PHOTOGRAPH OF BLUESTONE BUILDING, WITH PICKET GATE. BUSINESS OWNED BY JOHN PHILLIP.PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN PHILLIP SADDLER & HARNESS MAKER SHOP, FRASER STREET. THREE HORSE COLLARS DISPLAYED ON VERANDAH POSTS.. WORKMEN AND CUSTOMERS STANDING IN FRONT OF SHOP. SMALL PICKET GATE ON WEST SIDE OF BUILDING IN FRASER STREET. .1 PHOTOGRAPH OF BUILDING AND WORKERS .2 COPY OF PHOTOGRAPHlocal history, photography, photographs, shops, john phillip saddler & harnes maker shop., buildings.

In 1858 a tramway was constructed to move goods between Warrnambool township and jetty on Lady Bay which was over a mile away The terminus was established on the southern side of Merri Street. and the track went around the edge of Lake Pertobe reserve. Large stores were also built near where the present railway station is situated to hold produce and carriages.This document is is a surety between John McDermit a saddler of Liebig Street Warrnambool along with Henry Phillips hay and corn dealer of Liebig Street Warrnambool, acting as surety in the amount of fifty pounds to William Bell a contractor to perform horse work for the Warrnambool tramways. for a period of one year, 1881-1882. This contract has a strong historical link to one of Warrnambool's earliest infrastructure projects . It contains the names of local people and provides an insight into the links between people and the types of work they undertook Pale blue lined paper with red lined outline.Hand written in black pen with names and some other words underlined in red. Two signatures on bottom right with red seal beside each. Witness signature below on left hand side. Of the four pages of the document , only the first page is used.Signed John McDermid, Henry Phillips. 1st October 1881.warrnambool,, warrnambool history, warrnambool tramways, william bell contract,, john mcdermid, henry phillips

Advertised Stawell Businesses W. Whiteside, Taylor Clothiers Main Stree.t Mitchell Brothers Auctioneers, Stock & Station Agents, Stawell. The Stawell Times & Wimmera Advertiser, R.W. Baxter Manager. J. H. Stabb, Coach Builder. Isaac Cook, Saddler. Main Street Stawell. Gustav Mahnke. Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker. McMullin Bros, Produce Merchants and Family Grocer. L.C. Phillips, Taylor & Clothier, Main Street Stawell. Victoria House, George Sprague, Family Draper Main Street. Josiah Cook Butchers, Main Street. The Town Hall Hotel, Wm Short, Main Street. R. H. Wadsworth. Practical Watchmaker & Jeweler. Main Street Stawell. John Allingham, Importer General Draper and Outfitter. Boot & Shoe Warehouse. W. Laxton. Boot and Shoe Manufacturer. Stawell Boot Factory, Main Street Stawell. Anthony Bone, Saddler, Main Street Stawell. Stawell Brewery. G. Bryant & Co. H. Edhouse Manager, Stawell West. The Stawell Coffee Palace, Main Street. T. Aldred Proprieter. S. Isaacson, Draper & Clothier . Main Street Stawell. The Wimmera Flour Mill Co. Ltd. W. Frayne, Manager. George Kay & Co. (Late Wayman & Kay) Iron & Brass Founders, Engineers , Etc Stawell. Large Paper Wall map coloured with cloth backing. Maps of Shire & Borough of Stawell & Advertising The Unique Combine's New map of the Shire of Stawell Compiled by H. E. Ward late Government Draftsmann businesses