Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "First Ballarat Tram Route closes Today", Aug. 1971

Significance

Yields information about the extent of the Ballarat bus services that replaced the tram services in 1971 and their extent.

Physical description

Newspaper cuttings, composite, glued to a ruled or line foolscap sheet with the heading ""First Ballarat Tram Route closes Today", the Courier banner Monday 23/8/1971 (the day after the actual first closure) and a map or advertisement authorised by the Transport Regulation Board of the Ballarat bus routes, details, section points and detailed description of six routes.


Would appear to have been compiled from at least two issues of The Courier, possibly by Tom Murray.

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