# Max Harris Images | MH 321 onwards Source: https://ballaratmi.org.au/research/ballaarat-mechanics-institute-image-collection-2/ The BMI Image Collection is being gradually added to our website. If you are seeking specific images, many are cataloged with Victorian Collections. [Victorian Collections >](https://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/ballarat-mechanics-institute#more-collection) If you would like to purchase a high resolution digital image or request a printed image please complete the image request form. [Digital Image Request >](https://ballaratmi.org.au/product/max-harris-collection-digital-image-request/) [Printed image request >](https://ballaratmi.org.au/product/max-harris-collection-image-request/) **Note:** If you have information, provenance or stories associated with these images, then we would love to hear from you, they will be considered for additional image documentation and recognition. Please use the contact form at the bottom of the page and reference the image category number. Comments/provenance of the collection ## Image Collection News ##### [Ballarat Chess Club | Reinactment of the 1925 Chess Tournament](https://ballaratmi.org.au/ballarat-chess-club-reinactment/) The re-creation of the 1925 chess tournament between Ballarat and... ##### [From the Curator | Condor’s Milk Bar](https://ballaratmi.org.au/condors-milk-bar/) Travel back in time to Conder’s Milk Bar for a... ##### [From the Curator | Shopping at Walter Davis & Co](https://ballaratmi.org.au/walter-davis-and-co/) The art deco beauty of Walter Davis & Co. Walter... ##### [From the Curator | London Chartered Bank Building](https://ballaratmi.org.au/london-chartered-bank-building/) Built in 1866, the former London Chartered Bank Building was... ## More Max Harris images Max was a former cameraman at Studio Cameraman/Audio Operator in the Film Department at BTV Channel 6, Ballarat. He was in the RAAF where he studied photography for 6 years. The Max Harris Photography Collection was compiled by collector and photographer Max Harris over forty years from various sources, including public, private, and his own images. Any knowledge regarding additional information about these images can be made via the contact form at the bottom of the page (quoting the MH reference number) and much appreciated. The images that have been catalogued and uploaded here are from the digital files in the collection. This extensive collection of images was purchased by the Haymes family (David and Jenny) and was donated by them to the BMI to care for this valuable Ballarat asset. **To order a [digital](https://ballaratmi.org.au/product/max-harris-collection-digital-image-request/) or [printed](https://ballaratmi.org.au/product/max-harris-collection-printed-image-request/) copy note the catelogue number below (MH 00).** ![Vintage photo of group picnicing in the bush](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bush-picnic-mh321.jpg) *MH 321 | Bush Picnic* *MH 350 | Arial view of Lake Wendouree & Steamboats, Ballarat* *MH 327 | Rowers on Lake Wendouree, Ballart* *MH 420 | Briants Red Shop Tearooms* *MH 435 | Moorabool Falls* *MH 436 | Our Water Reserve* *MH 437 | Bullock Wagon* *MH 444 | Snow in Ballarat, 22 June 1887* *MH 458 | Town Hall Ballarat East* *MH 466 | Botanical Gardens, Ballarat* *MH 947 | Vine Hotel, corner of Creswick Road & McArthur Street West, Ballarat. Early days of horse drawn tram. Man holding horse is Alexander Ronalds (the hotel publican), Great Grandfather of Brendan Kelly Alexander's wife is on the balcony. The little girl on the tram with the white top is Brendan's Grandmother (who at 5/6 and born in Australia, had a strong Scottish accent). The trams were stored in the stables at the back of the hotel. (This image attribution updated, 23 January 2024, source Brendan Kelly)* [More about MH 947](https://ballaratmi.org.au/canberra-hotel/) *MH 503 | Ballarat, from Bakery Hill* [More about MH 503](https://ballaratmi.org.au/bakery-hill/) *MH 519 | Cobb's Corner Sturt & Lydiard Streets* [More about MH 519](https://ballaratmi.org.au/from-the-curator-national-mutual-building/) *MH 541 | Norama Looking East From Town Hall Tower* *MH 615 | Mt. Warrenheip, Bringing Wood into Mines* *MH 628 | Sturt St looking west from post office* *MH 630 | Clunes, Victoria, 1887* *MH 631 | Lake Wendouree, Winter, Ballarat | Max Harris Collection* *MH 709 | Benevolent Asylum, Ballarat* *MH 762 | Country Cattle Sale | First Prize Australasian | H. J. Ricketson | BMI Max Harris Photographic Collection* *MH 788 | University College 1901* *MH 941 | English Cricket Team outside Craig's Hotel, Ballarat. 1929* [More about MH 941](https://ballaratmi.org.au/summer-of-cricket/) *MH 988 | Royal Mail Hotel, L A Looker | Dunkeld, Victoria* *MH 1106 | Sturt Street 300 Block* *MH 1107 | South Side of Sturt Street, Ballarat, 1947* *MH 1125 | Bus Outside Golden City, Sturt Street, Ballarat, 1960s | BMI Max Harris Photographic Collection* *MH 1211 | Arch of Victory c.1925 | Ballarat Mechanics' Institute Max Harris Photographic Collection* *MH 1295 | The Britannia Theatre, Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute at night, 1938 | Level 2 housed the United Australia Organisation (fore runner of the Library Party)* *MH 1234 | Early 1960's Police Falcon* *MH 1280 | Looking toward Trown Hall from Doveton Stree North | Image for postcard* *MH 1293 | Looking West toward Lydiard Street South* [More about MH 1293](https://ballaratmi.org.au/from-the-curator-national-mutual-building/) *MH 1313 | Chess Match Ballarat vs Geelong 23 April 1925 at Mechanics' Institute | now the Hooper Room* *MH 1335 | Post Office* [More about MH 1335](https://ballaratmi.org.au/post-office-gallery/) *MH 1337 | Putting Second Floor on National Mutual Building* [More about MH 1337](https://ballaratmi.org.au/from-the-curator-national-mutual-building/) *MH 1359 | Looking up Sturt Street, 2nd Block, Night c. 1938* *MH 1363 | The Courier Office, Sturt Street, Ballarat* [More about MH 1363](https://ballaratmi.org.au/the-ballarat-courier/) *MH 1378 | Looking up Sturt Street from Town Hall c. 1890* *MH 1379 | Looking up Sturt Street from Town Hall* *MH 1380 | Looking up Sturt Street From Town Hall Tower* *MH 1382 | Inside the BMI Library, c1930* *MH 1385 | Night Shot Post Office 1938* [More about MH 1385](https://ballaratmi.org.au/post-office-gallery/) *MH 1386 | Post Office 1860* [More about MH 1386](https://ballaratmi.org.au/post-office-gallery/) *MH 1389 | Looking up Sturt Street, c.1938* *MH 1394 | Looking across at the Mechanics' Institute* *MH 1397 | Looking at Post Office Ballarat* *MH 1405 | Looking East from Ballarat School of Mines, Albert Street* *MH 1421 | St Patrick's Day Parade, Ballarat, 1912* *MH 1425 | Sturt Street Montage, Ballarat* *MH 1433 | Unicorn Hotel, Ballarat, circa 1882* *MH 1439 | Ballarat Benevolent Home 3* *MH 1441 | Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Fete Chinese Procession* *MH 1443 | Ballarat National School* [More about MH 1443](https://ballaratmi.org.au/dana-street-primary-school/) *MH 1444 | Ballaratt Benevolent Home* *MH 1446 | Benevolent Asylum Panorama* *MH 1459 | Golden City Steamer passes the Golden City Hotel, Ballarat.* [More about MH 1459](https://ballaratmi.org.au/the-golden-city-steamer/) *MH 1460 | Stallion Sale, Doveton Street North | Original photo taken 10 September 1915 | Max Harris Collection* *MH 1540 | Russell Hill, Brown Hill Area* *MH 1585 | Walter Davis Store Window, 1938* [More about MH 1585](https://ballaratmi.org.au/walter-davis-and-co/) *MH 1615 | Alfred Hall, 1953* *MH 1616 | Alfred Hall, Grenville and Curtis Streets* *MH 1628 | Looking South East Bridge Street, Ballarat, 1930s* *MH 1634 | Family in front of Orphanage* *MH 1648 | Eureka Stockade Swimming Pool, 1950s* *MH 1678 | Centenary Decorated Bridge Street Shops, Ballarat* [More about MH 1678](https://ballaratmi.org.au/spring-1938/) *MH 1681 | Town Hall & Crowd 1938 Festival* *MH 1682 | Central Highland Band in Street Parade* *MH 1686 | Town Hall 1938* *MH 1689 | Town Hall Block 1938* *MH 1692 | Coliseum Burning 3* [More about MH 1692](https://ballaratmi.org.au/the-coliseum-fire/) *MH 1695 | Inside Coliseum, South Street Competitions, Ballarat* *MH 1701 | Coliseum 2* *MH 1702 | Coliseum 3* *MH 1703 | Coliseum 5* *MH 1711 | Decorated Trams* *MH 1719 | Burkes Hotel* *MH 1731 | An early stroll around Lake Wendouree, Ballarat* *MH 1738 | Boat on the Lake, Ballarat, 1971* *MH 1751 | Enclosures at Zoo, Northern Gardens Reserve* *MH 1784 | Ladies Walking in the Gardens* *MH 1790 | Lake Wendouree, Ballarat | Fishing Spot West* *MH 1818 | The Crown at the Shell House, Ballarat 1960s* *MH 1833 | Lucas, temororary work benches after fire, 1945, Ballarat (Geo Stewart)* *MH 1835 | Lucas, Making Up Section, New Factory, 1946* *MH 1838 | Lucas Dining Hall Welfare 1st Annual Dinner 1946* *MH 1841 | Lucas Girls Load Bricks at Selkirks* *MH 1843 | Child Models Lucas’s 1945* *MH 1844 | Lucas models, 1945* *MH 1849 | King George V & Queen Mary driving along Main Road, May 13 1901, Ballarat* *MH 1851 | Unknown Horsewoman* *MH 1853 | Ballarat Goal Rear shot 1865* *MH 1870 | Darling Smith Carriers* *MH 1872 | Early Railway Station, Ballarat* *MH 1875 | Gaol 1960's Prior To Being Moved, Ballarat* *MH 1887 | Laying Foundation Stone Trades Hall, Ballarat, 1887* *MH 1897 | Looking Down Lydiard Street North Showing Federal Hotel* *MH 1900 | Lydiard St Flood 1983* [More about Mh 1900](https://ballaratmi.org.au/foto-biennale/) *MH 1904 | Coliseum Inside* *MH 1909 | Inside Foyer, Provincial Hotel, Ballarat, 1954* *MH 1911 | Laying of the Foundation Stone for the Art Gallery, Ballarat* *MH 1916 | Looking toward Post Office from Town Hall* *MH 1927 | National Mutual Building Sketch* *MH 1934 | Railway Crossing and Station, Ballarat* *MH 1967 | Construction of Ballarat Civic Hall* *MH 1969 | Mair Street, just down from Lydiard Street, Ballarat* Back to the top [Back Page 1 of Image Collection](https://ballaratmi.org.au/research/ballaarat-mechanics-institute-image-collection/) ### BMI Image Collection - Comments, your memories, questions or provenance that relate to any of these images Back to the top