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This photograph is of a local identity, known as Dorrie, who lived and studied in the Ararat community in the late 1920s.
Black-and-white photograph of a woman holding two horses by their reins outside of a house surrounded by picket fence and trees. Shadows appear in the foreground where the photographer would have been standing with their back to the sun.
Rear: "To dear Miss Norman / With fondest love from / Dorrie".
Shows the Ararat district's rich mining history.
Black and White photo of five miners digging in a pit at Malay Gully, Mafeking. Three of the men are named George Peirbox, Serio Kitchell and Sam Osman. The sides of the pit are supported by horizontal logs.
Label on front: Malay Gully, George Peirbox, Serio Kitchell, Sam Osman 1901-2 donated by Mr E Osman 1971. On back of photo: Property of E. Osman housemover and contractor ph 477 Ararat, donated by E. Osman Malay Gully Mafeking down from Browing Claim.
Record of local history
A series of three black and white photographs of the Citizens Plot at Alexandra Gardens. 501 shows the bluestone building J Ward standing behind a wooden picket fence with bare earth in front. 502 shows men in suits standing with three horses attached to two wagons with large trees in the background. 503 shows plants that have grown in the Citizens Plot garden.
501: Citizens Plot 1908 502: Citizens Plot 1909. 503: Citizens Plot showing growth 1921.
Part of the Rose Stereograph Co Armadale, Victoria
Black and white postcard of Ararat Town Hall taken from a high position on the Vincent Street side of the building. A fountain can be seen on the right and there are two garden beds. A woman is walking on a path between the Town Hall and fountain.
The Town Hall Ararat, Souther Cross Series 156
Colourised postcard depicting the Shire Hall Ararat. The building facade is brick with a white painted front.
In gold print of the front of the postcard is written Shire Hall Ararat.
Black and white photo of a large group of people standing in front of a fountain. The fountain is located at the front of Ararat Town Hall. The group members are predominantly women wearing hats and there a few school boys wearing hats.
Black and white photo of the Ararat Town Hall clock and tower.
Black and white postcard. Image taken from Hospital Hill looking south towards Mt Chalambar. The road (Vincent Street) runs down the centre of the image. There are buildings on either side of the road.
A black and white photographic postcard of a view of Barkly Street with Copes Hill in the background. Photo taken from Town Hall. Horse drawn vehicle in street scene. Shop front signs legible: A. Waugh Ready Money Draper, Albion Hotel, aganet for Brunnings, TRG Williams Photographer, E.I. Beynan, Fergusson's.
Black and white postcard of Barkly Street, Ararat. The photo is taken from the Town Hall. The Commercial Hotel and its balcony are pictured on the right while the zig zag of the main street looks like a dirt road.
Addressed to Mr G. Mitchell, Collins St, Melbourne also a letter written on the back of the postcard
An early streetscape of Ararat's central business district.
Sepia photograph of a shop on a corner. Written on the shop front is View Point Dispensary Medical Dispensary. Five young boys and a dog are standing in front of the shop while a man is seated on a horse beside a dog.
Written on front" Corner of Barkly and Ligar Streets
Black and white photo of four men in a hall. There is a tree and streamers.
On back: Alan Blachford, Arthur Hargreaves
Black and white photo of two men shaking hands. One is holding a cheque.
Cardboard addition on back with information: Mr E. Betts, president of the Ararat Rotary 197 presenting cheque for $200 to Mr R.A. Blachford, president of Ararat and District Historical Society. Money to be used for mural paintings in oils by Ararat artist Mr Stan Kelly.
Black and white photo of 8 people - 3 females and 5 males. An older couple is seated with a young boy standing between them. All are dressed in formal suits.
Written on back: Rita Snibson sec Women's Hospital. Front row: Nell Simpson had a son Jack had a business in Stawell then Melbourne. Nell became Mrs A.J. Sanderson who had a grocery business opposite Town Hall.
Black and white photo of possibly a family gathering of McArthur, McDonald, Emerson and Thompson family. There are 10 people standing in front of a weatherboard house with a verandah. Photograph is on cardboard.
Possibly from McArthur, McDonald, Emerson, Thompson family.
Black and white photo of an elderly man with white hair and a beard sitting on a chair. He is wearing a three-piece suit and is holding a hat against his knee.
Written on the front of the photo in ink: Mr George Miller Moyston. Photo by Ernest Trevan Moyston
Black and white photograph of a group of bowling ladies at a bowling green. There are 46 women in three rows.
Black and white photograph of two women standing at a table covered by children's drawings.
Written on back of photo: Carmel Chammings (now Biggs) and mother.
Mrs Traynor's 80th birthday
Black and white photograph of an elderly woman wearing a light coloured button up shirt and long dark skirt. She is standing behind a table covered in a white cloth and is cutting a birthday cake with candles. The photo is mounted on white cardboard.
Written under the photo: Mrs Tom Traynor nee Parish husband owned black kiln on property near Prestige.
Photo taken at Ararat Primary School 800. Mr Frecleton (teacher or headmaster) is surrounded by students, a skeleton and others. The man holding the megaphone is Mr Babs or Bahs
Black and white photo of two men standing in front a large group of school children. One of the men is holding a megaphone towards the other man.
Written on back: Frecleton Mr Babs (Bahs?)
The balding man is then Victorian Premier Henry Bolte
Black and white photo of young school girls presenting posies to two men and two women. The women are wearing hats.
Locally significant because the photo shows then Victorian Premier Henry Bolte opening a building in Ararat
Black and white photograph of three men. Man on right is cutting a ribbon with a pair of scissors
Written on back: Henry Bolte, Jack Bunting
Black and white photo of a section of Barkly Street, Ararat. The Turf Hotel is on the right side of the street and Frasers on the left. A utility and a car are parked on the right side of the street and three cars are parked opposite.
Photo courtesy of Walker Studio
L. Kelly Boot Repairer was located at 308 Barkly Street, Ararat, now the current site of Ararat Tyre Power (272 Barkly Street, Ararat). Old site in the early 1940s was Mr H. McMillan Garage for motor repairs. The boot repair section was rented by Laurie Kelly, then 308 Barkly Street. After World War 2 it became home of PMG
Black and white photograph of two men wearing aprons and standing at a work bench with tools. A docket featuring a shoe and a business address for L. Kelly Boot Repairer is beneath the photo.
Ron Kelly, Laurie Kelly
Black and white photo of a stone building. It has a pitched tin roof, and windows either side of a door.
O'Brien family home, 100 years old, Rhymney near Moyston
Old winery at Henry Duver's property at Rhymney
Black and white photo of a stone building with a pitched roof. There is a smaller entrance attached to the front of the building with an open door.
Written on back: Entrance to old winery at Mr H. Duver's Rhymney
A Barkly Street business built in 1857
Black and white photograph of W.G. Turner Cash and Grocer Store. Four men and a woman stand in front of the store with a horse hitched to a cart. The photo is printed on cardboard.
Written on back: Formerly Fred Thompson's Grocers Shop. And: Bill Bowker, Bill Grant, Joyce Treven, Bill Turner
This building was in Ingor Street, Ararat near High Street, where Lardner Brothers Locksmith's is situated in 2023.
Black and white photograph of a group of children in front of an old weatherboard building. The building has two windows. The children are in four rows and a man stands to the right of the group.
Possibly a member of the McArthur family who were prominent Ararat residents and timber merchants.
Black and white photograph of elderly man with white hair and beard. He is seated and is wearing a suit jacket, waistcoat and a tie.
Written on back: Possibly a photo from McArthur family timber merchants
A portrait photograph of a pioneer of Ararat. Possibly a member of the McArthur family (timber merchants) or McDonald family.
Black and white photograph of an elderly man with a white beard and hair. He is wearing a suit jacket with a vest underneath. The photo has been printed onto white cardboard.
Johnson & Co Ballarat and Ararat
Photo taken at McDonald Park, Ararat. All three men were involved in the construction of the park.
Black and white photograph of three men wearing three-piece suits and hats and standing outside in a bush setting.
Written on the back of the photograph: Bob Forster, G. Gossip, Jessie Bail
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