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Postcard, The Post Office & Burns Statue Sturt St Ballarat, c1905

  • Postcard The Post Office & Burns Statue Sturt St Ballarat

    Postcard The Post Office & Burns Statue Sturt St Ballarat

  • Postcard The Post Office & Burns Statue Sturt St Ballarat - rear

    Postcard The Post Office & Burns Statue Sturt St Ballarat - rear

  • Scan showing the two horse trams at the intersection.

    Scan showing the two horse trams at the intersection.

  • Rear of the 2nd post card.

    Rear of the 2nd post card.

  • Postcard The Post Office & Burns Statue Sturt St Ballarat
  • Postcard The Post Office & Burns Statue Sturt St Ballarat - rear
  • Scan showing the two horse trams at the intersection.
  • Rear of the 2nd post card.

Historical information

Image of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets looking north towards Lydiard St. Photograph shows a horse drawn tram turning from Sturt into Lydiard St North, while another crosses Lydiard St, heading west along the north side of the street. Photo shows the Post Office, the Robert Burns statue, and the large arc lamp in the middle of the intersection.

Two copies held. On the rear of the first copy is a Birthday and New Year message to Mrs Serpell of the Wesleyan Parsonage in Timaru New Zealand and the second has been posted to a person in Antwerp Belgium - dated 19 Feb. 1909.

Significance

Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the horse tram era and the operation of the horse tram system.

Physical description

Postcard - coloured - divided back, post marked Ballarat 21?-12-1905 with a Victorian 1d penny stamp and over stamped with a "5". 2nd copy has had the stamp removed.

Inscriptions & markings

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