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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Call to post cards early, 1/01/1993 12:00:00 AM
... Post box used was donated by the Nunawading Historical... Mitcham melbourne Post box used was donated by the Nunawading ...Paul Frank has restored a 1940s pillar box which is used in a 'Post early for Christmas' display. Photograph. Cutting from Nunawading Gazette, 22/11/1993eastern mail centre, postal services, christmas, historical society -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1991
... Black and white photograph showing private post boxes... private post boxes at Post Office and new sign above them Lakes ...Boxes will be illuminated when private box sorting is completed each dayBlack and white photograph showing private post boxes at Post Office and new sign above them Lakes Entrance Victoria. Plus 1 other coloured photo of the mail box outside the Post Officebusinesses -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Kalorama Post Office, FiveWays c1994, c1994
... to the shop at Silvandale but the post boxes are still set... but the post boxes are still set into the wall. The post office ...The post office business had recently been removed to the shop at Silvandale but the post boxes are still set into the wall. The post office building had been on this site for about 100 years.fiveways, kalorama, post office -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Koroit Post Office, 2015, 21/12/2015
... Photographs showing the bluestone Koroit Post Office, phone...Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post ...The town borrows its name from the Koroitch Gundidj people who occupied the area prior to European settlement. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koroit, accessed 21 December 2016) Koroit was first surveyed as a township in 1847. Around the 1850 the district had the highest population of Irish immigrants in rural Australia. The Koroit Post Office was designed by architect and engineer John Mason of Port Fairy. (Moyne Shire Heritage Study 2006 Stage 2, Volume 2: Environmental History, Prepared for Moyne Shire Council Helen Doyle in association with Context Pty Ltd, 2006.) Rosebrook Bridge, Rosebrook (1853; replaced) Post Office buildings, Bank Street, Port Fairy (c.1857) The author Henry Handel Richardson lived in the Koroit Post Office as a child after her family moved to Koroit in 1878. Remembering Koroit from her youth, the third volume in her The Fortunes of Richard Mahony trilogy is set in the town. When the author was six, her father Walter died in Koroit on 1 August 1879 and was buried at the Koroit cemetery. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koroit, accessed 21 December 2016) In 1878 Mary Richardson was appointed postmistress of the Koroit Post Office at a salary of 72 pounds with free quarters, firewood and kerosene. She lived at the back of the Post Office. (From a Green and Pleasant Land by H. McCorkell and P. Yule.) Photographs showing the bluestone Koroit Post Office, phone box and postbox. It is located at 99 Commercial Road, Koroit. "Historic Area Statement of Significance: The significance of Koroit derives from its role as the urban centre of one of the most concentrated Irish Roman Catholic rural districts in Australia, noted for its mixed livestock and cropping argicultural patterns. This is reflected in two separate and distinctive areas in the town - the administrative/commercial area and the church precinct. The administrative and commercial area (focussing on the Boundary-Commercial Road/High Street intersection and the Koroit Hotel) consists of a number of significant public buildings and leads to a street of relatively intact humble shopfronts and kerbline verandahs, visually punctuated by opposing bank facades. The church precinct is dominated by a group of Catholic buildings larger in scale and more complete in range than those in any comparably sized Victorian town." http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/69338#sthash.ELLuSMvg.dpuf, accessed 21 December 2016."koroit, post office, phone box, payphone, bluestone, henry handel richardson, koroit post office -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Looking for a home, 1982
... suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside... that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth ...Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.nunawading historical society, letter boxes -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Carboard box with glasses
... 8611.1 - Glasses 8611.2 - Prescription 8611.3 - Posted... - Posted glasses box 8611.4 - Note Carboard box with glasses. ...8611.1 - Glasses 8611.2 - Prescription 8611.3 - Posted glasses box 8611.4 - Note- Alfred Nott PTY. LTD - Opticians - T&G Buildings - Cor. Collins & Russell streets Melbourne - Phone: Central 26372638 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - MEDALLION, BOX, CERTIFICATE, 1965
... ) certificate from the commonwealth of AUST .4) .5) cardboard post box... the commonwealth of AUST .4) .5) cardboard post box & lid Souvenir ...George KERSHAW No 814 enlisted in the AIF in G Coy 6th Batt on 17.8.1914 age 23 years. Embarked for Egypt 19.10.1914, embarked for Gallipoli 5.4.1915, reported missing 25.4.1915, a Court of Enquiry held on 24.4.1916 finds that he was KIA 25.4.1915..1) ANZAC medallion awarded tp George Kershaw .2) hinged lidded presentation box black with purple velvet lining. .3) certificate from the commonwealth of AUST .4) .5) cardboard post box & lid “G Kershaw”numismatics - medals, military, containers - commercial, documents - certificates, military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Post Office, 1960c
... chimneys. Post boxes and weighing machine in alcove to right... internal chimneys. Post boxes and weighing machine in alcove ...This photpgraph was taken prior to post office upgrade in 1980.|Also enlarged copy 18 x 25.5 cm|This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year, Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number is 01405.1.|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room display.Black and white photograph showing the front view from Esplanade of Post Office. Power pole, street light and two internal chimneys. Post boxes and weighing machine in alcove to right and Postmasters residence. Lakes Entrance Victoriatownship, postal services, room display -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Warrandyte Post Office, c.1972, 1972
... . - Victorian Heritage Database warrandyte post office telephone box ...The weatherboard building was built in the 1870s. It operated as a post office from 1876-1972. In 1988, the Warrandyte Historical Society took over the building and created a museum - https://whsoc.org.au/who-we-are/Of regional significance as an early building demonstrating the typical characteristics of early timber structures, and for its historical importance as the only relatively intact building in the town's main street dating from the gold mining period. It is also of local social significance for its important and continuing associations with the social and economic life of the town for over 100 years. - Victorian Heritage DatabaseDigital TIFF file Scan of 9 x 12.5 cm black and white printwarrandyte post office, telephone box, weatherboard house -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Photograph - Glen Huntly Post Office, Glenhuntly Road, Glen Huntly
... post box. The photographer is unknown.... (130mm x 89mm) of a nearby post box. The photographer is unknown ...Two colour photographs (89mm x 130mm; 130mm x 89mm) of the exterior of the Glen Huntly Post Office, taken 11/1980. The file also includes one colour photograph (130mm x 89mm) of a nearby post box. The photographer is unknown.glen huntly post office, glen huntly, glen huntly road, grange road, post offices, glenhuntly, glenhuntly road, letter boxes -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Peter Moses, Aug. 1971
... station behind the tram. Shows the Post Box in front... behind the tram. Shows the Post Box in front of the Beauty Salon ...Photo of SEC Ballarat Tram No. 27 turning from Macarthur St into Drummond St. North. Has a Beauty Salon on the corner and a service station behind the tram. Shows the Post Box in front of the Beauty Salon. Name of the Salon "?otte" Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses August 1971.On back of slide in black ink "No. 27, Ballarat / Cnr Macarthur Drummond Sts Old Cemetery" .tramways, trams, macarthur st, drummond st. nth, tram 27 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Historical Society, Post Boxes in front of Stawell Historical Society, October 2018
... Series of photographs of Red Post Boxes at Stawell... Stawell for over 100 years. Post Boxes in front of Stawell ...Series of photographs of Red Post Boxes at Stawell Historical Society. One donated 12/11/1989 and the other October 2018. Included is a photograph of manager Stawell Post Office, Kylie Adamson and SHS member Greg Robson. The later box was originally at corner of Main and Patrick streets Stawell for over 100 years.post, australia post, mail -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Artwork, other - Ink Line Drawing, Margaret Picken, Units 1+2/2 Lusk Dve., Vermont, 1994
... is a front lawn, and a brick post box. There are two hole punch... is a front lawn, and a brick post box. There are two hole punch ...A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 125 Jolimont Rd., Vermont This property is listed as having sold for $124,000 in 1994 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of two single story brick houses, one behind the other. There is a driveway on the left leading to the house at the back of the block, with paths up to the front doors. In the foreground on the right is a front lawn, and a brick post box. There are two hole punch holes just below centre of the upper edgeUnits 1+2/2 Lusk Dve., Vermont Margaret Picken - 93 Woodardswhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, vermont, vermont south -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, Kath McWilliam near Jack Rodda's Service Station 1939
... is Garage Square Post Office box..... In the background is Garage Square Post Office box. jack rodda kath ...Jack Rodda's Service Station was located at Eclipse Ford's present location in Albert Street, Sebastopol. In the background is Garage Square Post Office box.jack rodda, kath mcwilliam, sebastopol, commerical, post, service station, albert street -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Here's the mail, 8/09/1992
... post boxes for rental. Project manager, Bob Beer said.... It will have a post office, 1,000 post boxes for rental. Project ...Article in Nunawading Gazette. Nunawading's new $5.6 million Eastern Mail Service due to be completed ahead of schedule in October 1992 and below budget. It will have a post office, 1,000 post boxes for rental. Project manager, Bob Beer said it will be equipped with the latest mail sorting equipment to handle 1 million articles a day. Australia Post purchased the land (former Eastbridge Migrant Hostel for $2.8 Million.post offices, rooks road, nunawading, eastern mail centre, beer, bob, eastbridge migrant hostel -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Mark Plummer, Dec. 1968
... Lager sign on the roof. A red pillar post box in the right hand... Lager sign on the roof. A red pillar post box in the right hand ...Photo of Ballarat tram No. 21, dressed as the Myers Santa Showboat tram, outbound or westbound in Sturt St. during December 1968. Photo taken at Dawson St., with the Golden City Hotel in the background. Tram has destination of "Grey St". Hotel has a Fosters Lager sign on the roof. A red pillar post box in the right hand side of the photograph. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken Mark Plummer, December 1968.tramways, trams, myers santa tram, decorated trams, sturt st, dawson st, tram 21 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Sentry Box, 1992
... gate posts. Stone sentry box centre and behind... stone square gate posts. Stone sentry box centre and behind ...Colour photo of fence and the two imposing stone square gate posts. Stone sentry box centre and behind -
Orbost & District Historical Society
posters and map, Snowy River Mail as "Mail" Print, 1968
... post box number. The date is noted as October, 11th and 12th... post box number. The date is noted as October, 11th and 12th ...This event was held in Orbost near the billabong and present football field.These items are part of a significant event held in Orbost.Two posters with blue background and red and blue print. There is a photograph of a gas rig and helicopter below "EAST GIPPSLAND TRADE FAIR" in red print. Below headings in red print -"Displays, Demonstrations and Catering" are, in black prin,t lists of activities and exhibitions at the fair. At the bottom of the page there is a logo which appeaars to be that of the Electricity Supply Department. In the bottom right corner is "Enquiries to G. Holding" with an Orbost post box number. The date is noted as October, 11th and 12th 1968.east-gippsland-trade-fair -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Papers read before the Box Hill City Historical Society and some research notes Vol. IV 1974 - 1975, 1975
... box hill post office..., memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office..., memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office... (mr) thomas hogg box hill post office brewer family surrey ...A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the Sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the Sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.Title page: Alan Holtbox hill city historical society, (ms) iris roderick, bovills of balwyn, box hill, girl guides, tennis clubs, sport, surrey hills rose society, (mr) james henry simpson, beatrice avenue, (mr) james allan, (mr) thomas hogg, box hill post office, brewer family, surrey hills, clay industry, health services, (mr) john k blogg, (miss)kitty mcewan, empire day, festivals and celebrations, albany crescent, fires, 1935, box hill medical centre, (dr) (mr) john de la roche bragge, (dr) (mr) alfred purdue vaughan, (dr) (mr) walter joseph craig, fairbank hospital, (dr) b n gandevia, windsor crescent, deepdene outer circle railway -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street & Patrick Streets corner looking East down Patrick Street with the Foresters Hotel on left corner 1878
... Street. Post Box on Corner at right of photo. 1878... Street. Post Box on Corner at right of photo. 1878 stawell ...First floor view from corner of Main & Patrick Streets looking East down Patrick Street. Weatherboard Foresters Hotel in Main Street on left corner. Businesses visible down Patrick street, Foresters Hotel, J.H. Wallis Royal Exchange Hotel on Big Hillside of Street. With St Patrick's church tower visible in distance. Melbourne Cash Store Wines and Spirits on corner of Patrick and Sloane Street near centre of photo. Ferns Hotel / Times office on right of photo, corner of Patrick and Main Street. Post Box on Corner at right of photo. 1878First floor view from Main Street Patrick Street intersection looking down Patrick Street. Foresters Hotel on left. Victorian Views. C. Herbert, Photo. Stawell 1878stawell businesses streetscape -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Glove box, post W.W.II
... The box was used for storing long gloves post W.W.II...The box was used for storing long gloves post W.W.II ...The box was used for storing long gloves post W.W.II. The box was possibly later used as a pencil case. A long rectangular pale yellow plastic glove box with faux wood grain and a piano hinge. Engraved on the top in navy blue cursive script is the word 'Gloves', with extensive flourishes. 'Gloves'glove boxes, gloves, boxes, clothing storage containers -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Papers read before the Box Hill City Historical Society and some research notes Vol. IV 1974 - 1975, 1975
... box hill post office..., memories of Surrey Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office..., memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office..., memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office ...A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surrey Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn. Deepdene crescent outer circle railway A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.box hill city historical society, (ms) iris roderick, bovills of balwyn, box hill, girl guides, tennis clubs, sport, surrey hills rose society, (mr) james henry simpson, beatrice avenue, (mr) james allan, (mr) thomas hogg, box hill post office, brewer family, surrey hills, clay industry, health services, (mr) john k blogg, (miss) kitty mcewan, empire day, festivals and celebrations, albany crescent, fires, 1935, box hill medical centre, (dr) (mr)john de la roche bragge, vaughan, alfred purdue (dr) (mr), (dr) (mr) walter joseph craig, fairbank hospital, (dr) b.n. gandevia -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Railway Signal Box at the left with Two churches in the background -- Postcard
... Post Card Railway signal Box at left. Two churches... grampians Post Card Railway signal Box at left. Two churches ...Post Card Railway signal Box at left. Two churches in Background.stawell railways transport -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, J. Keenan, Ansett Transport Industries. Correspondence letter to the School of Mines & Industries, Ballarat, 1949, 09/12/1949
... Ansett Motors Ltd. Hamilton Post Office Box Handwritten... Motors Ltd. Hamilton Post Office Box Handwritten A.142, and 13/12 ...J. Keenan is responding to Richard Walter Richards' request from the 29th November to obtain a 4-cylinder diesel engine for the purpose of assisting in the training of Motor Mechanics at the Ballarat School of Mines. Keenan states that the company regrets to inform Richards that they are unable to fulfil his request and cannot offer any other suggestions as to where to locate a suitable engine.A letter of correspondence from J. Keenan, General Manager of Ansett Transport Industries. (Division of Ansett Transport Industries Ltd.), 414 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria towards Mr. Richard Walter Richards, The Principal of the School of Mines & Industries, Ballarat, VIC. The letter is dated 9th December, 1949.Ansett Motors Ltd. Hamilton Post Office Box Handwritten A.142, and 13/12/49 in top left hand corner in pen, RMR in pencil. Signed J. Keenan.ansett, ansett motors,ansett transport industries, ansett travel service, ballarat school of mines, j. keenan, r.w. richards, dick richards,pioneer tours, ansett airways, ansett travel hotels, diesel engine, motor mechanic, hamilton -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Autobiography of Norman Bruce Kerr
... box hill post office... a postman at Box Hill Post Office. Some notes have been documents... a postman at Box Hill Post Office. Some notes have been documents..., after the war he became a postman at Box Hill Post Office. Some ...Born 3rd June 1922 in Surrey Hills, Norman documents his life as it revolved around Surrey Hills and Box Hill. He went to Surrey Hills State School and later, after the war he became a postman at Box Hill Post Office. Some notes have been documents by specific years. The Addendum documents the common lifestyles of the day.Born 3rd June 1922 in Surrey Hills, Norman documents his life as it revolved around Surrey Hills and Box Hill. He went to Surrey Hills State School and later, after the war he became a postman at Box Hill Post Office. Some notes have been documents by specific years. The Addendum documents the common lifestyles of the day.shepherd street, presbyterian church, (mr) - woolford, surrey hills, schools, (mr) - fury, webb's dairy, surrey hills state school, (mr) - pola, (mr) - bevan, verona street, postmasters, (mrs) - webb, box hill south, box hill post office, churches, world war, 1939-1945, (mr) norman bruce kerr -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter - Letterhead, Heralds Loan, Ministry of Transport, early 1980's?
... /- of the MMTB 616 Little Collins St. Has the telephone numbers, post... Little Collins St. Has the telephone numbers, post office box ...Letterhead - quarto paper, with a watermark, for the State of Victoria, Ministry of Transport Tramway Appeal Board, c/- of the MMTB 616 Little Collins St. Has the telephone numbers, post office box and address. Watermark: "Heralds Loan Rag Content Made in Australia" with a logo above.trams, tramways, mmtb, letterhead, appeals, personnel -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter - Letterhead, Logan Vale, Letterhead - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, c1960?
... numbers, post office box and address and the name of the Secretary..., telegraphic address, telephone numbers, post office box and address ...Letterhead - quarto paper, with a Logan Vale, Parchment, Made in Britain watermark, for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Has the Board Logo, telegraphic address, telephone numbers, post office box and address and the name of the Secretary, Mr. W. Aird. Where the letterhead was printed is questionable, likely Melbourne. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, letterhead -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Poster - Kangaroo Hoppet 2006
... 03 57541045 POST P.O. Box... POST P.O. Box 400 Mount Beauty 3699 newfishPees An image ...The Kangaroo Hoppet is Australia’s premier long distance cross country ski race, and a member of the Worldloppet series of international cross country ski events. The first race at Falls Creek was held in 1979 under the name of “Australian Birkebeiner”. It was a 21km race with about 80 participants organised by the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club of Mount Beauty. The course started and finished at Falls Creek Alpine Resort and took participants out into the Bogong High Plains. After running the event for 10 years, it was decided they should become part of the Worldloppet series of marathon ski races. Representatives from the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club and the Australian Ski Federation attended the Worldloppet Annual Meeting in Finland in June 1990 to put the case for the acceptance of an Australian event into the Worldloppet series. Before being admitted, they had to demonstrate that the Birkebeiner Club could run a world class event, so three months later in August 1990 a 42km event named the Australian International Ski Marathon was held at Falls Creek together with a 21km Birkebeiner race and a 7km event called the Birkebeiner Lite. The event was approved by delegates from USA, Norway and Austria, in 1991 Australia became the 12th member of Worldloppet, with the condition that there had to be a name change. After some late night discussion allegedly involving red wine from North East Victoria the main event became the 42km Kangaroo Hoppet, with the minor events being the 21km Australian Birkebeiner, and 7km Joey Hoppet. In the winter of 1991, the first Kangaroo Hoppet was held. It was a great success and has been a regular fixture on the international ski calendar ever since. It features the main 42km event as well as a 21km event and a 7km event. The Hoppet brings the Australian snowfields to an international audience. In 2006 the Men's Winner was Ben Sim from Australia in a time of 1:13:17. The winner of the Women's event was Natascia Leonardi-Cortesi of Switzerland in a time of 1:23:20. This was a very poor snow season with no snow in the Nordic Bowl, on Heathy Spur or on the trail around the Lake so the course had to be modified.This poster is significant because it documents an event which brings international attention to Falls Creek and the surrounding region.An image of a large group of skiers in reddish tones on white-blue snow. All writing is in blue text. The logos of Tourism Victoria and Worldloppet are on the right hand side in red tones. A blue fish is beside the text at the bottom.Beneath the image: KANGAROO HOPPET 16 August 26 Falls Creek Australia 2006 EMAIL [email protected] WEB www.hoppet.com.au PH +61 3 57541045 03 57541045 POST P.O. Box 400 Mount Beauty 3699 newfishPeeskangaroo hoppet, worldloppet events, falls creek, mt. beauty -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Box Hill and Doncaster Electric Tramway Co, 1/10/1989 12:00:00 AM
... between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889... between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 ...History of the first electric tram in Australia which ran between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 and January 1896.History of the first electric tram in Australia which ran between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 and January 1896.History of the first electric tram in Australia which ran between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 and January 1896.tram services, station street, box hill, elgar road, doncaster, box hill and doncaster electric tramway co, doncaster road, doncaster -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Poster - Kangaroo Hoppet 2005
... 1045 FAX (03) 5754 4475 POST P.O. Box 400 Mount Beauty 3699 ... 4475 POST P.O. Box 400 Mount Beauty 3699 A blue and white ...The Kangaroo Hoppet is Australia’s premier long distance cross country ski race, and a member of the Worldloppet series of international cross country ski events. The first race at Falls Creek was held in 1979 under the name of “Australian Birkebeiner”. It was a 21km race with about 80 participants organised by the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club of Mount Beauty. The course started and finished at Falls Creek Alpine Resort and took participants out into the Bogong High Plains. After running the event for 10 years, it was decided they should become part of the Worldloppet series of marathon ski races. Representatives from the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club and the Australian Ski Federation attended the Worldloppet Annual Meeting in Finland in June 1990 to put the case for the acceptance of an Australian event into the Worldloppet series. Before being admitted, they had to demonstrate that the Birkebeiner Club could run a world class event, so three months later in August 1990 a 42km event named the Australian International Ski Marathon was held at Falls Creek together with a 21km Birkebeiner race and a 7km event called the Birkebeiner Lite. The event was approved by delegates from USA, Norway and Austria, in 1991 Australia became the 12th member of Worldloppet, with the condition that there had to be a name change. After some late night discussion allegedly involving red wine from North East Victoria the main event became the 42km Kangaroo Hoppet, with the minor events being the 21km Australian Birkebeiner, and 7km Joey Hoppet. In the winter of 1991, the first Kangaroo Hoppet was held. It was a great success and has been a regular fixture on the international ski calendar ever since. It features the main 42km event as well as a 21km event and a 7km event. The Hoppet brings the Australian snowfields to an international audience. In 2005 the Men's Winner was Ben Sim from Australia in a time of 1:38:35. The winner of the Women's event was Clare-Louise Brumley of Australia in a time of 1:56:56. This poster is significant because it documents an event which brings international attention to Falls Creek and the surrounding region.A blue and white poster with two skiers heading towards the sun over which a stylised snowflake has been placed. All writing is in blue text. The logos of Tourism Victoria and Worldloppet are on the right hand side towards the bottom.Beneath the image: KANGAROO HOPPET 15 August 27 Falls Creek Australia 2005 EMAIL [email protected] WEB www.hoppet.com.au TEL (03) 5754 1045 FAX (03) 5754 4475 POST P.O. Box 400 Mount Beauty 3699 kangaroo hoppet, worldloppet events, falls creek, mt. beauty