In 1896 Albert Richardsonand his bride, Lettice, came to the mill at Tabbara. Their daughter, Mrs Mary Barclay, was born at Marlo in 1897. Her Scottish great-great grandmother who was born about 1800, kept silk worms. When she was about 12, she collected and spun the silk to later make this shawl.This item is an example of a handcrafted item and reflects the needlework skills of women in the families of the early settlers.A handmade shawl of beige silk. Edge is fringed.shawl costume-female handcraft silk

Whilst my main focus for the artwork design was on the Hotels on Main Road, I felt there was an opportunity to tell a broader story of Main Rd and combine/include some interesting pieces of information from many stages of the history of Main Road. Considering that at one point in time there would have been at more than six hotels in this very short section of street….there’s no doubt Main Rd was an epicentre of communication and festivities for the Goldfields of Ballarat. “No matter what luck he had, every miner needed supplies, food and something to entertain him when he was not searching for gold.” Described as being an overcrowded jumble of muddy streets loosely arranged around mining camps...and loud, muddy, colourful and sometimes illicit. I wanted the artwork composition to consist of overlapping images and text to reflect this sense of hustle and bustle. Main Road Mural tells the broader story of the history of Main Road in Ballarat. In 2018, the City of Ballarat commissioned local Ballarat artist Travis Price to create an artwork to align with the Main Road Revitalisation Project and deliver a key component of the storytelling (heritage interpretation) project that spans the length of the shopping precinct. The artwork is featured on a prominent site in the shopping precinct of main road and tells the story of Main Road through depicting key timeline events. Main Road, as its name suggests, was one of the main entries to the mining areas of East Ballarat. It had several names: Main Street before 1858, Plank Road between 1858 and 1868 and Main Road from 1868 onwards. The centre of mining life, it was crowded, prosperous, raucous and dirty. Painted mural on shop wall in Main Road, BallaratBallaarat, Gold Fever, The Royal Standard Hotel, Flood, Boxing Saloon, Plank Road, Kulin Nation, 3350, Election, East, Grog House, The Scandinavian Hotel. Images; Chinese lantern, Pick & Shovel, Miners Licence burning.main road history, ballarat hotels, gold fever, wadawurrung, kulin nation

Paper Menu with gold braid tie and tassel for Farewell dinner at the Hotel Lotte in honour of Korean Veteranshotel lotte, farewell dinner korea, korean war, hotel lotte, farewell dinner korea, korean war

A colour photograph of Murchison Street in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of Murchison Street in Marysville in Victoria.murchison street, lyell street, marysville, victoria, photograph

Gold Mines Hotel - External facade to Marong Road, Bendigo, showing the wrought iron trimmed verandaEdith Lunn

External façade of Butts Hotel on the corner of Williamson & McLaren Streets, Bendigo, dated 19/08/1996Editth Lunn

Photograph of an engraving depicting the arrival of the Governor, Sir H. Barkley (sic) at the Shamrock Hotel Sandhurst in 1864.buildings, hotel, shamrock hotel., shamrock hotel sandhurst, heffernan and crowley, sir henry barkley

Lamp at Sandhurst Hotel. Corner of Lyttleton Terrace and St Andrews Avenue, Bendigo. (114 years old)slide, bendigo, sandhurst hotel, sandhurst hotel lamp

Sheet of notepaper headed Menzies Hotel Melbourne. A number of names written on the paper for 4B Units Loaned.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, menzies hotel melbourne, j g robertson, parsons bros ltd, dodds

Five pages of letter paper with printed letterhead of Scott's Hotel, Collins Street, Melbourne, C. 1.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, scott's hotel melbourne

Photograph of Royal Hotel in Bay Street c 1913 (built 1859), showing Lorenzo CAELLI's Restaurantbusiness and traders - hotels, business and traders - cafes and restaurants, built environment, joseph o'sullivan, lorenzo caelli

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 2003. Drinking hole: the Loddon Bridge Hotel in Bridgewater.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 2003. Family business: the Bridgewater Family Hotel, Bridgewater.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

The Gazette Shamrock hotel souvenir supplement of Wednesday, April 8, 1981. Various articles on the history of the Shamrock.newspaper, bendigo, the gazette, shamrock hotel

Bendigo Advertiser "the way we were" from 1999. A favorite watering hole: the City Hotel, Sandhurst.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Photograph. Bendigo City Views. Law Courts,Post Office, Shamrock Hotel and other buildings of Bendigo.photo, bendigo city views., bendigo city views.

postcard stamped Postcard, coloured original foreground 2 boats and pier, background in distance Marli Terrace, Esplanade hotelhand inscripton on front and back sent to London England

Colour slide in a mount. Lennon's Broadbeach Hotel (1956), Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. (Architect: Karl Langer.)16slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Culloden Castle Hotel, 226 Latrobe Terrace, Geelong West, Victoria, AustraliaFile No / Titlevictoria, slide

One of a collection of photographs from the Iggsten Estate. Post Office lane ran from Main Street to Reid Street, and much of it is now the car park for the IGA Supermarket. The Main Street end between the supermarket and the post office is closed to all but pedestrian traffic, and is now called Gollings Square. It is a rest area with trees, garden, sculptures and benches.Colour photograph taken in Post Office Lane, Rutherglen. The front of the Victoria Hotel is visible at the end of the road.post office lane, post offices, victoria hotel, florence iggsten, gollings square

Black and white photograph taken in front of Hotel of some of the McDonnell children and unknown adults Original on CDROMreserve hotel, mitcham

Colour photograph showing demolition of the Central Hotel in progress, photo taken from the carpark on opposite side of theroads and streets, tourism, hotels