called on Irish peasants to stop paying rent. In March 1882, he negotiated an agreement with Gladstone - the Kilmainham Treaty - in which he urged his followers to avoid violence. But this peaceful policy was severely challenged by the murder in May 1882 of two senior British officials in Phoenix Park in Dublin by members of an Irish terrorist group. Parnell condemned the murders. In 1886, Parnell joined with the Liberals to defeat Lord Salisbury's Conservative government. Gladstone became prime minister and introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill. Parnell believed it was flawed but said he was prepared to vote for it. The Bill split the Liberal Party and was defeated in the House of Commons. Gladstone's government fell soon afterwards.(http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/parnell_charles.shtml, accessed 21 January 2014) The Irish National Land League (Irish: Conradh na Talún) was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on. The period of the Land League's agitation is known as the Land War. Within decades of the league's foundation, through the efforts of William O'Brien and George Wyndham (a descendant of Lord Edward FitzGerald), the 1902 Land Conference produced the Land (Purchase) Act 1903 which allowed Irish tenant farmers buy out their freeholds with UK government loans over 68 years through the Land Commission (an arrangement that has never been possible in Britain itself). For agricultural labourers, D.D. Sheehan and the Irish Land and Labour Association secured their demands from the Liberal government elected in 1905 to pass the Labourers (Ireland) Act 1906, and the Labourers (Ireland) Act 1911, which paid County Councils to build over 40,000 new rural cottages, each on an acre of land. By 1914, 75% of occupiers were buying out their landlords, mostly under the two Acts. In all, under the pre-UK Land Acts over 316,000 tenants purchased their holdings amounting to 15 million acres (61,000 km2) out of a total of 20 million acres (81,000 km2) in the country. Sometimes the holdings were described as "uneconomic", but the overall sense of social justice was undeniable. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Land_League, accessed 21 January 2014) The Irish National Land League was founded at the Imperial Hotel in Castlebar, the County town of Mayo, on 21 October 1879. At that meeting Charles Stewart Parnell was elected president of the league. Andrew Kettle, Michael Davitt, and Thomas Brennan were appointed as honorary secretaries. This united practically all the different strands of land agitation and tenant rights movements under a single organisation. The two aims of the Land League, as stated in the resolutions adopted in the meeting, were: ...first, to bring out a reduction of rack-rents; second, to facilitate the obtaining of the ownership of the soil by the occupiers. That the object of the League can be best attained by promoting organisation among the tenant-farmers; by defending those who may be threatened with eviction for refusing to pay unjust rents; by facilitating the working of the Bright clauses of the Irish Land Act during the winter; and by obtaining such reforms in the laws relating to land as will enable every tenant to become owner of his holding by paying a fair rent for a limited number of years. Charles Stewart Parnell, John Dillon, Michael Davitt, and others including Cal Lynn then went to America to raise funds for the League with spectacular results. Branches were also set up in Scotland, where the Crofters Party imitated the League and secured a reforming Act in 1886. The government had introduced the first ineffective Land Act in 1870, then the equally inadequate Acts of 1880 and 1881 followed. These established a Land Commission that started to reduce some rents. Parnell together with all of his party lieutenants, including Father Eugene Sheehy known as "the Land League priest", went into a bitter verbal offensive and were imprisoned in October 1881 under the Irish Coercion Act in Kilmainham Jail for "sabotaging the Land Act", from where the No-Rent Manifesto was issued, calling for a national tenant farmer rent strike which was partially followed. Although the League discouraged violence, agrarian crimes increased widely. Typically a rent strike would be followed by evictions by the police, or those tenants paying rent would be subject to a local boycott by League members. Where cases went to court, witnesses would change their stories, resulting in an unworkable legal system. This in turn led on to stronger criminal laws being passed that were described by the League as "Coercion Acts". The bitterness that developed helped Parnell later in his Home Rule campaign. Davitt's views were much more extreme, seeking to nationalise all land, as seen in his famous slogan: "The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland". Parnell aimed to harness the emotive element, but he and his party preferred for tenant farmers to become freeholders on the land they rented, instead of land being vested in "the people".(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Land_League, accessed 21 January 2014)Image of bearded man known as Charles Stewart Parnellballarat irish, parnell, charles parnell, home rule -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Postcard, Patricia Boyd, Patricia Boyd to her parents, 5-Jan-67
... , written in Cadogan Hotel, is from the National Gallery depicting..., written in Cadogan Hotel, is from the National Gallery depicting ...This is a postcard from Patricia Boyd, Robin Boyd's wife, from London to her parents 'Gram and Poppa'. It details a family trip with children Suzy and Penleigh in Paris, Athens, Rome (with a visit to Martin Boyd) and now in London (to see Arthur and Yvonne Boyd). It tells of running into Hatton Beck (Lucy Boyd's husband) at the National Gallery. The postcard, written in Cadogan Hotel, is from the National Gallery depicting Jan van Eyck's 'The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami'.martin boyd, arthur boyd, hatton beck, van eyck -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, SEM Co, "Sturt St from PO Steps, Ballarat", c1908
... . In the background are Craigs Hotel, C. Marks & Co, National Mutual building... of the tram. C1909. In the background are Craigs Hotel, C. Marks & Co ...Photograph - looking from Summerscales offices onto the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St during an event, with a parked ESCo tram and crowds or onlookers on either side of the south side of Sturt St. Has a detailed image of the tram. C1909. In the background are Craigs Hotel, C. Marks & Co, National Mutual building, Snows, and the Town Hall. Several horse-drawn vehicles are in the photograph. Also, A. E. Casley Chemists and Beath Schiess & Co, though this seems to be almost printed into the photograph - above the chemist shop. The postcard has been sent to Miss N Sproston of Skeleton Cottage, Avoca. Has a 1d Victoria stamp and has been postmarked 14-5-1908. See item 5907 for a black-and-white image of the same postcard published by Summerscales.Yields information about the streetscape of Sturt St and Lydiard Streets c1908Postcard coloured, divided back, used, SEM Co.See image 2 for letter and address details. tramways, trams, esco, sturt st, events, lydiard st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative - Set of 3, Campbell Duncan, 10/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about tram operations and the street views in the area of the City Loop, Sturt St.Set of 3 photographs taken on 10/8/1971 by Campbell Duncan of trams in the City Loop area of Sturt St. .1 - With 5 trams, headed by No. 40, in the loop, No 26 passes the loop. In the background are the various shops and stores on the south side of Sturt St, the including Patersons store. .2 - No. 26 climbing towards Lydiard St with the Coors Private Hotel, the Commonwealth Bank and the National Mutual building in the view. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West, and a Briquettes roof advertisement. .3 - No. 27 - passes the assembled trams in the loop with the Dickins and Thomas buildings in the background. The tram has a Twin Lakes sign.trams, tramways, sturt st, city loop, tram 26 tram 40 tram 27 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 10, George Coop, 1968 - 1970
Yields information about the tram operations and the landscape views of the Sturt St median strip.Ten (10) Digital images taken by George Coop during the period 1968 - 1970, of SEC trams in Sturt St, between the City and Pleasant Streets. .1 - Tram 26 climbing the Sturt St hill to Lydiard St, with the Cook's Private Hotel, the Commonwealth Bank and the National Mutual Life building in the background. Photo taken from the Titanic Bandstand. .2 - Tram 40 Sturt St, enough to Lydiard St North just before Raglan St. Has a lady passenger by the tram stop. .3 - Tram 30 - Sturt St north side, near Armstrong St, - has a blue framing line around the photograph. .4 - Tram 39, Sturt St, near Doveton St, shows the rotunda in the median strip. .5 - Tram 18, with median step in view. .6 - Tram 31, with two Johnnie Walker whiskey roof adverts, outside the National Mutual Life building with the Alan Bros Jewellers and Golden Star Chinese Cafe in the view. .7 - Tram 31, Sturt St south side with Town Hall and the Golden City Hotel in the view. Tram has destination of Gardens via Drummond North. .8 - Tram 41 - ditto - going to Sebastopol. .9 - Tram 13, south side, Gardens via Sturt West, about , near Ripon St, with the Ampol service station in the background and about to pick up a lady passenger .10 - Tram 17, near Doveton St. Has a Twin Lakes sign and a Wilkinson Sword Razor Bladese roof advert. trams, tramways, sturt st, raglan st, passengers, doveton st, tram 26, tram 40, tram 30, tram 39, tram 18, tram 31, tram 41, tram 13, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Caldwell, 8/03/1960 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the city tram stop and the surround buildings.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell on 8/3/1960 of: Tram 43 at the city tram stop, Sturt and Lydiard St, with the destination of Sebastopol. Has trams parked in the City Loop, a single trucker behind No. 43. In the view are the Bucks Head Hotel, the Commonwealth Bank and the national Mutual Life buildings. Slide is blotchy and has mould marks.Stamped on bottom of slide "8 Mar 60"., In ink "BxAT"tramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 43 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Ellis Collection?, c1950
Yields information about the appearance of the view looking west on the south side of Sturt St from the Titanic Bandstand.Negative (120 size) of the intersection of the south side of Sturt St from near Grenville St looking west with tram 26 climbing the hill. The tram has the destination of View Point. In the background is the National Mutual building advertising C Marks Jewellers, the Commonwealth Bank, Beachams Hotel, Hollands Cycle and the Ballarat Mechanics Institute building. Shows the median strip Gardens in Sturt St. Item donated comprised negative 1143, Negative scanned at 3200dpi. trams, tramways, sturt st, view point, gardens, tram 26 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Horse tram No 5 - Vine Hotel
Black and white postcard of horse tram No 5 outside the Alexander Ronald's Vine Hotel, Macarthur St Ballarat. Tram has a advertisement for the Vine Hotel. See image 3792i for a print. Printed by the Ballarat and District Genealogical Society May 2019 for the National Trust Heritage Week with the assistance of Robert and Stubbs of the Canberra Hotel and the BTM. Card notes that Henry George Smith was the groom. 2 copies collected. Photo from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaarat Mechanic's institute. Has details of the sponsors on the rear of the card. trams, tramways, vine hotel, canberra hotel, horse trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, John Ward, 28/02/1969 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St North during 1969.Digital image of tram 43 turning from Lydiard St North into Sturt St with the National Mutual Building and Craigs Hotel n the background. Tram has destination of Sebastopol. Photo by John Ward 28 Feb. 1969. Slide title "01114 280269 SEC bogie tram 43 Lydiard St North to Sturt St Ballarat Vic"trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st north, tram 43 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 13, Noel Simons, 28/04/1971 12:00:00 AM
Set of 13 transparencies taken on 28/4/1971 on PAKON mounts. 1168.1 - No. 21 at City terminus - taken from North side of street. Has Boer War statue on right side and National Mutual building in the background. 1168.2 - No. 34 with destination "Sebastopol" in Sturt St., outside Town Hall, with National Mutual building in background. 1168.3 - No. 18 at corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts with National Mutual building and Craigs Hotel in background. 1168.4 - 18 at intersection of Sturt and Dawson St. 1168.5 - No. 30 at intersection of Armstrong St and Sturt St. with Fletcher Jones building in background. 1168.6 - No. 14 at City Terminus, showing destination of "Victoria St." with Town Hall in the background. 1168.7 - No. 11 bound for Mt Pleasant, opposite Titanic Bandstand in Sturt St. Has a Twin Lakes advertisement on the front dash panel and an unknown roof advertisement. 1168.8 - No. 21 at bottom of Sturt St. approaching the Grenville St. junction, with Dickins Food Store and the Spot Cafe in the background. Tram has destination of "Victoria St". and a roof advertisement for a cigarette? company. 1168.9 - No. 26 and three other trams in City Loop, looking west along Sturt St., just after a heavy hail storm. 1168.10 - No. 21 at the intersection of Sturt St and Dawson St. with Golden City Hotel and the Ritzy Cafe in the background. Can see the Dawson St. crossover track, just after a heavy hail storm. 1168.11 - No. 21 and three other trams at City Loop looking east along the south side of Sturt St. See also image 1168i1a - cleaned up and edited by Peter Waugh April 2024 - used in the April 2024 issue of Fares Please. 1168.12 - No. 14 entering the South side of Sturt St. from Bridge St. with Dickins Store in the background and the Grenville St. shelter alongside the tram. 1168.13 - No. 37 at Sturt and Dawson St., eastbound, showing "Lydiard St. Nth" Has SEC roof advertisement on the side of the tram.1168.1 -"Sturt & Lydiard Sts" 1168.2 - "Town Hall" 1168.3 - "Sturt St & Dawson Sts" 1168.4 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts" 1168.5 - "Sturt St." 1168.6 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts" 1168.7 - "Sturt St." 1168.8 - "Bridge St." 1168.9 - "City Loop" 1168.10 -"Dawson & Sturt Sts." 1168.11 - "City Loop" 1168.12 - "Bridge St." All have date stamp of "28 Apr 1971" in purple ink on base. All blue ink unless otherwise noted.tramways, trams, town hall, sturt st., dawson st, armstrong st., grenville st, bridge st., titanic bandstand, tram 11, tram 14, tram 18, tram 21, tram 26, tram 30, tram 34, tram 37 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Peter Bruce, c1971
Yields information about Ballarat 's 38 and a classic Ballarat image, at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard's Street.Black and white photograph of SEC 38 turning from Sturt St. into Lydiard Street with the National Mutual Building and Craigs Hotel in the background. Tram showing destination of "Lydiard St. North". Photo taken c1971. Colour photocopy, laminated, of this photograph on display 5/2000 at 02-02-06 1370.1 - digital image of the same photograph supplied by Peter Bruce - from Reg Item 4569. Peter's title of image "No. 38 turns into Lydiard St".trams, tramways, sturt st., lydiard st. north, national mutual, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Peter Moses, 21/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Photo of No. 42 waiting to turn from Lydiard St. North to Sturt St. on 21/8/1971, while running the ARHS/TMSV special trams. Has National Mutual, Town Hall and Craigs Hotel in the background. Tram is showing "Special" and is fitted with SEC roof advertisement "Everything's is under control in my all electric kitchen". Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses 21 August 1971.On the rear of the slide in black ink "Ballarat / ARHS special from Lydiard St into Sturt St." and "P. Moses" in the bottom right hand corner.tramways, trams, arhs, lydiard st north, sturt st. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Ben Parle, Jan. 1954
Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in England" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 1/1954. Photo of Ballarat No. 28 and 35? at the City terminus, south side of Sturt St. at Lydiard St. with the Commonwealth Bank, Unicorn Hotel and the Ballarat Mechanics Institute buildings in the background. Number of potential passengers waiting at the stop. Note the tram stop signs. No. 28 has the destination of Gray St. Sebastopol. Note the verandah on the National Mutual Life building and the portable "No Parking" sign on the right hand side of the photograph. For high resolution scan see btm2813h.tif "Sturt St Ballarat" "1/54"tramways, trams, city terminus, lydiard st north, sturt st, tram 28, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Black & White Photograph/s, Marc Dahlstrom, c1971
Digital image from a black and white print of tram 42 running a "Special" climbing the Sturt St hill up to Lydiard St, shows the steep hill. In the background is Cooks Private Hotel, Ballarat Travel Centre, Commonwealth Bank, National Mutual Building and Alan Bros. Photo by Marc Dahlstrom c1971. 5056.1 - physical print of the same image, with the Marc Dahlstrom stamp on the rear - added 8-5-2016.On rear is the Marc Dahlstrom stamp.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 42 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, c1971
Yields information about Ballarat streetscape and its trams in the closing days of the SEC tramway system.Digital image from a black and white print of tram 31 climbing the hill in Sturt St up to Lydiard St, shows the steepness of the hill. Tram has two Johnnie Walker whisky roof advertisements, a Twin Lakes sign and is showing Special. In the background are a Discount store, a Thrifty furniture van, Cooks Private Hotel, the Commonwealth Bank and the National Mutual Building. Photo by Marc Dahlstrom c1971.On rear is the Marc Dahlstrom stamp.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 31 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Wal Jack, 18/11/1961 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams in the late 1960'ss and the street scape in Victoria St?, Yields information about Ballarat's trams in the late 1960'ss and the street scape in Victoria St?Black and white print of Ballarat 35, northbound to Lydiard St North, crossing the Railway level crossing with Moodys Provincial Hotel and the Ballarat "B" signal box in the background. The tram has a roof advertisement for Ilford film. Note the entry canopy to the hotel. Two copies. Photo by Wal jack, 18/11/1961. Photo print courtesy of Port Dock Railway Museum, now the National Railway Museum. See worksheet 4311 for letter and details of prints sent to Bill Scott, 19/10/2001. Any photo credit to mention NRM Collection.On rear of copy 1 "SEC Ballarat / 35 / Lydiard St North / 18/11/61 2920 / Wal Jack " Copy 2 "DAC" in ink, bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, lydiard st, ballarat railway station, level crossings, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Doug Colquhoun, 16/05/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Bendigo's trams in the early 1970's and the Eaglehawk terminus.Black and white print of Bendigo 28 at the Golden Square terminus. Two copies. Photo by Doug Colquhoun, 16/5/1971. Trams has the destination of Nth Bendigo and roof advertisements for Briquettes. Also has the Golden Square hotel in the background. Photo print courtesy of Port Dock Railway Museum, now the National Railway Museum. See worksheet 4311 for letter and details of prints sent to Bill Scott, 19/10/2001. Any photo credit to mention NRM Collection.On rear of copy 1 "SEC Bendigo / 28 /Golden Square / 16/5/71 4187 / D.A. Colquhoun" . Copy 2 "DAC" in ink, bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, golden square, tram 28 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Doug Colquhoun, 24/03/1959 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's scrubber tram in early 1960's.Black and white print of Ballarat 32, crossing Lydiard St, in Sturt St with the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. Has the Commonwealth Bank, Odeon theatre, Mechanics Institute, Ballarat Gas Co, Unicorn Hotel, and Colonial Mutual Life buildings in the background, along with a number of motor vehicles. Photo Doug Colquhoun 24/3/1959. Photo print courtesy of Port Dock Railway Museum, now the National Railway Museum. See worksheet 4311 for letter and details of prints sent to Bill Scott, 19/10/2001. Any photo credit to mention NRM Collection.On rear of copy "SEC Ballarat #32 / Sturt St @ Lydiard / 24/3/59 / Douglas A Colquhoun.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 32 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Doug Colquhoun, 23/03/1959 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the Eaglehawk terminus, tram 18 and the tram liveries in 1963.Black and white print of Ballarat 12, crossing Lydiard St, in Sturt St with the destination of Gardens via View Point. Has the Commonwealth Bank, Odeon theatre, Mechanics Institute, Ballarat Gas Co, Unicorn Hotel, and Colonial Mutual Life buildings in the background. A group of children with bicycles are on the corner and the newspaper seller stand. Photo Doug Colquhoun 23/3/1959. Photo print courtesy of Port Dock Railway Museum, now the National Railway Museum. See worksheet 4311 for letter and details of prints sent to Bill Scott, 19/10/2001. Any photo credit to mention NRM Collection.On rear of copy In top left hand corner "72) No . 71 withdrawn" a yellow label with "24" crossed out over a sticker "Photo No. Reduced to 82% 145x80 see photocopy for masking" and "22" crossed out in the top right hand corner. In the lower left hand corner "SEC Ballarat #12 / Sturt St @ Lydiard / 23/3/59 / Douglas A Colquhoun"trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 12 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, Mar. 1954
Yields information on the decorations and tramcars and street scenes at the time of the Queens visit to Ballarat.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a series of four small black and white photographs taken during the Queen Elizabeth II visit to Ballarat, March 1954. Captions under each photograph in ink. 1 - No. 37 at Pleasant St, looking east along Sturt St. - see Neg 993 2 - No. 25 at Lydiard St with the National Mutual Building in the background - see Neg 991. 3 - No. 21 - Sturt St at Dawson St with Golden City Hotel in the background - see Neg 992 4 - No. 17 Lydiard St taken from the railway station car park - see also Reg Item 5300 for a better photograph and Wal's notes on rear which says No. 17, not 11 - see Neg 994 All photographs include some of the decorations for the Royal Visit. Photographer - not stated, but sheet in Wal's handwriting. May not be Wal Jack based on the negative size, smaller than 120 which Wal used at the time. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negative N993 See image i5 for hi res scan of negative N994 See image i6 for hi res scan of negative N995 See image i7 for hi res scan of negative N996 On rear of the Manila sheet which has been cut from another sheet are "No. 11 Victoria St terminus 25-6-57".trams, tramways, royal visit, lydiard st, pleasant st, sturt st, tram 37, tram 25, tram 21, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1927
... the Post Office, Craigs Hotel, Commonwealth Bank, National Mutual... vehicles and pedestrians. Has the Post Office, Craigs Hotel ...Yields information about Sturt and the streetscape with a horse tram outside St Andrews Kirk with two small boys playing.Black and white historic photograph downloaded from a picture resource website within a decorative frame. Printed with an inkjet printer. Titled "Looking down Lydiard Street south, Ballarat. circa:" shows an ESCo tram turning from Lydiard St north into Sturt St with many parked motor vehicles and pedestrians. Has the Post Office, Craigs Hotel, Commonwealth Bank, National Mutual Building and the Bank of Australasia in the photograph. One centre pole in the photograph. Photo c1927 Original photo from a postcard?trams, tramways, lydiard st north, poles, post office, esco, tram 20 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, J. Summerscales and Ballarat, Sturt & Lydiard Sts centre of Ballarat, c1908
... . In the background are Craigs Hotel, C. Marks & Co, National Mutual building... of the tram. C1909. In the background are Craigs Hotel, C. Marks & Co ...Photograph - looking from Summerscales offices onto the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St during an event, with a parked ESCo tram and crowds or onlookers on either side of the south side of Sturt St. Has a detailed image of the tram. C1909. In the background are Craigs Hotel, C. Marks & Co, National Mutual building, Snows and the Town Hall. A number of horse drawn vehicles are in the photograph. Also A. E. Casley Chemists and Beath Schiess & Co, though this seems to be almost printed into the photograph - above the chemist shop. See item 8247 for a colour image of the same postcard published by SEM Co. Yields information about the streetscape of Sturt St and Lydiard Streets c1908Digital image of a postcard by A. H Summerscalestrams, tramways, sturt st, esco, events, lydiard st -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HUNGARIAN MEMORIAL
Four pages of coloured photographs of the unveilling of the Hungarian Memorial. Two photos on each page. Page 1 has a man leaning on the memorial and being photographed with a crowd looking on. The second photo shows the crowd and the Memorial before the unveilling. The Australian and Hungarian flags in the background. Across the street is the Foundry Arms Hotel and Safeway Supermarket. Written on the back is: 2 November 2002 Photographed by James Lerk, (written on the back of the four pages). Bendigo Advertiser Photographer Bill Hawkings posing the Hungarian Ambassador. Page 2 shows a litle girl in national dress laying some flowers at the base of the Memorial and a little boy looking on. The second photo is the unveilling. Page 3 shows the plaque on the left and on the right is the Memorial and standing behind it are 6 men, Rod Fyffe is on the left. The two flags behind them. Page 4 shows some children, 2 in national dress, the flowers at the base of the memorial and the men and flags behind them. The second photo is a close up of the side of the Memorial and children in national dress, the flowers and some of the crowd. The inscription reads: On this site Hungarian Officers and Soldiers sought their luck as gold miners after the suppression of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. In Memoriam. The Melbourne Hungarian Community Centre and the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Istvan Gyurk Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary. Beside the inscription is an emblem. Included is a page from the Memorials Australia website.hungarian memorial, james lerk, bendigo advertiser, bill hawkings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BHS EXCURSION TO EAGLEHAWK AND THE WHIPSTICK 8/10/2006
Notes on the BHS Excursion to Eaglehawk and the Whipstick, Sunday 8 October 2006, prepared by Margaret Bourke. The excursion was conducted by Ray Wallace and organised by Kay McGregor. Notes give a detailed list of the places visited - Eaglehawk, Snob's Hill, Harvey Town, Whipstick, Woodvale, Red Flag Gully and Lightning Hill.bhs excursion to eaglehawk and the whipstick 8/10/2006, margaret bourke, ray wallace, kay mcgregor, national trust, lancashire open cut, joey midson, prince of wales mine, pioneer hotel, pavillion hotel, moon mine, new moon, moon sandhill, moon dams, new moon north, woodvale state school, clan mcleod pipe band, rothackers, james woods, baden-baden hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO: VICTORIA'S GOLDEN CITY
Coloured booklet of various scenes and buildings in and around Bendigo, titled Bendigo Victoria's Golden City. The front cover has a scene of Charing Cross looking towards Pall Mall. Inside the front cover is a very brief history and some Historical Buildings are mentioned. They are: Fortuna, Shamrock Hotel, Gold Mines Hotel, City Hall, Post Office, Law Courts, the Home for the Aged, Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. Paul's, Specimen Cottage, Log Lock-up and the Chinese Joss House. The coloured pictures inside are: The Central Deborah Gold Mine, Fortuna, Miner's Cottage, The Gold Mines Hotel, Victoria Hill, Bendigo Law Courts, Eaglehawk Log Lock-up, Look-out Tower Rosalind Park, Alexandra Fountain - Charing Cross, Conservatory Gardens with Law Courts in background, Inside the Conservatory, Bendigo Home & Hospital for the Aged - Victoria's 'White House', Sacred Heart Cathedral, Chinese Joss House, Chinese Joss House - Interior of the Main Temple, Bendigo Pottery - Potter at work, Bendigo Municipal Offices, Bendigo Institute of Technology at Flora Hill, Mt. Alvernia Hospital, Cobb & Co Coach, R Class Locomotive, Bendigo Tramcar, Lake Weeroona and Lake Eppalock Pumping Station. Some more attractions are mentioned inside the back cover. On the back cover is the Cenotaph - the only scale replica of the Whitehall Cenotaph - and Alexandra Fountain by night.Nucolorvue Productions Pty Ltdbendigo, tourism, photographs of bendigo icons, bendigo - victoria's golden city, fortuna, shamrock hotel, gold mines hotel, city hall, post office, law courts, home for the aged, victoria's 'white house', sacred heart cathedral, st paul's, specimen cottage, log lock-up, chinese joss house, charing cross, cenotaph, alexandra fountain, centra deborah gold mine, army cartographic unit, miner's cottage, harvey town, victoria hill, look-out tower rosalind park, conservatory gardens, conservatory, bendigo pottery, bendigo municipal offices, bendigo institute of technology, mt alvernia hospital, cobb & co coach, r class locomotive, bendigo railway station, bendigo tramcar, lake weeroona, lake eppalock pumping station, art gallery, historical museum eaglehawk, melville's caves, whitehall cenotaph, nucolorvue productins pty ltd, national library of australia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Harvey Town Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, 1958
Harvey Town was once a large mining area with its own shops, churches and hotels. The four remaining stone cottages were built by the Harvey Family between the 1850s and the 1870s. They were obviously the most substantial buildings in the area at the time. Three of the cottages have been classified as a group by the National Trust and the citation describes them as follows: A group of three simple sandstone cottages built by the Harvey Family of Cornish stonemasons in about 1875. The cottages are all of a very simple design with small windows and no ornamentation. They are in good condition and inhabited at the present time.Numerous photo copies of stone cottages with notes on the location and history.history, national trust bendigo collection, bendigo, harvey town, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: A GUIDE FOR DRIVERS ON THE WHIPSTICK TOUR
A Guide for Drivers on the Whipstick Tour. First page gives assembly area, driving in convoy and negotiating water or boggy patches across the road. Amended written at the end of the page. Directions with mileage and items of interest for the tour on Sunday September 9th (no year). A Whipstick Map 1971 showing State Forest, Crown Lands, Uncleared Mallee - Private (shown in different colours) Water Reserve and Roads. Noted are Flora and Fauna - Plants, Birds & Mammals, and areas of State Forest and Southern State Forest with Mallee Scrub area noted. Also State Forest & Crown Lands Total Area and a map scale. The Bendigo Whipstick mentions area, suggestions of where the name Whipstick came from, shrubs and flowers with their flowering times, descriptions of some of them and some information on the Mallee Fowl. The Eucalyptus Oil Industry paragraph mentions the beginnings of the industry. Mentioned are the different uses of oils (perfumery, industrial and medicinal) and the different species of eucalypt used for each and various products. Also notes on the growing, harvesting and refining of eucalyptus. P Ellis at the end of the page. The next two and a half pages mentions reserves, and at the end acknowledgements. Includes a spare copy of 'The Bendigo Whipstick' by P Ellis.bendigo, history, early bendigo, peter ellis collection, a guide for drivers on the whipstick tour, the whipstick 1971 map, shire of marong, shire of east loddon, shire of huntly, borough of eaglehawk, city of bendigo, shire of strathfieldsaye, the bendigo whipstick, eucalyptus oil industry, eaglehawk town hall, lightning hill lookout, eaglehawk rifle range, new moon mines, blue jacket reservoir, maggetti's wine hall, camp hotel (ex), skylark dam, eucalyptus oil production, eucalyptus factory, whipstick eucalyptus farm, ruedin's eucalyptus factory, dutch bowls, governor philip, sir joseph banks, john white, baron von mueller, joseph bosisto, commonwealth government, perfumery oils, industrial oils, medicinal oils, p ellis, dr frith, csiro wildlife division, harley webster, forests commission, vincent serventy, victorian national parks association, bendigo field naturalists club -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, early 1950's
... side. IN the background is Craig's Hotel, ANZ bank... is Craig's Hotel, ANZ bank, the National Mutual and the C Marks & Co ...Yields information about tram services at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts and the appearance of the buildings.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of tram No. 30 turning from the south side of Sturt St into Lydiard St North with a bogie tram 3? on the south side. IN the background is Craig's Hotel, ANZ bank, the National Mutual and the C Marks & Co building. There is a sign for Stonyfell wines.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 30 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Robin Vanser, Hampton Hotel, Xmas 1969, 1969
Robin Kelly was born Robin Vandersluys in Mary Street, Kew. As a child, she sang in backyard concerts run with her brother, Leslie. The family moved to Deepdene in 1949 and Robin joined church and school choirs. Later she was to study classical singing with Stella Power, modern singing with Jack White, TV Presentation with Natalie Raine of Crawford Productions and acting/singing with Jessie Matthews. Following her victory in a talent quest at the Orama Ballroom, she was invited to join the Orama Big Band with singers Harry Cox and Arlene Forrest. She also sang with the Kerm Jones Jazz Band at Power House and with Frank Johnson's Jazz Band at Jazz Junction. Robin became resident band vocalist at the historic Federal Hotel in Collins Street with the Rudi Laquer Trio. She also sang at The Savoy Plaza with the George Cadman Trio. A year later she became resident vocalist at the Ress Oriental Hotel with the Lennie Holmes Trio. Later, Robin married pianist Peter Jones, singing under the name 'Robin Vanser' in clubs in Sydney and regional New South Wales. She was booked for a Vietnam War tour and also sang in Tahiti. Returning to Melbourne, her agent booked her to appear in shows in Tasmania including West Point Casino and Melbourne country venues. Another agent, John Bishop, booked her to do floor shows in Melbourne, including Xmas Seasons at the Hampton Hotel where she entertained audiences with her comedy and audience participation routines. In 1971, Robin Kelly retired to run her Robin Hood Antiques business in Canterbury, during which time she was married to tenor Glenn Kelly. Later she joined Sing Australia Camberwell Choir, performing as a soloist at their Melbourne Town Hall Concert.The Vandersluys-Kelly Collection of photographs, costumes and musical performance memorabilia was donated to the Kew Historical Society by Robin Denise Kelly in 2018. The collection is an important record of stage and recorded performances in Australia in the second half of the 20th century. This new nationally-focused and artistically significant collection augments and contextualises the local performing arts materials in our collection.Black and white photograph of Robin Vanser in performance at the Hampton Hotel, Xmas 1969robin vanser, performing arts - australia - 1960s, performances - hampton hotel - 1960s