The 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizen Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSW. In December 1941, 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) converted from horse to mechanised, initially as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 the Regiment was deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Upon its return in April 1945, the Regiment was redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion. It was disbanded following the end of the war. 20th Light Horse was the only light horse regiment to serve overseas in WWII.Rare copy of Regimental magazine produced while on overseas service, WW11Regimental magazine of the 20th Australian Motor Regiment ( AIF ) titled " Black and Gold " prepared and printed while posted at Merauke Dutch New Guinea 1944. Thirty six pages, saddle - stitched and stapled.Written in ink across top edge of cover " V.G.Groutsch."20th, light horse, new guinea, wwii world war two

A faded grey small booklet stapled on the left side with the title Shire of Lillydale printed at the top of the front cover. Under it are two small outlines of crossed ferns and at the bottom of the cover is printed By-Laws No.52 & 62... Building and By-Laws No.53 & 62 Residential Areas. Price 1/6. p.23non-fictionA slim booklet listing the Shire of Lillydale's By-Laws for Building and Residential Areas in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Local Government Acts.local council, by-laws, building by-laws, lillydale

maps, p.16.non-fictionA brief history of the Diamond Valley Railway 71/4 inch gauge tourist railway in Eltham Lower Park.railroad construction - victoria - history, tourist railways and museums - victoria

An audio recording by Mal Rowe at a dinner sponsored by the TMSV at the Wattle Park Chalet of Major General Sir Robert Risson, MMTB Chairman on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). Covers many topics about Melboune's trams, international experiences, fares, loan council, new trams, tickets, reserved track, rates, roads. Recorded the day before a two-day strike by the SEC workers which meant the Melbourne's public transport could not operate. Jim Dowell was the TMSV Chairman at the time and Peter Duckett, a well-known enthusiast and operator of the Model Dockyard in Swanston St.Yields information from the MMTB Chairman's viewpoint on Melbourne's tramways.Set of 3 images and three audio files recorded on a reel to reel tape recorder.robert risson, 50th anniversary, mmtb, jim dowell, peter duckett, tmsv, speach

Film, DVD black printing on white and orange disk. 5th Battalion:The Royal Australian Regiment South Vietnam 1966-70. Tiger motifr and Coat of Arms motif front. NWM Touch Screen Film, DVD. For displayfilm, dvd, touch screen film, dvd

DVD in CaseVietnam War - Vol.2vietnam war - the battle for khe sanh. the 4th infantry division. the big picture

Ill, map, p.16.non-fictionAn account of the ill fated Darling Harbour monorailmonorails - sydney, transit - sydney

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Ticket - "Your Free Family Ticket", printed on white card with the Metropolitan Transit (MTA) and the Victoria 150 logo. Entitled a family of 2 Adults and six children under 15 to free return travel to Flemington (Racecourse?), from 8am to 8pm on 2/2/1985.trams, tramways, metcard, tickets, metlink, victoria 150

Ektachrome slide image. Photograph of soldier talking on a radio awaiting arrival of casualities. Photograph taken by Rudi Evertsthe most impressing thing I remember was the good reaction of the unit on the information that a Dustoff was arriving. The theatre was manned, the triage occupied, and rostered personnel were standing by to move the patients from the chopper to the triage.1st australian field hospital

Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1970, featuring a photograph of SW6 920 on a route 5 in the then new Queensway St Kilda. Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1970 with various details of holidays etc. Has a metal hanging strip with fold out tab on the top and a plain strip on the base.trams, tramways, sw6 class, route 5, queensway, aeta, tram 920

The coins were collected by Jack Grinton No 1043, 38th Batt AIF during 1916-19. Part of the Grinton collection which contained hundreds of negatives and developed photos that he took during the War. Refer Cat No 1280 for service details.Collection of 7 coins from Britain, Belgium, Germany and France .1 British penny, bronze .2 German 10 pfennig, silver coloured, 1912 .3 German 1 pfennig, bronze coloured, 1900 .4 French 1 franc, silver coloured, 1913 .5 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1905 .6 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1903 .7 Belgian coinnuimismatics, coins

Invitation/ticket and program for a screening of Sound Films made available by the Department of Information, held at St Kilda Town Hall on 12 November 1941. The films were of events in Tobruk, Bardia, Greece, Syria and Britain. Also during the evening, musical performances were provided by Amelia Scarce, J Alexander Browne, and City Organist Arnold Colman. Admission was free but donations were sought for the St Kilda Patriotic Society.Grey coloured card, folded and perforated at the fold and printed in bluecity of st kilda, wwii fund-raising, st kilda patriotic society, amelia scarce, j alexander browne, arnold colman

British manufacture XMAS card with Celluloid front - showing floral and vine leaves decoration - reading 'Good luck To Greet You. Xmas message inside. Enclosed in small cardboard box with a one penny Australian Postage stamp .Addressed to Miss Ada Bailey Dudley House, View Street Bendigo, Victoria.British manufactureephemera, mementoes, miss ada bailes dudley house , view street bendigo , victoria