Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Wal Jack, Wal Jack at Poverty Point Monument, Sept. 1946

Historical information

Photo of a man (Wal Jack) standing by the Gold Monument at Poverty Point at the rear of Main Street Ballarat East. Monument looks new or recently cleaned up. Photo taken Sept. 1946.

Significance

Has a close association with Wal Jack, an avid collector of Ballarat Tramway and other tramway and railway materials.

Physical description

Black and white photographic print.

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in ink "Gold Monument at rear of Main Street Ballarat East. / First gold discovered in Ballarat 1851 / Sept 1946." In Wal Jack's handwriting.

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