Newspaper, Herald Sun, "Ballarat's Birthday Party Begins with Rowing Regatta", 7/03/1938

Historical information

Photos feature a rowing regatta on Lake Wendouree, a Tram stop shelter (Grenville and Sturt Streets) decorated with hand-made flowers, an arch in Main Road built by local scouts and the Burke and Wills Statue in Sturt St decorated hand made flowers. The tram shelter has the numbers "100". "1838" and "1938" with several well-dressed ladies outside the shelter. Notes the celebrations will continue until April 18.
See Reg Item 6418 for a coloured photograph of the shelter from the other side,

Significance

Yields information about a Ballarat event in 1938.

Physical description

Newspaper Clipping from the Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne, Monday, March 7 1938, page 14 with four photos of Ballarat's Centenary Celebrations or European settlement in the district.

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