Photograph - Illustration, "Lydiard and Sturt Streets", c1900

Historical information

Illustration titled "Lydiard and Sturt Streets" - Centre of Ballarat, showing Post Office. In the bottom left-hand corner is a single-deck horse tram with a Havelock Tobacco advert on the roof. The illustration gives a sweeping wide angle view of the intersection with the Post Office marked with the words "Post Office". There are several horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians in the view. The image has the initials "HJS" and "PS&Co" on both photos in the bottom corners.

On the rear is a photo of the Gong Gong Reservoir with a note about its size and construction - built 1877.

Significance

Yields information about a single deck horse tram and the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets

Physical description

Illustration cut from a magazine or publication

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