The Town Hall Cafe was opened by A.J. Lucas in 1894 in Swanston Street on the Capitol Theatre site. Lucas later opened the exclusive Paris Cafe on Collins Street (1904) and the famous Cafe Australia (1916) which was designed by Walter Burleigh Griffin. He became a highly successful businessman and was the founding president of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society. A.J. Lucas who was born in the village of Exoghi migrated to Australia from Ithaca in 1886.In 1920 Lucas formed a joint venture to redevelop the site of the Town Hall Cafe into Capitol House and Capitol Theatre. Lucas once again commissioned Walter Burley Griffin and wife Marion Mahony Griffin as architects for the project. The Chicago-Gothic-style theatre is considered their greatest interior design work. The Capitol was the first extravagant ‘picture palace’ to be built in Victoria. It originally seated over 2137 people. Renowned Australian architect Robyn Boyd described The Capitol as "The best cinema that was ever built or ever likely to be built.” Information about the refurbished Capitol http://thecapitol.tv/about/A sepia photograph of the exterior of a three storey Victorian style building including veranda. It was a cafe owned by A.J. Lucas. The words 'Lucas Town Hall Cafe' are formed in raised lettering across the top storey of the building. Two cars are parked in front of the building. town hall cafe, cafes, a.j. lucas, capitol theatre

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 9 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. This set of slides appears to be the last day of operations - 19/9/1971 .1 - 40 south bound in Lydiard St Nth, at the Gregory St Loop. .2 - 40 after passing through the loop .3 - 42, north bound in Lydiard St. North at Macarthur St. .4 - 42 southbound at the Railway station level crossing with the Kennedy Murray Pty Ltd General Carriers building at the station yard in the background. .5 - 42 southbound in Lydiard St North after crossing the railway - taken from the signal box (B) with Reids Palace in the background and the Provincial Hotel. .6 - 35 northbound after passing through the level crossing. .7 - bogie tram crossing the tracks with Ballarat Railway Station in the background. .8 - bogie tram entering the double track section in Lydiard St with Reids Palace in the background. Note the new bus stop bay. .9 - 35 and another bogie in Sturt St, with the Town Hall, Golden Star Chinese Cafe and Georges Fish & Chip shop in the background.trams, tramways, lydiard st nth, gregory st, level crossings, ballarat railway station, sturt st, closure, tram 40, tram 42, tram 35

The image of Ballarat Trustees relates to a building on the corner of Mair and Lydiard Streets. In 2010 it was used as Cuthberts law firm.Grey/green soft covered book. Includes photographs and map. Themes include: Ballarat History pre gold, mining, Eureka Stockade, Lake Wendouree, South Street, Grand National Eisteddfod of Australasia, schools, Black Hill, Lake Burrumbeet, Creswick, Buninyong. Illustrations and advertisement include: Sturt Street,James Smith, Ballarat Town Hall, Ballarat East Town Hall, Rowlands, Ballarat brewing Co., Royal Standard Brewery, steam train, Lake Wendouree, J.S. Vickery & Son, trout, Berry, Anderson & co., Ballarat Botanical Gardens and hot houses, Claxton Memorial Fountain, statues, New Imperial Gold Mine, Art Gallery of Ballarat, St Patrick's College, Ballarat Grammar School, Ballarat School of Mines, Ballarat College, Sunnyside Woollen Mills, Ballarat Agricultural High School, Passenger Steamer on Lake Wendouree, Moorabool Falls, Lal Lal Falls, Grosvenor Square, Netherby, Buninyong, Ballarat Motor Garage.ballarat, cuthberts, ballarat trustees, sturt street, tram, trams, ballarat town hall, crag's hotel, sun foundry, eureka aerated waters and brewing co, d. lem, chinese practioner, chinese herbalist, hugh v. mckay, sunshine harvester, gordon brothers, central business college, george hotel, edwards pyrites furnace, long's biscuits, ballarat eisteddfod, george farmer, ballarat botanical gardens, eureka stockade, lake wendouree, ballarat school of mines, moorabool falls, kirks reservoir, ballarat post office, hepburn lagoon, star of the east mine, emu river, ballarat observatory, statues, angus' rialto cafe, carlyon's hotel, clarendon ladies' college, j.e, sang, ballarat coffee palace, stansfield and smith, ballaray brewing company, phoenix brewery, rotal standard brewery, john macleod co, robert sim and co, cobb and co\eagle foundry, j.j. goller and co., mt buninyong lookout, ballarat town hall ballarat east gardens, hot house, glass house, statuary pavilion new imperial gold mining co.,, art gallery of ballarat, st patrick's college, ballarat agricultural high school, lake wendouree steamer, grass trees at mt clear, mount clear, lake burrumbeet, newlyn reservoir trout, lal lal falls, grosvenor square, netherby, ramelli's motor garage, buninyong gold obelisk, memorial, imperial gold mine, botanical gardens lily pond and fernery

A book highlighting Ballarat and surrounds for visiting tourists. Green, black and red soft covered book of 50 pages. The book includes many illustrations and advertisements. Themes of the book include: Ballarat and district, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Statues, gold and mining, Ballarat gold nuggets, Eureka Stockade, Ballarat School of Mines, Hepburn Lagoon, Emu River, race courses, Art gallery of Ballarat Advertisements include: Dr Lem Chinese Practictioner, Eureka Aerated Waters & Brewing Co., Sunshine Harvester, Gordon Bros., Long's biscuits, South Street, Grand National Eisteddfod of Australia, Lake View Hotel, Carlyon's Hotel, Clarendon Ladies' College, J.E. Sang Chinese Doctor and Herbalist, Reid's Ballarat Coffee Palace, Robert Sim & Co Timber Merchants, Cobb & C0 livery and stables Ballarat, Eagle Foundry, Fred A. Reed Tobacconist, Heinz bros butchers, J.J. Goller & Co. Illustrations include: Craig's Royal Hotel, McBride's Boots, John Lavis Cordial Manufacturer, R. Graham & Sons tanners, Lester's hotel, Sun Foundry, Central business College, Edwards Pyrites & Ore Reduction Co., George Farmer, Sturt Street (colour), Lake Wendouree, Ballarat East Town Hall, Lake Burrumbeet, Queen Victoria Statue, Fairy Land, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Lal Lal Falls, Moorabool Falls, Kirks Dam, Lake Wendouree and paddle boat, Lydiard Street, Bopeep Creek, Star of the East Mine, Peter Lalor Statue, great Equatorial Telescopu at Oddie Observatory (Ballarat Observatory), Boer War monument, Entrance to Art Gallery of Ballarat, interior of Art Gallery of Ballarat, Old Curiosity Shop, Angus Rialto cafe, Ballarat Brewing Co, Royal Standard brwery, Phoenix Brewery Warrenheip, John MacLeod and Companyballarat, ballarat school of mines, buninyong, burrumbeet, cobb and co, eureka brewery, ballarat brewing co, sturt street, m1604, chinese, chinese medicine, d. lem, j.e. sang, brewery, tanners

Vol. 2, No. 3, Jun-Jul 1997 CONTENTS WEAVING ON A ROLL Author Jon Weaving talks about the pitfalls of success 3 DON’T PASS THE GUINNESS Poet Patrick McCauley turns over a new leaf 6 AIMING FOR THE TOP Prue Acton chases a dream 9 CULTURAL TOURISM Selling a way of life 12 CONVERSATION WITH BOB SMITH An artist shares some thoughts on the why and how of painting 14 REPRIEVE FOR A GATE Some traditions refuse to die 16 STALKING THE STRANGER Short story by Chris Stonehouse 18 THEATRE IN AUTUMN Melbourne theatre is alive and well 21 TO A WOLF THE KILL Anne Delaney reviews Jon Weaving's first novel 23 EXHIBITION REVIEWS Richard Besley, Neophytes, The Eye of the Storm, Soft But True 24, 26, 27, & 30 CD REVIEWS 28 NEW SOURCE OF POWER Tony Trembath lights up a town hall 29 WHO’S DOING WHAT 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, food for all seasons, prue acton, jon weaving, michelle lonsdale, sandon mcleod, patrickk mccauley, malcolm riddle, cultural tourism, valley of the arts tourism association inc., robert peter smith, danny chable, farm gate, spirit of eltham, chris stonehouse, eltham bookshop, carolyn pickett, anne delaney, richard besley, mike parr, anita furey, aboriginal art, indigenous art, julie le bon, jackie stojanova, ranee lee, daniel chabble, tony trembath, john kauffman, westerfolds park envirofest, were street cafe, helen o'grady children's drama academy, nillumbik art collection

A wedding reception, possibly held in a Melbourne city venue which catered for such occasions. As the signage on the window indicates the venue also provided afternoon teas and luncheons. There were a number of such venues run by Ithacans in the early 20th century, e.g. The Town Hall Cafe, The Paris Residential Cafe, The London Cafe.A sepia photograph of people in a reception centre sitting at three long tables at a wedding reception. The bridal table is at the back of the group in front of three large windows.

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 11th July 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Local Government Finance Commonwealth Funds Land Transfer Discontinued Road Between Verdun Street and Mitchell Street Drain Construction Agreement Plantation Street and The Esplanade Maribyrnong 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Community Youth Support Scheme Early Childhood Development Complex Accommodation For Adolescents Child Care Centres 45 Warmington Road and 56 Tallintyre Road Sunshine West Multipipe Sclerosis Society of Victoria Report International Year of the Child Report of the Acting Chief Health Inspector Health Act Registration Applications for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premise Under the Health Act Council Own Properties Duke Street North End of Butler Street and on the Bank of the Maribyrnong River Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Land on Maribyrnong River below D. F. Thompson Reserve Maribyrnong Immunisation Basic Microbiology for Health Services Course Health, Hygiene and History Course Poliomyelitis Immunisation Amusement Parlours Sanitary Closets Municipal Saleyards Association Report of Inspector of Weights & Measures Report of the Medical Officer Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Court Proceedings Parking Infringements Extension of Limited Parking George Street Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Future of The Hub and the Indoor Heated Swimming Pool Use of the Marching Girls' Hall Kinder Smith Reserve Lily Street Braybrook by Sunshine East Primary School Holiday Programme Report May Holidays 1978 Report of the City Engineer Town planning Compensation The Gobbo Report Lower Maribyrnong River Draft Action Statement Planning Permit Application Extension to Secondary School Marian College Lots 590 & 591 Glengala Road Planning Permit Application Office & Advertising Sign Shop 1B Princess Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Flats 52B Forrest Street Town Planning Appeal Planning Permit Application Cafe Lot 4 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Car Sales Yard Ballarat Road South West Corner Hampshire Road Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Lots 58, 59, 60, Part Lots 93, 94 & 95 392 Ballarat Road North West Corner of Alford Street Sunshine North Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment Planning Permit Application Take Away Food Premise Lot 300 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory & Office Gee Street Sunshine North Plan of Subdivision Warr's Road Drainage Easement Consolidation of Title Ballarat Road, Alford Street & Victor Street Shell Co. Strata Subdivision Washington Street and Kodre Street Strata Subdivision 28 Middle Road Child Care Centre Orama Road Tender Acceptance and Consolidation of Title Lots 281, 282 & 283 Orama Street Property for Road Widening and Drainage Purposes for the Ultimate Construction of Somerville Road westwards from Market Road to the Proposed Freeeway Wright Street Bridge over Kororoit Creek Load Limit on road Tottenham Area Sunshine Avenue McIntyre Road to Main Road East Construction Declaration of Sewage area no 3496 Planning & Service Boring Operations M.M.B.W. Bayliss Road Area (Bon Thomas Reserve) & Market Road East Side at Somerville Road for Monsanto Complex Sewerage Facilities to Premise St. Albans bounded by Protea Crescent, Larkspur Drive, Chestnut Drive & Oleander Drive Re-Roofing of Dempster Park Day Care Centre, Infant Welfare Centre & Pre-School Centre Phoenix street Sunshine North Alterations to Granstand Skinner Reserve Garaging of Meals on Wheels Vehicles at Maidstone Hall Thomson Street Maidstone Fairbairn Road Double Unit Pre-School Centre Alterations The Hub Willis Street Pre-School Centre More Park Pavilion Report of the Building Surveyor Installation of Underground Tanks lots 1 & 2 Duke Street Sunshine & Lot 27 St. Albans Road St. Albans Report of the Director of parks & Recreation Errington Reserve Cricket Practice Enclosure for St. Albans Cricket Club city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, verdun street, mitchell street, maidstone, plantation street, the esplanade, burton crescent, maribyrnong, warmington road, tallintyre road, warmington road child care centre, tallintyre road child care centre, sunshine west, duke street, butler street, maribyrnong river, braybrook, d. f. thompson reserve, the hub, sun crescent, sunshine, kinder smith reserve, lily street, sunshine east primary school, marian college, glengala road, princess street, st. albans, forrest street, albion, ballarat road, hampshire road, alford street, mcintyre road, gee street, warrs road, victor street, washington street, kodre street, middle road, orama road, orama road child care centre, deer park, somerville road, market road, wright street, kororoit creek, tottenham, main road east, sunshine avenue, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, monsanto, protea crescent, larkspur drive, chestnut drive, oleander drive, dempster park day care centre, dempster park pre-school centre, dempster park infant welfare care centre, phoenix street, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, maidstone hall, thomson street, fairbairn road, willis street pre-school centre, willis street, more park, esmond street, errington reserve, st. albans cricket club, george street

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council Held on 11th July 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Local Government Finance Commonwealth Funds Land Transfer Discontinued Road Between Verdun Street and Mitchell Street Drain Construction Agreement Plantation Street and The Esplanade Maribyrnong 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Community Youth Support Scheme Early Childhood Development Complex Accommodation For Adolescents Child Care Centres 45 Warmington Road and 56 Tallintyre Road Sunshine West Multipipe Sclerosis Society of Victoria Report International Year of the Child Report of the Acting Chief Health Inspector Health Act Registration Applications for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premise Under the Health Act Council Own Properties Duke Street North End of Butler Street and on the Bank of the Maribyrnong River Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Land on Maribyrnong River below D. F. Thompson Reserve Maribyrnong Immunisation Basic Microbiology for Health Services Course Health, Hygiene and History Course Poliomyelitis Immunisation Amusement Parlours Sanitary Closets Municipal Saleyards Association Report of Inspector of Weights & Measures Report of the Medical Officer Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Court Proceedings Parking Infringements Extension of Limited Parking George Street Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Future of The Hub and the Indoor Heated Swimming Pool Use of the Marching Girls' Hall Kinder Smith Reserve Lily Street Braybrook by Sunshine East Primary School Holiday Programme Report May Holidays 1978 Report of the City Engineer Town planning Compensation The Gobbo Report Lower Maribyrnong River Draft Action Statement Planning Permit Application Extension to Secondary School Marian College Lots 590 & 591 Glengala Road Planning Permit Application Office & Advertising Sign Shop 1B Princess Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Flats 52B Forrest Street Town Planning Appeal Planning Permit Application Cafe Lot 4 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Car Sales Yard Ballarat Road South West Corner Hampshire Road Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Lots 58, 59, 60, Part Lots 93, 94 & 95 392 Ballarat Road North West Corner of Alford Street Sunshine North Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment Planning Permit Application Take Away Food Premise Lot 300 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory & Office Gee Street Sunshine North Plan of Subdivision Warr's Road Drainage Easement Consolidation of Title Ballarat Road, Alford Street & Victor Street Shell Co. Strata Subdivision Washington Street and Kodre Street Strata Subdivision 28 Middle Road Child Care Centre Orama Road Tender Acceptance and Consolidation of Title Lots 281, 282 & 283 Orama Street Property for Road Widening and Drainage Purposes for the Ultimate Construction of Somerville Road westwards from Market Road to the Proposed Freeeway Wright Street Bridge over Kororoit Creek Load Limit on road Tottenham Area Sunshine Avenue McIntyre Road to Main Road East Construction Declaration of Sewage area no 3496 Planning & Service Boring Operations M.M.B.W. Bayliss Road Area (Bon Thomas Reserve) & Market Road East Side at Somerville Road for Monsanto Complex Sewerage Facilities to Premise St. Albans bounded by Protea Crescent, Larkspur Drive, Chestnut Drive & Oleander Drive Re-Roofing of Dempster Park Day Care Centre, Infant Welfare Centre & Pre-School Centre Phoenix street Sunshine North Alterations to Granstand Skinner Reserve Garaging of Meals on Wheels Vehicles at Maidstone Hall Thomson Street Maidstone Fairbairn Road Double Unit Pre-School Centre Alterations The Hub Willis Street Pre-School Centre More Park Pavilion Report of the Building Surveyor Installation of Underground Tanks lots 1 & 2 Duke Street Sunshine & Lot 27 St. Albans Road St. Albans Report of the Director of parks & Recreation Errington Reserve Cricket Practice Enclosure for St. Albans Cricket Club Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment 21st June 1978 & 30th June 1978 Purchase of Second Bookmobile Extraordinarily Business Planning Permit Application Commercial Centre and Associated Car Parking Neale Road Bi-Annual Conference Australian Road Research Board city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, verdun street, mitchell street, maidstone, plantation street, the esplanade maribyrnong, burton crescent, maribyrnong, warmington road, tallintyre road, sunshine west, warmington road child care centre, tallintyre road child care centre, duke street, butler street, maribyrnong river, d. f. thompson reserve, george street, sunshine, the hub, sun crescent, kinder smith reserve, lily street, sunshine east primary school, marian college, glengala road, princess street, st. albans, forrest street, albion, ballarat road, hampshire road, alford street, sunshine north, mcintyre road, gee street, washington street, kodre street, middle road, orama road child care centre, orama road, somerville road, market road, wright street, kororoit creek, brooklyn, tottenham, main road east, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, monsanto, protea crescent, larkspur drive, chestnut drive, oleander drive, dempster park day care centre, dempster park infant welfare care centre, dempster park children's and community centre, phoenix street, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, maidstone hall, thomson street, fairbairn road, fairbairn road pre-school centre, willis street pre-school centre, willis street, more park, esmond street, ardeer, st. albans road, errington reserve, st. albans cricket club, neale road

Photograph from the Town Hall clock tower overlooking the intersection of Sturt St and Lydiard St Nth with tram 35 at the City tram stop and most likely tram 19, turning from Sturt into Lydiard St Nth. From a Victorian Railways photograph dated November 1947. In the view are - Edwards Beauty Salon, Racey's cafe, the Bank of Australasia, the mining exchange advertising Plume and Buick motor cars, the Post Office, the Police building, Johnson's shoes & boots, and E White. Also in the view are signs for Paterson, Lang & Bruce Wharehouse men, and The Mail and The Echo newspapers.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Sts in Nov. 1947.Digital image of a Victorian Railways photograph held by the State Library of Victoria.vr photos, ballarat, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 35, tram 19

Photos taken on the last weekday of full operations by the SECV in Ballarat prior to the first closure of the Victoria St line on 22/8/1971. 1 - tram 30 arriving at Victoria St with school children and others alighting. 2 - tram 30 waiting to return to Gardens via Sturt St west. 3 - tram 13 at Stones Corner, Bridge and Victoria St on its way to Victoria St. Has buildings / advertisements for Schonell cycles, Gear chemist, Phillip Howard, The Sun, AVCO, ANZ, Roddas, CS Pennant, Top 4, State Savings Bank and H Whitefield Hair dresser. 4 - trams 30 and 13 crossing at the King St loop in Victoria St. 5 - tram 37 in Sturt St arriving at the City stop 6 - tram 43 southbound in Lydiard St crossing Mair St - note the traffic lights, one of the first installations in Ballarat. Has adverts for Peter's, and Speedee cleaners. 7 - track cleaner with broom with tram No. 12 behind, with the destination of City. Has the Chinese cafe, seafood bar, Kodak advert, Town Hall, and tramway shelter in the view.Yields information about the last full week day of SEC Tramway operations in Ballarat and has a strong association with the archivist. Set of 7 Kodachrome colour slides - cardboard mountsHave the photographer's slide numbers written on them.trams, tramways, closure, depot, victoria st, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 13, tram 30, tram 12, tram 37, tram 43

Photos taken on the last Saturday of full operations by the SECV in Ballarat prior to the first closure of the Victoria St line on 22/8/1971. 1 - Trams 26 and 42 turning from Sturt into Lydiard St North - Has the Berry Anderson, Chinese cafe, George Oyster Bar, Gemmola's Pharmacy and the Town Hall in the background. 2 - Trams 39, 26, 42 and 14 in Lydiard St North for the ARHS/TMSV joint Ballarat tour - has the Provincial Hotel and SF Motors buildings in the photo. 3 - Tram 27 to Lydiard St North with Reid's Coffee Palace, Macleod & Co, J J Coller & Co buildings in the background. 4 - Tram 12 inbound crossing the railway tracks 5 - Tram 13 and milk cart - Wendouree Parade. 6 - Tram 11 turning from Wendouree Parade into Macarthur St View Point. 7 - Trams 17 and 11 - Stones Corner - Victoria St and Bridge St. with K & O Schonell sports store, Marios Fruit shop, Gear Chemist and Bank of NSW in the background. Yields information about the last full Saturday of SEC Tramway operations in Ballarat and has a strong association with the archivist. Set of 7 Kodachrome colour slides - cardboard mountsHave the photographer's slide numbers written on them.trams, tramways, closure, level crossing, lydiard st north, tram 26, tram 42, tram 14, tram 27, tram 12, tram 13, tram 11, tram 17, stones corner, bridge st, view point, wendouree parade

The photo shows the view of the south side of Sturt Street from Dawson St looking east. The cross-over at this location can be seen in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph. In the view are the Town Hall, Harry Davies store, the ABC Cafe and a sign for the Block Arcade. On the rear, Wal Jack in a note to Ken Magor has written: "From Dawson St. Xover on left connects "up" track, shunt only. 4-wheel tram at Dovetoin St. Date taken? about 1947-49".Yields information about Ballarat during the late 1940sPostcard black and white, divided back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, sturt st, rose postcards, dawson st

Yields information about tram operations in the city area of Ballarat.Set of 4 colour slides - Kodachrome white cardboard mounts - slide mounts dated August to September 1971. .1 - Photo of No. 37 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets with the Town Hall in the background and the tramway shelter. Has detailed street signs - Government Tourist Bureau, Art Gallery and street name and a sign "Danger Cross Streets at Right Angles" .2 - No. 30 with the destination of City, westbound in Sturt St with the Town Hall, Fletcher Jones and Coles stores in the background. .3 - Nos. 30 and 21 parked in the City Loop. .4 - view of the south side of Sturt St just to west of Grenville St with the Family Footwear, Spot Cafe, Bill Valpied Fruit, Union Hotel and Thomas Jewellers buildings in the view. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. .2 and .3 have in pencil "Photo to America" written on them in pencil.ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, lydiard st north, city, signs, tram 30, tram 21

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 10 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. The following photos have suffered colour change and showing some deterioration - fungal growth. .1 - 35 (Sebastopol), with the Town Hall and Gemmola's chemist in the background. Tram waiting at the tram stop. .2 - 27 at Victoria St loop, showing Gardens via Drummond St Nth. .3 - 35 at Armstrong St inbound showing Lydiard St Nth. Has the Commonwealth bank in the background. .4 - 32 westbound in Sturt St between Dawson and Lyon Streets, tram has the destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth. Has the Town Hall and other buildings in the background. .5 - 17 inbound at Dawson St. Tram has destination of Mt Pleasant. .6 - 39 picking up passengers at the tram stop on the west side of Dawson St. Has the Ritzy cafe and the Golden City hotel in the background. Tram appears to be well loaded with lady passengers and has a "Everything under my control in my all electric kitchen" SEC roof ad. .7 - 37 using the Dawson St crossover - has St Patricks Cathedral in the background. .8 - 21 entering the depot with Lake Wendouree in the background. .9 - 11 sitting in 0 road at the depot. .10 - 41 at the depot on 2 road. Tram has two Johnny Walker Whiskey roof adverts.trams, tramways, sturt st, victoria st, dawson st, lake wendouree, wendouree parade, depot, tram 35, tram 27, tram 32, tram 17, tram 39, tram 37, tram 21, tram 11, tram 41

Yields information about the tram operations and the landscape views of the Sturt St median strip.Ten (10) Digital images taken by George Coop during the period 1968 - 1970, of SEC trams in Sturt St, between the City and Pleasant Streets. .1 - Tram 26 climbing the Sturt St hill to Lydiard St, with the Cook's Private Hotel, the Commonwealth Bank and the National Mutual Life building in the background. Photo taken from the Titanic Bandstand. .2 - Tram 40 Sturt St, enough to Lydiard St North just before Raglan St. Has a lady passenger by the tram stop. .3 - Tram 30 - Sturt St north side, near Armstrong St, - has a blue framing line around the photograph. .4 - Tram 39, Sturt St, near Doveton St, shows the rotunda in the median strip. .5 - Tram 18, with median step in view. .6 - Tram 31, with two Johnnie Walker whiskey roof adverts, outside the National Mutual Life building with the Alan Bros Jewellers and Golden Star Chinese Cafe in the view. .7 - Tram 31, Sturt St south side with Town Hall and the Golden City Hotel in the view. Tram has destination of Gardens via Drummond North. .8 - Tram 41 - ditto - going to Sebastopol. .9 - Tram 13, south side, Gardens via Sturt West, about , near Ripon St, with the Ampol service station in the background and about to pick up a lady passenger .10 - Tram 17, near Doveton St. Has a Twin Lakes sign and a Wilkinson Sword Razor Bladese roof advert. trams, tramways, sturt st, raglan st, passengers, doveton st, tram 26, tram 40, tram 30, tram 39, tram 18, tram 31, tram 41, tram 13, tram 17

Yields information about the nature of tram services at the city terminus at Sturt and Lydiard St and the street scene at the time.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell on 12/3/1962 of: Trams 11 and 27 arriving at the "Tramway Centre" the city terminus. Tram 11 has the destination of Mt Pleasant and has a The Age dash canopy advertisement. No. 27 showing Victoria St and has a Briquettes dash panel advertisement. In the background is the Burke and Wills Fountain, shelter, Golden Star Chinese Cafe, Georges Sea Food shop and the Town Hall with the clock tower having scaffolding around it.In ink "Ballarat 12.3.62"tramways, trams, shelters, sturt st, lydiard st north, fountains, tram 11, tram 27

Yields information about the Sturt St City stop and conductors.35mm colour slide - Kodak Duplicate slide produced for the TMSV of 332 Flinders St Melbourne of trams 20 (Sebastopol) and another single trucker in Sturt St, south side, at the City Stop. A conductor is walking towards the front tram with bag and cash tin. In the background is the Town Hall, The Golden Start Chinese Cafe, Georges Milk Bar Sea Food and V. F. Gemmola.On the slide in ink "Ballarat trams, March 1972 bought at tramway. Tram finished 1971 and Historical Society." Has the TMSV Sales and address stamp.tramways, trams, sturt st, town hall, conductors, tram 20

Black and white print of bogie tram No. 22 and another single trucker at the City terminus, Sturt St, with the Town Hall in the background. A large number of passengers board and leaving the trams. Has a bus in the distance crossing Sturt St.. Tram has the destination of Sturt St. West. In the photograph are Anderson Paper Merchants, Terminus Cafe and Penfolds Wine shop. In the bottom right hand corner is an ESCo/SEC cable termination/switch box. 3217.1 - original photo ex SEC? 3217.2 - different crop - added 21/3/2021 - has more of the original image on the right side. On rear of photograph is a white dot with "5" in red ink, and in pencil "Car 22, renumbered as 37 in 1951 in order to consolidate the bogies cars from No. 34 onwards. This was the first bogie car to run in Ballarat and ran from 1945. The car was withdrawn in 1955, following severe accident damage SECV"tramways, trams, sturt st, city terminus, bogie trams, esco, tram 22

Set of 13 transparencies taken on 28/4/1971 on PAKON mounts. 1168.1 - No. 21 at City terminus - taken from North side of street. Has Boer War statue on right side and National Mutual building in the background. 1168.2 - No. 34 with destination "Sebastopol" in Sturt St., outside Town Hall, with National Mutual building in background. 1168.3 - No. 18 at corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts with National Mutual building and Craigs Hotel in background. 1168.4 - 18 at intersection of Sturt and Dawson St. 1168.5 - No. 30 at intersection of Armstrong St and Sturt St. with Fletcher Jones building in background. 1168.6 - No. 14 at City Terminus, showing destination of "Victoria St." with Town Hall in the background. 1168.7 - No. 11 bound for Mt Pleasant, opposite Titanic Bandstand in Sturt St. Has a Twin Lakes advertisement on the front dash panel and an unknown roof advertisement. 1168.8 - No. 21 at bottom of Sturt St. approaching the Grenville St. junction, with Dickins Food Store and the Spot Cafe in the background. Tram has destination of "Victoria St". and a roof advertisement for a cigarette? company. 1168.9 - No. 26 and three other trams in City Loop, looking west along Sturt St., just after a heavy hail storm. 1168.10 - No. 21 at the intersection of Sturt St and Dawson St. with Golden City Hotel and the Ritzy Cafe in the background. Can see the Dawson St. crossover track, just after a heavy hail storm. 1168.11 - No. 21 and three other trams at City Loop looking east along the south side of Sturt St. See also image 1168i1a - cleaned up and edited by Peter Waugh April 2024 - used in the April 2024 issue of Fares Please. 1168.12 - No. 14 entering the South side of Sturt St. from Bridge St. with Dickins Store in the background and the Grenville St. shelter alongside the tram. 1168.13 - No. 37 at Sturt and Dawson St., eastbound, showing "Lydiard St. Nth" Has SEC roof advertisement on the side of the tram.1168.1 -"Sturt & Lydiard Sts" 1168.2 - "Town Hall" 1168.3 - "Sturt St & Dawson Sts" 1168.4 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts" 1168.5 - "Sturt St." 1168.6 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts" 1168.7 - "Sturt St." 1168.8 - "Bridge St." 1168.9 - "City Loop" 1168.10 -"Dawson & Sturt Sts." 1168.11 - "City Loop" 1168.12 - "Bridge St." All have date stamp of "28 Apr 1971" in purple ink on base. All blue ink unless otherwise noted.tramways, trams, town hall, sturt st., dawson st, armstrong st., grenville st, bridge st., titanic bandstand, tram 11, tram 14, tram 18, tram 21, tram 26, tram 30, tram 34, tram 37

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC tram no. 28 in Sturt St. Ballarat, at the City Terminus. Tram has the destination of "Gardens via Sturt St." Photo taken prior to fitting of dash canopy lighting, has small triangles in corners. City of Ballarat Town hall in background, Golden St. Chinese Cafe, Wardrops, and Barry Anderson and Co. (Printers and Stationers). Photo Taken 1959 or 1960, part of Ron Fluck Collection. Negative rescanned 9-5-2020 and image updated.tramways, trams, sturt st, 28, ballarat, town hall, tram 28

Main Street Shops Anglican Church to Upper Main Street - 1998Anglican Church , Tubs Video Shop, BRACE Employment Services Pykes Cycles and Sports, Site of R.J. McClure garage, Stawell Town Hall, Methodist Chruch Wesley Centre, Tonkin Motors Holden dealership, Stawell Taxis, Ivan McDonald hairdresser, Holmes Fruiter, Pamala's Hairdresser, Bakery, Stawell Post Office, Fish and Chip Shop, Denis Weily Chemist, Gold Reef Clothing, Overalls Furniture, Commonwealth Bank (State Bank), Stawell Tattslotto, W.P Computers, Pioneer Walk 4 Photos, Site of Max Holme Butcher, Hardings Mensland, Coles/ Fosseys both buildings, George Wilkinson Dentist, Betta Electrics, Gold Reef photgraphics, General Office of N.G.S.C. Classic Shoes, Old Commonwealth Bank, Stawell Club, Cafe Rasuli, Albion Hotel Then Retravision, Fountain, Newton Bros Buther 3 Photos 2 fron one rear, A.N.Z. Bank two views, Stawell Dry Cleaners, Fuller's Insurane Brokers, Reg Seng Pha Solicitor 2 views 1 B/W, Grampian China Art, Clarks Furniture, Unkonown 2 views, Commercial Hotel, O,Driscoll Solicitors, Auto Pro, Chinese Medicine, Westfarmers Dalgety Real Estate, Monaghan's Real Estate, BRACE Employment Services, James Monaghan Solicitor, Stawell Electronics, Old Ambulance Station.stawell

Main Street Shops Patrick Street to St Georges Street - 1998Elders Real Estate, The Top shop Milkbar and three other shop in Patrick Street 2 photos, Big Hill Art & Framing, 2 shops Unknown, Mechanics institute St Vincent De paul Op Shop, Whiting Accountants, Imbros Books, Salvation Army Thrift shop, Curtis & Thomas Charted Accountants, Westpac Bank, Sports Power, Unknown Craft Shop, T.A.B., Perrys Shoes, RetraVision, Kahula Botique, Total Music, Latus Jewellers, Sit of te Bull and Mout Hotel, Earles Festiva Supermarket, Rotunda in the Mall removed when the Mall Was, Boags Cycles and Sports, Haymes Mensland, Gar-El - Attrills Florest, Civic Store, Stawell News Agency, Pleezall Cafe, M ined r Pic, Gold Reef Greeting Cards and Gifts, Public Information Centre, Amcal Chemist, Aquarius Milkbar, Classic Shoes, Sheer Illusions, Gold Reef Chinese Restaurant, Blizzard Optometirist, Toyworld, Post Office Arcade was Post Office Hotel, MItre 10 Timber Yard, David O Jones Mitre 10, Sniff "N" Tell, Unkown Clothing Shop, Think of Me Gift Shop, Stawell Florists, Goodonya Sports, Slavation Army Thrift Shop, Chris & Di's Pies, Salon 74 Hairdresser, Town Hall Sandwich Bar, Rauncy Rooster, Townhall Hotel. Peter Steggall Physiotherapist, Stawell Time News Office, Stawell Bakery, C.E.S , Department of Human Services, Salvation army Citadel, Two Shops Unoccupied at time of Photo.stawell

Photographer notations on slide: Seventh Day Adventists Camp at Hampton W.J. Westerman, G.G. Stewart & C.H. Watson Published: 28 December 1933 Published title: SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. Published caption: “I. — The Annual Camp of the Seventh Day Adventists in Highett-road, Hampton, comprising more than 250 tents and accommodating over a thousand persons. II. —W. J. Westerman (vice-president of Australasian) and Pastor G. G. Stewart (president of Victoria), conversing with Pastor C. H. Watson (world president of the Seventh Day Adventists).- III.— Evangelist E. R. Gane and family.” SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. (1933, December 28). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203356427 Research by project volunteer, Fiona Collyer: In December 1933, the annual Seventh Day Adventists Conference of Victoria was held, with over a 1000 participants camping for ten days at Highett Road Hampton. Pastor Charles H. Watson, world president of the Seventh Day Adventists, Walter J. Westerman, vice-president of Australasian and Pastor George G. Stewart, president of Victoria attended. Interestingly, The Age newspaper modified the original photo in their publication, placing the three men close to each other. Description: Three middle aged men dressed in suits converse in front of tents. In December 1933, delegates from all over Victoria and beyond travelled to Melbourne for the annual Seventh Day Adventists Conference of Victoria, held over ten days on a vacant allotment at Highett Road Hampton. A canvas town of 250 tents for over 1000 campers was created along with large marquees for lectures, devotional services and kitchens. Many daily visitors also attended the lectures and services. The principal speaker was Victorian born world president of the Seventh Day Adventists, Pastor Charles H. Watson (1877-1962), who travelled from Washington DC for the event. The Highett Street campers attended a busy schedule of bible readings, devotional services and health lectures during the ten days of the camp. Lecture subjects included- “Among the Head Hunters of the Solomon Islands”, “ Looking Through the Prophetic Telescope into 1934”, “Soul Surgery”, “Viewing the Celestial Land Through the Prophetic Telescope”and “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”. The Seventh Day Adventist religion was established in the USA in 1863. One of its co-founders was American Ellen G. White whose writings are regarded as divinely inspired and are still adhered to today. Ellen preached on the “Eight Laws of Health”- Nutrition, exercise, water, sunshine, temperance, air, rest and trust in God. Adventists regard their bodies as holy temples and avoid food deemed by the Bible as unclean. They eat a mainly plant based diet with no caffeinated beverages and abstain from alcohol and tobacco. They believe in the observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and Hebrew calendars as the sabbath and the literal and imminent second coming of Jesus Christ. New converts are baptised by immersion in water. The Adventists opened the Warburton Sanitarium in 1910 as a health retreat, integrating their holistic health philosophy of physical, mental and spiritual well being. It was a resort in the hills “among picturesque mountain scenery…surrounded by tall forests and deep fern gullies…” where highly strung Melburians could alleviate their digestive maladies, stress and jaded nerves as “…worn down nervous systems mend quickly in this peaceful environment…invigorating air and an abundance of home-grown fruit, vegetables, fresh eggs, milk, and cream help to build healthy bodies”. The resort also offered hydrotherapy, massage and electrical treatments. An advertisement in The Argus- 1 December 1947 assured readers- “EVERYTHING SUNNY AGAIN." “That's how you'll feel when you say farewell to Warburton Sanitarium and Hospital after spending a holiday here. Victoria's Hydro is famous far and wide for wonders worked with sufferers from nervous and digestive disorders. Wholesome food, perfectly cooked; splendid air, regulated exercise, sweet natural sleep; these quickly correct faulty digestion, restore vitality, bring back that sunny optimism natural to healthy people. Massage and curative baths under medical supervision…” Later, after further building work, it became the Warburton Hospital with medical, casualty and obstetrics wards as well as offering strategies to stop smoking, lose weight and for stress management. The hospital ceased operation in 2001. Ellen G. White wrote “God sent me to Australia” and in 1891, accompanied by her son William C. White she arrived in Australia to start a Bible school, spread her health philosophy and for missionary work. At first health food products were imported from America, but it soon became apparent that due to the expense and the food becoming stale over the long journey, that local manufacturing was necessary. In 1898 William secured the services of American Adventist baker Edward C. Halsey, who had worked at Dr Kellogg’s Battle Creek (“Cereal City”), Sanitarium, Michigan, USA. They rented the St George’s bakery in Northcote, Melbourne, producing the first ready to eat breakfast cereal Granola, Caramel Cereal, and peanut butter. The fledgling company relocated to larger premises in Cooranbong, NSW soon after. The Sanitarium Health Food Company opened a factory in Warburton in 1925, manufacturing Granose Biscuits, Cerix Puffed Wheat, San-Bran, Bixies malted wheat flakes, Betta peanut butter, Marmite, “Kwic-Bru - A delicious health “coffee” made from choicest cereals and free from drugs that affect the heart and nerves” In 1928, Sanitarium bought out Grain Products Limited who were manufacturing a sweet cereal biscuit called Weet-Bix which soon became Australia’s favourite breakfast cereal. The Warburton factory closed in 1997, with manufacturing shifting interstate. Sanitarium breakfast cereal boxes offered free collectable cards inside and children could buy albums from grocers for sixpence and mount the cards. Subjects of the albums included- “Aboriginal Tribes, Legends, Customs”, “Australia- Yesterday and Today”, “Marvels of the Great Barrier Reef”, “Advance Australia- a Pageant of the Years”. In 1902 the Adventist’s opened the “Pure Food Vegetarian Cafe” in Sydney (In 1907 the name was changed to “Sanitarium Health Food Cafe”), Eating vegetarian food was definitely a curiosity. “Cristina” reviewed the cafe for The Australasian-27 October 1906. Topics For The Block. “Feeling somewhat like a criminal, and hoping to escape detection, I stealthily made my way into a vegetarian restaurant the other day... If my friends happened to catch me walking in there, I should henceforth be considered a crank, a faddist, and little short of a lunatic! Whom did I find within, seated with the air of habitués at the small tables, but heaps of my friends. They had all this while been pursuing their vegetarian way, layin' low and sayin' nuffin'. Flesh-eaters, now that the Sydney summer has set in apparently in good earnest, are beginning to wonder if the vegetarians are not wiser in their day and generation. Roast beef, hot cornea beef, ragouts, and meat curries, the very thought of them makes one feel hot. Frosted lemon pudding, stewed fruits, wheatmeal rolls, and tomatoes sound nice when you look at their names on the vegetarian menu. Such weird messes are served, square, unintelligible blocks of some brown substance, a few bites of which form a full and satisfying meal. Cold nut foods, granose, nuttose, and jam protose, bromose, with jelly and various "ose" sandwiches, impossible for the unbeliever to diagnose, are put before you. You drink malted nut broth, you eat gluten sticks, stewed beans, lentil patties, with vegetable sauce, any or all of which are distinctly nourishing and filling at the price. A mock (decidedly mock) veal cutlet or a red lentil roast is sufficient lunch, it appears, for anyone. Thus, "you obtain the best working results from your machinery with the least possible expenditure..." In December 1906 the Adventists branched out to Melbourne, opening the Sanitarium Health Food Cafe at 289 Collins Street next to the Royal Bank building. (corner Collins and Elizabeth Streets, demolished in 1939). Their motto was “Quality and Purity”. “Cynthia” of The Leader “Social Circle” column reviewed the cafe in 9 March 1907- “Hundreds of people have a feeling of positive affection for a diet that will be satisfying, appetising and nourishing, without having meat for its backbone. It will come as news that we have in Melbourne a cafe where you can really enjoy yourself without eating anything in the way of meat. Cream, custard, cheese and the like are not cold shouldered out of the menu, and the housewife in search of new dishes will find here ever so much in the way of suggestions. Nuts figure conspicuously in the menu, and lentil and walnut cutlets may be instanced among the delicacies. Beans are cooked in quite alluring fashion, while creamed parsnips are excellent. For sandwiches you could hardly desire anything more appetising than granosi biscuits, and nut cheese. The combination is suggestive of school lunches, and nut meat might well be employed as a variant. A visit to the cafe itself — it is next the Royal Bank in Collins-street — will surprise anyone used to the average vegetarian restaurant. Every thing is fresh, fragrant, and thoroughly modern… It is run, in connection with that curious people the Seventh Day Adventists.” However, “Adele” writing for the Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record -13 December 1907 had a different experience- CITY RESTAURANTS. “There is no glamour from the outside. We enter the dining room at six and secure a seat at a small table, for this night we are going to dine on vegetables. Some people pride themselves on being vegetarians, and devote a great deal of their spare cash and energy to disseminating vegetarian principles. I shall not in a hurry forget the dinner we tried to get through at this vegetarian restaurant. There was put before us plate after plate of vegetables not soaked, but sodden with water, not an atom of flavouring or dressing; no attempt was made to give the slightest piquancy to potato, cabbage, turnip or carrot. I beg pardon, I am unjust, there were two caterpillars in the cabbage. It is astonishing how persistently ordinary cooks spoil vegetables in the process of cooking and how little they understand the value of vegetables on a menu.” From the extensive menu of 1924, you could order cream of green pea soup, followed by nut meat with Yorkshire pudding, egg timbales, stewed brown lentils, savoury rissoles with piquant sauce. Among the dessert offerings were creamed sago, steamed figs and walnut drops. Washed down with fermented wine and to finish, “Frucerea”, a coffee substitute essence made from fruit and cereal. A four course meal of soup, entree, vegetables and sweets cost 1/6 in 1924. Proving that plant-based food was not just a novelty, 67,000 meals were served at the cafe in 1918, rising to 73,000 in 1921. Later the Sanitarium Cafe moved to 293 Little Collins Street, (opposite Royal Arcade) sharing the building with The Lilliput Golf Course, a miniature golf course of 18 holes. The course was a replica of the fashionable Lido Course in France and was open daily from 10am to midnight with a green fee of one shilling. It featured goldfish, waterfalls and dance music. Lilliput boasted that they were “Melbourne’s coolest indoor course” Miniature golf (mini, minnie, midget, miget, Tom Thumb, Wee golf, putt-putt, pigmy, peewee, crazy golf, obstacle golf) swept the globe in the 1930s, starting in the USA, then Europe. The courses provided affordable recreation during uncertainty at the start of the Great Depression. The craze arrived in Sydney September 1930 with the first mini golf course opening in the basement of the State Theatre. It featured a replica Sydney Harbour Bridge and attracted over 1000 players a day at one shilling per game. The miniature golf bug hit Melbourne hard in 1930-31 with nearly 200 courses springing up in the CBD and suburbs within a few months. The first miniature golf course to open in Melbourne was on 4 October 1930 in the basement of recently built art deco style Wentworth House at 203 Collins Street, designed by architect Cedric Heise Ballantyne, (also designed Regent Theatre, Plaza Ballroom, Athenaeum Club, National Theatre, St Kilda, built in 1930, demolished in 1974 for the City Square) It was managed by J. C. Williamson who advertised for a “Girl Spruiker” who “Must be Young, Attractive Personality, and Able to Talk to the Public” to work at the course. The Age 26 September 1930 reported - “The Wentworth House management have spared no expense in preparing the links. Water hazards, sand bunkers, running streams, ancestral castles, moats and a cunning drawbridge have each been devised to test the skill of players, while the walls and ceiling have been "atmospherically" treated to convey an exterior effect”. Even Melbourne City Council jumped on the bandwagon, leasing the lower hall of Melbourne Town Hall to colourful car dealer and racehorse owner Mr A. G. Barlow for £43 per week for the “Kit Kat Tiny Golf Course”, opening on 11 December 1930. (Turf identity, Mr Alexander George Barlow, (1880-1937) who raced under the nom de course “A. G. Vauxhall”, owned filly Frances Tressady, who in 1923 won the Victoria Derby and Oaks Stakes double and came fifth in the Melbourne Cup. The “Frances Tressady Stakes” is held each March at Flemington Racecourse in honour of the horse, the last filly to win the Derby. Barlow was the proprietor of Barlow Brothers Pty Ltd car dealership at 442 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. He played 14 games for Carlton Football Club (VFL) on the half-forward line from 1901-1903). Patrons could vie for The Herald Miniature Golf Championship Cup, a gold cup worth £7/7, in an eight week long competition. Sports newspaper The Sporting Globe also offered a Cup and prize money. Many courses offered prizes of theatre tickets, cash and cigarettes. Myer’s department store, hoping to cash in on the fad, advertised in Melbourne’s newspapers that their Sports Department could design and equip complete miniature golf courses using “Fairway” imitation turf at 4/6 a yard. Newspaper cartoonists loved to lampoon the fad. Both Percy Leason, cartoonist for society magazine Table Talk and Syd Miller of Smith’s Weekly depicted “real” golfers causing havoc on a mini golf course, showing that being a “real” golf player was no advantage to playing miniature golf. But bust often follows boom. With such rapid market saturation, expensive novel hazards, waning interest, long opening hours, often to midnight, and price cutting of game fees from one shilling to sixpence and then to threepence amongst some courses, the bubble was bound to burst. The Sporting Globe columnist J.M.Dillon on 20 May 1931 lamented- £100,000 LOST Failure of ‘Minnie’ Golf. “Miniature golf might have provided fun and jokes for thousands of people in Australia, but there were many for whom it panned out a tragedy. It is likely that the dead losses of those who attempted to make money out of the game in Australia were in the vicinity of £100,000. …For a while there was hardly a spare block of land, or a possible “site” in the shape of a hall, or a showroom, in Sydney and Melbourne, that some one was not after to set upon it a “minnie links.” Big amusement firms and private individuals anxious to make money began to run courses. Practically every individual who touched the game had his finger’s financially burnt. …From the approximately £60,000 invested in Melbourne alone, there must have been £25,000 lost. …There are now dozens of courses going to ruin, and many more that the owners would be happy to give away if the takers would remove from them obligations of leases, &c…” The lease on the “Kit Kat Tiny Golf Club” at the Melbourne Town Hall expired on 30 April 1931, with Mr Barlow losing £798 on the venture. The hazards and fittings, which cost £400 and included a large replica of the Town Hall, now worthless. Due to declining patronage, the Little Collins Street cafe closed in 1938, although the adjacent shop continued to sell Sanitarium products. In New Zealand, the first Sanitarium factory opened in Christchurch in 1900, with the company later opening factories in Palmerston North and Auckland. The Adventists opened vegetarian cafes, firstly at 37 Taranaki Street Wellington in 1906, followed by cafes in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin. Weet-Bix is also New Zealand’s favourite cereal- there the jingle is “Kiwi kids are Weet-Bix kids.” In 1955, the Australian Women’s Weekly ran an illustrated, full colour advertisement featuring New Zealand born Edmund Hillary (later Sir) 1919-2008, who, along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 29 March 1953. The Australian Women’s Weekly, 30 March, 1955- “WEET-BIX carried by Hillary on Himalayan adventure! c/- N.Z. Alpine Club Inc., Dunedin, New Zealand. The Manager, Sanitarium Health Food Company, Christchurch, N.Z. Dear Sir. …Weet-Bix was chosen at my special request as I had always felt that some easily prepared form of breakfast was essential to the primitive conditions of high camps. Weet-Bix fulfilled its task very well indeed. We usually had them with hot milk (powdered) and sugar, and even when we were unable to eat anything else, we usually managed to have a little Weet-Bix . . . I regard them as a great success and expect they will be more widely used in the Himalayas in future. Yours faithfully, (Signed) E.P. Hillary. Sanitarium Marmite - motto- “Too much spoils the flavour”- is as beloved with Kiwis as Vegemite is with Australians. In 1966, a fire gutted the Christchurch Marmite factory causing a nation wide shortage. Once the factory was rebuilt, Sanitarium relaunched the yeasty extract in reusable glass tumblers with printed designs such as yachts, New Zealand birds and vintage cars. These popular collectibles can still be found in the kitchen cupboards of many New Zealand baches (holiday homes). After the devastating 2011 earthquake in Christchurch damaged the Marmite factory causing shortages and panic buying, a “Marmageddon” was declared with jars of the “black gold” advertised online for up to NZ$800. Consumers were advised to spread their Marmite sparingly until production resumed. (The Christchurch plant reportedly produces around 640,000kg of Marmite per year). Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company is exempt from paying company income tax on their profits due to their ownership by a religious organisation. Although not a compulsory rule for salvation, Adventists are encouraged to pay a tithe of 10% of their income to the church to support the ministry in God’s work. Nowadays, there are over 25 million members of the Seventh Day Adventists Church in 200 countries. ITEMS OF INTEREST (1933, December 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11723188 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. (1933, December 28). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved July 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203356427 EVANGELISTS' CAMP (1933, December 20). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 30. Retrieved July 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243213209 Master Butchers Have A Time Pilots FOR School Air Race Charity Golf At Riversdale (1931, May 1). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 14-15. Retrieved September 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article276159136 2000 ADVENTISTS UNDER CANVAS (1933, December 27). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 17. Retrieved July 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243223698 TOPICS FOR THE BLOCK. (1906, October 27). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 45. Retrieved August 30, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139178204 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church https://www.sanitarium.com/au/about/sanitarium-story/profits-for- ENTERTAINMENT AT MENZIES'. (1906, December 6). Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925), p. 26. Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175380296 https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=9HN0&highlight=Conference SOCIAL CIRCLE (1907, March 9). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 41. Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196649677 CITY RESTAURANTS. (1907, December 13). Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record (Vic. : 1902 - 1917), p. 1 (MORNING.). Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61133109 Advertising (1924, May 6). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 9. Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article274271406 1930, December 5). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved August 5, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page26374135 Thousands Are Still Playing Miniature Golf (1931, January 2). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242880087 MINIATURE GOLF. (1930, October 16). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 10. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4209280 THE REAL GOLFER WHO FORGOT HIMSELF ON THE MINIATURE GOLF COURSE (1930, November 13). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 13. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146706596 Advertising (1930, December 5). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242761991 Advertising (1931, January 9). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242887972 1955, March 30). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 38. Retrieved August 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4812489 £100,000 LOST (1931, May 20). Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), p. 1 (Edition1). Retrieved August 14, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183023946 1930, December 5). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved August 15, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page26374135 Advertising (1931, January 23). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved August 15, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242887795 MINIATURE GOLF. (1931, February 5). The Dandenong Journal (Vic. : 1927 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201082526 Still Time To Enter Midge (1931, January 16). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved August 16, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242888830 WIT OF THE WEEK (1930, October 23). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 23. Retrieved August 29, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146455050 Advertising (1930, October 2). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 16. Retrieved August 18, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146454620 MIDGET GOLF LINKS. (1930, September 26). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 18, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202235074 https://www.smh.com.au/national/fairfax-archive-mini-golf-20131125-2y608.html TURF NOTES (1923, November 6). The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), p. 6. Retrieved September 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213855201 Advertising (1930, October 4). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242937272 LAUGHTER AND TEARS. (1930, November 15). Smith's Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1919 - 1950), p. 21. Retrieved September 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234426874 Advertising (1947, December 1). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved September 15, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22523355Photographer notations on slide: "Seventh Day Adventists Camp at Hampton W.J. Westerman, G.G. Stewart & C.H. Watson".religion, health food, mini golf, 1930-1939, tents, churches, camps

Photographer notations on slide: Seventh Day Adventists Camp. E Gane + family Published: 28 December 1933 Published title: SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. Published caption: “I. — The Annual Camp of the Seventh Day Adventists in Highett-road, Hampton, comprising more than 250 tents and accommodating over a thousand persons. II. —W. J. Westerman (vice-president of Australasian) and Pastor G. G. Stewart (president of Victoria), conversing with Pastor C. H. Watson (world president of the Seventh Day Adventists).- III.— Evangelist E. R. Gane and family.” SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. (1933, December 28). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203356427 Research by project volunteer, Fiona Collyer: In December 1933, evangelist Mr E.R. Gane and his family gather outside their tent during the ten day Seventh Day Adventist Conference held in Highett Road, Hampton. Description: A woman, man and four small children sit and stand in front of a tent. One child plays with a toy train. In December 1933, delegates from all over Victoria and beyond travelled to Melbourne for the annual Seventh Day Adventists Conference of Victoria, held over ten days on a vacant allotment at Highett Road Hampton. A canvas town of 250 tents for over 1000 campers was created along with large marquees for lectures, devotional services and kitchens. Many daily visitors also attended the lectures and services. The principal speaker was Victorian born world president of the Seventh Day Adventists, Pastor Charles H. Watson (1877-1962), who travelled from Washington DC for the event. The Highett Street campers attended a busy schedule of bible readings, devotional services and health lectures during the ten days of the camp. Lecture subjects included- “Among the Head Hunters of the Solomon Islands”, “ Looking Through the Prophetic Telescope into 1934”, “Soul Surgery”, “Viewing the Celestial Land Through the Prophetic Telescope”and “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”. The Seventh Day Adventist religion was established in the USA in 1863. One of its co-founders was American Ellen G. White whose writings are regarded as divinely inspired and are still adhered to today. Ellen preached on the “Eight Laws of Health”- Nutrition, exercise, water, sunshine, temperance, air, rest and trust in God. Adventists regard their bodies as holy temples and avoid food deemed by the Bible as unclean. They eat a mainly plant based diet with no caffeinated beverages and abstain from alcohol and tobacco. They believe in the observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and Hebrew calendars as the sabbath and the literal and imminent second coming of Jesus Christ. New converts are baptised by immersion in water. The Adventists opened the Warburton Sanitarium in 1910 as a health retreat, integrating their holistic health philosophy of physical, mental and spiritual well being. It was a resort in the hills “among picturesque mountain scenery…surrounded by tall forests and deep fern gullies…” where highly strung Melburians could alleviate their digestive maladies, stress and jaded nerves as “…worn down nervous systems mend quickly in this peaceful environment…invigorating air and an abundance of home-grown fruit, vegetables, fresh eggs, milk, and cream help to build healthy bodies”. The resort also offered hydrotherapy, massage and electrical treatments. An advertisement in The Argus- 1 December 1947 assured readers- “EVERYTHING SUNNY AGAIN." “That's how you'll feel when you say farewell to Warburton Sanitarium and Hospital after spending a holiday here. Victoria's Hydro is famous far and wide for wonders worked with sufferers from nervous and digestive disorders. Wholesome food, perfectly cooked; splendid air, regulated exercise, sweet natural sleep; these quickly correct faulty digestion, restore vitality, bring back that sunny optimism natural to healthy people. Massage and curative baths under medical supervision…” Later, after further building work, it became the Warburton Hospital with medical, casualty and obstetrics wards as well as offering strategies to stop smoking, lose weight and for stress management. The hospital ceased operation in 2001. Ellen G. White wrote “God sent me to Australia” and in 1891, accompanied by her son William C. White she arrived in Australia to start a Bible school, spread her health philosophy and for missionary work. At first health food products were imported from America, but it soon became apparent that due to the expense and the food becoming stale over the long journey, that local manufacturing was necessary. In 1898 William secured the services of American Adventist baker Edward C. Halsey, who had worked at Dr Kellogg’s Battle Creek (“Cereal City”), Sanitarium, Michigan, USA. They rented the St George’s bakery in Northcote, Melbourne, producing the first ready to eat breakfast cereal Granola, Caramel Cereal, and peanut butter. The fledgling company relocated to larger premises in Cooranbong, NSW soon after. The Sanitarium Health Food Company opened a factory in Warburton in 1925, manufacturing Granose Biscuits, Cerix Puffed Wheat, San-Bran, Bixies malted wheat flakes, Betta peanut butter, Marmite, “Kwic-Bru - A delicious health “coffee” made from choicest cereals and free from drugs that affect the heart and nerves” In 1928, Sanitarium bought out Grain Products Limited who were manufacturing a sweet cereal biscuit called Weet-Bix which soon became Australia’s favourite breakfast cereal. The Warburton factory closed in 1997, with manufacturing shifting interstate. Sanitarium breakfast cereal boxes offered free collectable cards inside and children could buy albums from grocers for sixpence and mount the cards. Subjects of the albums included- “Aboriginal Tribes, Legends, Customs”, “Australia- Yesterday and Today”, “Marvels of the Great Barrier Reef”, “Advance Australia- a Pageant of the Years”. In 1902 the Adventist’s opened the “Pure Food Vegetarian Cafe” in Sydney (In 1907 the name was changed to “Sanitarium Health Food Cafe”), Eating vegetarian food was definitely a curiosity. “Cristina” reviewed the cafe for The Australasian-27 October 1906. Topics For The Block. “Feeling somewhat like a criminal, and hoping to escape detection, I stealthily made my way into a vegetarian restaurant the other day... If my friends happened to catch me walking in there, I should henceforth be considered a crank, a faddist, and little short of a lunatic! Whom did I find within, seated with the air of habitués at the small tables, but heaps of my friends. They had all this while been pursuing their vegetarian way, layin' low and sayin' nuffin'. Flesh-eaters, now that the Sydney summer has set in apparently in good earnest, are beginning to wonder if the vegetarians are not wiser in their day and generation. Roast beef, hot cornea beef, ragouts, and meat curries, the very thought of them makes one feel hot. Frosted lemon pudding, stewed fruits, wheatmeal rolls, and tomatoes sound nice when you look at their names on the vegetarian menu. Such weird messes are served, square, unintelligible blocks of some brown substance, a few bites of which form a full and satisfying meal. Cold nut foods, granose, nuttose, and jam protose, bromose, with jelly and various "ose" sandwiches, impossible for the unbeliever to diagnose, are put before you. You drink malted nut broth, you eat gluten sticks, stewed beans, lentil patties, with vegetable sauce, any or all of which are distinctly nourishing and filling at the price. A mock (decidedly mock) veal cutlet or a red lentil roast is sufficient lunch, it appears, for anyone. Thus, "you obtain the best working results from your machinery with the least possible expenditure..." In December 1906 the Adventists branched out to Melbourne, opening the Sanitarium Health Food Cafe at 289 Collins Street next to the Royal Bank building. (corner Collins and Elizabeth Streets, demolished in 1939). Their motto was “Quality and Purity”. “Cynthia” of The Leader “Social Circle” column reviewed the cafe in 9 March 1907- “Hundreds of people have a feeling of positive affection for a diet that will be satisfying, appetising and nourishing, without having meat for its backbone. It will come as news that we have in Melbourne a cafe where you can really enjoy yourself without eating anything in the way of meat. Cream, custard, cheese and the like are not cold shouldered out of the menu, and the housewife in search of new dishes will find here ever so much in the way of suggestions. Nuts figure conspicuously in the menu, and lentil and walnut cutlets may be instanced among the delicacies. Beans are cooked in quite alluring fashion, while creamed parsnips are excellent. For sandwiches you could hardly desire anything more appetising than granosi biscuits, and nut cheese. The combination is suggestive of school lunches, and nut meat might well be employed as a variant. A visit to the cafe itself — it is next the Royal Bank in Collins-street — will surprise anyone used to the average vegetarian restaurant. Every thing is fresh, fragrant, and thoroughly modern… It is run, in connection with that curious people the Seventh Day Adventists.” However, “Adele” writing for the Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record -13 December 1907 had a different experience- CITY RESTAURANTS. “There is no glamour from the outside. We enter the dining room at six and secure a seat at a small table, for this night we are going to dine on vegetables. Some people pride themselves on being vegetarians, and devote a great deal of their spare cash and energy to disseminating vegetarian principles. I shall not in a hurry forget the dinner we tried to get through at this vegetarian restaurant. There was put before us plate after plate of vegetables not soaked, but sodden with water, not an atom of flavouring or dressing; no attempt was made to give the slightest piquancy to potato, cabbage, turnip or carrot. I beg pardon, I am unjust, there were two caterpillars in the cabbage. It is astonishing how persistently ordinary cooks spoil vegetables in the process of cooking and how little they understand the value of vegetables on a menu.” From the extensive menu of 1924, you could order cream of green pea soup, followed by nut meat with Yorkshire pudding, egg timbales, stewed brown lentils, savoury rissoles with piquant sauce. Among the dessert offerings were creamed sago, steamed figs and walnut drops. Washed down with fermented wine and to finish, “Frucerea”, a coffee substitute essence made from fruit and cereal. A four course meal of soup, entree, vegetables and sweets cost 1/6 in 1924. Proving that plant-based food was not just a novelty, 67,000 meals were served at the cafe in 1918, rising to 73,000 in 1921. Later the Sanitarium Cafe moved to 293 Little Collins Street, (opposite Royal Arcade) sharing the building with The Lilliput Golf Course, a miniature golf course of 18 holes. The course was a replica of the fashionable Lido Course in France and was open daily from 10am to midnight with a green fee of one shilling. It featured goldfish, waterfalls and dance music. Lilliput boasted that they were “Melbourne’s coolest indoor course” Miniature golf (mini, minnie, midget, miget, Tom Thumb, Wee golf, putt-putt, pigmy, peewee, crazy golf, obstacle golf) swept the globe in the 1930s, starting in the USA, then Europe. The courses provided affordable recreation during uncertainty at the start of the Great Depression. The craze arrived in Sydney September 1930 with the first mini golf course opening in the basement of the State Theatre. It featured a replica Sydney Harbour Bridge and attracted over 1000 players a day at one shilling per game. The miniature golf bug hit Melbourne hard in 1930-31 with nearly 200 courses springing up in the CBD and suburbs within a few months. The first miniature golf course to open in Melbourne was on 4 October 1930 in the basement of recently built art deco style Wentworth House at 203 Collins Street, designed by architect Cedric Heise Ballantyne, (also designed Regent Theatre, Plaza Ballroom, Athenaeum Club, National Theatre, St Kilda, built in 1930, demolished in 1974 for the City Square) It was managed by J. C. Williamson who advertised for a “Girl Spruiker” who “Must be Young, Attractive Personality, and Able to Talk to the Public” to work at the course. The Age 26 September 1930 reported - “The Wentworth House management have spared no expense in preparing the links. Water hazards, sand bunkers, running streams, ancestral castles, moats and a cunning drawbridge have each been devised to test the skill of players, while the walls and ceiling have been "atmospherically" treated to convey an exterior effect”. Even Melbourne City Council jumped on the bandwagon, leasing the lower hall of Melbourne Town Hall to colourful car dealer and racehorse owner Mr A. G. Barlow for £43 per week for the “Kit Kat Tiny Golf Course”, opening on 11 December 1930. (Turf identity, Mr Alexander George Barlow, (1880-1937) who raced under the nom de course “A. G. Vauxhall”, owned filly Frances Tressady, who in 1923 won the Victoria Derby and Oaks Stakes double and came fifth in the Melbourne Cup. The “Frances Tressady Stakes” is held each March at Flemington Racecourse in honour of the horse, the last filly to win the Derby. Barlow was the proprietor of Barlow Brothers Pty Ltd car dealership at 442 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. He played 14 games for Carlton Football Club (VFL) on the half-forward line from 1901-1903). Patrons could vie for The Herald Miniature Golf Championship Cup, a gold cup worth £7/7, in an eight week long competition. Sports newspaper The Sporting Globe also offered a Cup and prize money. Many courses offered prizes of theatre tickets, cash and cigarettes. Myer’s department store, hoping to cash in on the fad, advertised in Melbourne’s newspapers that their Sports Department could design and equip complete miniature golf courses using “Fairway” imitation turf at 4/6 a yard. Newspaper cartoonists loved to lampoon the fad. Both Percy Leason, cartoonist for society magazine Table Talk and Syd Miller of Smith’s Weekly depicted “real” golfers causing havoc on a mini golf course, showing that being a “real” golf player was no advantage to playing miniature golf. But bust often follows boom. With such rapid market saturation, expensive novel hazards, waning interest, long opening hours, often to midnight, and price cutting of game fees from one shilling to sixpence and then to threepence amongst some courses, the bubble was bound to burst. The Sporting Globe columnist J.M.Dillon on 20 May 1931 lamented- £100,000 LOST Failure of ‘Minnie’ Golf. “Miniature golf might have provided fun and jokes for thousands of people in Australia, but there were many for whom it panned out a tragedy. It is likely that the dead losses of those who attempted to make money out of the game in Australia were in the vicinity of £100,000. …For a while there was hardly a spare block of land, or a possible “site” in the shape of a hall, or a showroom, in Sydney and Melbourne, that some one was not after to set upon it a “minnie links.” Big amusement firms and private individuals anxious to make money began to run courses. Practically every individual who touched the game had his finger’s financially burnt. …From the approximately £60,000 invested in Melbourne alone, there must have been £25,000 lost. …There are now dozens of courses going to ruin, and many more that the owners would be happy to give away if the takers would remove from them obligations of leases, &c…” The lease on the “Kit Kat Tiny Golf Club” at the Melbourne Town Hall expired on 30 April 1931, with Mr Barlow losing £798 on the venture. The hazards and fittings, which cost £400 and included a large replica of the Town Hall, now worthless. Due to declining patronage, the Little Collins Street cafe closed in 1938, although the adjacent shop continued to sell Sanitarium products. In New Zealand, the first Sanitarium factory opened in Christchurch in 1900, with the company later opening factories in Palmerston North and Auckland. The Adventists opened vegetarian cafes, firstly at 37 Taranaki Street Wellington in 1906, followed by cafes in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin. Weet-Bix is also New Zealand’s favourite cereal- there the jingle is “Kiwi kids are Weet-Bix kids.” In 1955, the Australian Women’s Weekly ran an illustrated, full colour advertisement featuring New Zealand born Edmund Hillary (later Sir) 1919-2008, who, along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 29 March 1953. The Australian Women’s Weekly, 30 March, 1955- “WEET-BIX carried by Hillary on Himalayan adventure! c/- N.Z. Alpine Club Inc., Dunedin, New Zealand. The Manager, Sanitarium Health Food Company, Christchurch, N.Z. Dear Sir. …Weet-Bix was chosen at my special request as I had always felt that some easily prepared form of breakfast was essential to the primitive conditions of high camps. Weet-Bix fulfilled its task very well indeed. We usually had them with hot milk (powdered) and sugar, and even when we were unable to eat anything else, we usually managed to have a little Weet-Bix . . . I regard them as a great success and expect they will be more widely used in the Himalayas in future. Yours faithfully, (Signed) E.P. Hillary. Sanitarium Marmite - motto- “Too much spoils the flavour”- is as beloved with Kiwis as Vegemite is with Australians. In 1966, a fire gutted the Christchurch Marmite factory causing a nation wide shortage. Once the factory was rebuilt, Sanitarium relaunched the yeasty extract in reusable glass tumblers with printed designs such as yachts, New Zealand birds and vintage cars. These popular collectibles can still be found in the kitchen cupboards of many New Zealand baches (holiday homes). After the devastating 2011 earthquake in Christchurch damaged the Marmite factory causing shortages and panic buying, a “Marmageddon” was declared with jars of the “black gold” advertised online for up to NZ$800. Consumers were advised to spread their Marmite sparingly until production resumed. (The Christchurch plant reportedly produces around 640,000kg of Marmite per year). Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company is exempt from paying company income tax on their profits due to their ownership by a religious organisation. Although not a compulsory rule for salvation, Adventists are encouraged to pay a tithe of 10% of their income to the church to support the ministry in God’s work. Nowadays, there are over 25 million members of the Seventh Day Adventists Church in 200 countries. ITEMS OF INTEREST (1933, December 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11723188 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. (1933, December 28). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved July 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203356427 EVANGELISTS' CAMP (1933, December 20). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 30. Retrieved July 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243213209 Master Butchers Have A Time Pilots FOR School Air Race Charity Golf At Riversdale (1931, May 1). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 14-15. Retrieved September 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article276159136 2000 ADVENTISTS UNDER CANVAS (1933, December 27). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 17. Retrieved July 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243223698 TOPICS FOR THE BLOCK. (1906, October 27). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 45. Retrieved August 30, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139178204 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church https://www.sanitarium.com/au/about/sanitarium-story/profits-for- ENTERTAINMENT AT MENZIES'. (1906, December 6). Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925), p. 26. Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175380296 https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=9HN0&highlight=Conference SOCIAL CIRCLE (1907, March 9). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 41. Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196649677 CITY RESTAURANTS. (1907, December 13). Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record (Vic. : 1902 - 1917), p. 1 (MORNING.). Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61133109 Advertising (1924, May 6). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 9. Retrieved August 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article274271406 1930, December 5). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved August 5, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page26374135 Thousands Are Still Playing Miniature Golf (1931, January 2). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242880087 MINIATURE GOLF. (1930, October 16). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 10. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4209280 THE REAL GOLFER WHO FORGOT HIMSELF ON THE MINIATURE GOLF COURSE (1930, November 13). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 13. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146706596 Advertising (1930, December 5). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242761991 Advertising (1931, January 9). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 12. 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Retrieved August 16, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242888830 WIT OF THE WEEK (1930, October 23). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 23. Retrieved August 29, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146455050 Advertising (1930, October 2). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 16. Retrieved August 18, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146454620 MIDGET GOLF LINKS. (1930, September 26). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 18, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202235074 https://www.smh.com.au/national/fairfax-archive-mini-golf-20131125-2y608.html TURF NOTES (1923, November 6). The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), p. 6. Retrieved September 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213855201 Advertising (1930, October 4). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242937272 LAUGHTER AND TEARS. (1930, November 15). Smith's Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1919 - 1950), p. 21. Retrieved September 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234426874 Advertising (1947, December 1). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved September 15, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22523355Photographer notations on slide: "Seventh Day Adventists Camp. E Gane + family".religion, health food, mini golf, 1930-1939, tents, churches, camps

PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES TAKEN FROM CLUNES SCHOOL HILL 1905. LOOKING WEST, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (ST.ANDREWS) METHODIST (WESLEY) Etc..1.2 TWO SEPIA POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF CLUNES TAKEN FROM THE SCHOOL HILL. - POST OFFICE, TOWN HALL, ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, ST PAUL'S CHURCH, FRASER STREET SHOPS, ALBION HOUSE, CLUB HOTEL, BUTTER FACTORY BRIDGE AND BUTTER FACTORY, LION HOTEL. .3 PHOTOCOPY BLACK AND WHITE OF THE POSTCARDS.1 Addressed to Miss. L. Weickhardt C/o Lucas's Cafe Collins Street Melbourne. One penny stamp affixed, postmarked 05 Message: Dear Miss Wieckhardt, Many thanks for the post cards you sent me. This is one to add to your collection, With Kind regards From Florrie B .2 Addressed to Mrs. L. McLennan Olive Marlborough Rockhampton Queensland Message With best wishes for a happy New Year E.M.S.photography, town hall, post office, weickhardt