Photography Collection

From the Curator | The Coliseum Fire

We are featuring a photograph from our Ballarat International Foto Biennale exhibition of photographs from the Max Harris Collection, ‘Coliseum Fire.’ The Coliseum was built in Ballarat in 1908 by the Royal South Street Society, a spacious new home for their celebrated Eisteddfods. By the 1930’s, the Coliseum had become a 4,000 seat theatre and …

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From the Curator | We are open, Ballarat International Foto Biennale

We are open for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale!  Come visit our exhibition of photographs from the Max Harris Collection on the theme of Rupture.For this week’s FlashBackFriday we are featuring a photograph from the exhibition, Lydiard Street Flood, 1991. On New Year’s Eve in 1991, Ballarat experienced 76mm of rainfall which caused flooding across the …

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From the Curator | Fancy taking a jaunt to the country this weekend?

How about a journey in a Withers’ White Char-à-banc?The char-à-banc, which comes from the French “carriage with benches”, was a horse-drawn vehicle or later, motor coach. They were open-topped and were often used for taking large parties on sight-seeing adventures. Withers started his char-à-banc business in 1907, escorting Melbournites on sight-seeing trips around country Victoria.A four-day …

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