Postcard - Folder set, Colorscans Richmond, "Ballarat Botanic Gardens and Lake Wendouree", c1980

Physical description

Set of ten colour photos with title photo of Begonias, in a strip suitable for posting in an envelope of views of the Ballarat Botanic Gardens and Lake Wendouree. Made by Colorscans of 123 Dover St. Richmond. Folded so that they form a group that could be posted in a standard envelope. Has a note on the area on a small folding strip at the top.



On the inside of the strip:

1. Statue Pomona and Begonia House in the Botanic Gardens

2. The Sarah George Ferry on Lake Wendouree

3. Lake Lodge at dusk

4. Adam Lindsay Gordon's Cottage, Botanic Gardens

5. The Prime Ministers Avenue, Botanic Gardens



On the rear

1. Title photo set with Begonias in the Botanic Gardens

2. Vintage tram on the Botanic Gardens Tourist Tramway (No. 27 - in SEC colour scheme with Tram Rides sign).

3. Benzonis 'Flight from Pompeii'

4. Wishing Well in the Botanic Gardens

5. Black swans on the Lake

6. The Mosaic crown at the Shell House (By C.A. Pickford)



Photographs by George Hurdes.



See Tram 27 repainted by Museum to a different colour scheme in 1983/84.

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