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Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Melbourne from the Air", early 1940s
... Rose Series postcard No. P 622, titled ""Melbourne from...", Photo looking east over Melbourne with the Melbourne skyline ...Rose Series postcard No. P 622, titled ""Melbourne from the Air", Photo looking east over Melbourne with the Melbourne skyline, railway yards, St Kilda Road, Yarra River and Princes Bridge in the view. Three trams can be seen in the view in St Kilda Road. The building in the middle bottom of the photo is the recently completed Australian Provincial Assurance (APA) Assocation Limited Head Office on the south east corner of Collins and Queen Streets. This 1889 building was refaced and the tower added in 1928-1929. The adding of three additional floors to the Bank of Australasia building, 1875-1876, is well in hand 1929-1931 on the north west corner of Queen and Collins Streets. On the south east corner of the corner of Collins and Market Streets, the new Australian Mutual Provident (AMP) Society Head Office is reaching full height, also constructed 1929-1931. Yields information about an aerial view of Melbourne C1930Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.tramways, trams, aerial views, melbourne, collins st. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Memorabilia - Event Materials, Arts Project Vic, Melbourne Moomba Trams on Parade, 1/04/2002 12:00:00 AM
... of the horse tram in the parade with the South Melbourne skyline... with the South Melbourne skyline in the background. See pdf file ...Set of papers collected for the archives relevant to the visit of BTM Horse Tram No. 1 for the 2002, Melbourne Moomba trams on Parade. .1 - "Call Sheet" - four A4 sheets, giving details of the participant, times, assembly area, parking, contact and notes. Also sheet listing trams in Parade (black and white), Assembly information, and a plan of the tram assembly area showing the location of the various display trams. .2 - Colour A4 sheet of the trams on parade in order of appearance and details of the street party that followed. .3 - Photocopy of a letter from the organisers (Arts Projects Australia) thanking the BTM for participating. .4 - Copy of National Express Group company newsletter for Week 11, 15/3/2002, titled "Weekly Update" with a photograph of the horse tram in the parade with the South Melbourne skyline in the background. See pdf file for full copy.trams, tramways, moomba, trams on parade, melbourne, btm -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Bartel Collectors World Ltd, 36 Ricketty Street Mascot NSW, Z 53 and W 984, c2005
... and the W Malvern Burke Road, route 15. Has the skyline... and the W Malvern Burke Road, route 15. Has the skyline of Melbourne ...Colour post card of Z 53 and W 984 southbound in St Kilda Road, c1995. Z has destination of St Kilda Junction, route 14 and the W Malvern Burke Road, route 15. Has the skyline of Melbourne in the background. Published by Bartel Collectors World Ltd, has title "Melbourne's famous trams" on the back, space of writing, address and stamp. Has a bar code where the stamp would be. Note by W. Doubleday purchased for $1.80 on 22/7/2006 in pencil. 2 copies held.Note by W. Doubleday purchased for $1.80 on 22/7/2006 in pencil.trams, tramways, melbourne, postcards, st kilda rd, tram 53, tram 984 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Kinglake National Park, 27 March 2008
... , has lookouts revealing magnificent views of the Melbourne..., has lookouts revealing magnificent views of the Melbourne ...Fern gullies around Jehosaphat Gully Covered under National Estate. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p125 The magnificent Kinglake National Park, fringing Nillumbik’s north, is the largest national park close to Melbourne. Thanks to the vision and hard work of a band of local people, the park was created from what was rapidly becoming degraded land. Seeing a threat to Kinglake’s indigenous flora and fauna, several prominent local people campaigned for a national park, which was established in 1928.1 Since then, the park has grown through donations and acquisitions of land, from around 13,800 acres of land (5585ha) to 22,360 hectares. The Sugarloaf and Everard Blocks – of almost 8000 hectares – stand in Nillumbik and the park extends into Mitchell and Murrundindi Shires and the City of Whittlesea. Mt Everard commemorates William Hugh Everard, State member for Evelyn when the park was established. Before 1928, European settlers had degraded the Kinglake area, which was named after the celebrated English author and lawyer, Alexander William Kinglake. Remains of gold shafts and diggings in the park are reminders of Kinglake’s first settlers, who hoped to strike it rich at the gold diggings. But like other gold fields in this shire, they proved not very lucrative and soon timber cutting replaced mining in importance. However, before long, the accessible timber supply ran out, so in the 1920s agriculture took over – particularly potatoes and berry fruits – which involved large-scale clearing.2 The park’s instigator was retired Melbourne University Professor of Music, William Laver.3 As chair of the Kinglake Progress Association he began negotiations to have crown lands on the southern scarp of the Great Dividing Range reserved as a national park. Even before the park was proclaimed, from 1927, KPA members cut tracks to the major scenic points. Professor Laver was one of several people who gave land for the park, donating around 50 acres (20ha), including the Jehosaphat Gully.4 Laver chaired the park’s first Committee of Management, which raised money to employ a ranger and provide facilities, including tracks and roads for fire protection vehicles, toilets and shelters. The committee charged fees for firewood collection, some grazing of livestock, and visitor entrance, and obtained small State Government and Eltham Shire grants. In 1957 the State Government provided revenue for national parks. Then, in 1975, the State Government took over the management and the Committee of Management became an advisory committee, which disbanded in 1978. Originally, the park covered crown land in the Shires of Eltham and Whittlesea; then Wombelano Falls in Yea and other areas were added. In 1970 the park extended into the Shires of Eltham, Healesville, Whittlesea and Yea.5 Bush fires have been an ongoing problem. In 1939 hundreds of eucalypts and acacias had to be sown around the Jehosaphat Gully to rejuvenate the forest. To manage bushfires, the Committee of Management, then the State Government, worked closely with the Forestry Commission, shire councils and local fire brigades. Early national parks focussed on recreation. But by the 1980s, conservation, education and scientific research became more important, playing a vital role in preserving representative samples of the natural environment. Each year many thousands of people use the park’s extensive network of walking tracks amongst the protected plant and animal life as well as camping, cycling and horse riding. The park, along the slopes of the Great Dividing Range, has lookouts revealing magnificent views of the Melbourne skyline, Port Phillip Bay, the Yarra Valley and the You Yangs. Vegetation in the Masons Falls area includes messmate forest, Austral grass-trees, ferns and Hazel Pomaderris. In spring, orchids, lilies, everlasting daisies, correas, grevillea and heath appear. Around Jehosaphat Gully are wet and dry forest, fern gullies and banksia. Animal life includes wallabies, kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, possums, gliders and bandicoots. Male lyrebirds can be heard mimicking in the Jehosaphat Gully, particularly in the Everard Block in winter.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, kinglake national park, jehosaphat gully -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard - Folder, Rose Stereograph Co, "Picturesque Views of Melbourne", mid 1930s
... and the Town Hall. 6 - Princes Bridge and city Skyline Melbourne... and the Town Hall. 6 - Princes Bridge and city Skyline Melbourne ...Comprises 12 photos of Melbourne, mid to late 1930s. Produced by Rose Stereograph of Armadale. 1 - Botanical Gardens and Government House Melbourne. - 2 - The MacRobertson Fountain Melbourne - Both the Fountain and the Shrine of Remembrance were completed in 1934. Government House tower features in the background. Also note the absence of any mature trees. See reference - completed 1934. 3 - Flinders Street Railway Station with a "W" class tram in Flinders Street and "Y" class tram in Swanston Street in the view 4 - St Kilda Road Melbourne - Looking south with the Queen Victoria Gardens in the left of the photo. 5 - Collins Street Melbourne - Showing the Regent Theatre, Manchester Unity Building and the Town Hall. 6 - Princes Bridge and city Skyline Melbourne - Shows; Princes Bridge, Yarra River, Excursion Ferry, Princes Walk, Flinders Street Railway Station, the Nicholas and Manchester Unity Buildings in Swanston Street and the Sargood Gardner building in Flinders Street. 7 - The Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens Melbourne - 8 - The Cathedral Corner Melbourne - shows; Young & Jacksons Hotel, St Paul's Cathedral, The Gas & Fuel building, Ball & Walsh Department store and The State Theatre plus several "w" class trams in Swanston Street. 9 - St Kilda Road Melbourne - Looking south from Nolan Street. Note trees still present at the entrance area to the Shrine of Remembrance. 10 - Looking across Princes Bridge to St Kilda Road Melbourne - Looking south from the roof of the Nicolas Building showing; Princes Bridge, St. Kilda Road, The Shrine of Remembrance and the Victoria Barracks in the distance. 11 - Parliament House Melbourne - in Spring Street 12 - Captain Cook's Cottage, Fitzroy Gardens Melbourne - Erected in the gardens in 1934. Yields information about Melbourne city views and new attractions mid 1930s. Paper envelope folder with 6 photos on each side of a foldout section titled "Picturesque Views of Melbourne" melbourne, photo folders, postcards -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph, J.A. McDonald, Eltham-Greensborough Road, 18 Oct. 1956
Bridge Street Bridge Flooding on Hill’s property 18th October 1956 This view is looking west north west from the Bridge Street Bridge across the present day Eltham Skatepark. The shed visibile in the distance is directly opposite Brisbane Street where it used to run into Susan Street but now turns the corner. To the right of the shes is the site for present-dayHarris Plumbing which was formerly occupied by Sibbel Builders; to the left the site now occupied by Bunnings. At the skyline to the right of centreeline is a gap in the trees where the railway line runs. The Silver Street bridge over the railway is visible. Beware!.. our rivers are rising (1956, October 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved August 24, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84392304Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, road construction, shire of eltham, bridge construction, bridge street bridge, eltham, eltham-greensborough road, 1956-10-18, diamond creek (creek), floods, floodwater, hill property, silver street bridge -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Entry Form, Entry form for the Skyline Drive-In “Soap-Box” Derby, to be held along Main Road between Panorama Avenue and Bolton Street, Easter Saturday, 20 April 1957, 1957
1957 was the ninth show held in aid of the Eltham War Memorial Trust.6 page double fold, double sided, printed in blue1957, billy cart, billy cart derby, bolton steet, easter gymkhana, eltham easter gymkhana 1957, eltham war memorial trust, hoyt's skyline drive-in theatres, panorama avenue, soap box derby, soap-box derby -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Slide Set, Nu-Color-Vue Slide, Slides of Melbourne, 1970s
Travel slides were often purchased as a memento of a city visited. This collection of slides is of Melbourne circa 1970s, including the city skyline, Yarra and MCG, St Patrick's Cathedral and Princes Bridge and city skyline at dusk. Also includes slides of a koala and a kookaburra.5 colour slides slide sets, travel slides, melbourne, koalas, kookaburras -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, Down Town New York, 10 September 1949
Allan Charles Quinn was a member of the Merchant Navy from aged 16 as well as being a trained photographer. This photograph was taken during his travels through America whilst still being associated with the Merchant Navy.This photograph captures the New York skyline of 1949 in very clear detail. This photograph is part of a larger collection, know as the Allan Charles Quinn collection, which provides a photographic autobiography of the life of an individual seafarerBlack and white photograph of Manhattan and Hudson River showing skyscrapers in the background with other buildings and general cityscape in foreground.Blue handwritten ink on reverse of photograph "10-9-49".photographs, mission-to-seafarers, seamen, hudson-river, skyscrapers, new-york, allan-charles-quinn, manhattan, skyline, cityscape -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Beautiful Banyule: by Carol Toomey, 1999_
A record of reserves and their features in the City of Banyule 1999. Full title: Beautiful Banyule: a register of out city's natural assets.A register of Banyule's natural assets104 pages, colour illustrations.Soft cover with treed skyline on front cover. 2 copies.Library labels.city of banyule, parks banyule, gardens banyule, historical sites banyule. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Kitchenware, Ladle, 1950s
Kitchen ladle, circa 1950s.Metal soup ladle with wooden handle painted red"Skyline"kitchenware, ladles -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Crane at Watermarc, 11/08/2016
... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Cranes on the skyline at Watermarc ...Cranes on the skyline at Watermarc development 2016. New Banyule Council offices are being built at 1 Flintoff Street, over the Watermarc building.Digital copy of colour photograph.watermarc, one flintoff, banyule council -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Crane at Watermarc, 19/07/2016
... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Cranes on the skyline at Watermarc ...Cranes on the skyline at Watermarc development 2016, taken from Main Street. New Banyule Council offices are being built at 1 Flintoff Street, over the Watermarc building.Digital copy of colour photograph.watermarc, one flintoff, banyule council, main street greensborough -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police motorcycle)
Nine Honda 900s in a V formation with one back in the centre of the V, at the rear of formation, and the city skyline in the background. Circa 1981police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; honda 900 motorcycle -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, View East from Avery Crt North Ringwood. 1981
Written on back of photograph, "24/8/81. View EAST from Avery Crt Nth Ringwood. Wonga Rd in centre below clump of pine trees on skyline. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Northward view from Mullum Road corner, Oban Road, Ringwood - 1981
Written on back of photograph, "E622, N6, 1981. Oban Road between Mullum and Wonga Roads (on skyline)".. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Southward view from the end of Jull Road, North Ringwood - 1981, later extended as Jull Parade
Written on back of photograph, "E621. N4. 1981. Jull Road, North Ringwood from its temporary end looking south towards the sports ground (on skyline). The white car is on Oban Road". -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sugarloaf Reservoir from Skyline Drive, 1989, 1989
Originally contained in a 'magnetic' photo album believed to have been donated by Mr Eric Stephenson, Jingalong, 110 Ryans Road, Eltham, Vic. 3095; relocated to archival safe storage. Sugarloaf Reservoir is situated on former farmland. This large water storage was completed in 1982 and serves Melbourne's northern suburbs. Within the visitor areas are two picnic grounds and other recreational facilities. Below its massive rock embankment is located the Winnecke Treatment Plan designed to purify its water before being piped into Melbourne. The dam partly inundated the old firing ranges of the former Christmas Hills Rifle Club. Source: Christmas Hills Now and then: Yarra Glen & District Historical Society, 2004. Two colour photographsskyline drive, sugarloaf reservoir -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fred Mitchell, Yarra Glen Valley from lookout on Skyline Road, Yarra Glen, 1968, 1968
Digital copy of colour photographfred mitchell collection, 1968, skyline road, yarra glen -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fred Mitchell, Yarra Glen Valley from lookout on Skyline Road, Yarra Glen, 1968, 1968
Digital copy of colour photographfred mitchell collection, 1968, skyline road, yarra glen -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Parking area, London Hotel, Swallow & Ariell and city skyline, Development of TT Lines truck parking area, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 1992
Thirteen (13) colour photographs taken by Lyn Allison as part of Bayside Development Action Group. Photos show the development of TT Line's truck parking area at Station Pier in 1992. .05 - truck parking area, London Hotel, Swallow and Ariell and city skyline in backgroundpiers and wharves - station pier, tt-line co pty ltd, abel tasman, beacon, station pier gatehouse, london family hotel, swallow & ariell ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Parking area, London Hotel, Swallow & Ariell and city skyline, Development of TT Lines truck parking area, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 1992
Thirteen (13) colour photographs taken by Lyn Allison as part of Bayside Development Action Group. Photos show the development of TT Line's truck parking area at Station Pier in 1992. .06 - truck parking area, London Hotel, Swallow and Ariell and city skyline in background also pilingspiers and wharves - station pier, tt-line co pty ltd, abel tasman, beacon, station pier gatehouse, london family hotel, swallow & ariell ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Shrouded city skyline from Port Melbourne, Ron Laing, 1988 - 1999
... Shrouded city skyline from Port Melbourne...Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society Port ...Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.One of a set of 20 colour photographs 1980s-90s, of various events and subjects. This image of a ciry skyline (seen along a Port Melbourne street) shrouded in dust during "the big blow" 14 December 1993ron laing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - City skyline, Ron Laing, 1988 - 1999
... Supermarket carpark showing City skyline and Port Melbourne Town Hall... Supermarket carpark showing City skyline and Port Melbourne Town Hall ...Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.One of a set of 20 colour photographs 1980s-90s, of various events and subjects. Photograph takem from Coles Supermarket carpark showing City skyline and Port Melbourne Town Hall tower in mid distance.ron laing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Pickles Street, 2000
Colour photo of Pickles Street, looking North with the city skyline in the backgroundbuilt environment, pickles street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Queen Street Bridge, Melbourne, 1990s
Colour photograph taken from under King Street Bridge, looking towards Queen Street Bridge with the Yarra River in foreground and the city skyline in backgroundbuilt environment, engineering - bridges -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Card - Promotion, The Anchorage apartments, Life on the beach all year round, c. 1993
'Life on the beach all year round'- card promoting apartments in the redevelopment of Swallow & Ariel'. known as 'The Anchorage'. Features four-colour illustration of the proposed buildings on the foreshore, yachts on the bay, beachgoers, city skyline, rotunda. Reverse has promotional message. c1993built environment - domestic, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, the anchorage, swallow & ariell ltd, hocking stewart, band rotunda -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Port Melbourne foreshore, Elizabeth Cromb, 1990s
Photographed by Betty CROMB, who lived at corner of The Boulevard and Barak Road, after wetlands had been created by the cleanup of the BP site. Before the building of Beacon Cove.One of two colour photos Port Melbourne foreshore, taken and sent by Elizabeth CROMB: Beacon Cove site pre-development. City skyline in background. View toward inland beacon and temporary wetlands soon to become Beacon Cove (The supplementray file is a letter from the donor)natural environment, beacons, town planning, built environment, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, transport - ferries, elizabeth cromb, beacon cove -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, View of Exoghi and Afales Bay - Ithaca, c1970s
At an altitude of 340m, the picturesque village of Exogh in northern Ithaca, lies on the Homeric mountain of Neion. The village overlooks Aphales Bay and across the water the neighbouring island of Lefkada. During the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the Venetian rule, it was one of the most populated villages of the island, offering safety from the pirates, and an excellent view of the channel, the sea and the bays around the northern Ithaca.Some of the earliest Ithacan settlers in Melbourne were from the mountain village of Exoghi, including the founding president AJ.J. Lekatsas (Lucas). The village now has very few permanent residents with most having migrated or moved to the cities of Greece. A coloured photograph of a view overlooking the village of Exoghi and Aphales Bay on the island of Ithaca. The photograph was taken from the bell tower of the church of Panagias (the Virgin/Our Lady) sta Pernarakia located at the top of the mountain. The mountains which are visible across the skyline are the neighbouring island of Lefkada. mountain villages, ithaca -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Bass Strait ferry, Oct 1998
Four colour photographs taken from Bass Strait Ferry .01 - outer end of Station Pier with City backdrop .02 - View to beach and London Hotel and east end of Beacon Cove .03 - Station Pier Gatehouse with Beacon Cove and two of the Beacon Cove towers .04 - View to Port Melbourne Beach, London Hotel, Beacon Cove and City skyline viewing platform/folly in foregroundpiers and wharves - station pier, built environment, london family hotel, beacon cove