Significance

Yields information about the City of Ballarat and its involvement in the promotion of the city through the Begonia Festival. Yields information about the tramway through a map.

Physical description

Programme or book, 16 Quarto pages, centre stapled full colour on semi gloss paper, titled "Ballaarat 70 Begonia Festival" for the 1970 Begonia Festival. 27/2/1970 to 9/3/1970. Gives details of the city, the begonias, industry, how to grow them, Festival activities, agriculture, map showing the city roads, a suggested tour route, tram lines, Eureka stockade, Historical Park (Sovereign Hill), 3BA, The Courier, BTV6, Education and sporting facilities.



Really a City spruiking document with many colour photos.



Note all words with Ballarat in them are spelt with the aa