A photograph from Paul Lambeth's East Ballarat Heritage Project.Black and white photograph depicting schoolgirls in front of building known as Sacred Heat Convent, Victoria Street, Ballarat East.in pencil on verso "Sacred Heart Ballarat"sacred heart ballarat, ballarat, schoolgirls, east ballarat heritage project, paul lambeth

This is a photograph taken during Paul Lambeth's Ballarat East Heritage Project. Black and white photograph showing the Ballarat East Gardens.in pencil on verso "Ballarat East Gardens PLACE Commission ..."ballarat east, place, ballarat east gardens, ballarat east botanical gardens, ballarat eastern gardens, ballarat east town hall gardens, east ballarat heritage project, paul lambeth, parks and gardens, landscape

black and white photographinscriptions in pencil on verso "Clissold St, Ballarat" and "walking track down to Princes St, Bllt East"clissold street, ballarat, ballarat east, walking track, east ballarat heritage project

Paul Lambeth's photography classblack and white photograph depicting weatherboard houses in pencil on verso "East Ballarat"east ballarat, weatherboard houses, ballarat east, east ballarat heritage project

Black and white photograph showing Ballarat from Black Hill. in pencil on verso "Black Hill Ballarat" and "taken alongside the walking path between Clissold St and Princes St looking south towards Mt Warrenheep, past St Alipius Church with Princes St in foreground DPC 2013 Yarrowee River Trail"black hill, ballarat east, clissold st, princes st, st alipius, east ballarat heritage project

Paul Lambeth's photography classblack and white photographin pencil on verso "Black Hill Ballarat"black hill, ballarat, east ballarat heritage project, paul lambeth

Black and white photograph of a bluestone channel in Ballaratin pencil on verso "Beneath Scott Pde - Yarrowee Creek" scott parade, yarrowee creek, paul lambeth, east ballarat heritage project

black and white photograph of a woman standing in the shadow of the Ballarat Fire Brigade, Ballarat East.in pencil on verso "Ballarat Fire Brigade (East)"ballarat, fire brigade, woman, ballarat fire brigade, ballarat east fire brigade, east ballarat heritage project, paul lambeth

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