Rotary Club of Ballarat

Kevin's Corner...some images displayed with permission of the State Library of Victoria and the Ballarat Historical Society Gallery

Buninyong station
Train at Buninyong station
Wendouree parade looking at East Powerstation on the corner of Ripon St
Robinson's grocery store today it's Red Rooster cnr Ascot St Nth and Sturt St
A view of Ballarat College and St Andrews Kirk Sturt St between Lyons & Dawson Sts
Baptist Church Dawson St South
Sturt St 8 hour day late 19th early 20th century
BHS Geriatric Center cnr Ascot and Eyre Sts prior to it's demolition (why) in the late 80's early 1990's
Kevin thinks this shot may have been taken around 1910

Bridge Street
The title reads, " Picturesque Colored Views of Ballarat." In smaller type in the bottom right hand corner and hard to read, Published by H.J. Burston, Postcard Arcade, 40 & 42 Sturt St. Joan and I ran our photographic business for 40 years at this same address.

Postcard cover
Whats left of the old steam boiler house on the White Horse Range between Sebastapol and Mt Clear
Chinese Camp hotel Barkly St
Chinese Camp Ballarat Little Dodds St
View from the Town Hall looking East
View of Sturt street looking West
Mine at Ballarat note poppit head and unloading gantry
The New York Bakery at Sovereign Hill
Sturt St looking NE from above the SE cnr of Doveton St
Looking SE over the cnr of Sturt & Doveton St South
The workings of the Ballarat Town Hall clock
Bill Valpieds shop
Bardwells photography established 1858
Bardwells shop now eureka pizza 2016
A loving cup presented to Ballarat Rotary Club by the Rotary Club of Hackney UK sometime after 1945
The old Theatre Royal that stood in Sturt St one of the main entertainment venues during the goldrush days
From 1901 Palmer Chemist now a Chinese Restaurant
From 1905 the old CBC of Sydney now Walsh Chambers next to Cohens Grand Hotel now the Regent Cimema Complex
The Great Train Smash of 1908 1
The Great Train Smash of 1908 2
The Great Train Smash of 1908 contd and the Beaufort Smash of 1910
St Andrews Church 1860
Ballarat Hospital Clock Tower circa 1890 (with no clock)
Ballarat West looking NE towards Black Hill
Early ad for an upgrade of Carlyons Hotel
Tower at Bungal Dam
WIN TV Studios circa 1980
Sturt St and Armstrong St Sth cnr looking SE Ballarat City Hall
Burke and Wills monument cnr Sturt & Lydiard Sts
Steam engine built at the Ballarat Phoenix Foundry
F.A. Berres (Wholesale & Reatil Tobacconist) Cnr Sturt and Albert Sts
Prince Alfred hand bells part of the collection in the Ballarat Town Hall Tower
Ballarat Town Hall Tower Carrillion bell pull ropes
Theatre Royal Sturt Street
Queens College
Now Messer and Opie Bridge Street
Victoria St Bakery Hill circa 1960
Underneath that facade is the old Theatre Royal
Lydiard St looking North across Sturt St to PO circa 1870
Removal of auxillary transmitter mast from 3BA studio 56 Lydiard St Nth
Advertising taken from a book published in the 1930's
Lower Sturt St circa late 1960's
Lower Sturt St circa Feb 2017
Barneys Wreckers circa 1960's
Dana St hill looking toward Ballarat East
He required an eagle eyed parrot to help him umpire the tennis match
Nothing like a cool one after a tiring drive home through ballarats traffic grid lock
Pushing the envelope for ladder use circa 1930
Grave of Ted Devine "Cabbage Tree Ned"
Ballarats last Cobb & Co coach leaving the stables behind Craigs Hotel in 1913
Headstone listing James M Temby who died in the Australasian mine disaster at Creswick on Dec 13th 1882
Deceased miners laid out following recovery after the Australasian mine disaster at Creswick 13th Dec 1882
Black Hill open cut mine circa 1860 to 1880
Black Hill mullock heap 1 2017
Black Hill mullock heap 2 2017
Gold bearing quartz seam Black Hill 2017
3BA Studios Lydiard St Nth prior to 1950
Stereo view card of Holland in the 1880's
Ballarat Woollen Mills circa 1910
Andersons Mill 1
Andersons Mill 2
Andersons Mill 3
Andersons Mill water race
Andersons Mill water wheel
Alfred Hall demolition 1957
Ballarat circa 1910
Photoshoped Botanical Gardens Gatekeepers Cottage circa 2017 and 19th century
Black Hill circa 1915
Black Hill Ballarat
St James Anglican Church in Church St Nerrina
E J Strickland & Son Cnr Nolan & Seymour Sts looking SE
Ballarat Market circa 1870 to 1890
Fernery at Ballarat Botanical Gardens 1898
Lake Wendouree at Pleasant Street
Town Hall from Lester's Hotel veranda
Sunnyside Woolen Mills circa 1880
Sunnyside Woolen Mills circa 1968
Postcard of Sturt St circa 1920
Golden Mount Pool
Very tall Chinese gentleman circa 19th century
Ballarat East Railway Station looking West
Ballarat from the footbridge at the East Ballarat railway station
Town Cave Caves Gardens Mt Gambier SA
School of Mines and Ballarat Brewing Company
Sturt St circa 1939
A horsedrawn tram travelling south on Armstrong St
The Rotunda that used to grace the Black Hill lookout
Mair St between Lydiard and Armstrong Streets circa late 19th early 20th century
Corner of Creswick Rd and Webster St circa 1980
The building that now houses McDonalds crica 1960's
St John of God Hospital Drummond St 2005
Studio BTV-6 1964 (Kevin Williams remembers it well)
Ballarat Mechanics Institute circa mid to late 19th century
Mair st Town Houses circa early 20th century
spire of the Wesley church Dana st from Bakery hill April 2006
Horse drawn cab outside Craigs Hotel 1890
Old car Bridge st circa 1920
Old Ballarat College buildings near Queen Victoria monument Sturt st Ballarat
Wool stores cnr of Camp and Mair sts Ballarat
Demolished Wool and Skin buyers NE cnr of Mair and Armstrong sts Ballarat circa 1970
Grain silos Ballarat Ring Road circa 2018
The building that sits atop a couple of bakeries that served the goldfields
Printers cnr Mair and Lydiard sts circa 19th century
Albert st flats circa 1970's
Canadian Creek circa 1860
Creek bed 2018 showing timber slats installed in the 1860s
Shoppee's Square Ballarat 1897
Top of the old YMCA building in Lydiard st Ballarat
Facade of Morton and Dunn building Sturt st Ballarat
Top of the Psychiatric Services Building Ballarat Health Services Sturt St Ballarat
The rear of Her Majesteys Theatre and Mechanics Institute building circa 19th century
The front facade of Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat
ANZ Bank building cnr Sturt and Windermere sts
Roof of the Mining Exchange during a down time
Imaginative Police transport circa early 19th century
The Kirk Ballarat circa 19th century
Guess who that is looking on none other than Phil Whitla
Former Congregational Church and Hall built 1881
The now demolished Apolostic church which used to stand in Sturt st West
St Pauls Anglican Church Bakery Hill built 1864
Ballarat saleyards
The engine house for the Enterprise mine at Black Hill
The Ballarat Orphanage cnr of Stawell and Victoria sts circa 1940
The Kirk Ballarat prior to the spire being added
Alfred Hall cnr of Curtis and Grenville sts circa late 19th century
Dana and Albert st intersection just see Christ Church Cathedral under construction
Lutheran Church on the western side of Doveton st south
A quartz gold mine Ballarat East circa early 20th century
Argyle hotel on the corner of Doveton st north and Clarendon sts circa 19th century
Craigs Hotel 19th century when it faced Bath lane not Lydiard st
The Sunshine biscuit factory Victoria st circa mid 20th century
Wooden flume Kirks Reservoir circa late 19th early 20th century
Bluestone Weir Kirks Reservoir
Flume at Kirks Reservoir 21st century
Sovereign Hill in the early stages of development circa 1970
Lydiard st looking north circa 19th century
View of the Ballarat Base Hospital circa 1915
Fountain Ballarat Gardens Fernery circa early 20th century
Old Diorama on what is purported to be the Eureka Stockade site
The now demolished Black Hill lookout at Simms St looking Sth toward Sovereign Hill
Cnr of Drummond st and Mair used to be the nurses training school and living quarters later demolished to become Ballarat Health Services main block
Art Deco building 'Trelawne' built circa 1930
Mike O'Briens eating establishment circa 1967
The former Gerrett's grocery store cnr Lydiard and Walker Sts Ballarat North
Ballarat Teachers College circa 1960's
When the trams used to run in Ballarat
Ballarat golf club sturt street west
What's a light plane doing in a Ballarat Street circa 1960's
Demolition of the old building to make way for the new st john of god hospital
Remember when petrol was less than $1 20c a litre
Sketch by colonial artist Eugene von Geurard
South Star mine, situated in Albert st Sebastopol
Bridge Mall circa 1960's
Its about the billboard to the far right, not the cat on the bonnet of the car
Conaughton real estate building Mair st opposite Congregational Church
Anzac day Ballarat 1930
Sturt and Albert st intersection Ballarat circa 1940's
Looking NE towards the railway station and embankment circa 19th century
Odeon theatre circa 1960's
The Monkey House Ballarat Botanical Gardens circa 1800's
Built around 1880 this hall in Windamere St was first a dance hall then the home of the Salvation Army
The flume from Pincott reservoir to the Gong reservior before the 1939 bushfires
The flume after the 1939 bushfire
Chinese Joss House Main road Ballarat circa 1860's
Locomotive Y112 one of the last built by the Phoenix Foundry in Armstrong St South
The George Hotel circa 1911
Ballarat City Hall circa very early 20th century
Mullock heap viewed from the Black Hill Open Cut circa 19th century
Aldred Hall built 1867
Salvation Army Hall built 1885 sold to McIvors 1917
Salvation Army Hall which became McIvors Foundary
McIvors Foundary was demolished 1971 to make way for the Little Bridge Street Parking lot
SE corner of Albert and Sturt St Ballarat early to mid 20th century
Abandoned gold ore ovens on the western slope of the White Horse range at Sebastapol circa 1960s
Recycled basalt pillars outside Walter Jones park
Basalt pillars outside Ballarat Juvenile Exhibition building Grenville st Ballarat prior to 1911
Statue of William Wallace in the Ballarat Botanical gardens circa early 1900s