Historical information
This article highlights the popularity of Lake Wendouree for leisure time activities and the account of a suicide in 1884.
Significance
Elizabeth Murphy's suicide at Lake Wendouree contrasts with the usual happy reports of activities at the Lake and was selected over 100 years later perhaps to give another perspective on Ballarat Life.
Physical description
2/3 of a page of newspaper print with a large black and white picture, mid- page of people paddling in Lake Wendouree in 18884
Inscriptions & markings
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