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Macarthur Street Primary School
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Macarthur Street Primary was constructed in 1877 and officially opened on 31 May 1878, replacing the Soldiers Hill School. It has an initial enrolment of 650 students. Its first head teacher was William Cox.
Black and white photograph of a brick school in Macarthur Street, Ballarat North,
36 page exhibition catalogue with colour illustrations
non-fiction
gareth sansom, art gallery of ballarat, artist, staffmember, geoff wallis
Three women and four men sit around a table
denis shanahan, d. shanahan, staffmember, r. oppenheim, pandora kay, barru david, christine baker, christine gregg, michael v. pear, man, dianne laws
John Mildren sits at a table at Ballarat's L'Espresso Cafe.
john mildren, staffmember, politician
olympic games, mlebourne, john landy, sport
world war 2, darwin bombing, burma, munitions, gardening
world war 2, japanese, jungle war, bismark sea battle, us fleet, phillipines, burma, munition workers, land army, ration books
world war 2, new guinea, razorback, timor, kokoda track, brunei
world war 2, anzac day, victory loans
berlin, nazis, world war 2
john curtain, john curtain death
Media Releases provided to the press. Items are from 5 July 2004 to 24 December 2004.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured paper
university of ballarat, ub
Media Releases provided to the press. Items are from 7 January 2004 to 24 June 2004.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured paper
university of ballarat, ub
Media Releases provided to the press. Items are from 4 July 2003 to 18 December 2003.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured paper
university of ballarat, ub
Media Releases provided to the press. Items are from 13 January 2003 to 30 June 2003.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured paper
university of ballarat, ub
Media Releases provided to the press. Items are from 3 July 2000 to 19 December 2000.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured paper
university of ballarat, ub
Media Releases provided to the press. Items are from 21 January 2000 to 23 June 2000.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order.
university of ballarat, ub
Media Releases provided to the press. Items are from 19 January 1999 to 17 December 1999.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 2 July 2003 to 32 December 2003.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Yellow sticky labels attached to varios items.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 8 January 2003 to 28 June 2003.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Yellow sticky labels attached to varios items.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 8 September 1999 to 30 December 1999.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Some items loose in pocket of folder - various months.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 14 June 1999 to 7 September 1999. 1999.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 7 January 1999 to 24 June 1999.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 1 September 1998 to 23 December 1998.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured divider.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 1 May 1998 to 31 August 1998.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured divider.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 1 January 1998 to 29 April 1998.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured divider.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 4 January 1997 to 28 June 1997. Section at back includes items from 27 November 1996 to 30 December 1996
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into years by coloured divider.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 5 January 1996 to 20 December 1996.
White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order.
university of ballarat, ub, senator vanstone
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 11 January 1995 to 28 December 1995.
White A4 two ring folder. Divided into months by coloured dividers.
university of ballarat, ub
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. Items are from 1 January 1994 to 30 December 1994.
White A4 two ring folder. Divided into months by coloured dividers. Items in reverse order.
ballarat university college, buc
Photographs of the Shelford Iron Bridge which was designed by C.A. WIlson, and built in 1874 by John Price of Ballarat. It is an unusual early example of box girder construction in Victoria.
shelford iron bridge, bridge, shelford
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