Historical information

When these photos were taken Geoffrey Biddington was highly involved with the Ballarat Branch of the National Trust.

At one time Her Majesty's Theatre was known as the Memorial Theatre.

Lenaghan of Tourello
"Master Dan Lenaghan, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lenaghan, of Tourello, has been successful in obtaining a Government scholarship, tenable for four years at St. Patrick's College, Ballarat.(Melbourne Advocate, 02 March 1939)

Physical description

Two Black folders of Ballarat photographs as follows:
.1) Interior of Ballarat Railway Station
.2) Interior of Ballarat Railway Station
.3) Craig's Hotel
.4) Craig's Hotel
.5) Craig's Hotel
.6) Craig's Hotel
.7) Ballarat Fine Art Gallery later Art Gallery of Ballarat
.8) Cuthberts, corner Lydiard and Mair Streets
.9) Golden City Hotel (GCs)
.10) Golden City Hotel (GCs)
.11) Reid's Coffee Palace
.12) Alexandria Tea Rooms, neighbouring Old Colonists' Club, Ballarat, Lydiard Street North
.13) ?
.14 Caste iron drink fountain, corner of Strurt and Drummond Streets, October 1967
.15) Lal Lal Blast Furnace
.16) Ballarat Botanical Garden Gates
.17) Ballaarat Old Cemetery Gates
.18) Novar gate
.19) Ballaarat Old Cemetery Gates
.20) ?
.21) Webster Street
.22) Doveton Street South
.23) ?
.24) ?
.25)
.26)
.27) Iron hitching Rail
.28) Iron hitching Rail
.30) Postal Box, Corner or Armstrong Street South and Eyre Street, October 1967
.31) Iron Drinking Fountain in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
.32) Iron Drinking Fountain in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
.33) Killarney, Warrenheip
.34) Killarney, Warrenheip
.35) Killarney, Warrenheip
.36) Killarney, Warrenheip
.37) Bailey's Mansion, Drummond Street
.38) Bailey's Mansion, Drummond Street
.39) Beaufort House
.40) Beaufort House
.41) ?
.42) ?
.43) ?
.44) ?
.45) ?
.46) ?
.47) ?
.48) Lenaghan's Tourello, February 1968
.49) Lenaghan's Tourello, February 1968
.50) ?
.51) ?
.52) ?
.53) ?
.54) ?
.55) ?
.56) ?
.57) ?
.58) ?
.59) ?
.70) Her Majesty's Theatre, Lydiard Street
.71) Her Majesty's Theatre, Lydiard Street
.72) Dana Street Primary School, September 1967
.73) Ballarat School of Mines Administration Building, September 1967
.74) Eureka Street Primary School ?
.75) Selkirk Brick Chimney?
.76) Grigsby's Foundry, Mair Street, September 1967
.77) Pratt's Warehouse, Camp Street
.78) Premises of R. And R.A. Williams, Mair Street, September 1967
.79) City Oval Grandstand, with fire training tower in the background,
.80) City Oval Grandstand
.81) City Oval Grandstand
.82) Smythesdale Post Office, October 1967
.83) Court House Hotel. Smythesdale, October 1967
.84) Smythesdale, October 1967

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