Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, The Courier Ballarat, 18/08/1971 12:00:00 AM

Significance

Yields information about special trams that were operated on the system prior to its closure for the benefit of school children.

Physical description

Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 18/8/1971, published 19/8/1971 of three bogie cars carrying schoolchildren (Ballarat North Technical College) on tour, lower Sturt St. Lead tram is No. 40, with a Eureka Roofing Tiles and SEC roof advertisement. All the school children have moved to one side for the photograph.



See Reg Items 1073 and 2186 for the actual newspaper cuttings.



Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's.



See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.

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