45rpm record created to raise funds on behalf of the WHS Choir. Arranged by WHS music teacher David Kefford. Proceeds from the sale of the record assisted in the WHS Choir taking part in the 1969 Royal South Street Competitions in Ballarat. Other events in 1969 included Dandenong Choral Festival and Heidelberg Festival.A lasting record of the school choir in 1969.45rpm music record recorded at All Saint's Church of England, Greensborough in 1969. Includes cover with names of students, one extended play record and photograph of students in choir.Tracks included 1: Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart), 2: Panis Angelicus (Franck) and on the B Side: 3 Hungarian folk songs (Matyas & Seiber)watsonia high school, watsonia high school choir, choirs, david kefford

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of two men dressed in suits and a woman in a summer dress, hat and gloves, In the background are city buildings and other people. They are Frank Wright, Harry Mortimer and Miss F Bantin. The place is The Strand in London.Written in faint pencil on the back - Harry Mortimer, Miss F. Bantin, (Sec. Nat. Band Festival), Frank Wright, Strand London Aug. 1937frank wright, cornet, conductor, ballarat, st hilda's band, strand

What Where When in Ballarat and Districtballarat, motels, begonia festival, south street, olympics, olympian, olympic rowing course, industry

Ten unique hand painted poles (wooden telegraph poles) reflect the surroundings of Lake Wendouree and tell First Nations' peoples stories. Tom Clark created the Koori Totem Poles prior to the establishment of the North Garden Indigenous Sculpture Park. The work is a set of 10 poles decorated and carved with ‘Koorie’ motifs and references and was commissioned originally for Ballarat’s Begonia Festival. These poles were shifted from the Ballarat Botanical Gardens main area in 2015 to their present site guarding the northern entrance to North Gardens.The artworks are of aesthetic and cultural significance to the people of BallaratTen hand painted wooden telegraph polestotem poles

"The idea behind this artwork installation ‘Spirit of the Ballarat Winter Festival’ was to incorporate arts and cultural symbology as if it were painted like a brush stroke upon the footpath yet embedded like a time stamp within the urban streetscape. ‘Spirit of the Ballarat Winter Festival’ offers an unexpected burst of colour and vibrancy within the Ballarat CBD." This artwork was created as pert of the Ballarat Winter Festival in 1998. The Spirit of the Ballarat Winter Festival mosaic is an interpretation of the Ballarat Winter Festival logo image designed by Paul McKenna. Principal Artist Belinda (Bel) Woodruff then trading as Deevine Mosaics received Project Support from Anne Bonighton and City of Ballarat Community Arts Department staff. Vitrified glass tiles adhered to a pre-cast concrete form - installed into the footpath.SPIRIT OF THE / BALLARAT WINTER FESTIVAL / MOSAIC BY/ DEVINE ORIGINALS / SUPPORTED BY / COMMUNITY ARTS - 1998

Yields information about tram 35 and Sturt St near Armstrong St.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during 1963 of: Tram 35 in Sturt St at Armstrong St, with the destination of Mt Pleasant. Tram has a Dancing at Civic Hall, SEC Electric Cooking. In the background is the Town Hall and the Myer building. The decoration on the street would indicate that the photo was taken on either the 12/3 or 16/3 during the Begonia Festival. tramways, trams, sturt st, armstrong st, town hall, tram 35

Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, Tuesday 12/3/1996 of photos of the Begonia Festival Parade on 11/3 (previous day) in Wendouree Parade. Also has a story about the Street Organ of Damon O'Donoghue. Included in the five photos are one of the street organ and one of the crowd lined up in Wendouree Parade with tram 38 and 661 in the background.trams, tramways, begonia festival, street parade, street organ

Yields information about the operation of Ballarat tram No. 36 in Melbourne to promote Ballarat after the closure of the SEC system.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 7/9/1971 about the possibility of a Ballarat tram running in Melbourne later in the month of September. Pending transport arrangements, it is to run during Tourism week to promote Sovereign Hill, the Begonia Festival and the South Street Competitions. Quotes manager of Sovereign Hill, Mr. Brian Whykes about the arrangements being made. Also notes the application by Davis Bus Lines, (Mr. Stan Davis) for an application to run a shuttle bus services around Ballarat Motels and Sovereign Hill. Image added 20-11-2013.trams, tramways, ballarat trams in melbourne, sovereign hill, davis bus lines, shuttlebus

Yields information about Ballarat tram 29 when it was dressed for the Floral Festival and the launch of the tram and how it was used by a small photograph publisher for sales.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard featuring the 1939 Floral Tram, photograph at the depot, rendered in colour and positioned within an outline of a map of Australia. Wal's notes date it as 4-3-1939. Uses the same base photo similar to 1369, but without the motor bike in the rear. On the rear has a the stamp "L.W. Torr Best Street Bowen Hill, Brisbane Q" See image i2 for rear of photograph. See Reg Item 7000 for a hand coloured image.Stamped on the rear of the photograph "L.W. Torr Best Street Bowen Hills, Brisbane Q" and the date stamp "5 May 1939"trams, tramways, floral tram, decorated trams, depot, tram 29

Photo with Ballarat tram No. 38 in background, floral clock in foreground, Ballarat Town Hall with Begonia Festival sign on Sturt Street face, Myers building and a horse drawn cart about to cross Sturt St. Tram fitted with large triangles, dash canopy lights and small white stripe. 23/2/1963'SEC Ballarat, No. 38, Floral clock and Sturt St. 23/2/63' in blue inktramways, trams, sturt st, floral clock, town hall, tram 38

This mounted and framed photograph of a group of friends punting on the River Yarra has a number of historic and artistic associations. The photograph is primarily important as an informal photograph of the Australian baritone John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee (1900-1969), whose international career at the world's major opera houses from 1927 until his retirement in 1958 included singing at Melba's Covent Garden farewell in 1926, to recordings in the 1930s of a major series of Mozart operas in Glyndebourne Festival productions, conducted by Fritz Busch. Brownlee, born in Geelong, won the gold medal as champion vocalist at the South Street competitions in Ballarat in 1921. Moving to Paris in 1923 he began study with the French baritone, Dinh Gilly, making his operatic debut at the Trianon Lyrique in Montmartre in 1926. The most significant periods of his operatic career were with the Paris Opera from 1927 to 1936, and at the Metropolitan Opera from 1937 to 1957. After his move to Paris in 1923, he is recorded as revisiting Australia in 1928 as a member of the Melba-Williamson Company, and 24 years later in 1952. The photograph of Brownlee and the Gardners in a punt on the Yarra, while putatively dated to 1925, must be from earlier in the 1920s before his move to Paris, or later during the Melba-Williamson Company season. Before his move to Paris in 1923, Brownlee had lived in Belmont Avenue, Kew, where he must have developed a friendship with the Gardners. The photograph has additional artistic significance as it was produced at 'The Artorium', James Beament's design studio next to the Hawthorn Town Hall at 362 Burwood Road. With a home at 33 Uvadale Road (designed by Eric Nicholls, who managed the architectural practice of Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Grifffin from 1924 to 1932), Beament painted a number of significant murals for the Griffin practice, including those at the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne.A photograph of recreational activities on the River Yarra. The photograph is historically significant as a professionally produced photograph of the Australian operatic baritone John Brownlee, either before his move to Paris in 1923, or in 1928 during the Melba-Williamson Company operatic tour of Australia. The photograph has additional aesthetic significance as it was produced in James Beament's Hawthorn Studio - The Artorium - at 362 Burwood Road, next to the Hawthorn Town Hall.Framed photograph of John Duncan Brownlee, the Australian tenor, with Enid Gardner and friend in a punt on the Yarra River. Brownlee was born in Geelong but before his move to Paris in 1923, he lived for a period in Belmont Avenue, Kew. Three labels on reverse. 1. "John Duncan Brownlee, Operatic Star, originally of Geelong later resident of Kew at Belmont Av, on the pole. Also in the punt - Edith Gardner a friend. The Gardners lived on the east corner of Edgevale Rd. & Cotham. Approx. 1925." 2. "This picture is the property of Kew Historical Society 1/4/79". 3. Tel. Hawthorn 842 THE ARTORIUM ...."john brownlee (tenor), punting, recreation - yarra river (kew), james beament, the artorium -- 362 burwood road -- hawthorn (vic.)

1966, 101, city of heidelberg repertory group, heidelberg theatre company inc, director william (bill) cherrey, royal south street competitions (ballarat) 1966 adjuciation, royal south street competitions (ballarat) 1966 winner, mordialloc arts festival winner

Has a strong association with the Rose Stereograph Co, demonstrates the gardens displays in Ballarat c1960's and yields information about the streetscape at the time.Colour postcard print of the central median gardens, Sturt St, with the Town Hall in the background and bogie tram No. 37 on the South Side. Has festoon lighting and other street decorations (Begonia Festival?) in the view. In the background are Myers, the Town Hall and Fletcher Jones store. No. 37 has the destination of Sebastopol and a "Switch to Electric Cooking" roof advertisement. Title "The Gardens and City Hall. Ballarat Vic." Postcard - Rose Series Colorview No. 509. On rear is the rose of Rose Stereograph Co and information. Duplicate of Reg Item - 1025On reverse side - black ink stamp "E.G.Butland"trams, tramways, town hall, gardens, sturt st, begonia festival, tram 37

The newspaper was produced to celebrate the 100th year of the Ballarat Courier.96 page newspaper celebrating 100 years of publishing the Ballarat Courier Newspaper. Stories and images include: Robert Clark, Ballarat history, Sturt Street, Selkirk Bricks, Ballarat Industry, Thomas Bath, Royal Hotel, hotels, Begonia Festival, James Smith, Hollways, Myers, Ballarat Orphanage, Nazareth House, Lake Elsworth, Batches, libraries, Timken, Sunshine Biscuits, M.B. John, AMCAST, reservoirs, Ballarat Council,, Morsheads, Civic Hall, Alfred Hall, Art Gallery, Christies, 3BA, Paddle Bros, South Street, BTV 6, Memorial Theatre, Her Majesty's, Whitelaw-Monier, Coltman, costume, Messer and opie, politics, Dudley Erwin, Bill Stephen, Vance Dickie, Tom Evans, Murray Byrne, McKay - Macleod, Crockers, Ballarat Shire, Sovereign Hill. St Patrick's Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, Ballarat School of Mines, Mt Helen Campus, Ballarat Girls School. Ballarat North Technical School , Burke and Wills Memorial, Joe White Maltings, Ballarat Airport, Sunicrust, architecture, women, trams, transport, Faulls, Franklin Caravans, Olympics, football, history of Sunshine Biscuits robert clark, clark, ballarat, sturt street, selkirk bricks, industry, thomas bath, royal hotel, hotels, begonia festival, james smith, hollways, myers, ballarat orphanage, nazareth house, lake elsworth, batches, libraries, timken, sunshine biscuits, m.b. john, amcast, reservoirs, ballarat council, morsheads, civic hall, alfred hall, art gallery, christies, 3ba, paddle bros, south street, btv 6, memorial theatre, her majesty's, whitelaw-monier, coltman, costume, messer and opie, politics, dudley erwin, bill stephen, vance dickie, tom evans, murray byrne, mckay - macleod, crockers, ballarat shire, sovereign hill. st patrick's cathedral, christ church cathedral, ballarat school of mines, churches, mt helen campus, ballarat girls school. ballarat north technical school, burke and wills memorial, joe white maltings, ballarat airport, sunicrust, architecture, women, trams, transport, faulls, franklin caravans, olympics, football, bray raceway, coliseum motors, schoools, education, craig bros, dayelsford, clunes, beaufort, linton, skipton, heinz bors, villiers, flecnoe, jones, robertson, cowles, bulless, cronn, matthews, ballarat library, cowley's eureka iron works, john hollway and sons, ken webb, mayoral chain, ken flecknoe, a.e. flecknoe, bath's hotel, eureka stockade memorial park