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Looking through some archival photos online, I found these great sets of ads on a railway billboard.

Oh how I wish posters were still as elegant as this.

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Ballarat : then

While looking around the internet, I noticed the State Library of Victoria had these pictures of homes in Sturt Street West...I'm sure they're the same homes from last month's walking tour.
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Ballarat Walking Tour

Yesterday we partook of the Inter-war housing walking tour in Ballarat. Here's some nice housies for your enjoyment...I want to move in!

This car happened to drive past...shame about the old Ford in the background!

Designed 1928.

I think this one was 1935 designed by HL Coburn.



Built by George Burchett.











I think this one is credited as "first appearing in rate books 1939".

Again, I think this one is "first appeared in rate books 1931".


Shame about the TV antennas, we could be back in time.

Victorian fence, so I'm guessing they knocked down the original house to build this lovely one.

So very English. I think this is another HL Coburn house.

Welcome to the neighbourhood!

Excited

Bernice is indeed a bit excited! Apart from lots of nice visits from lovely friends following this post, there was a visit to the Art Deco exhibition yesterday at the National Gallery (where I noticed lots of David Thompson's wonderful photos) and now, also via David's blog, I found this. Hooray for Art Deco in regional Victoria.
So much goodness!!

More cups...

A friend's blog pointed me to this site. So I've been playing with my pics.

Shopfront in Clunes, Victoria.