20cm x 12.5cm black and white photograph of the corrugated metal shed which house the Laffan Bros, Kilmore Motors. There are three petrol bowsers situated outside the building.Written on a sticker on the back: 472 14-86-21 west side Sydney St.garage, automobile repair shop, mechanics

Group of men with new Holden. Bill Patterson on the left.Catalogue card reads, "Bill Patterson Motors Pty. Ltd. Whitehorse Road, Ringwood". Stamp on back of photograph reads, "John Gallagher, Photography". No date

Advertisement in the local paper for Briar Hill Motors, of Briar Hill 1970sPart of a collection of miscellaneous advertisements for businesses in Greensborough and surrounding areas.Digital copy of newspaper advertisement.briar hill motors

Advertisement in the local paper for Fred Shaw Motors, Main Street Greensborough (1959)Part of a collection of historic advertisements from local newspapers, showing local businesses from the mid 20th century.Digital copy of newspaper advertisement.fred shaw motors, main street greensborough

The annual Watsonia Motor Show in Grace Street will showcase unique and classic cars.News clipping, black text, colour image.watsonia motor show

Larger vehicle with three doors. Kingston's Motors Stawell. Driver Bill Kingston.stawell transport

Rear of Stubley Motors 1951. The Stubley Group began in 1946 when Purcell Stubley purchased a site with petrol bowsers in Main Street from 'Snowy' Jessop. In 1948 Purcell began building the new Stubley Motors, working round the old site to keep the business operating. It was completed in 1951.Digital copy of black and white photographpurcell stubley, stubley motors, stubley group greensborough

Written on back of photograph, 'Raffle of car at Pattersons Motors Ringwood. Ticket drawn by Hon. R. Rylah'. Stamped on back of photograph, 'Peter Payens of Ringwood Studios...'

Black and white photographTyped on backing sheet, "Something new in Ringwood's night scenery - the glamorous new showroom of H. G. McLean Motors, in Whitehorse Road, West end, Ringwood."

Stubley Motors 1950s. The Stubley Group began in 1946 when Purcell Stubley purchased a site with petrol bowsers in Main Street from 'Snowy' Jessop. In 1948 Purcell began building the new Stubley Motors, working round the old site to keep the business operating. It was completed in 1951. The Group expanded into a Holden dealership in the 1960s.Digital copy of black and white photographpurcell stubley, stubley motors, stubley group greensborough

Stubley Motors 1950s. The Stubley Group began in 1946 when Purcell Stubley purchased a site with petrol bowsers in Main Street from 'Snowy' Jessop. In 1948 Purcell began building the new Stubley Motors, working round the old site to keep the business operating. It was completed in 1951. The Group expanded into a Holden dealership in the 1960s.Digital copy of black and white photographpurcell stubley, stubley motors, stubley group greensborough

Tom Skals owned Skals Motors, located on the west side of Main Street, north of the rail line.Digital copy of colour photograph.tom skals, skals motors

Greensborough Motors was owned and operated by F.H.Roberts. This advertisement was in the Hurstbridge Advertiser on 1st March 1935 Page 3.Digital copy of newspaper advertisement.roberts family, greensborough motors

Marnoo Motors Chevrolet and Oldsmobile Service Station c1920 with line-up of 1920s Chevrolet's and hand fuel pumps. vehicles transport business

Notification to customers that Howard Mackey Motors Pty Ltd are moving from Binns Street to 19 Simms Road Montmorency.I page advertising leaflet, lack text, blue and red images on white paper.howard mackey motors, simms road montmorency, binns street montmorency

A 5 page typed (foolscap) listing of steam tram motors, NSWGT, Newcastle and Sydney, builders dates, renumbering, builder Nos. scrapping dates. stapled on side in 3 places. Pages numbered 1A, !. 2,3, and 4.Inscription "Return to Wal Jack"newcastle, sydney, nswgt, steam tram motors

Advertisement for Tozer Motors of Tara (?) Road Montmorency. Copied from a booklet produced by Greensborough Primary School [Gr2062] in 1954, entries are sponsors of the publication.Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.greensborough primary school, tozer motors

These advertisements were found in a suitcase donated by a GHS member. The case contained newspapers and other items. This advertisement for Lane's Motors in Exhibition Street Melbourne is from 1935.Although the advertisement not Greensborough based, it came from a local home.Digital copy of newspaper advertisement.lanes motors

Advertisement for Briar Hill Motors corner Sherbourne and Mountainview Roads Briar Hill. Copied from a booklet produced by Greensborough Primary School [Gr2062] in 1954, entries are sponsors of the publication.Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.greensborough primary school, briar hill motors

Black and white photo of Advertisement for Mitcham Motors, Whitehorse Road, Mitcham, Prop. L.P. Booth, taken from Broadbent's Official Road Guide, Jubilee Edition 1946, P.155 First published 1896. 566-568 Whitehorse Road now Mitcham Hotel Bottle Shop.mitcham motors, mitcham hotel

In 2018, Greensborough Historical Society placed plaques in the Main Street area of Greensborough. In these photographs, GHS member Chris Foster, accompanied by GHS President Noel Withers, has photographed the installation of the 'Stubley Motors' plaque on Main Street Greensborough. The Main Street Plaques Project placed historical information about original Greensborough buildings as close to the original site as possible. Further information available on the GHS website. The Plaques were made possible through a Greensborough RSL Grant.Digital copy of 2 colour photographs.main street plaques project, main street greensborough, stubley motors

Two pages of listing of Baldwin built steam tram motors - handwritten, giving builder numbers, type and 'date turned out' - ink and ball point pen. List of steam trams used in NSW government operated tramways. See 132.1 for ARHS Bulletins 4, 7, and 8/1944.baldwin steam tram motors, sydney, nsw

This vehicle is a Chevrolet but was fitted out as an ambulance at Fisherman's Bend, near Melbourne, Victoria by General Motors Holden. It was used by the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. Purchased by Metropolitan Ambulance Service in 1989 from a Military Museum. This vehicle appeared in the filming of the movie "The White Mouse" (the story of Nancy Wake, French Resistance worker in the second World War). It also appeared in the film "Blonde" (the life of Marilyn Monroe). Four-wheeled vehicle used as ambulance. Body painted grey and cream, chrome radiator and bumpers.Vehicle registration number 15170-Hchevrolet, general motors holden, fisherman's bend, ambulance, motor vehicle, raaf (royal australian air force), second world war

Black and white photograph (2 copies)Typed below one photograph: "The last remaining naturally grown gum tree on the Maroondah Highway between Ringwood and the city before it was cut down from out the front of Bill Patterson Motors in 1959. Was a yellow box tree 60 feet high and 75 years old."

This wheel nut was found in a long abandoned car yard (Gino's) located in Maffra, Gippsland, and it belonged to a car from the Belsize Motorcar Company (England). A then local man, Frank Straw who found the wheel nut (in 1968) is the grandson of John Hughes. The latter did an apprenticeship as a coachbuilder with the Belsize Company of Manchester, England. He then emigrated (with his wife) to Australia in 1910 and settling in Maffra opened a coachbuilder's shop . He told his grandson that seven Belsize cars came to Australia and that one made its' way to Maffra where John Hughes worked on it at his shop. John Hughes). Old gold coloured Belsize Wheel Nut (metal) and mounted on a rectangular block of wood.Wheel nut is inscribed as follows: BELSIZE in middle of nut surrounded by four (one in each corner) decoration emblems (as seen in photo) surrounded by a gold circle. Around the outside of the circle are the words Belsize Motors Limited -an asterisk at the beginning and end of the company name. Outside the circle at the bottom is the word MANCHESTER. Around the edge of the top of the wheel nut are two gold line circles.