Bert Levy

Bert Levy – Australia's first global Vaudeville star

The Railway Picnic at Ballarat.

The Railway Picnic at Ballarat – Leader Newspaper February 8 1902

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196578962/21367922

These sketches are so good they deserve enlargement. The captions for each also priceless.

No. 1. Those who pay
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No. 2. Those ‘on the nod’.

No. 3. The horrified member of the Peace Society
No. 4. The Acting Commissioner ‘Sad in his pleasures’
No. 5. An overworked Minister
No. 6. A Porter’s Enjoyment -‘Hurry up, Please’

No. 7 A Rush for the Last Train

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One response to “The Railway Picnic at Ballarat.”

  1. tomtruck.howard@gmail.com avatar
    tomtruck.howard@gmail.com

    Note his sympathy for the working class and his mild joshing of their “betters”

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