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Ballarat Heritage Services
Program, Ballarat East High School, Official Opening Program, 1961, 1961
Ballarat East High School Official Opening Programballarat east high school, opening, education -
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Photograph - Colour, Balcony detail, Interior, Her Majesty's Theatre, Lydiard Street South, Ballarat, 2017
Colour photograph of the interior of Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat.her majesty's ballarat, theatre -
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Photograph - Colour, Balconies, Interior, Her Majesty's Theatre, Lydiard Street South, Ballarat, c2015
Colour photograph of the balcony at Ballarat's Her Majesty's Theatre. -
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Photograph - Colour, Yellow Tail Black Cockatoos at Ballarat, 2016, 22/06/2016
Colour photograph of Yellow tail Black Coclatoos in Ballarat. yellow tail black cockatoo, birds -
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Photograph - Colour, Topiary during the Ballarat Begonia Festival, 2017, 2017
Colour photograph of a topiary display at the Ballarat Begonia Festival.ballarat gardens, ballarat botanical gardens, begonia festival, topiary -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Black and White, Ballarat Hospital, 1935, 1935
Black and white image of the Ballarat Hospital in Drummond Street.ballarat hospital, drummond st -
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Photograph - Colour, Lake Esmond, Ballarat East, 2016, 17/09/2016
Colour panoramic views of Lake Esmond in Ballarat East lake esmond, james esmond, ballarat east, pre-olympic swimming pool -
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Photograph - Colour, Former Ballarat East Library, 2015, 07/04/2015
Brick building in Ballarat East built as the municipal library.former ballarat east library, ballarat east -
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Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Christmas Display at Myer Ballarat, 2015, 27/12/2015
A number of photographs of the Christmas sisplay windows at Myer Ballarat.christmas, santa claus, father christmas, reindeer -
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Photograph - Colour, Queen Street State School, Ballarat, 2016, 07/05/2016
Colour photograph of a brick school in Queen Street, Ballarat.queen street state school ballarat, queen street primary school, education, load fence, school -
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Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Ballarat East from the Gold Museum, 2017, 11/2017
Colour photograph of Ballarat East from the Gold Museum.ballara east -
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Photograph - Colour, Ballarat Town Hall Etched Windows, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of two etched windows at the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, windows, etched windows, seal, logo, coat of arms -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Image, Ballarat East Gardens, c1895, c1895
Black and white image of the a fountain in the Ballarat East Gardens. ballarat east, main road ballarat east, ballarat east gardens -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Photograph - Colour, The Bar of the Ballarat Old Colonists' Club, 2017, 23/03/2017
Colour photograph of the bar at the Ballarat Old Colonists' Club.ballarat old colonists' club, ballarat old colonists' hall, bar -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Old Colonists' Hall, Lydiard Street North, Ballarat, c1980
Photograph of the two storey Old Colonists' Hall in Ballarat.old colonists' hall, old colonists' association ballarat, verandah, lydiard street north, parking metres -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Goods sheds, Ballarat Railway Precinct
Colour photograph of a bluestone goodshed in the Ballarat Railway Precinct.ballarat railway station, bluestone, goods shed -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, N.L. Harvey, Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Cottages, 1958, 1958
Aerial Photograph of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Cottages at Charles Anderson Grove. One of the first objectives of the Association was "to provide the shelter of a hose for those Pioneers of the Goldfields whom the reverses of fortune have deprived of the means of procuring the comforts of life in their declining years." The first home at Charles Anderson Grove was built in 1925. Before that time the Association provided relief for needy pioneers. relief included monthly monetary payments, loads of firewood, medical assistance and distribution of Christmas bosed of groceries to deserving pensioners, and in some cases payment of burial costs. ::a) The dominant purpose of the Association is to give public benevolent relief as a charity, but providing independent living accommodation in our Retirement Village for person in need who are over 65. ::b) To raise funds by membership subscription, commercial and residential rents, donations, gifts and voluntary work, for the purpose of providing direct relief of poverty, distress, misfortune or helplessness. ::c) To maintain the important heritage and ongoing viability of the Old Colonists' Association. (Revised Rules of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc., 2016) old colonists' association, ballarat, charles anderson grove, retirement village -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Scrap Book, Ballarat School of Mines Scrapbook, 21 October 1997 to 31 December 1997, 21/10/1997-31/12-1997
This is the last Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) scrapbook. In 1998 SMB merged with the University of Ballarat, a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Yellow covered Spirex Sketch Book with news clippings relating to the Ballarat School of Mines. Clippings include Shae McDonald, Women's Lifestyle Expo. 3BBB Ready for big move, last Founders' Day, Founders' Day Cake, Peter Hiscock, Ararat Campus, Geoff Fisken, Peter Bailey wins Skills Olympics, Safeway Food Hygiene Contract, Alison Lanigan, Food handling, Gary Allen, Koala-Catching technique, Andrew Vassiou, Dave Knowles, Fire Protection Australia, Creswick Forestry School, TAFE cute, China links, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Ron Wild, David James, Camp Street revamp, SMB Farewell. Heather Durant, Faye Hunt, Peter Ryan, Ian Pym, Pam Davies, Ann Kerr, HEather Dixon, Bill Gribble, Kaye McFarlaneballarat school of mines scrapbook, ballarat school of mines, time capsule, merger -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s and Newspaper Clipping, The Courier Ballarat, 16/07/1972 12:00:00 AM
Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Transferring No. 27 to the BTPS depot, while parked at depot junction. Has the destination of "Mt Pleasant" and a "Twin Lakes" front dash panel advertisement. Photo taken 16/7/1972, published 18/7/1972. See Reg. Item 1790 for the photo used in the newspaper clipping. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. .1 - actual cutting from The Courier, with the caption "A tram in Ballarat is an unusual sight these days. This tram, which ran to Mt Pleasant is being transferred to the trams preservation site."On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, btps, moving trams, depot junction, tram 27 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Scott Bain, "Best of Ballarat", Nov. 2023
Gives details of events, locations, hotels, food etc - a What's on in Ballarat. Advertisement for BTM on page 24 features Geelong 2 in the New Museum. See page 24 for the BTM entry.Yields information about tourist attractions etc in Ballarat.Book - 52 pages, centre stapled, full colour, titled "Best of Ballarat", for Summer 2024. trams, tramways, ballarat, btm, events, hotels, tram 2 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, The Courier Ballarat, 27/09/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the dispatch of a bogie tram to the Sydney Tramway Museum, being loaded in Wendouree Parade, outside the depot, using two cranes and the road being closed.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 27/9/1971, published 28/9/1971 - of No. 37 being loaded in Wendouree Parade using two cranes. See Reg Item 2916 for the actual Newspaper cutting. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sydney, sper, closure, transport, tram 37 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Agreement re the Ballarat Junior Technical School Old Boys Association, 1957, 05/02/1957
Typed page relating to an agreement between Keith Rash, President of the Ballarat Junior Technical School Old Boys Association and Dick Richards, Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines. agreement re the ballarat junior technical school, agreement re the ballarat junior technical school old boys association, keith rash, dick richards, richards, r.w. richards -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Lease Indenture relating to a Building in Armstrong Street, Ballarat, 1906, 1906
Hand written indenture between Francis Jago of Ballarat and the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Association Incorporated relating for a lease of a building in Armstrong Street for use as an art school.ballarat fine art gallery, ballarat fine art public gallery association incorporated, jago's building, francis jago, f.j. morris, e. sheedy, j.a. powell, philately, pearson and mann, legal, lease, art gallery of ballarat, ballarat technical art school, art gallery of ballarat association -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Images - Colour, Ballarat School of Mines Ceramics Students, 1959, 1959
.1) Ceramics lecturer Neville Bunning with a group of Ceramics students at the Ballarat Technical Art School, a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. .2) Ceramics students on the pottery wheel.neville bunning, ceramics, ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, J.A. Hoskin & Son, Ballarat Teachers' College Extra Muros, 1958, 1958
February 1958 Classes commence at the new Gillies Street location of Ballarat Teachers’. (BTC Handbook 1965; Beggs-Sunter: 84) Contents include: Editorial, Our Principal Speaks, the President S.R.C., 1958 Highlights, Teaching Round, Section Notes, Social Notes, Hostel Life, Sporting World, Insignias and Awards 1958, Club NotesLight blue cover with dark blue and yellow titles. Soft covered magazine of the Ballarat Teachers College. 48 pages. Articles include Victoria Street Hostel, Gilies Street Hostel, Grampians Trip, Beaufort House , Sturt St House , Camp St Hostel, Club Notes btc, ballarat teachers college, n. harvey, t. w. h. turner, monica miller, m. hines, b. rickard, d. eldridge, n. turnbull, b. english, k. o'neil, p. burgess, m. almeida, e. doney, j. rae, p. wise, w. crocker, p. r. burgess, barry withers, j. bourke, a. linton, s. mckaskill, h. pattenden, d. chandler, a. stafford, r. croft, a. cuthbertson, r. reed, a. sonsee, j. lacy, f. ryan, c. rodger, m. egan, j. hill, t. turner, c. m. canty, j. blair, e. walpole, m. miller, michael long, m. blair, j. blackman, n. beacham, d. astbury, m. bergin, a. constable, g. clarke, g. briggs, m. brown, e. beck, j. badger, g. angwin, g. alexander, k. broad, a. costa, e. davidson, p. burbidge, j. clements, s. elder, d. foster, b. fernandes, b. fischer, m. harcoan, j. heenan, b. hudson, e. jardine, k. hayes, g. coffey, r. dennis, w. cartledge, v. delbridge, n. hawker, l. hales, d. farnsworth, l. hallam, r. fencher, g. karstens, f. leach, r. kelly, m. long, g. macdonald, j. mcdermott, a. lehmann, i. hastie, b. haig, m. jones, l. jeffrey, m. kiefel, j. mcalpine, i. jenkins, j. kenworthy, b. lawton, m. livingston, e. mcormick, d. mckimmie, g. mcintosh, m. mckee, b. murphy, f. mitchell, m. mclachlan, r. power, k. mcdougall, s. murphy, b. nash, d. mckenzie, j. madder, j. meadows, n. mchenry, j. mayo, l. missen, e. muir, g. roberts, k. ryrie, d. ritchie, m. scanlon, e. robinson, m. rutter, j. rogers, m. rae, v. reynolds, j. rees, r. sloley, d. sheen, b. nunn, r. nicholas, b. ruwoldt, m. rowe, l. walker, l. wilkinson, n. wright, d. shoebridge, f. stokie, g. stewart, j. teschendorf, n. souter, e. walker, m. spinks, m. wallace, m. stone, s. tucker, r. taylor, j. short, b. tucker, l. castree, w. craig, r. bibby, b. davies, r. bowker, g. cabble, i. clayton, w. coleman, j. bates, m. elder, l. anthony, j. carmichael, e. edwards, l. anderson, b. cannard, b. drake, j. elliott, p. dunn, b. withers, m. stewart, l. wright, d. smith, r. rowe, k. wilson, k. waltrowicz, j. roach, l. schreenan, i. sutherland, d. williams, b. wynne, j. schaefer, s. shepherd, s. wright, b. whiteside, m. oliver, j. quayle, j. waller, j. taylor, v. rogers, s. moller, m. norman, l. thomas, j. wagner, w. j. craig, e. anthony, r. neville, j. noonan, b. lay, k. hammer, g. moncrieff, r. mason, g. howlett, w. knight, j. matthews, b. lumsden, b. phelan, p. hope, v. la franchi, s. henderson, l. hayne, w. keen, b. forbes, m. gray, g. mcilvena, a. horwill, j. mccumber, m. hateley, k. rieniets, e. fletcher, d. johnson, j. miller, i. ross, c. keys, e. jarvis, m. youngs, j. smith, e. davies, g. commons, p. larmour, r. gowan, b. hedley, miss egan, s. blomfield, m. meyer, k. duffy, h. speedie, j. witton, d. magee, a. pope, p. quinlan, h. jones, miss miller, kevin o'neil, lois e. hayne, w. keem, mr croft, geoff cabble, jack noonan, jan carmichael, gwen macdonald, bev. ross -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Photograph - Image, Ballarat Old Colonists' Association Homes, 1925, 1925
The homes were presented by the donors for the use of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat. The homes fulfil the original 1888 aim of 'aid and assist indigent or suffering old colonists' and 'to provide the shelter of a home for old and indigent pioneers of the gold fields, their widows, or anyone connected with the association'. From the minute books: "Mr and Mrs F.J. Williams, both natives of Ballarat, offered to build a cottage on the Association's ground at Perry Park [now Charles Anderson Grove] something after a style of the Hassell Homes. That offer was immediately followed by another from Mr S.W.J. Clark, a member of the Council. Both offers were promptly and gratefully accepted." The Old Colonists' Association Ballarat Inc. is a not for profit charitable organisation providing accommodation for elderly people. It manages over 40 Home retirement village at Charles Anderson Grove Ballarat. Accommodation is offered at significantly below market rates. It has been providing low cost accommodation to the elderly since the 1920s. The Association Council overseas the running of this facility on a voluntary basis. One of the first objectives of the Association was "to provide the shelter of a hose for those Pioneers of the Goldfields whom the reverses of fortune have deprived of the means of procuring the comforts of life in their declining years." The first home at Charles Anderson Grove was built in 1925. Before that time the Association provided relief for needy pioneers. relief included monthly monetary payments, loads of firewood, medical assistance and distribution of Christmas boxed of groceries to deserving pensioners, and in some cases payment of burial costs. == Purposes == ::a) The dominant purpose of the Association is to give public benevolent relief as a charity, but providing independent living accommodation in our Retirement Village for person in need who are over 65. ::b) To raise funds by membership subscription, commercial and residential rents, donations, gifts and voluntary work, for the purpose of providing direct relief of poverty, distress, misfortune or helplessness. ::c) To maintain the important heritage and ongoing viability of the Old Colonists' Association. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Ledger, Ballarat Technical Art School and Ballarat School of Mines Rough Cash Book, 1896-1901, 1896-1901
The Ballarat Technical Art School was a division of the Ballarat School of MinesA hard covered ledger with marbled cover and brown tape spine. It includes students names. A selection of names can be found in the keywords.ballarat technical art school, frank young, r. hager, g.w. kelly\drawing, carpentry, smelting, treatment, assay, w. wilson yong, treatment of pyrites, g.m. vare, alfred seely, t. trengrove, w. pearce, c.v. day, john heinz, m. ditchburn, d. ditchburn, w. baragwanath, g. cornell, chemistry, w. wardle, j.j. carroll, julia carroll, h. murphy, d.m. lenehan, joh caley, h. fleahy, alfred gordon, effie dulfer, b. lloyd, p. papenhager, h.j. waller, k. malcolm, esther daniel, john watson, harry leggo, r. john allan, basil reid, e. wasley, w. richard, edgar lamb, rita webb, sophia mccartney, arnold cowdell, thomas glover, m. hamburger, r. allan, r.w. holmes, a. dobbie, a. slade, w. pepper, r. gilpin, w.a. gossman, james a. bass, w.t. bass, thomas lynch, stanley batten, murial hart, essie herbert, david o. nightingale, george p. hayes, j.a. powell, w. amor, c.f. wilson, bertram g. wheal, thomas wade, h. woodward, v. symons, robert j. allan, thomas woolcock, john w. williams, r. shand, william caldwell, charles lyons, ruby webb, a. trehowan, nicholas white, thomas commons, otto rieglhuth, james kidd, james bass, justus angwin, john munro, james ronaldson, a.b. osborne, g.j. boudry, john sprague, leslie c. langsford, john don, waller e. hearman, j.c. pickford, edwinn penn, w.g. price, thomas mann, william brokenshire, john blayney, arthur mccooey, samuel walmsley, matilda lees, e.w. campbell, ernest wiliams, william john pearce, w.l. bailleu, thomas proctor, daisy ditchburn, maurice hamburger, james dando, nelson humphrey, james pyke, james c. pickford, john coad, george richard pratt, ferguson boyce, ernest whettle, william lamb, john cawley, christina watson, ivor davies, percy la gerche, norman gaunt, william bolte, leonard p. seal, alex young, george penny, w. caircross, harold frew, robert allan, james h. holst, george green, herbert semmens, john ronaldson, william robinson, james paterson, walter douglas, louisa roberts, james swenson, austin woods, herbert hillman, william cairncross, harry blyth, john craford, william h. callister, clare gartery, daisy batten, j. attenborough, herbert o'neilk, j.f. lynch, fred holst, a. doepel, horace giles, john perry, samuel morrow, thomas hawthorn, george britnall, alan j. acton, jessie cantwell, franci a. horsfall, william stubbs, john sutherland, percy russell, richard walsh, oliver jager, garfield bolton, thomas vincent, james holst, j.a. hill, william charles hughes, a. vale, james lonie, karl moore -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Colour Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Ballarat School of Mines Flecknoe Building from Albert Street, Ballarat, 29/07/2020
The Ballarat School of Mines Botanical Garden was established in 1870, and was used by students of Materia Medica and Botany.Colour photograph of the Flecknow Buiilding at the Ballarat Shool of Mines. ballarat school of mines, flecknoe building, albert street, m.b. john building -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Marilyn Jeffs, Hotels of Ballarat, 2019
Numerous photographs take by Marilyn Jeffs for use on the Ballarat and District Industrial Heritage Wikihotels, ballarat, royal mail hotel, peter lalor hotel, the george hotel, x on albert hotel, cattleyards inn, market hotel, bunch of grapes hotel, argyle hotel, atlantic hotel, ballarat hotel, black hill hotel, blue bell hotel, bluebell hotel, brown hill hotel, canberra hotel, carboni, carboni's italian kitchen, eureka stockade hotel, carriers arms hotel, eastern station hotel, centenary hotel, craig's hotel, eastern railway hotel, freight bar, athletic club hotel, grapes hotel, munster arms hotel, golden city hotel, golf house hotel, irish murphy's, camp hotel, lake view hotel, la porchetta, southern cross hotel, the mallow hotel, meaghers hotel, millers arms, miners tavern hotel, miner's tavern hotel, provincial hotel, north britain hotel, north star hotel, oscar's hotel, criterian hotel, park hotel, prince regent house, prince regent hotel, sport globe, sporting globe, jacksons hotel, railway hotel, pwtn, pater lalor hotel, royal highlander hotel, queen's head hotel, red lion hotel, robin hood hotel, military arms hotel, royal oak hotel, western hotel, imperial hotel, unicorn hotel, union hotel -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Digital photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Winter's Swamp, Ballarat, January to April 2014
Study of Winter's Swamp commissioned by BEN and completed by BHS. The swamp was named after one of the first European settlers in the district. Winter Swamp LAT -37 32 LONG 143 47, Parish of Dowling Forest, County of Grenville Winter Swamp, on the southwest corner of Ballarat West Town Common, was not included in the original proclamation of the Common in 1861. However, being marshland, it was not considered suitable for grazing, so was added to the Common soon after 1861. Winter Swamp is a large wetland with native and exotic pasture significant for wildlife. John Winter (Jock) was born in Berwickshire, Scotland. He married Janet Margaret Irving the daughter of Robert Irving, advocate, Bonshaw, Dumfries, Scotland. Winter died in Ballarat in 1875 and was buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery. He took up the run Bonshaw from 1841; Leigh River Buninyong 1842-46; Junction, Delatite, March 1851 to September 1862; with sons: Carag Carag and Corop, April 1857 to September 1872; Colbinabbin and Stewart’s Plains, April 1857 to December 1872; St Germains February 1867 to March 1871. (The name became Winter-Irving in 1890). Mr John Winter, who died on August 22 at the age of 72, was a man of some note it the mining community of Ballarat. He was a self-made man, and one of our oldest colonists, it being over a quarter of a century age since he took up county about Ballarat and settled at Bonshaw. He died very rich. It is calculated that if he had retained an interest in all his runs, his income must have been not less than £10,000 or £50,000 a year. Some eight or ten years ago he sold his Bonshaw pre-emption to the Bonshaw Gold mining Company for £20,000, and a few years later the ground belonging now to Winter's Freehold Company brought him £50,000 more, the payment being made at the requisition of the deceased in sovereigns. In these relations Mr. Winter has been closely identified with the mining industry at Ballarat. The deceased was a native of Lauder, in Berwickshire, and landed in Victoria several years before the gold discovery.The principle task of this project was the delivery of a report outlining the history of European settlement in the Skipton and Cardigan/Ballarat districts as pertinent to the use of and impact on the natural environment of the two reserves Skipton Common and Winter Swamp. The report was delivered in digital form only. The report, upon completion, was presented to the Network’s Committee in order to discuss the project. The report identified and described the uses of Skipton Common and Winter Swamp, and their impacts. In particular, this report examined farming/grazing (official and informal), mining, vegetation removal (including the removal of woodlands for timber, grasslands for pasture improvement) & use of riparian areas for access to water and timber removal. Recording the more benign and environmentally friendly uses such as picnicking, community activities, nature walks and the roles of organisations such as Field Naturalists’ and Bird Observers’ clubs, school and scout/guide groups will be relevant in helping to depict overall community attitudes towards the reserves; e.g.: has the Common generally been viewed as little more than a grazing paddock and fire hazard; has Winter Swamp always been the unknown natural asset that seems to have been its lot for at least the past 40 years? In this regard, the more contemporary history of actions surrounding the use and management of the reserves is of particular interest, in view of the extant evidence at both reserves; e.g. the actions of the Shire of Ballarat in the 1980s in establishing Winter Swamp as something of a competitor to Lake Wendouree but with a more environmental bent (although almost none of the plants used are indigenous species, but that is part of the story); the trotting track constructed on Skipton Common in the 1960s following representations to Premier Henry Bolte and the cropping of the western section of the Common to raise funds for the town’s new swimming pool, the fertilizing of the land putting an end to the native grassland vegetation. There are obviously multiple sources of information to source in preparing the report, however sources that the contractor is specifically requested to consult are the Skipton Historical Society, the former Skipton Common managers (specifically Graeme Pett), the Cardigan Windermere Landcare Group and the Learmonth Historical Society (believed to hold many of the former Shire of Ballarat’s records pertaining to the Council’s role as the Committee of Management for both Winter Swamp and the Ballarat West Town Common – Winter Swamp was split between 2 separate Crown Land tenures). The contractor is also encouraged but not required to utilise community newsletters, such as the Skipton Community Newsletter, to publicise and seek information about the project. Skipton Historical Society (Mary Bradshaw) contacted on Thursday 12 June 2.30pm. Mary lived on a farm out of Skipton but is currently living in the township. She remembers walking along the creek of the Common especially in spring and autumn in bare feet and that it was a very pretty place. There were a few snakes around the waterway in summer. People put cows and a couple of horses on the commonage to graze. Graeme Pett has always lived close to the Common and would know a lot about it. Other possible contacts would be Nicole Petress, Secretary of the Progress Association, and the Corangamite Council, Camperdown. Digital images of Winter's Swampwinter's swamp, ballarat, john winter, ballarat environmental network, mullawullah