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To celebrate the discovery and acquisition of the set, a BHS exhibition is now on at the Golden City Paddle Steamer Museum at Lake Wendouree called IMPRINT.<\/p>\n
It details the history of the Berry Anderson Printing Works, where Henry Berry was a fourth-generation printer. The display is on until June.<\/p>\n
“You can see an original page, on the distinctive pink newsprint, from an 1894 issue of The Sporting World on display at the exhibition,” Ms Littlejohn said.<\/p>\n
IMPRINT also includes newly acquired Berry Anderson printing proofs from as far back as the late 1800s.<\/p>\n
“The days and deeds of Berry Anderson, 1888 to 2021, with their printing, stationery, bookbinding, paper, and packaging activities have left an indelible legacy and imprint that, in many ways, parallels the story of Ballarat itself,” Ms Littlejohn said.<\/p>\n
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THERE wouldn’t be many Ballarat people alive who could say they read The Sporting World when it used to be printed in the city. Following the Ballarat Historical Society’s recent acquisition of a complete set of every copy of the sports newspaper, the publication is being read again. The Sporting World was put to press […]<\/p>\n