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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, City of Ballarat Notice board - Tender Advertisements - 20-2-2022, 20-2-2022
Tender advertisement for the track replacement in Wendouree Parade and construction of the new Museum depot fan. The same advertisement appeared 1 week later. Yields information about the tender for the track replacement in Wendouree Parade.City of Ballarat Notice board - Tender Advertisements - 20-2-2022 obtained from the Ballarat Times News Group newspaper.btm, track replacement, wendouree parade, track work, new museum, tenders -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram No. 40 was the last to run", 18/09/1976 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat titled Tram No. 40 was the last to run"18/9/1976, about the proposals of the BTPS to celebrate the closure of the Ballarat system in 1971. The Society proposed to operate No. 40 all day. Gives a brief history of the tram, the Ballarat system and the BTPS.btps, closure, celebrations, anniversary -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat and The Age, "Fight to save Ballarat trams", "Paddle Steamer Study Planned", 1971
Set of two newspaper clippings pasted onto a single sheet of paper with two Punch holes on the left hand side. First clipping from The Age, p4, dated May 31, 1971 of the setting up of the BTPS by a group of young people the previous day. Has photo of a group taking a photo of the driver (Mr. Les Bird) holding the trolley pole rope. Notes that they hope to keep six trams going, tram to be operated on a voluntary basis similar to Puffing Billy, many of the group were Melbourne students and that the Ballarat contingent was consciously small. The first cutting also has a small piece on the top edge, cut out from the same newspaper referring to the article on page 4, titled "TRAMS". (Source newspaper advised by Alan Bradley 5/7/02 and updated). Second is from The Courier, Ballarat, 8/6/1971, about a Murray River paddle steamer company writing to the City of Ballaarat offering to undertake a feasibility study and discuss with Council the operation of pleasure craft on Lake Wendouree, Also mentions the establishment of the BTPS and its proposals and its letter to Council. See Reg, Item 2487 for print of photograph supplied by the AGE newspaper July 2002. Second copy from donation of the Tom Murray Estate added 20-11-2016. Full image of newspaper article added as image i2. See also Reg Item 7033 for other photographs and tramcar notes.In red ink on the second cutting, below the first paragraph "8-6-71"trams, tramways, paddle steamer, lake wendouree, charters, museum establishment -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Cr Gillespie Shire President, 1972
Eddie and his wife Lorraine Gillespie were part of The Willows Restoration Committee and he was a member of the Mt Cottrell Fire Brigades Group.The Melton Express article about Eddie Gillespie elected as Shire president for Melton Councilcouncil, local identities -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, Video, Vietnam: a television history: Part 1 - The Roots of war (3 copies)
A series of 13 videocassettes (VHS)vietnam - history -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, Opera House trio named
Robin Boyd’s desk cupboard contained two exercise books (item D482.1-D482.2) and assorted articles, essays and other material regarding the building of the Sydney Opera House, inserted inside the front cover of Walkabout magazine, July 1966 (item P1377). This publication is one of those inserts. Many of these were collected by Boyd’s eldest daughter, Mandie, who recalls that her father was writing a book, but was very disillusioned with the way the entire Opera House saga unfolded.Newspaper clippingsydney opera house, utzon, sydney opera house project, walsh st library -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign - Warning Sign - Pay as you enter, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "PAY AS YOU ENTER", 1960's
Sheet steel folded to give a top & bottom strengthening. With SEC green paint on back, yellow painted face & lettered PAY AS YOU ENTER in black paint. Used on each tram to indicate to boarding passengers, to pay the motorman as they entered the tram. If not in use was turned to face away from boarding passengers. Ballarat trams fitted with wooden slides on either side of drivers windows, so that they could face the respective open door. Also use by the BTM for similar purposes. Has been repainted by SEC - can see where painted over previous chips.trams, tramways, secv, fares, tramcar operations -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Education- a living history in Melton, 1986
History of Melton State School 430 article featured in the Telegrapheducation, local architecture -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Vietnam Air War: authentic archive front line footage ( Copy 1), 2000
vietnam war (1961-1975), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, documentary films. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, Geoffrey Hutton, McMahon needs a punchline, 19.10.1971
This is a column with three stories. The third pays tribute to Robin Boyd. Hutton says that 'The Australian Ugliness' is the most important book of the era and he thinks it will become the Bible to improve Australia's quality of life.walsh st library -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Scrapbook Clipping, Library Collection, Ringwood, Victoria
Newspaper Clipping from "The Mail", 20 April 1993, Page18, "Set for trust"'Ringwood Council appears set to transfer a $275,000 surplus into the Ringwood Trust despite strong protests from two North Ward Councilors. Councillors Sylvia Phillips and Neil MacDonald have lobbied strongly against having the surplus from council's 1991/92 budget transferred into the trust. They claimed that by doing so, council was using general revenue to finance legal fees for the Eastland deal, which the public was told would be financed from payments from Coles Myer -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER, ARGUS, Melbourne Argus, C. June 1942
The Argus, Melbourne Tuesday June 2 1942. 6 pages. Main headlines: - 3 midget subs sunk in Sydney Harbour - Rommel trying to fight his way out - No more beer for Germany - Planning vase air offensivedocuments - newspapers, military history, the argus -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "City that went off the rails", "Is it time to get rid of Trams", May. 1969
Newspaper Clipping - set of four clippings adhered to two sides of two sheets of ruled quarto paper with punched holes on the left hand side - from newspapers about the removal of trams from Melbourne 1 - Part one of a Large article written by John Messer of The Age, titled "City that went off the rails" about the impact of the closure of the Brisbane tramway system, quotes Brisbane City Mayor - Clem Jones. Dated 7/5/1969 2 - Second part "Is it time to get rid of Trams", dated 8/5/1969 following the closure of the Brisbane system. Mainly quotes from Brisbane transport officials with some Sydney officials. Has photos of a tram in Swanston St and a crowded tram. 3 - "Willy-nilly scrapping of trams 'nonsense'" - written by F. R. Kirby - Acting Chairman of the MMTB - The Age" responding to John Messer's articles. The Age 20/5/1969. 4 - letter from Bernard Boles of Reservoir about the removal of trams in Collins St and replacement by buses. 5 - "Hour fight to free trapped driver" - The Age 19/5/1969 - about the collision of a panel van at corner of High and Chapel St Prahran 6 - Set of two Letters from Edward Sykes and V. Lovel about the removal of trams - for and against.trams, tramways, brisbane trams, sydney trams, closure, tram replacement, buses, collins st, accidents, letter to the editor -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Various newspaper articles about car parks, children's tiles and improvements to Ringwood Lake 1955 - April 1990
Various newspaper articles about car parks, children's tiles and improvements to Ringwood Lake 1955 - April 1990. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, “Unmasked: the routes of the matter”, 10/04/2021 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clippings titled: “Unmasked: the routes of the matter” by Timna Jacks Newspaper clipping from the Age 10/04/2021 Article about wearing face masks on public transport. Deakin University chair of epidemiology Catherine Bennett said government should reconsider mandatory mask wearing as there were no community transmissions and reintroduce them for outbreaks. Public Transport Users Association Daniel Bowen said masks were the key to safe travel. Government said masks were key to infection prevention. 21% of commuters on route 16 don't wear masks correctly, followed by 16% on routes 11 and 78. Photos shows commuters boarding tram #6041 in CBD without masks.trams, tramways, route 16, route 11, route 78 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Collection of photos of military vessels and crews
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Why did I throw it out?, 1967
Newspaper article by Doris Mattingley on the occasion of 1st birthday of Nunawading Historical Society when members brought along their own personal treasures.local history, mattingley, doris -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Melton Schools-150 years in Melton, 2005
Melton South "The establishment of a settlement of Melton South was induced by the opening of the railway in 1884. This subsequently prompted a number of industries, initially sawmills, and in the early twentieth century, chaff mills. This development coincided with the Exford ‘Closer Settlement’ estate at the beginning of the new century, boosting local population and produce, and the development of the chaff industry which employed many people in the Melton area. (Around 1912 the government had brought out English migrants to settle the Exford estate.) By c.1912 the small Melton Railway Station settlement had a boarding house (probably for chaff or sawmill employees), store, a small church and a hall. The Melton Valley Golf Club originated near the railway station in 1927 (in 1931 it moved to the present Melton links). In 1910 the community had built the large timber ‘Victoria Hall’, which became the focus of community life for several generations. In August of that same year AR Robertson MP and D McDonald applied for the establishment of a school on land set aside for that purpose by the Closer Settlement Board, near the Melton Railway Station settlement. District Inspector McRae recommended that a school for classes up to Grade 3 be established as an adjunct to the Melton State School. And so SS3717, ‘Melton Railway School’, was established in the leased Victoria Hall on 1st December 1911. Thomas Lang, head master at Melton since 1896, was in charge of both schools. As a ‘prep’ school only, it was necessary that the older Melton Railway Station settlement students travel to Melton SS430 at Unitt Street. Since 1912 local residents had been petitioning for the establishment of a separate school at Melton Railway Station on the grounds that it would be better if all children from the one home could attend the same school, and that the Victoria Hall was unsuitable as a school building. As a result an area of 2 acres - Allotment 8, Parish of Djerriwarrh, Exford Estate - was reserved for a State School on 4th March 1914. However the Department wrote that a school would not be established there in the near future, as ‘there is no likelihood in sight that the Railway Station settlement will increase in importance’. Parents persisted with their petitions to the Education Department, claiming that the Victoria Hall was too large, had no fireplace, that teachers were unable to use the wall for teaching aids, and that, being less than 20 metres away from a chaff mill employing 30 men, was too noisy. The turning point came when in 1920 the Hall Committee decided to increase its rent for the hall. In 1920 Head Teacher Lang advised the Education Department to discontinue SS3717 as an adjunct. The District Inspector supported this recommendation, and the schools separated in 1923. In April of that year 41 children, comprising Grades 1-8, moved into an almost completed brick building on the present site. On the 6th July 1923 the official opening of the school took place; after a ceremonial journey from the Hall to the school, speeches were given by the Hon AR Robertson and the Chief Inspector of Education. Everyone then journeyed back to Victoria Hall for a ‘bountiful repast’. (These dates are at odds with the date of 5th March 1925 given in Blake as the date the children occupied the new SS3717 brick school building. ) A teacher’s residence had been purchased for ₤500 in 1923, and the school’s name was changed to ‘Melton South’ in the same year. Even though the older Melton South pupils would no longer have to travel to the Unitt Street school, an additional brick room was still required at the Melton SS430 in that same year. In 1961 a new room was added to the school. In 1972, at the beginning of Melton’s boom as a satellite town, the number of enrolments was 224. The school has since shared in the exponential growth of the town of Melton, and at the time of its jubilee celebration (1983), 524 pupils were enrolled. Victoria Hall, neglected and vandalised, was demolished in 1992. It had been handed back to the Council on condition that it be replaced by a new hall, with the same name, and was commemorated by a plaque. Apart from the 1923 brick school building, and the railway station, none of the principal early Melton South public sites survive. Few early residential sites remain. (Further research will establish whether the house on the corner of Station Street and the railway line was the original teacher’s residence.)" Melton State School "On 17th May 1858 a State subsidised, combined Denominational School was opened by HT Stokes, with an attendance of about 30 children. This school was conducted in the wooden Melton Combined Protestant Church, situated on ‘a creek flat’ thought to be on the north side of Sherwin Street between Pyke and Byran Streets. It is likely that the Church had been established by 1855 and that the first minister was the Rev. Hampshire, who lived in Cambridge House on the Exford Estate. Ministers of the Protestant denominations were invited to hold services there. As there was only one resident Minister in the town (Presbyterian Mr J Lambie), laymen of the various denominations often spoke on Sundays. In 1863 this building was declared a Common School with the number 430. One of its first and most prominent headmasters was John Corr, who served from 1860 to 1864. Most of Mr Corr’s children also became teachers, including Joseph Corr, at the Rockbank school, and J Reford Corr and WS Corr, headmasters and teachers at numerous prestigious private secondary schools around Australia. John Corr purchased land alongside the school and elsewhere in and near Melton, became secretary and treasurer of the new Cemetery Trust, and by July 1861 was deputy registrar of births, deaths and marriages. He walked three miles every Sunday to teach at the Weslyan Sunday School he had established. Despite good reports from the Education Department Inspector, and burgeoning enrolments, the local school committee recommended the dismissal of, firstly, his wife (from the work mistress position), and then him from the headmaster position. Corr saw his dismissal as an attempt to redirect state aid for education from the Combined Protestant school to the support of the Free Presbyterian Minister Rev James Lambie (by one account the owner of the land on which the Common School was erected), whose son-in-law James Scott subsequently assumed responsibility for the school. Rev Lambie failed in his efforts to keep the existing school, which the Education Department Inspector and the majority of Melton citizens regarded as badly situated and badly built. Following a conditional promise of state aid, local contributors in 1868-69 raised ₤72.10.6 towards the cost of an iron-roofed bluestone rubble building 43 ft x 12 ft. This was erected on a new site of 1.5 acres (the present site). The State contributed ₤120 to the new school, which opened in 1870. A very early (c.1874) photograph of the school shows its headmaster and work mistress / assistant teacher (probably James Scott and his wife Jessie) and its (very young) scholars. Similar photos show pupils in front of the school in c.1903, and 1933. In 1877 a second bluestone room costing ₤297 was added and further land acquired from the Agricultural Society (who only needed it two days a year) to enlarge the schoolground to 3 acres. In the early 1880s an underground tank augmented the school water supply and in 1919 a five-roomed wooden residence was added. During this period the school correspondents often compained that the walls of the bluestone buildings were damp, affecting the plaster. In 1923 a brick room 26 ft 6 in by 24 ft with a fireplace and four rooms facing south, was added, and a corridor built to link the three buildings. This served adequately for the next 40 years. The school bell probably dates to 1883. The school also has a memorial gate (1951) to World War One ex-students, and an honour board to the 64 ex-students who served in the First World War. The school roll fell to 42 in the early post war-years, but was boosted by an influx of migrants, mainly from the UK, from the late 1960s. This presaged the boom in Melton’s development, and the corresponding growth of the school, with timber and temporary classrooms added to the previous masonry ones. An endowment pine plantation established in 1930 augmented the school’s fundraising activities when it was harvested in 1968. Part of the site was planted with eucalyptus trees in 1959. Famous ex-students of the early twentieth century included Hector Fraser (internationally successful shooter) and cyclist Sir Hubert Opperman". The Express Telegraph articles about the history of Melton South and Melton State Schoolseducation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, Kennett Opens New School, 29/11/1995 12:00:00 AM
Premier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, officially opens Old Orchard Primary SchoolPremier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, officially opens Old Orchard Primary School, formed after amalgamation of Blackburn North and Middlefield Primary Schools.Premier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, officially opens Old Orchard Primary Schoolkennett, jeff, old orchard primary school, blackburn north primary school, middlefield primary school -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram Milestone", "Still the number one", 27/12/2012 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the 125th anniversary celebrations of the opening of Ballarat Tramways by the Ballarat Tramway Museum.Newspaper clippings from The Courier, 27/12/2012 about the operation of the horse tram on Box Day, 2012, to celebrate 125 years since the opening of the tramways in Ballarat by the BTM. - Front page has the title "Tram Milestone", with a photograph of horse tram in Wendouree Parade, north end. Photo by Jeremy Bannister. Refers to the story on page 4. - Page 4 - title "Still the number one", with a photo by Jeremy Bannister, with horse master Bruce Hill with Clydesdales Katie and Hank at the pick up point and Mia May enjoying the experience. Story written by Fiona Henderson quotes Richard Gilbert, about the event.horse tram, btm, 125 years, wendouree parade -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
local history, book, scrap, newspapers, clunes guardian & gazette -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper, THE WEEKLY TIMES, 1936
SECTION OF THE WEEKLY TIMES AUGUST 29 1936 - MAGAZINE SECTIONlocal history, document, newspaper, town hall, post office -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Whittlesea Post, Mernda market chaos raises fears, 3 May 1978
Trucks unloading late at night outside the Mernda market site on Plenty Road becoming a problem.Historical building of the Shire of WhittleseaNewsprintmernda, mernda market, senior constable robin pantkowski of whittlesea, cr. g. draper, cr. r. hurrey, plenty road mernda -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper - Clipping, Norwood High School, Ringwood, Victoria
October 1987 local newspaper report on students' Social Service Week fundraising of $750 towards the cost of a wheelchair for Lionsbrae Elderly Citizens Hostel in Ringwood.Photo caption: Norwood High students Kristan Renkema, Andrew Strachan, Sonja Simunkovic and David Mendoza present a wheelchair to Mrs Doris Anderson. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Newspaper, Olympic Souvenir, 1956, 19/02/1942
olympic games, mlebourne, john landy, sport -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, Wine cellar, 1973
Copy of Nunawading Regional News, including centrefold of opening of wine cellar at Schwerkolt CottageCopy of Nunawading Regional News, including centrefold of opening of wine cellar at Schwerkolt CottageCopy of Nunawading Regional News, including centrefold of opening of wine cellar at Schwerkolt Cottageschwerkolt cottage, city of nunawading, taylor, frank, athan, anne-marie, jarman, alan, mayors -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping (copy), Blast for Eltham over road, 05/05/1981
An early report of the dissention between Eltham and Diamond Valley shires over the proposed "outer ring road" and its possible extension through to Eltham. This was a precursor to the present day metropolitan ring road.News clipping, black text, slightly smudged copy..metropolitan ring road, shire of diamond valley, shire of eltham -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Film - Interview, Sarah Rood (from Way Back When), In Conversation with David Conolly and Nigel Porteous, 28 January 2016
David Conolly, former lay reader in the 1950s and Nigel Porteous, Chairman in 2016, talk about their experience at the Mission. The movie uses images from the collection and images from the 1952 film.Part of the permanent exhibition "Early Origins" curated by Georgia Melville.Interviews filmed in the Mission to Seafarers for the Early Origins exhibition in 2016early origins, 2016, sarah rood, david conolly, way back when, oral history, interview, mission to seafarers, lay reader, seamen's mission, nigel porteous -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER /CUTTING, 1933
IT SHOWS THE FOUNTAIN IN THE GARDEN, SHIRE HALL, MAIN STREET FROM THE WEST, THE SHOPPING CENTRE, THE STATE SCHOOL PANORAMA, THE STATE SCHOOL SCHOLARS. A CORNER OF THE TOWN. WAR MEMORIAL, GOLD DISCOVERY MONUMENT. E.SA BANK & A PRETTY STRETCH OF THE CREEK, KNITTING MILL.local history, document, newspaper cutting, weickhardt family -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Herald Sun, "The old '36' on the home run", Sep. 1971
Newspaper clipping from The Melbourne Sun, 22/9/1971, about the operation of Ballarat No. 36 promoting the City of Ballarat, during Tourism Week. Notes that it will be running in Swanston St. during the week. Quotes Mr. N.C. Elliott of the MMTB, acting Traffic Manager about the tram. Includes a photo of the tram at a Swanston St. stop. (probably Flinders St.). Notes its running to Hawthorn and the relevant Mayors travelling on the tram. See also Reg. Item 3432.On rear in ink "Sun Wed Sept 22, 1971"melbourne, tourism, mmtb, swanston st, hawthorn