This photograph is held in the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Audio Visual Collection. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.This photograph features this mixed business described by donor Ray Giles as: One of the two shops between Ballarat and Buninyong that carried a variety of services, owned by Mick and Blanche Giles between 1963 and 1969. The shop was built in the 1950s and demolished in 1969 by the Country Roads Board to widen the Geelong Rd. The shop served the community with an array of services and goods- -State Savings Bank -Milk bar -News agent with two paper boys -Post Office -Groceries -Cigarettes -Briquettes -Kerosine -Chook food -Fire crackers -Public Phone boxshop,, ballarat, giles, mt clear, groceries, 1960s

This photograph is held in the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Audio Visual Collection. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.This photograph features this mixed business described by donor Ray Giles as: One of the two shops between Ballarat and Buninyong that carried a variety of services, owned by Mick and Blanche Giles between 1963 and 1969. The shop was built in the 1950s and demolished in 1969 by the Country Roads Board to widen the Geelong Rd. The shop served the community with an array of services and goods- -State Savings Bank -Milk bar -News agent with two paper boys -Post Office -Groceries -Cigarettes -Briquettes -Kerosine -Chook food -Fire crackers -Public Phone boxshop,, ballarat, giles, mt clear, groceries, 1960s, ballaarat

Victory House, named after the 1902 Melbourne Cup winner The Victory, was built in 1906 near goldmines and was home to the family of Chinese goldmine manager James Wong Chung. The Chung family lived in the Geelong Road home until 2008, when it was sold. The home was widely known as a welcoming place that hosted large gatherings of Chinese people to celebrate culture and heritage. It is recognised for its strong links to Ballarat's goldrush history and Chinese history in Ballarat. Colour photographs of Victory House in Main Road Ballarat East.victory house, chinese, ballarat, james wong chung, canadian

FORGING AHEAD City of Footscray City of Braybrook Incorporated 1959 Chaff Milling Section Interior photograph: Caption: Chaff baggers in operation Accompanying Text Schutt & Barrie Pty. Ltd. commenced operations in 1913 [Schutt]at Spotswood, but two years later a transfer was made to the present site at the corner of Geelong and Williamstown Road Footscray. The output for years past has been 100 tons of chaff a day- the largest of any mill of its kind in Australia. The firm’s “Green String” is widely known.Schutt & Barrie workmen with John Ralph Schutt and C E Barrie.local identities, agriculture

Colour photograph of a brick hotel - the former Prince Regent Hotel - later used as a funeral parlour.hotels, undertakers, prince regent hotel, prince regent house, geelong road, architecture

Heritage Status: On Victorian Heritage Register and the register of the National Estate, built in 1857.Heritage Status: On Victorian Heritage Register and the register of the National EstateColour Photograph of "Ballentree" homestead, 1857. Partial frontal view of homestead showing the verandah valences of carved Baltic pine fretwork. Shrubbery in foreground partially obscuring view.buninyong, ballantree, homestead, wb smith, timber fretwork, weatherboard house

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of S 166 crossing Geelong Road, in Barkly St with the destination of Russell St. Has the Plough Hotel advertising a whiskey and Melbourne Bitter and next door, the Junction Joinery and timber mills. Based on Reg Item 5182 which is dated in the Wal Jack Melbourne album, the date is likely to be 21-4-1945.trams, tramways, russell st, geelong road, barkly st, footscray, s class, tram 166, mmtb

Photograph, Black and White, Birney No. 217 on the Russell St route, Footscray in Barkly St , Cnr Commercial road, just to the west of Geelong Road. Note the tram and bus stop signs on the pole with the traffic lights, and the bus in front of the tram. One of the buildings has an "Ealing's radio electrical sign" Early 1950's?In ink on the rear: "MMTB X217 on Russell Street route at Footscray. / In Barkly St Cnr Commercial Road, immediately west of Geelong Road. / /5" Has KSK number CLC36 in to right hand corner.trams, tramways, footscray, birney, tram stops, bus stops, russell st, barkly st, buses, tram 217

Part of old Lintonian Collection ; No. 140.Black and white photograph of a man wearing a suit, standing on a garden path.On back: "Thomas Jones, Geelong Road, Linton".thomas jones, old lintonian collection

Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative file of Geelong No. 24 rounding the double track curve from Glenleith Ave Geelong into Melbourne Road. On the corner is V. H. Rodgers Butchers building remains in 2020. The tram has the destination of North Photo mid 1940's. trams, tramways, geelong, melbourne road, glenleith ave, north, tram 24

Folder of newsclippings, including: Ballarat Courier 03 November 1999 - Ballarat Sporting Heroes (Shayne Reese, Tony Lockett, Dennis Shaw, Tessa Molloy, Lisa Bruty, Kirst Benoit, Brett Hunter) Ballarat Courier 19 May 2001 - State revenue Office Ballarat Courier 02 MaY 2003 - Brian Howlett Kembla Lines September 2006 - Inside Steel at Port Kembla Weekend Australian 23-4 September 2006 - Adams Forges a Legacy in Steel by Robert Gottliebson - Bluescope Steel, Kirby Adams. Port Kembla Ballarat Courier 14 May 2003 - Alan Webb received Honorary Doctorate Ballarat Courier 07 July 2007 - Exhibition Showcases A Century of Artworks by Dorothy Wickham - outlines an exhibition highlighting 100 years of Art Lectures curated by Clare Gervasoni Ballarat Courier 23 December 2010 - Historical Sites Study Launched - Ballarat Industrial Heritage Wiki launched. Ballarat Courier 21 April 2014 - Unknown Soldier, tunnellers par of project's research: Wartime Connections Ballarat News 14 February 2019 - FedUni VC to speak at leadership forum. (Photo: Helen Bartlett) Ballarat News 10 June 2021 - Taking a closre look at contact tracing by Katie Martin. (Contact tracing during the Covid19 pandemic) Ballarat News 21 October 2021 - Hospital adds temporary Covid-19 triage tent by Edwina Williamsfederation university, university of ballarat, tony lockwood, alfred deakin place, state regional freight links program, nazareth house, ballarat technology park, state revenue office, wendouree parade, deer park bypass, geelong road caravan park, brian howlett, alan webb, honorary doctorate, arthur pickford, mosaics, john pickford, janet holmes a court, mount helen campus history, ballarat techncial art school, tony flude, joseph flude, humanities, nurture the humanities, clunes school of mines, ballarat school of mines 140th anniversary, david battesby, john mcdonald, kath white, catherine laffey, neil trivett, greg simmons, ballarat & district industrial heritage wiki, federation university art collection, ballarat school of mines honor book, clare gervasoni, henry sutton, sutton's music house, john smythe, david caro, david caro obituary, student union, new university name, merger, gippsland, mount helen campus, univesity of ballarat alumni connect, name change, science building, y building, ballarat equine centre, ballarat brewery, ballarat and united breweries, feduni, former ballarat gaol, ballarat gaol basement cells, federation college, sam henson, janet cowles, alexandra tascas, helen bartlett, graduation, pandemic, covid19, covid-19, corona virus

Yields information about the Melbourne N class trams and their use on Provincial systems.Black and white photograph, printed on a postcard back format of SEC Geelong Tram No. 34, side on view (later Bendigo 2) in Melbourne Road, North Geelong between Shannon St and Victoria St. Information provided by Dave O'Neil in an email to Warren Doubleday 26/11/2013 - see pdf file. Photo taken mid 1950's. Has in the background Marigold Cafe?, Minerita ?, Typewriter Sales and Service and a service station with a Shell petrol pump in view. On the rear in ink and pencil "City / N Class / HTT 20, MMTB 126, Geel 34 Bend 2"trams, tramways, geelong, melbourne road, north, tram 35

The Geelong Rest located at 3 Moorabool Street was created in 1895. The building depicted in the photograph ( taken from the Western Beach Road) is known as the King Edward VII Sailors' Rest building; it was designed by architect Percy Everett and replaced the older building in 1912. In 1901, it became the Geelong branch of the Mission to Seamen. The building is still standing on the waterfront in Geelong and has a commercial use.Medium b & w photograph depicting the front facade of the Sailors' Rest in Geelong.geelong, sailors' rest, seafarer, king edward vii sailors' rest building, 1912, percy everett, kombi

Soil collected for the 2006 Staff reunion of Geelong East Technical School/James Harrison College. The College merged with Newcomb Secondary College in 2001. The old site became part of The Gordon TAFE. The Reunion Committee wanted a memento of the school to give to the staff who attended.Clear Ziploc bag containing soil, organic material (Leaf) and paper.Side A Titled "Educationally Enriched Soil". Side B "Certificate of Authenticity./School/No.1765/geelong east technical school, james harrison college, 2006

Keith Rash was highly involved in research relating to Ballarat. He took this photo in the Gold centenary year.Six small black and white photographs have been taped together to form a panorama of Ballarat. The Photos were taken from Sovereign Hill and look towards the South East. Geelong Road is evident in the foreground. In the centre of the panorama is Mt Warrenheip, and to the right is Mt Buninyong. Stamped lower right 'K.E.Rash'ballarat, sovereign hill, ballarat east, keith rash, mount buninyong, mount warrenheip

This house was the home of William Michael Grigg and his family. It later was lived in by Les & Gwen Kerr, Russell & Cathy Kerr, Cindy and Justin Liddy, Ivan and Mary Perrin. Christopher Grigg was given the photograph by his Great Aunt Nell Grigg.Original mounted photograph of weatherboard house with two girls standing in front."Grigg house - Geelong Road Linton/later owned by Kerrs/Ena & Nell Grigg/in garden at home/in Linton/Ena about 14 yrs Nell 4 yrs/1905".nell grigg, ena grigg, houses

Has a strong association with the event that celebrated tram No. 27 reaching 1,000,000 miles in 1966, in Ballarat itself, although this was later shown by the BTPS when records audited to be 900,000 miles. Used on the TMSV tour tram.Black & white photo of North East Ballarat, taken from Sovereign Hill, Sept 1946. On rear has 'Ballarat East from Golden Mount Lookout'. Geelong Road at bottom of hill. Black Hill and lookout in background on left. Smoke from Sawmill' in black ink. Reimaged 17/7/2017 both front and back.As in content description. In blue ink on base of photo is 'Sept. 1946', ink has run in paper.trams, tramways, ballarat, sovereign hill, golden mount lookout

Pictured are the Fanning family who were toll-keepers. The property on Geelong Road is now St Martins in the Pines which was gifted to the Sisters of Mercy by Alice Fanning.st martins in the pines, alice fanning, sisters of mercy, building, vehicle, persons, private dwelling

Class photo 1944 Geelong Road Primary School, Footscray. Photo taken outside Edwardian Building. Please contact Footscray Primary School before use.1940s

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a MMTB X2 679 in Droop St. Footscray, crossing Geelong Road, with the destination of "Ballarat Road". Tram has small advertisements on the front panel. Intersection has been remodelled since photo taken on 1-1-1959. Image i1 high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, melbourne, ballarat road, droop st, 679, tram 679

Group photography Great Ocean Road Trust, taken at Geelong Town Hall 1918great ocean road. geelong town hall

A detailed continuum of correspondence showing the progress of development in the district and the co-operation and cost sharing between the different shires to have work completed. This collection of letters provides a very good overview of issues and work covered in the early settlement days of the district. Cover is brown watermarked patterned cloth with tan suede binding and corners. Inside front and back covers is green and red patterned paper. Alphabetical index at the front. The ledger contains copies of letters which were written to local shires and lands Departments and relate mainly to matters of infrastructure and local government charges There are a number of invoices at the back of the book.: Letter Book No. on spine. Gold lettering on red. Serial numbers, signatures, engravings, dedications in books, manufacturing details or personal markingswarrnambool, warrnambool shire, hampden shire, mount rouse shire, geelong to belfast road, alfred davies, 1873-1875, shire correspondence

This is a Bluebird road cycle made in 1920 by Alan Lowndes from Modewarre. It was purchased by Ray Kinleyside (secretary of the Geelong West Amateur Cycling Club) after WWi in the 1920s.An example of road cycles commonly used in the 1920s.Unrestored road cycle painted red. It is a single brake, single speed bicycle. alan lowndes; ray kinleyside; bluebird road cycle; geelong west amateur cycling club; geelong cycling club; road cycle;

Yields information about industrial issues in Geelong over one man trams and rosters, and that Ballarat was keep advised of the situation.Set of three (two copies of each), newspaper clippings from the Geelong Advertiser, 27/10/1952 cut out and pasted onto blue paper, with the Newspaper Name and date type on each piece. News items were: "One Man Trams" - quoting Mr. T. A. Farr, Manager SEC Geelong re the proposed introduction of one-man trams. alterations to through routing and effects of this. "Tram-men's Protest" - resolution passed against proposed new roster, one-man trams, quotes union Secretary Mr. C. McDonald, and details of the resolution. "Road Operators' Meeting", about a proposed meeting of road operators to form a Geelong Sub-branch of the Road Transport Development Association of Victoria on 28 October. Over 250 invitations sent out. Quotes the president Mr. S. V. Leslie.one man trams, geelong, unions, rosters, road transport

This map was probably produced around the time that the Sovereign Hill Museums Association was established. A simple plan with black marking on paper. It shows the Sovereign Hill Recreation Rerserve, including the swimming pool located near the Sovereign Hill Trig Point, showers, toilets, kiosk, bandstand and pine trees. The plan also depicts the Ballarat East streets surrounding Sovereign hill, including Geelong Road, Magpie Street, Stephens Street, Tregurtha Street, Dunn Street, Bourke Street, Gladstone Street and Robertson Street. The scale is 2 chains to 1 inch.sovereign hill, swimming pool