Historical information

"After the war Pipe-Major Duncan McLennan, moved to Ballarat and took up a position as cadet instructor and leader of the Ballarat Highland Pipe Band and the Ballarat Ladies Pipe Band. " (Victorian Historical Journal Vol. 85, No. 1, June 2014)

Physical description

A1 - Black and white photograph of band members with children in horse and cart.
A2 - Newspaper article relating to the above mentioned photograph.
A3 - Black and White photograph of Drum major and member of band.
A4 - Black and White photograph of Ballarat Ladies Highland Pipe Band Bazaar
B1 - Black and White photograph of piper in uniform
B2 - Black and White photograph of Drum Major in uniform
B3 - Black and White photograph of Drum Major in uniform on stairs
B4 - List of Members.
C1 - Black and White photograph of pipe band marching.
C2 - Black and white photograph of Ladies Drum Major with Lew Zilles and Mrs Zilles
C3 - Black and white photograph of Mr & Mrs Zilles, Mr and Mrs Bennett and Joan Bolden

Gift of Margaret Bennett, 2019

Inscriptions & markings

A1 - Outside 19 Waller Avenue where the ladies pipe band held a fair to raise money for new drums. The horse and cart was hired to give children rides around the "island". Trevor in the cart - striped shirt. M. Bennett. Ballarat Courier Press Photograph.
A3 - Ballarat - Margaret Smith - Base drummer and Margaret Bennett - Drum Major, outside I & R Morley Doveton Street.
A4 - Ballarat Ladies Highland Pipe Band Bazaar 1959. 19 Waller Ave, Ballarat
B1 - 183
B2 - Margaret Bennett the Drum Major of Ballarat Ladies Pipe Band. Taken on front porch of 19 Waller Avenue
B3 - Ballarat City Oval. Drum Major Margaret Bennett nee Reynolds.
C1 - Copyright The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited
C2 - Mrs Zilles, Lew Zilles, and Margaret Bennett. Progress Photos, Midway Arcade, 256 Collins St, Melbourne
C3 - Mr & Mrs Zilles, Margaret and John Bennett, Joan Bolden (Parker)