Whilst my main focus for the artwork design was on the Hotels on Main Road, I felt there was an opportunity to tell a broader story of Main Rd and combine/include some interesting pieces of information from many stages of the history of Main Road. Considering that at one point in time there would have been at more than six hotels in this very short section of street….there’s no doubt Main Rd was an epicentre of communication and festivities for the Goldfields of Ballarat. “No matter what luck he had, every miner needed supplies, food and something to entertain him when he was not searching for gold.” Described as being an overcrowded jumble of muddy streets loosely arranged around mining camps...and loud, muddy, colourful and sometimes illicit. I wanted the artwork composition to consist of overlapping images and text to reflect this sense of hustle and bustle. Main Road Mural tells the broader story of the history of Main Road in Ballarat. In 2018, the City of Ballarat commissioned local Ballarat artist Travis Price to create an artwork to align with the Main Road Revitalisation Project and deliver a key component of the storytelling (heritage interpretation) project that spans the length of the shopping precinct. The artwork is featured on a prominent site in the shopping precinct of main road and tells the story of Main Road through depicting key timeline events. Main Road, as its name suggests, was one of the main entries to the mining areas of East Ballarat. It had several names: Main Street before 1858, Plank Road between 1858 and 1868 and Main Road from 1868 onwards. The centre of mining life, it was crowded, prosperous, raucous and dirty. Painted mural on shop wall in Main Road, BallaratBallaarat, Gold Fever, The Royal Standard Hotel, Flood, Boxing Saloon, Plank Road, Kulin Nation, 3350, Election, East, Grog House, The Scandinavian Hotel. Images; Chinese lantern, Pick & Shovel, Miners Licence burning.main road history, ballarat hotels, gold fever, wadawurrung, kulin nation

Colour photograph of President Travis Hurst, President of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.The photograph was taken in the Old Colonists' Hall on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting and installation of President.ballarat old colonists' association, ballarat old colonists' hall, president, president's collar, travis hurst, andrew robson, steve carter

Colour photographs of President Travis Hurst receivingthe President's Collar from Jo Barber, Past President of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.The photograph was taken in the Old Colonists' Hall on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting.ballarat old colonists' association, ballarat old colonists' hall, jo barber, president, president's collar, travis hurst

Travis Webber was born in South Australia in 1900. He died in 1968. He studied at the South Australian School of Arts where he went on to teach. Webber established himself as one of the Australia's most prolific landscape artists. His work is held in several large galleries.Bluestone building with a shingle roof. In foreground right is a wooden fence. A carriageway cuts through centre of building, and above this is a window filled in with corrugated iron. The right side of building has large cracks. A tree is growing against the building in image centre, and bushes at image left and right. Framed in wooden frame.Front: Travis Webber (brown paint, lower left) Back: Geelong Picture Framers, 211 Moorabool Street, Gelong. Ph: 97805 (blue ink stamp, lower centre).oil painting, greenmount, landscape, portland landscape

Set of two photos of the occasion of Travis Jeffrey 50 birthday . Photo by Travis Jeffrey 24/7/1994. Tram 671 was dressed as No. 44, the year Travis was born. See July 1994 Fares Please for details of the event.Yields information about the 50th birthday of Travis Jeffrey.Set of two colour prints with photographers notes on rear.In ink on rear "M17/4, 72494" and "7"btps, w4 class, tram 671, btm, tram 44

A set of two plastic mount (black base, white cover) of BTM volunteers during the 1993 Begonia Festival with the depot in the background. Photos by Travis Jeffrey, 3/1993. .1 - btm137 - No. 18 with standing alongside, left to right - Roy Sheedy, Dave O'Neil, Clayton Giles, Richard Gilbert, Stephen Butler, Warren Doubleday, Len Millar and Travis Jeffrey. .2 - btm139 - No. 18 with Len Millar, Warren Doubleday in uniform - rare and Travis Jeffrey. March 1993 Fares Please! tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, volunteers, depot, tram 18

Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of No. 33 and 38 crossing at the Gardens Loop. Photo by Travis Jeffrey, c1992.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, gardens loop, tram 33, tram 38

Colour photograph of No. 661 on No. 6 road at the BTM depot, 1998. Photo by Travis Jeffrey. Has No. 26 in background. Taken on Kodak paper.On rear in blue ink "1998 Ballarat Tram Depot * W3 661 M26"btm, depot, tram 661

Portland Town CouncilPainting of a bluestone building. There are four columns to the front of the building. One either side of a green front door and the other two either side of each side window. Above the front door is a sign which reads ' Town Hall 1869' A footpath is in front of the building, with a man and woman walking together. The man wears a suit and hat and the woman wears a red shirt and blue skirt. At the other side of the building there is another figure - shadowy. A dirt road curves from foreground centre towards and past the building to the left. Two tall pines are behind the building on right.Front: Town Hall Portland '55 (brown paint, lower let). Travis Webber (brown paint, lower right). Back: Geelong Picture Framers, 211 Moorabool Street, GEELONG. Ph. 97805 (blue ink stamp, lower centre).portland town hall, bluestone building, bluestone, 1800s

Negative of tram 372 in Toorak Rd at Burwood terminus. Tram has destination City and Route No 74. Photo shows a person wearing what appears to be a Brisbane tramway cap tying down trolley pole for return trip to City. Comment from Tony Smith of the MTPA, that it could be Travis Jeffery. Email from Len Millar - 7-2-2019 - "As best as I can decipher by enlarging the image, it does look like a young Travis. The long-ish face was my guide. Brisbane hat – and tying a pole down on a service car in busy Toorak Road? That would be Travis!"Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR100A" in red ink, "12A" in blue ink, date stamp "1 Jan 1963" on front, and date stamp "26 Sep 1962" on rear.trams, tramways, w2 class, route 74, burwood, toorak rd, tram 372

Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of Darren Hutchesson and Frank Puls standing in front of No. 18 at Carlton St. terminus. Photo by Travis Jeffrey, c1992.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, carlton st, tram 33

Photo of the crew of BTPS tram 27 - Travis Jeffrey and Len Millar at the Gardens Loop on 8-9-1992. Yields information about BTPS Operations and its crews.Colour prints with photographers details on the rear.In ink "M12/24A 8992" on rear.btps, tram 27, gardens loop, wendouree parade

One Plastic mount (black base, white cover) slides, of No. 671 on No. 3 road of the BTM Depot, while being repainted and being readied for operation on Travis Jeffrey's 50th Birthday. Photo taken on 24/7/1994, see July 1994 Fares Please! No. 14 alongside. Photo shows Stephen Butler boarding tram and Paul Mong walking alongside tram. Tram has destination of "TRAVIS" and route number of "50".tramways, trams, btm depot, depot, celebrations, tram 671

CEMA Art Collection Previously located in History HouseThe painting depicts a large stone building with two smaller buildings in the foreground. Within the foreground is a small patch of dirt and grass with a side view of a small building to the right and a front and side view of a small stone building to the left. In the background is the large building which features two chimmneys. To the left of the building is a leafless tree and pale blue sky. The work has a gold and green frame with glass.Front: "GREENMOUNT" (brown, lower left) TRAVIS WEBBER (brown, lower right) 23 (white sticker attached to glass Back: (No inscriptions)

A set of six Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of tram No. 38 in service for the BTM Photo by Travis Jeffrey, c1992. .1 - btm123 - No. 27, Wendouree Parade, Gavin Young driving. .2 - btm126 - No. 27 at Gardens Loop .3 - btm128 - ditto with Travis Jeffrey standing by the front of the tram. .4 - btm122 - ditto at Loop .5 - btm121 - ditto at Loop, Simon Green in background? .6 - btm120 - as for .1, but with destination of Victoria St.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, gardens loop, tram 38

Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of No. 27, Wendouree Parade, December 1992. Photo by Travis Jeffrey. Gavin Young driving. Tram has destination of Gardens via Sturt St. West.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, tram 27

Photos of the repainting of the floor of BTPS W4 class tram 671, by Len Millar and the finished product interior. Photo mid 1995. See also item 225. Photo by Travis Jeffrey.Yields information about the repainting of tram 671 in 1995.Set of two colour prints with plain backs.btps, w4 class, tram 671, repainting, btm

First photograph shows BTPS trams 26 and 27 at Carlton St terminus and the second tram 18 leaving Carlton St as well. Both photos during Ballarat's winter are by Travis Jeffrey, June 1992.Yields information about BTPS Operations and the Carlton St terminus.Set of two colour prints with photographers details on the rear.In ink "M11/22 and 12692" and "M10/29"btps, carlton st, tram 26, tram 27, tram 18

Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of No. 33 northbound in Wendouree Parade near Depot Junction. Tram has Twin Lake sign, roof advertisements for Peters Ice cream and Eureka Roofing Tiles. Photo by Travis Jeffrey, c1992.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, tram 33

Newspaper extract with a colour photographHandwritten inscription on top right of article in blue ink: 20-1-04

Newspaper article extract with handwritten inscription.Handwritten inscription in blue ink at top centre of article, below heading: 16-12-03

Newspaper extract containing two articles on the one page with colour photograph and inscription in top right hand corner of pageHandwritten inscription top of article in blue ink: Leader and a date, which is unclear, but may be 9/12/2003

Newspaper article with black and white photograh and hand written inscription on top centre of the article.Handwritten inscription in blue ink on top centre of article "Leader" 9-12-03

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Photograph of Geelong No. 35 turning out of Aberdeen St (Now Hamilton Highway) into Pakington St South, with the destination of Chilwell. See also Reg item 4212 for the same photo - of Wal Jack dated 23/6/1949. Slide produced by Travis Jeffrey.Yields information about the appearance of one Geelong's bogie trams on its way to the terminus of Chilwell.Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a black and white photo."G 20" and "1 -20" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, chilwell, pakington st, tram 35