Significance

Demonstrates the evolution of public transport in Ballarat, from tram to bus with the first of the replacement buses adjacent to a tram about to be phased out.

Physical description

Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 17/8/1971 and published in the Courier Supplement of 20/9/1971, showing first tramway replacement bus near Grenville St loop, August 1971 (another pic of the bus was published on 18/8/1971). Shows a Davis Bus with four drivers standing along side with three single truck trams in the loop - No. 13 at the rear. Has the Camp Hotel and the Ballarat Courier Offices in the background.



See Reg Item 3720 also for another use of this photograph.



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.

Inscriptions & markings

On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." with "88%" in blue ink.