Historical information

This postcard is part of an album of postcards which date from late 19th century to mid 20th century. It depicts Sturt St Ballarat c1890-1900s. The wide boulevard and historic buildings are indicative of the wealth which was brought to Ballarat as a result of the gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century.

Significance

This postcard is in an album of postcards dating from the late 19th century to mid 20th century. It reflects the popularity of collecting postcards in Australia which reached a height in the early 1900s until around 1920.

Physical description

Postcard of Sturt St, Ballarat - coloured.

Inscriptions & markings

On front, printed: 'Sturt St Ballarat'
On back handwritten: 'My dear Mrs / Brown I write / these few lines ... absent freind [sic friend] / J Drubar'