One of a series of articles from The Age at the time about Albury-Wodonga, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong - the four largest regional cities. Both the Ballarat and Bendigo items featured images of the historical trams. Item looks at Ballarat, housing, employment and its future development including the possibility of a light rail system. Quotes John Hearsch of the Rail Futures Institute and Des Hudson, Ballarat Mayor. Looks at the issue of a cycle lane in Sturt St.Yields information about the possibilities of future development directions for Ballarat.Newspaper cutting from The Age 10-10-2023ballarat, the age, light rail, development

Document prepared by the Electric Supply Co of Victoria, as part of an order under the Electric Light and Power Act 1896, section 5 of order No. 17 granted to company. Dated 19/2/1901 and signed by the Postmaster-General. Shows the order area being parts of the City of Ballaarat, Sebastopol and Ballarat East. Shows the street names, boundaries, principal power line routes, land reserves, parks, mine locations, railways and Lake Wendouree. Signed by R L Williams Town Clerk City of Ballarat, J R Hall for the Borough of Sebastopol, and John Gent for the Town of Ballarat EastYields information about the power supply to the Ballarat area.Cloth backed paper map, coloured and marked up as exhibit 17.Notes in ink including the signature of Benjamin Deakin 24/9/00 and certified by the three involved municipal Town Clerks.ballarat power supply, esco, electric supply co of victoria, city of ballaarat, east ballarat, sebastopol, orders, power lines, power supply

Photo shows Ballarat 34 at the Australian Electric Traction Museum (AETM) at St Kilda Adelaide. Standing in front of the AETM's depot, showing the destination of City Oval. Behind the tram is Ballarat 21. Yields information about Ballarat 34 soon after its arrival in Adelaide and removal of the dash canopy lighting.Black and white photograph printTMSV Shop stamptrams, tramways, tram 34, aetm, st kilda tramway museum, adelaide

Digital image of a Photograph of SEC Geelong, No 28 on the depot fan, 21/8/1955. Tram showing the destination of "City". Has depot buildings and power station walls in the background. See item 1930 for a black and white version and 426 for another colour image at the same time.Yields information about Geelong 28Digital image of a colour slide - Keith Kings K(a)(57)jtrams, tramways, geelong, depot, tram 28

Photograph of Ballarat 28 and 40 at City Centre, south side of Sturt St at Lydiard St, 11/1/1954. The tram has the destination of "Grey St Sebastopol", A Conductor is walking alongside the tram, and several passengers waiting on the seats. In the background are the Commonwealth Bank and the National Mutual building. Photographer unknownYields information about SEC tramway operations.Black and white photograph on plain paperHas details of photograph and date on rear and number "1108"ballarat, sturt st, lydiard st, commonwealth bank, tram 28, tram 40

Photo looking along the tram track in Sturt St, facing East, nr Errard St. Ballarat City Fire Station is prominent on left. Yields information about Sturt St and the City Fire station, probably in the early 1950sBlack and white photograph taken with Agfa Isopan f8.87 1/25sec in cloudy conditions.12/6, Sturt St Ballarat, Agfa Isopan 27degrees 8.8 1/25 Cloudyballarat, sturt st, ballarat city fire station

Photograph of Ballarat Summer car No.20 and 3 other tramcars (2 with former double deck horse tram trailers) at City Centre, Nth side of Sturt St at Grenville St Nth. Photo shows the large passenger shelter/ESCO office, several pedestrians, and the commercial buildings of the Eastern end of Sturt St. Prominent in the background are the Mechanics Institute, and the Town Hall. See item 5134 for a digital image and a copy negative.Yields information about SEC tramway operations, and the buildings and layout of the East end of Sturt St.Black and white photograph on plain paperHas details of photograph and year on rear and number "T30". Also, "Ballarat Tramways", "Sturt Street in 1912", "Showing 3 old el types, 2 trailers and No.20 summer car(near band stand), "W.Jack Photo".ballarat, sturt st, tram 20, horse tram trailer

Photograph of Ballarat Tramcars 23, 26, and another. and 3 other tramcars at City Centre, Nth side of Sturt St at Grenville St Nth, looking West. Photo shows the later small passenger shelter, a few pedestrians, a number of early motor vehicles, and the commercial buildings of the Eastern end of Sturt St. Prominent in the background are the Mechanics Institute, and the Town Hall.Yields information about SEC tramway operations, and the buildings and layout of the East end of Sturt St.Black and white photograph on plain paperHas a stamp from The Argus (Melbourne newspaper). has various items of copyright and permission details; and Negative No: J5994. Also, "Ballarat" and "K.J.MAGOR" No".ballarat, sturt st, tram 26, tram 23

Set of two views from an illustrated publication on Ballarat. 1 - Illustration - "Sturt Street Ballarat to-day" looking east from the City Fire station along Sturt St with an ESCo tram eastbound. The destination sign is mounted on the dash panel indicating c1905/1906. In the view are Ballarat's Buildings, Mount Warrenheip, J Taylor Redhouse Bakery, and on the bottom edge a sign for Marshall's. 2 - Illustration - Post Office Ballarat, to-day - with an ESCo tram turning from Sturt St into Lydiard St North, with the Post Office in the view along with many pedestrians and some horse drawn vehicles. See also item 6245 for a postcard of the same view.Yields information about Ballarat and city views in 1905/1906.Illustration cut from a magazine or publication - set of two - back to backThe second image has "1912" in pencil along the bottom edge.ballarat, illustrations, sturt st, esco, post office, lydiard st nth

Photograph - looking east along Sturt Street from the Ballarat City Fire station tower. Shows a ESCo tram east bound. Mount Warrenheip can be seen in the far distance along with St Patrick's Cathedral and the St Andrews Scots church.Yields information about the streetscape of Sturt St.Postcard coloured, divided back, unused, Valentine & Sons.tramways, trams, esco, sturt st

Photo shows the view looking southwest from the Post Office towards the Town Hall. Two trams are in the view including the National Mutual building, the Town Hall, and Myer. Wal Jack in a note to Ken Magor of Newcastle notes the trams (No. 26 and a bogie), tram services, the ESCo fuse box, the tram waiting shelter, and that the location is known as "City Tram Centre". Wal has dated the photo as 1948. Note: There are two Murray Views No. 27 - see item 7360 as well.Yields information about Sturt and Lydiard St view and tram services.Postcard black and white, plain back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 26, tramway centre

Photo shows No 22, 28, 34, and another tram at Tramway Centre. Penfolds', Reeds and Berry Anderson shops in the view between the National Mutual building and the Town Hall. On the rear in a note to Ken Magor of Newcastle, Wal Jack has written: "Ballarat 1948, Bogie 22 to Gardens via Sturt St west, 4 wheeler 31 to Sebastopol, Bogie 34 to Victoria St, 4 wheelers ? behind to Lydiard St Nth." See item 5311 for a digital image of this view. Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St looking towards the Town Hall and the trams used Postcard black and white, divided back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, sturt street, tramway centre, tram 22, tram 28, tram 34, town hall

Valentine Series postcard of the early 1930s of No. 27 inbound in Lydiard St Nth. Valentine series No. 1492, with the caption "Lydiard Street showing George Hotel, Ballarat". See page 59 of The Golden City and its Tramways and for the photo itself. Photo shows the wooden centre poles, street lighting, tram 27 in ESCo colour scheme, and buildings on the west side of Lydiard St North, including the George Hotel, A.M. Palmer & Co Chemist, Wm Hiscock Dentist and other buildings. A horse-drawn cart and two motor cars parked at the kerb. See 3893 for a digital image and reproduction photograph.Yields information about Lydiard St Nth in the 1930's, the centre poles, traffic and the appearance of the trams.Postcard black and white, divided back. Card No. 1492Has on the rear in pencil "KT" and "to be copied" tramways, trams, tram 27, lydiard st nth, george hotel, centre poles

Ballarat tram no. 35 on the Mt Pleasant line, seen turning from Barkly St into Main St, returning to the City.Provides information on how people travelled and from the Mt pleasant district in particular.Ballarat tram no.35 at cnr of Barkley & Main Sts"No 35", "91", "KEN MAGOR" Neg. No 1901"ballarat, ballarat tramways, no. 35

.1 -No. 35, outbound to Sebastopol with the Southern Cross Hotel in the background. Has signs for Fosters Larger, Carlton Draught and Victoria Bitter. Has a number of passengers boarding the tram. .2 - at Hospital corner with the signal system control box for the Forest City signals in the foreground on a pole. Has marking for Sebastopol, Sturt St West and Drummond St North? written on the box. Above this is a sign advising passengers that trams depart this point for The Gardens, View Point and Sebastopol. In the background is J. A. Malpass Hairdresser shop. See item 8900 for the actual switch. .3 - No. 35 turning into Drummond St south with the bottle shop on the south east corner in the background.Yields information about Hospital corner and the switch for the Forest City signalling system controls.Set of three 35mm slides - AGFA dark blue / white plastic mounts of trams in Sturt St near Hospital Corner. tramways, trams, sturt st, hotels, hospital corner, forest city signals, signs, tram 35

Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Sts tramway centre and Boer War monument.Set of three 35mm slides - AGFA dark blue / white plastic mounts of trams at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St - City terminus. 1 - view from the central median on the west side of Lydiard St, looking East with the Commonwealth Bank, Post Office, with many passengers at the location. The Boer War monument /statue is in the centre part of the photograph. 2 - No. 14 about to turn into Lydiard St North/ The short tram stop and End of Section sign are adjacent to the tram. 3 - Tram waiting at the north side tram stop - has a Twin Lakes and Cinzano sign. Has the ANZ bank and the SEC offices in the background.tramways, trams, sturt st, city, lydiard st, passengers, signs, tram 14

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat on the Gardens to Victoria St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of nine Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - R. Williams (Motorman) and Danny Powell (badge 30) standing in front of a tram at Victoria St. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. .2 - view of No. 113 Victoria St - now Ardenlee B&B. .3 - Sunshine Biscuit Factory .4 - Mack's Hotel .5 - Stones Corner - intersection of Victoria and Mt Pleasant routes .6 - Crossing Grenville St .7 - No. 30 at the City terminus, Lydiard St with Racey's and the SEC office in the background. .8 - as for .5, but looking east with the Caltex service station in the background. .9 - No. 30 at the Victoria St terminus. Slide mount date August 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, victoria st, bridge st, stones corner, tram 30

Yields information about some of the individual street tramways shelters at tram stops and their appearance.Set of four Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Grenville St with two ladies sitting inside, has the Big W store in the background. .2 - Concrete shelter with curved roof - Wendouree Parade near - has the photographer's purse and umbrella on the seat. This shelter was located at Forest St. From discussions with Dave Macartney and Alastair Reither 11/9/2016, it was there in the 1990 hail storms as they sheltered under it, but disappeared soon after - the construction of the roundabout would have absorbed its location. .3 - timber based shelter with flat roof - Wendouree Parade near Dowling St. This shelter remains in position in 9/2016. See Reg Item 6551 for a digital image. .4 - Shelter at Tramway Centre, City, Sturt St and Lydiard Sts, looking towards the Town Hall Slide mount date August or September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, shelters, grenville st, wendouree parade, sturt st, lydiard st, city, tramway centre, forest st, dowling st

Yields information about the streetscapes of the Sturt St - Grenville St and City Loop.Set of six Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Sturt St with the Crockers, Hairdresser, Ludbrook's shoes and Eyres Brothers shops in the view. .2 - Photo of a passenger boarding a tram and a young lady leaving the tram on the north side of the City stop with the SEC building in the background. .3 - Sturt St west side looking west up Lydiard St with Coles & Gerrard, Mechanics Institute, Unicorn Hotel and other buildings - taken from the west end of the City loop. .4 - Two trams parked in city loop and one bogie tram crossing Grenville St with the Big W and Dickins Stores in the background. .5 - Tram 21 parked in the City Loop. .6 - Sturt St - city stop with seats shown, passengers waiting, tram stop sign, looking west with the Town Hall on the left hand side and Myers in the background. Slide mount date August or September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, tram stops, city, shoppers, passengers, city loop, grenville st, tram 21

Yields information about the destination rolls and the locations shown on a roll on a Ballarat Tram.Set of 22 Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in Agfachrome blue and white plastic mounts showing various destinations on tram No. 12 parked on the depot fan. .1 - Gardens via Ripon St .2 - Grey St Sebastl (Sebastopol) .3 - Sebastopol .4 - City .5 - Victoria St .6 - Gardens via Sturt St West .7 - Mt Pleasant .8 - Depot .9 - Bell St .10 - Haddon St via Drummond Nth .11 - Depot via Drummond Nth .12 - City Oval .13 - Special .14 - Gardens via Drummond Nth .15 - View Point .16 - Gregory St .17 - Drummond St Nth .18 - Rubicon St .19 - Depot via Ripon St .20 - Grey St Sebastopol .21 -Sturt St West .22 - Special (Depot - on tram 32 with an "Pay as you Enter" inside the depot building. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, destination indicators, destination roll, tram 12, tram 32

Former tram stop shelter in Wendouree Parade near Dowling St with Lake Wendouree in the background. Maintained by the City of Ballarat.Digital Image of the timber based shelter with flat roof - Wendouree Parade near Dowling St. Photographed 9/1991. See Reg Item 6526i3 for a c1971 image.trams, tramways, shelters, dowling st, wendouree parade

Magazine - full colour, 40 pages, centre stapled, A4 finished size titled "my Ballarat - Spring 2016", published by the City of Ballarat, with items on the Archibald exhibition, Local Government elections, Eureka Stadium, events, Central Ballarat, events, Civic Hall. Pages 26 to 30 has an item on the Lake Wendouree Master Plan, including the proposed Tramway and Military Interpretative Centre, BTM in partnership with the Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch.trams, tramways, btm, city of ballarat, lake wendouree, masterplan, gardens, interpretative centre

Yields information about the appearance tram signals on the Ballarat system.Kodachrome cardboard slide of tramway Forest City signal box on a pole. Slide dated Oct. 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, signals, forest city signals

Series of 7 photos showing track removal following the closure of the Ballarat Tram system.Yields information about the removal of the tram tracks in the city area.Set of 7 colour slides - 1 x Agfa blue and white plastic slide mount, 4 Hanimex cardboard mounts and 2 Kodachrome cardboard mounts of track removal works in Ballarat, c1971 to 1972 .1 - Saw cutting the road pavement at the Dawson St Crossover. .2 - Rolling the crushed rock pavement in Sturt St after track removal - near Doveton St. .3 - Track repairs or starting to remove the railway crossing at Lydiard St North - has an SEC truck in the background and the Kennedy Murray Pty Ltd General Carriers building in the background. .4 - commencing work on the Dawson St Crossover removal with St Patrick's Cathedral in the background. .5 - as for .2 .6 - L. G. Pearce excavating track near Dawson St. .7 - ditto Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, track removal, dawson st, trackwork, sturt st, level crossings, lydiard st north

Yields information about tram operations in the city area of Ballarat.Set of 4 colour slides - Kodachrome white cardboard mounts - slide mounts dated August to September 1971. .1 - Photo of No. 37 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets with the Town Hall in the background and the tramway shelter. Has detailed street signs - Government Tourist Bureau, Art Gallery and street name and a sign "Danger Cross Streets at Right Angles" .2 - No. 30 with the destination of City, westbound in Sturt St with the Town Hall, Fletcher Jones and Coles stores in the background. .3 - Nos. 30 and 21 parked in the City Loop. .4 - view of the south side of Sturt St just to west of Grenville St with the Family Footwear, Spot Cafe, Bill Valpied Fruit, Union Hotel and Thomas Jewellers buildings in the view. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. .2 and .3 have in pencil "Photo to America" written on them in pencil.ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, lydiard st north, city, signs, tram 30, tram 21

Yields information about tram operations in the city area of Ballarat, near St Patricks Cathedral.Vinson Lastex green cardboard mount of Ballarat 30 westbound in Sturt St, with the Golden City Hotel and the fence of St Patrick's Cathedral in the background. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, st patrick's, tram 30

Yields information about tram operations in the city area of Ballarat.Set of 2 colour slides - Agfa blue and white plastic slide mounts .1 - large number of passengers, mainly ladies boarding No. 39 a the City stop. .2 - No. 26 in the city loop - tram has the destination of City and has a Briquettes Roof Advert. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, city, passengers, tram stops, city loop, tram 26, tram 39

Has a strong association with some of the Ballarat tram crews.Set of 2 AGFA colour slides - blue and white plastic mounts: .1 - Colour of driver or motorman - R.Segrave (34) and Conductor A Morris? (cap badge 58) standing in front of a tram with the destination of Sebastopol at corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. See also Reg Item 6456 for a colour print of this photograph. .2 - Colour slide of conductor ?. conductor 35? and Motorman 21 - Herb Knight. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. Names based on list given in Reg Item 3425 ballarat, tramways, trams, crews, motormen, conductors, city

Has a strong association with some of the Ballarat tram crews.Kodachrome colour slide, white cardboard mount of conductor 11 (R. Walker??) holding bag and cash tin, marked 11C standing in front of No. 40 at the city terminus. Note the point bar in the bumper bar tow pin hole. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. Names based on list given in Reg Item 3425. Person does not appear on photograph Reg Item 3425 ballarat, tramways, trams, crews, motormen, conductors, city, points, tram 40

Has a strong association with some of the Ballarat tram crews.Set of two colour AGFA slides of Motorman Lou Walker (54) standing in front of the Boer War Monument in Sturt St median Strip Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. Names based on list given in Reg Item 3425. ballarat, tramways, trams, crews, motormen, conductors, city, monuments