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Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratPhotograph
... Hymettus, Ballarat, Champion, Garden City..... Hymettus, Ballarat, Champion, Garden City. Photograph photograph ...Photograph of Hymettus Cardigan Street Ballarat. Awarded Mayoral trophy for Champion Cottage Garden City of Ballaarat 1915 - 1918 in a city renowned as The Garden City.hymettus, ballarat, champion, garden city. -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratPhotograph, Michael Taffe, 1918
Michael Taffe at Hymettus, Cardigan St Ballarat was awarded the Mayoral trophy for the Champion Cottage Garden, City of Ballaarat 1915 - 1918. The garden was one of 25 working-mens' gardens competing across the city, a city acclaimed as a garden city that attracted visitors to enjoy its public and private gardens of which the community was very proud. -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratPhotograph, Hymettus October 2018, 2018
Photograph taken by Michael Taffe of Hymettus, family property at Ballarat since 1899 on the centenary of it being awarded "Champion Cottage Garden" for the City of Ballarat in 1918. -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratPhotograph, Ballarat City Women's Novice Four 1989
This was the first time Ballarat's Sacred Heart College allowed girls a rowing elective and they rowed under the auspices of Kate Elliot (coach) Ballarat City Rowing Club based at Lake Wendouree Ballarat. L-R are Marion Taffe, Anne Taffe, Simone Scheelings, Danielle Herreen and coxwain Michelle Finn. Marion Taffe went on to be state and national champion and represent Australia internationally as a member of the Australian Rowing team at the world titles. -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratAward - trophy, Champion Cottage Garden City of Ballaarat 1915 - 1918 trophy
Arguably the only nineteenth century working man's exhibition garden in its original form and with original elements extant in Australia and still maintained by the descendants of the 19th century owners. Horticultural awards from three centuries remain in situ in the cottage.Ballarat was renowned as a garden city and this title was used as a popular tourism drawcard from very early in the city's development. Public and private gardens were often open to the public and in the case of Hymettus the garden is recorded as being open to the public as early as 1917.A late Victorian silver and gilt plated trophy.Presented by Cr The Honorable F. Brawn M.L.C. Won by Mr M. Taffe. Years 1915 - 1918. 31/10/18.ballarat, horticulture, garden competition, exhibition
