G161.1 and G161.2 metal printing plates on wooden blocks. They are of the church exteriors. G161.3 is a larger printing plate on a wooden block of church interior. Each block has handwriting on the back."NEIL STREET CHURCH RETURN TO W.E.LOVELAND 609 PEEL ST BALLARAT APRIL 1961"neil street ballarat methodist church, neil street ballarat uniting church

This group of buildings all of which served as churches at different periods is one of the best visual demonstrations of the rapid growth of Ballarat caused by the boom years of the gold rush following the initial alluvial diggings of the 1850s. The smallest church was built in 1861 followed by the next built in 1867 and finally the construction of the grand church on the corner of Neil and Macarthur streets Soldiers' Hill in the 1890s.methodist church, uniting church, soldiers hill, ballarat.