Big W, which is owned by the Woolworths group, will be shortly closing its store at Forest Hill Chase at the end of its lease. Big W, which is owned by the Woolworths group, will be shortly closing its store at Forest Hill Chaseforest hill chase shopping centre, big w

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, big w, 1960s, grenville st

Valued Customer Certificate for the Big W & Safeway supermarket at the Bendigo Marketplace on the Centre opening 31st October 1995

Ron Brons photographic study of Ringwood.

Photos 25-4-69, of: .1 - Ballarat 17 at Stones Corner with Caltex Service Station in the background. Tram leaving Main Road before joining Bridge St. .2 - No. 28 running from Bridge Street into Sturt Street with a "Trotting at Bray Raceway Tonight" Auxillary board. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. In the background are the Big W and the Dickins Store. .3 - Tram 43 on "0" road at the SEC Ballarat Depot. .4 - Tram 13 at the Gardens Loop in Wendouree Parade. Tram has an ANA Hospital and Medical Benefits (Australian Natives Association) Advertising Board.Yields information about the operation of the Ballarat tramway system that was operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.Set of four black and white negatives of Ballarat Tramways, 120 size. ballarat, trams, tramways, sturt street, tram 17, main road, bridge street, tram 28, bray raceway, dickins, big w, tram 13, ana health, wendouree parade, gardens loop, depot, tram 43, stones corner, caltex

Rabbet Plane. Maker Routledge. Has a "G" inside a big "W" Blade is askewflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, sturt, cars, tram, bridge st, dickins, big w

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, bridge st, sturt, grenville, big w, dickins

Colour print of a bogie tram and four single truckers parked in City Loop, winter 1971. Has the Big W store in the background. Photo by Ron Kemp. On rear "Ballarat Trams, year the end of trams"trams, tramways, city loop, sturt st, ballarat

Round Plane. Maker T.U. Smith. Owner W Allan. G inside big W stamped on end. Blade size 1" Also has Gabriel stamped on it.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Yields information about the Ballarat's tramcars in the early 1970's, the City Loop parking area and the Grenville St buildings.Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 11 and 26 in the City Loop with the Grenville St buildings in the background. Photo by David Clark 17/2/1971. No. 11 and has the destination of "City". In the background are the Big W, Dickins store and Clifford and Young shops.On the rear in ink "Tram No. 1`1 & 26 in Sturt St at Lydiard St. looking to Bridge St. 17/2/71. Ballarat Tramways, Photo 27, Taken by David Clark", with David's address stamp "4 Adeney Ave Kew 3101" with "Melbourne" underneath.tramways, trams, sturt st, grenville st, bridge st, city loop, tram 26, tram 11

Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Grenville St prior to closure of the SEC operated system.Digital image of No. 26 at the corner of Sturt and Grenville St. Tram about to cross Grenville St into Bridge St, has destination of Mt. Pleasant. In the background is the Woolworths Big W store and the Dickins Supermarket. Also in the view is a letter box and the tramway shelter. Photo c1970.trams, tramways, grenville st, sturt st, shelters, bridge st, tram 26

Yields information about the storage of tramcars in the City Loop during a week day.Colour slide - 35mm - of five (one bogie tram and four single truckers) in City Loop, with the Woolworths Big W store in the background. Trams in photograph are 43, 31 and others. Photo Chas Bevan. No. 43 has an advertisement for Bliss Bombs (To read pack: Tilt Tram")"Ballarat trams 1971"tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 43, tram 31

Black and white photograph of Ballarat No 42 (Mt Pleasant) at the Grenville St tram stop in Sturt St. with the shelter alongside with some ladies standing around. In the background are the Woolworths Big W and Dickins stores. Photographer unknown, c1970.Yields information about the Grenville St stop c1970.Black and white photograph on plain paper.trams, tram 42, grenville st, shelters, sturt st

In the early 1990s, open land which was situated on the west side of Sunbury Railway Station and fronting on to Horne Street, underwent development with Big W and Safeway stores, a theatre complex, car park and other businesses built on the site.For many years the open land on the west side of Sunbury Railway Station was the venue for travelling circus groups. A wheat silo, which local cereal crop farmers used to store their wheat, occupied some of the land.A non-digital coloured photograph of the rear view of a Safeway store and 7 cars in the adjoining carpark.sunbury railway station, commercial development, horne street, sunbury

Yields information about the use of City Loop for storing trams at night.Digital image of trams 26 and 20 at night in the City Loop. Has the Big W store in the background. Photo by John Ward 27 Feb. 1971. Slide title "04410 270269 6926-D SECV Single truck trams 26 & 20 at night time on layover in Sturt St Ballarat Vic"trams, tramways, sturt st, city loop, night photo, tram 26, tram 20

Photograph shows Ballarat No. 33 at the City Centre stop, c1971. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St North and has a one man sign in the back cabin. The short tram stop pole is alongside. In the background is the ANZ bank, the Post Office and in the far distance the Big W store.Yields infomation about tram 33 and the City Centre stop.Colour print with plain back.tramcars, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 33, post office, city centre

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 eight Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - view of the Sturt and Lydiard St intersection from the front of the tram car with the Robbie Burns statue in the view and the Big W store. .2 - ditto at the corner of Sturt and Grenville St with the tramway shelter and the Dickins store. .3 - setting the signals for the Bridge St route. .4 - View looking east along Bridge St with Big W store and Faull's shoe shop. .5 - At intersection with Main Road, looking up the hill towards Victoria St. On the right is the advert for Viscount Ambassador Caravans. .6 - Looking along Victoria St, towards the East at E St, with the biscuit factory on the left. .7 - tram shelter at Queen St. .8 - View of the terminus looking east, showing the median strip Slide mount date August 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, grenville st, shelters, bridge st, signals, victoria st

Scene from Big HillB/W Big Hill Mining scene c. 1895-1890's : road into drive, whimstawell mining

35mm Agfa colour blue and white plastic mount slide - photo of a Ballarat bogie tram 30 and another single trucker parked in the City Loop, Sturt St. with a busy street scene around, including a Davis Bus Lines on route 1, Wendouree West. Has the Dickins Foodstore, Woolworths Big W, Paterson store in the photograph. Taken 9/1971. Photos Eldon Hogan. All files transferred from disc to high res files 2/9/2009.tramways, trams, city loop, davis bus lines, sturt st, tram 30

Yields information about the appearance of trams parked in the City loop during early 1960's and the construction of the Big W store.Black and white photograph of Ballarat trams 21, 33 and 26 in the City Loop. Dated 13/12/1961. Printed on Agfa Gevaert paper in a postcard format. 21 - has a roof advertisement fort A. H. Collins of Sebastopol for Timber and The Age and another on the dash panel. 32 - has roof adverts for Penfold Cream Sherry cream and Eureka Terra Cotta tiles. In the background, a building (possibly the future Big W) is under construction in Grenville St. Photo by Lloyd Rogers.In ink "Ballarat trams Nos. 21, 33, 26, Sturt St 13/12/1961 and 3/19". In pencil: "21 - ex 10 Alaide, 33- ex M 189, 26 - ex M 111"trams, tramways, city loop, sturt st, tram 21, tram 33, tram 26

Set of 6 slides showing trams parked in the City Loop 1 - taken from Lydaird St and Sturt St - looking east with Dickins food store, Patersons and a Neptune sign 2 - Photo looking east with tram 35 and 4 single truckers parked in the loop 3 - ditto with the Woolworths Big W store in the background. 4 - Head on view of 35 with a tram in Bridge St along with the Grenville St shelter 5 - as for 3 6 - ditto with tram 26 passing the parked trams.Yields information about the use of the City Loop in Sturt St to park out of service trams between the peak periods.Set of six colour slides in hanimount cardboard mounts."Ballarat" in ink on some of the slides and December 1970 on one. All are numbered in ink.tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 35, tram 26

Photo of three single truckers, 31, 32, 21 parked in City Loop, with another single trucker, 26 or 28 entering Sturt St. 31 and 21 have SEC "Everything's under control in my all-electric kitchen", 32 - Wilkinson Sword?. In the background are Woolworths Big W store and Dickins supermarket. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses assumed Jan. 1969, dated only "Jan", but date lines up with Bendigo slides and type of numbering. Could be 1970.On the rear of the slide in black ink "P. Moses" along bottom right hand corner in black ink.tramways, trams, city loop, sturt st, grenville st, tram 31, tram 32, tram 21

Set of two colour prints from a scanned slide image, loaned by donor and some black and white prints 3246.1 - No. 34 and three other bogie trams parked in the City Loop. No. 34 showing "Special". Has Big W and Bridge St. in the background. A small family group standing by the front of No. 34. 3246.2 - ditto but without the family group. Colour Prints made by commercial machine printer direct from images on Kodak Xtralife Paper. Taken 23/8/1971 - the last Sunday of full operations? For high resolution image see btm3246i1h and 3246i2h. sturt st, city loop, bridge st, tram 34

Black and white photograph mounted on heavy cardboard backing. Photo of Ballarat 26 outward bound to Victoria St., loading passengers just prior to crossing Grenville St. Tram has destination of "Victoria St". Has Big W (Woolworths) building in the background, along with the Ballarat Working Men or Labor (labour) monument (8 hour day) in the photograph. Taken by John Phillips late 1960's or early 1970's. Note: Image scanned in two runs through a scanned, resulting in the shading in the image file. .1 - ditto, mounted with four white Velcro dots on rear.trams, tramways, bridge st, grenville st, sturt st, monuments, tram 26

Yields information about the use of the trams in Bridge St - the major shopping strip at the time in Ballarat, shows the nature of the strip at the Grenville St end, the motor cars in use at the time and of the some of the shops.Black and White photograph mounted on heavy cardboard backing. Photo of Ballarat No. 26 outward bound to Victoria St, entering the west end of Bridge St. Tram has destination of "Victoria St." Has Dickins, Faull's Shoes and Big W (Woolworths) buildings in image.. Taken by John Phillips late 1960's or early 1970's. Has 6 Velcro dots on rear and marks where mounting devices have been removed on the rear. Note image scanned in two runs through a scanner, resulting in the shading in the image file. .1 - ditto same image, has five Velcro dots mounted on rear.trams, tramways, bridge st, victoria st, tram 26

Yields information about the launch or a Santa event in 1969 for the Myer Santa Tram at Mt Pleasant.Set of 6 Colour slides, Kodak white cardboard mount, developed Nov 1969 of No.18 as the Myer Santa Christmas tram possibly at the time of its formal launch and one (Dec 1969) in City Loop. .1 - No. 18 leaving the depot in Wendouree Parade .2 - In Wendouree Parade .3 - No. 11 and 18 crossing - No. 17 has a Twin Lakes sign and Briquettes roof advert .4 - No. 30 and 18 crossing at the Grant St loop with a Mobil service station in the background. .5 - At the Mt Pleasant terminus with a number of people and a Father Christmas - Barkly St .6 - In the City Loop, Dec. 1969 along with another tram. Has the Big W and Dickens stores in the background."Duncan St Loop Drummond St" in red ink.ballarat, tramways, trams, santa tram, myer, christmas trams, decorated trams, wendouree parade, barkly st, grant st, mt pleasant, tram 18, tram 11, tram 30

Yields information about the tram operations at the intersection of Bridge and Grenville St and Sturt St.Five (5) Digital images taken by George Coop during the period 1968 - 1970, of SEC trams in the Grenville St area. .1 - Tram 31 crossing Grenville St to pick up passengers in Sturt St - the shelter in the foreground and the Woolworth's Big W store in the background. .2 - Tram 17 picking up a passenger at the Shelter, with the Dickins store in the background. Tram has a "Make Bliss not Love" roof advert and has a destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. .3 - Tram 13 - as for .1 .4 - ditto with 12 in the City Loop - in the background are the Magnet Bakery, Begonia City Butch and Gilbert and Jury shop. .5 - Tram 26, in Bridge St, with the points at Grenville St in the foreground. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. In the background are the shops for Faull's shoes and Suttons HMV. trams, tramways, grenville st, shelters, bridge st, sturt st, city loop, passengers, tram 31, tram 17, tram 13, tram 12, tram 26

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