The Golden City Hotel was established in 1856. It was known as GeeCees in 2015.Photograph of a double storey hotel in Sturt Street Ballarat. The hotel features a verandah with cast iron work. A red pillar box is evident on the corner of Sturt Street and Dawson Street.golden city hotel, geecees, letter box, pillar box

The Golden City Hotel still stands on the corner of Sturt and Dawson Streets. Notice the horse-drawn carriage and the motorbike.golden city hotel, building, commerce, hotel, public, streetscape, sturt street, dawson street

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This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, golden city steamer, golden city hotel

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, golden city hotel

Yields information about tram operations in the city area of Ballarat, near St Patricks Cathedral.Vinson Lastex green cardboard mount of Ballarat 30 westbound in Sturt St, with the Golden City Hotel and the fence of St Patrick's Cathedral in the background. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, st patrick's, tram 30

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, hotel, golden city

Shows the arrangement of tram tracks on the south side of Sturt St and one of the many hotels in the city.Yields information about Ballarat tram No. 37 in Sturt StBlack and White photograph of SEC Ballarat tram 37 in Sturt St at Dawson St. Has the Golden City Hotel in the background. Photo by Keith Kings 3/3/1968On rear has the photographers file number 28-22ballarat, sturt st, dawson st, golden city hotel, tram 37

Tram No. 35 heading West along Sturt St, with Golden City Hotel in rear, Sebastopol destination. Tram not fitted with lights, but large triangles. Taken on 9-7-59.'SEC Ballarat No. 35, Sturt St, 9-7-59' in blue ink, has overwritten pencil. In top RH corner, 'Ballrt' has been rubbed out.tramways, trams, sturt st., golden city hotel, tram 35

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 39 westbound in Sturt St. at Dawson St. with the Golden City Hotel in the background. Tram has destination Sebastopol and SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". Note red post box on corner and tram stop signage. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/20" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.sturt st, dawson st, tram stops, golden city hotel, post box, tram 39

Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St during 1958 and the buildings on the south side of the street.Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 12 west bound in Sturt St at the intersection of Sturt and Dawson St with the Golden City Hotel in the background and other buildings on the south side. Includes Harry Davies building. Note the festoon lighting on the poles and the lion decoration on the overhead bracket by the tram. Three different prints of the same photograph provided. 4th copy added - 19-3-2015 from a donation by Lloyd Rogers.On rear in red ink "Ballarat 12 Sturt St Feb 58" and the stamp of Jim Seletto, date stamp of 16 Feb 1962 (probably indicating date printed) and "Photographed by J Seletto", red ink stamp. Copy 4 - same as above.tramways, trams, sturt st, golden city hotel, dawson st, tram 12

Black and white photograph and negative of tram 33 outbound to the Gardens, passing the Golden City Hotel at the corner of Sturt and Dawson Sts. Tram has a Twin Lakes Ad on the front dash panel. Taken from the central median strip, August 1971. Original print by David Endacott, duplicate print (1268A) by John Phillips 12/1999. Second copy added 5/2001. Original neg scanned at hi res and updated 11/5/2020.On original print "Last week before phasing / out of trams / from Cnr Sturt & Dawson Sts. / Aug 1971" in pencil.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st., dawson st, golden city hotel, tram 33

Photos 20-4-1968, of: .1 - Tram 27 crossing Albert St on its way to Sebastopol. .2 - Trams 27 and 33 at Sebastopol terminus. Tram 27 has a briquette advertisement. .3 - Reversing the pole of tram 27 at the Mt Pleasant terminus. .4 - Trams 27 and 28 cross at the Grey St loop on the Sebastopol line. .5 - Tram 20 at the intersection of Sturt and Lyons Streets. .6 - Tram 13 at the Grey St loop. .7 - Trams 27 and 13? at the Lydiard St terminus. .8 - Tram 31 westbound in Sturt Street at Dawson St with the Golden City Hotel in the background. The trackwork for the Dawson St crossover is in the view. Tram has the sign for Twin Lakes.Yields information about the operation of the Ballarat tramway system that was operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.Set of eight black and white negatives of Ballarat Tramways, 120 size. ballarat, trams, tramways, sebastopol, albert st, tram 27, tram 33, briquettes, mt pleasant, grey st loop, lyons street, sturt street, tram 20, tram 13, dawson street, golden city hotel

Black and White photograph, copy print of Reg. Item 2741, of Sturt St, looking east from the Ballarat City Fire Station tower, late 1930's, possibly 1938. Photo has two trams east bound in the photo, along with a few motor vehicles. In the photo are a street side Garage, a bakery, Golden City Hotel, Town Hall, St. Patricks Church and Harry Davies & Co. Drapers and importers. Has title "Sturt Street, Ballarat". Victorian Railways Photograph - now held by State Library. Original photo will have copyright provisions. Print made by John Phillips c1998 from negative of Reg. Item 2741 on Kodak paper.tramways, trams, sturt st, golden city hotel, st patricks

Beautiful Ballarat was produced for tourists to Ballarat.Eighty six page book with soft brown cover. The book includes some historical articles and a number of black and white images and advertisements. Includes map insert.ballarat, eureka stockade, gold discovery, rowlands, lydiard street, ballarat post office, ballarat town hall, ballarat woollen mils, sunnyside woollen mill, ballarat east town hall, ronaldson bros and tippett, railway, lake wendouree, rolfe, ballarat botanical gardens, mining, new imperial gold mine, ballarat art gallery, schools, education, ballarat school of mines, ymca, provincial hotel, ballarat grammar school, rolfe cycles, cycles, bicycles, buninyong godld discovery obelisk, j.a. reynolds, w. brown and co, motor cycle, carlyon's hotel, charles morris furnishing undertaker, newlyn reservoir, y.m.c.a., unicorn hotel, golden city hotel, st andrew's kirk, george hotel, ballarat agricultural high school, st patrick's college, ballarat college, h. francis chemist, south street competitions, boer war memorial, fernery, reid's coffee palace, trout, carey motor company, herbert rolfe

Numerous photographs take by Marilyn Jeffs for use on the Ballarat and District Industrial Heritage Wikihotels, ballarat, royal mail hotel, peter lalor hotel, the george hotel, x on albert hotel, cattleyards inn, market hotel, bunch of grapes hotel, argyle hotel, atlantic hotel, ballarat hotel, black hill hotel, blue bell hotel, bluebell hotel, brown hill hotel, canberra hotel, carboni, carboni's italian kitchen, eureka stockade hotel, carriers arms hotel, eastern station hotel, centenary hotel, craig's hotel, eastern railway hotel, freight bar, athletic club hotel, grapes hotel, munster arms hotel, golden city hotel, golf house hotel, irish murphy's, camp hotel, lake view hotel, la porchetta, southern cross hotel, the mallow hotel, meaghers hotel, millers arms, miners tavern hotel, miner's tavern hotel, provincial hotel, north britain hotel, north star hotel, oscar's hotel, criterian hotel, park hotel, prince regent house, prince regent hotel, sport globe, sporting globe, jacksons hotel, railway hotel, pwtn, pater lalor hotel, royal highlander hotel, queen's head hotel, red lion hotel, robin hood hotel, military arms hotel, royal oak hotel, western hotel, imperial hotel, unicorn hotel, union hotel

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, fire station, sturt, east, town hall, harry davies, church, golden city hotel

Yields information about tram services in Sturt St and the building structures.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of tram 39 in Sturt St at Dawson St. Tram has the destination of Mt Pleasant. In the background is the Golden City Hotel and the Harry Davies store.trams, tramways, drummond st nth, tram 39

Yields information about Ballarat streetscape and its trams in the closing days of the SEC tramway system.Digital image from a black and white print of tram No. 35 outbound to Sebastopol in Sturt St Ballarat, at Dawson St with the crossover in the foreground. Has the Golden City Hotel in the background. A VW Beetle is alongside the tram. Photo by Marc Dahlstrom c1971. On rear is the Marc Dahlstrom stamp.trams, tramways, sturt st, dawson st, tram 35

Yields information about tram 38 decorated for the 1954 Royal Visit.Set of two Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No. 38 as the Royal Tram in Sturt St at Dawson St. during 1954. Has the destination of Mt Pleasant. In the background is the Golden City Hotel and the Harry Davies buildings.trams, tramways, royal visit, decorated trams, sturt st, dawson st, tram 38

Yields information about the use of the Dawson St crossover with loaded passenger cars and from the north side to the south side.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No. 37 using the Dawson St cross over from the north side to the south side, with a large load of passengers. Destination appears to be Gardens via Sturt St West. In the background is the Golden City Hotel. Possibly the early 1950's.trams, tramways, sturt st, dawson st, tram services, tram 37

Photo of SEC Ballarat Tram No. 27 west bound at Lyons St. with the city in the background, including the Golden City Hotel and St. Patricks cathedral. Tram has "Twin Lakes" advertisement on front panel and destination of "Gardens via Sturt St. W". Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses August 1971.On back of both slides in blue ink "Jan. 1966, Lydiard St. Tram / 125 f11." and in bottom left hand corner "P. Moses".tramways, trams, lyons st, sturt st, st patricks, tram 27

Coloured booklet of various scenes and buildings in and around Bendigo, titled Bendigo Victoria's Golden City. The front cover has a scene of Charing Cross looking towards Pall Mall. Inside the front cover is a very brief history and some Historical Buildings are mentioned. They are: Fortuna, Shamrock Hotel, Gold Mines Hotel, City Hall, Post Office, Law Courts, the Home for the Aged, Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. Paul's, Specimen Cottage, Log Lock-up and the Chinese Joss House. The coloured pictures inside are: The Central Deborah Gold Mine, Fortuna, Miner's Cottage, The Gold Mines Hotel, Victoria Hill, Bendigo Law Courts, Eaglehawk Log Lock-up, Look-out Tower Rosalind Park, Alexandra Fountain - Charing Cross, Conservatory Gardens with Law Courts in background, Inside the Conservatory, Bendigo Home & Hospital for the Aged - Victoria's 'White House', Sacred Heart Cathedral, Chinese Joss House, Chinese Joss House - Interior of the Main Temple, Bendigo Pottery - Potter at work, Bendigo Municipal Offices, Bendigo Institute of Technology at Flora Hill, Mt. Alvernia Hospital, Cobb & Co Coach, R Class Locomotive, Bendigo Tramcar, Lake Weeroona and Lake Eppalock Pumping Station. Some more attractions are mentioned inside the back cover. On the back cover is the Cenotaph - the only scale replica of the Whitehall Cenotaph - and Alexandra Fountain by night.Nucolorvue Productions Pty Ltdbendigo, tourism, photographs of bendigo icons, bendigo - victoria's golden city, fortuna, shamrock hotel, gold mines hotel, city hall, post office, law courts, home for the aged, victoria's 'white house', sacred heart cathedral, st paul's, specimen cottage, log lock-up, chinese joss house, charing cross, cenotaph, alexandra fountain, centra deborah gold mine, army cartographic unit, miner's cottage, harvey town, victoria hill, look-out tower rosalind park, conservatory gardens, conservatory, bendigo pottery, bendigo municipal offices, bendigo institute of technology, mt alvernia hospital, cobb & co coach, r class locomotive, bendigo railway station, bendigo tramcar, lake weeroona, lake eppalock pumping station, art gallery, historical museum eaglehawk, melville's caves, whitehall cenotaph, nucolorvue productins pty ltd, national library of australia

Yields information about Ballarat's trams and the Dawson St crossing over and Sturt St buildings.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 34 using the Dawson St Crossover in Sturt St, 25-8-1949. Photo by Wal Jack. Has the Golden City Hotel in the background. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear in ink "SEC Ballarat No. 34 on Dawson St crossover 25-8-49" Wal Jack stamp in top right hand corner with number "T110" written in.trams, tramways, sturt st, dawson st, tram 34

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 8/4/1958. Has slide No. "17" stamped in red in top corner. Photo of Ballarat No. 13, outbound in Sturt St at Dawson St, with the Alexandra Bandstand in the foreground and the Golden City Hotel and St Patricks Cathedral in the background. "Sturt St Ballarat 8-4-58"tramways, trams, sturt st, dawson st, alexandra bandstand, tram 13

Yields information about the use of the Dawson St crossover during a disruption - reverse to the normal methods.Negative and Digital image of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No. 17 traversing the Dawson St crossing the other way to that normally used from the north side to the south side. The tram has passengers and the destination of Sebastopol. A workman is standing near where the points blade are. Could have been a disruption at Lydiard St North. Possibly late 1940's. In the background is the Golden City Hotel. trams, tramways, dawson st, sturt st, tram 17

Photo of Ballarat tram No. 21, dressed as the Myers Santa Showboat tram, outbound or westbound in Sturt St. during December 1968. Photo taken at Dawson St., with the Golden City Hotel in the background. Tram has destination of "Grey St". Hotel has a Fosters Lager sign on the roof. A red pillar post box in the right hand side of the photograph. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken Mark Plummer, December 1968.tramways, trams, myers santa tram, decorated trams, sturt st, dawson st, tram 21

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of No. 14 using the Dawson St. crossover in Sturt St. Tram has an Ilford Film roof advertisement. Has the Golden City Hotel in the background, and Harry Davies & Co. sign on the side of their building in the background. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 6" in penciltramways, trams, sturt st, dawson st., tram 14

According to Reid and Chishold in 'Ballarat Golden City' "Rainbow Hotel Sturt Street: on the north side near Armstrong Street was built in the 1860s. It was demolished to may way for Lester's Hotel"Double storey brick building with a lamp over the front door. The building is Thomas Bellair's Rainbow Hotel. Cafe Tortoni and Criterion House are also evident in the image. Three men stand outside the Rainbow Hotel, and a woman and dog are shown outside Cafe Tortoni. Gift of the Keith Rash Estatebellair, thomas bellair, rainbow hotel, lestor's hotel, sturt street, armstrong street, streetscape, cafe tortoni, criterion house