Model Replica of Stawell Methodist Church Building originally Main Street beside the Town Hall. On Permanent Loan from Colin Byron Familystawell

R.J. McClure Central Garage. Main Street. Oct 6 1936. Petrol Bowser Tanker and Cars in front with staff. Town Hall visible.stawell

B/W Main Street looking West. Taken from Bull and Mouth Hotel verandah. Vehicles angle parked in street. Town Hall clock tower Coles. George Mitchell & Sons and Norman A Harding on right. 1950'sstawell businesses streetscape

B/W Main Street looking West. Taken from in front of Dane Bros Spirits Bull and Mouth Hotel verandah. Vehicles angle parked in street. Town Hall clock tower Post Office visible. 1940'sstawell businesses

Stawell Technical School Speech Night ProgramPale Blue card with Blue printed border top and bottom. Stawell Technical School LogoStawell technical School Virtute Et Labore Stawell Technical School Annual Speach Night and Presentation of Awards Town Hall Stawell 7th December, 1961 at 8 p.m.stawell education

Stawell Technical School Speech Night ProgramPale bule card Cover with top and bottom border blue printStawell Technical School Logo: Stawell Technical School Virtute Et Labore. Stawell Technical School Annual Speech Night and Presentation of Awards. Town Hall Stawell December 12, 1963 at 8 p.m.stawell education

Stawell Mall looking East from top of town hall in Main Street. Post Office Arcade at right of photo. Stawell Technical School background right of photo. 1980-1984stawell business education streetscape

Town Hall Clock Tower looking South West down Victoria Street 1965stawell streetscape

View from the Clock Tower looking West down Main Street (1965)streetscape

View from the Clock Tower looking North West across Scallan Street (1965)stawell streetscape

Special Occasion at Town Hall (Militia) c1936stawell

Special Occasion at Town Hall (Militia) c1937stawell

Part of Holtermann Collection Ref FL1253748.Pleasant Creek Longfield Street Scene looking South. Hotels on left Camp Hotel, Constitution Hotel and Shamrock Hotel on other side of Seaby Street. Pleasant Creek Court House, Shire Hall and Literary Institute on Right. Smith's Store in distance on right, on other side of Seaby Street. One of the two gentlemen talking is Merlin's photographic assistant Charles Bayliss who toured the Victorian Gold towns producing photographs for American Australasian Photographic Company. From State Library NSW records, Holtermann's Collection. stawell, pleasant creek, hotels

Valentine Series No 1078 Main Street looking East from area in front of Town Hall c1930 Town Hall Hotel Post Office and Post Office Hotel and Bull and Mouth Hotel are visible. Vehicles in street.Valentine Series No. 1078 Main Street Stawellstawell business streetscape

Main Street Procession c1900 in front of Methodist Church looking East. Constable on Horseback visible. Possibly the Ballarat dragon making the date 1906 or it could be the Chinese See Yup Society Dragon, the head of which is still preserved in their South Melbourne temple. Businesses from left, Carters Boot Shop, Post Office Hotel, G. Mahanke Bakery, J.H. Stabb Stawell Coach Factory, Speedwell Cycles, W.J. Jenkinson Bootmakers, Bone Saddle & Harness Factory, W. Whiteside Taylors. Big Hill is visible in background and possibly the Market Building roof above the G. Mahnke sign. Sop In Trove the only mentions of a Chinese parade at Stawell was for Easter Monday 1906, and this occasion did feature a dragon – the costumes, banners, and dragon appear to have been borrowed from Melbourne, and it is suspected that this was the See Yup Society Dragon, the head of which is still preserved in their South Melbourne temple. At the time that this photo was taken there were only three Chinese communities in Victoria which are now known to have had parade regalia and a dragon – Bendigo, Ballarat, and Melbourne. The Melbourne dragon was the smaller of these, and that seems to match with what you can see in the photo, as does what appears to be a striped horn (frustratingly the pole obscures most of the dragon’s face). All three dragon heads still survive today, as does some of the original parade regalia, but Bendigo’s collection and dragon is the most complete. The remains of the See Yup Society collection have still to be properly studied and conserved. I would also note that if this photo was from Easter Monday 1906 then Bendigo and possibly Ballarat Chinese communities would not have been able to make their dragons available as both would have been preoccupied with their own towns’ Easter festivities. Photo taken from the Town Hall balcony of procession looking towards corner of Wimmera Street stawell businesses streetscape, chinese

View from the Clock Tower looking East up Main Street (1965)streetscape

Crowd assembled for Special Occasion at Town Hall c1935stawell

Special Occasion at Town Hall (Militia) c1935stawell

Stawell & Grampians Tourist & Promotion Advisory Council at Town Hall c1966stawell government

View from Clock Tower looking East up Main Street approx 1962stawell streetscape

Richards Town Hall Hotel Main Street Stawell from P.C. News Supplement 1888stawell businesses

Town Hall Main Street. From P.C. News Supplement 1888stawell businesses

Points of Interest in Stawellwith cover with photo of the town hall clock towerIn Brown Print: Stawell Gold Mines Past and Present Exploring the golden Heritage of Stawell stawell mining

Gold Reef Mall Stawell looking West from area in front of L.C. langsford's Pharmacy showing grassed area beside Wimmera Street intersection. Post Office on right old Bank/Chemist building corner of Main and Wimmera Streets near centre and Town Hall in distance.stawell streetscape

B/W Photo of Main Street looking East. C1930'sSmall Original on Back of Large Print 1920's cars visiblestawell streetscape

Town Hall Tower & Clock Opening 1939. Group of people in front of Town Hall Main Streetstawell

Governor Visit to Stawell with his wife c1930 in front of Town Hallstawell

Presentation of A.N.A. Tree Planting Scheme used in 1930'sto Historical Society. Photograph taken at Town Hall. Jean Chatfield ANA Society. Marie Van Leeuwen Historical Society. Angela Murphy Town Clerk. Dawn Miller Historical Society.stawell

Rechabites Lodge Group at Town Hall 1930 Back to Stawellstawell

Main Street Stawell c 1940 On left Bike Shop, Carters Boot Shop. On right under town Hall Tower is Stawell Post Office, T. Browns Furniture / Coles / Eales, Geo Mitchell & Sons, Norman A. Harding Men's Wear. J.T. Chaponnel.Main street scene looking west with bunting across street. Many 1940's vehicles in streetboth driving and parked. Delivery truck at centre of image.stawell streetscape