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The Golden City and Its Tramways : Ballarat's Tramway Era

The Golden City and Its Tramways : Ballarat's Tramway Era

Alan Bradley
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Using the wealth of the 1850s goldrushes the founders of Ballarat built a magnificent provincial city. With its elegant Victorian buildings, wide main street, the Botanical Gardens, and Lake Wendouree, it made a fine location for a municipal tramway system. It is a very photogenic city, which from the time of the horse trams, has attracted skilled photographers whose work illustrates this book. Ballarat was a lively city with many factories, theatres, cinemas, schools and sporting clubs; all of which benefited from the trams.

This book is not a dry, technical history, but describes how the citizens of Ballarat used the trams in their daily life, going to work, school, shopping, sport and entertainment. It shows how the trams, and the "trammies" that worked on them, served the city and reflected its character. It brings to life the difficulties experienced in the second world war, when lights were dimmed, petrol severely rationed, and the trams became an essential means of transport for everyone.

This book is more than a social history. It tells how the rise and fall of Ballarat's gold industry affected its tramway system. It also addresses the technology, economics, politics, management, working conditions and competition from other forms of transport.

The author has spent over twenty years gathering information, anecdotes and illustrations from the people who worked on the trams, as well as from books, newspapers and archives to present this fascinating account of trams in Ballarat.
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 2005
ISBN 13
9780959191820

The Golden City and Its Tramways : Ballarat's Tramway Era

Alan Bradley
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Using the wealth of the 1850s goldrushes the founders of Ballarat built a magnificent provincial city. With its elegant Victorian buildings, wide main street, the Botanical Gardens, and Lake Wendouree, it made a fine location for a municipal tramway system. It is a very photogenic city, which from the time of the horse trams, has attracted skilled photographers whose work illustrates this book. Ballarat was a lively city with many factories, theatres, cinemas, schools and sporting clubs; all of which benefited from the trams.

This book is not a dry, technical history, but describes how the citizens of Ballarat used the trams in their daily life, going to work, school, shopping, sport and entertainment. It shows how the trams, and the "trammies" that worked on them, served the city and reflected its character. It brings to life the difficulties experienced in the second world war, when lights were dimmed, petrol severely rationed, and the trams became an essential means of transport for everyone.

This book is more than a social history. It tells how the rise and fall of Ballarat's gold industry affected its tramway system. It also addresses the technology, economics, politics, management, working conditions and competition from other forms of transport.

The author has spent over twenty years gathering information, anecdotes and illustrations from the people who worked on the trams, as well as from books, newspapers and archives to present this fascinating account of trams in Ballarat.
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 2005
ISBN 13
9780959191820

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