1239.1 - Notice to BTPS members about a Social Meeting to be held at St. Cuthbert's Church Hall, Sturt St. West on 27 Jan. 1972. Notes an inspection of the proposed track to Wendouree Parade and work commenced on the depot foundations. Signed by Hal Cain, President. Printed on pink paper using Stencil process. 1239.2 - Appeal form or notice to members, seeking funds to cover the cost of acquisition of tram No. 33, ($750) and transport ($450) from Hamilton. Gives notes on history of 33 in Hamilton. Donations to be sent to the Treasurer, Mrs. Dean in Box Hill. Gives date of return of tram 33 to Ballarat as 28 April 1977. Printed on yellow paper with duplicator process.1239.2 has "Nancy's" in top right hand corner in blue ink.museums btps, appeals, hamilton, social meetings

Foolscap, stencil cut printed sheet with a joint statement by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV) and the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS) about tramcar preservation in Victoria. Covers the aims of both groups. Printed Dec. 1971, signed by Tony Cooke Public Relations Office of the TMSV and Paul Nicholson, Publicity Officer, BTPS. Has two punch holes on the left hand side and has been folded into four."GN" in black ink and "21/12/71" in pencil in top right hand corner.museums btps, tmsv, tramcar preservation, public relations

Letter produced by stencil or Gestetner process, dated 13/9/1971, by the City of Ballaarat, inviting Mr. L. J. Denmead to a Civic function to mark the occasion of the closure of the Ballarat Tramways on 20/9/1971. Printed onto quarto duplicator paper, with the name of the invitee written in using black ink. Has the City Crest, address, telephone number. Letter gives the details of the function, the occasion and that the newly appointed Chairman of the SEC, Mr. N. R. White will be attending, along with the Mayor, Cr. J.A. Chisholm and the Mayor of Sebastopol, Cr. N. F. Donald. Members of both council were to attend."Mr. L. J. Denmead"trams, tramways, closure, civic functions, city of ballaarat, sec

12 issues of BTPS Newsletter, titled "Information for Members and Interested Parties" from Oct. 1971 to May 1973, with sales sheets and other sheets. All printed, unless noted otherwise, on stencil duplicator using white duplicator paper, foolscap sized sheets. Listed by Neville Gower 10/98 on cover sheet. Some signed by Paul Nicholson Publicity Officer, some noted as edited by N.Gower. Oct. 1971 -pp2 - plus appeal for financial assistance Dec. 1971 - pp2 Jan. 1971 - p2 Feb. 1972 - pp2 - plus list of "Tramcar allocations in Melbourne 1/1/1972" - pp2 ( 2 copies) (with heat sensitive paper copy of this list, stapled in top left hand corner - pp2) Mar. 1972 - pp2 - plus list of disposal of SECV Ballarat tramcars - pp2 April May 1972 - orange paper, plus supplementary foolscap sheet on green paper, for "Bring back 39 to Ballarat", "Sales Department list" and "Driving Training" expression of interest. (2 copies) June-July 1972 - pp2 (2 copies)(copy imaged) September 1972 - pp2 - plus appeal for BTPS funds, p1 on yellow quarto paper. November 1972 - pp2 - plus sales items, 2 sheets, one on blue quarto paper December 1972 - pp2 - plus sale items, pp2 February 1973 - pp2 plus sales items pp2 on light blue paper May 1973 - pp2 plus sales items pp2 on light green paper, with advertisement of Jack Chadwick, Manager of B.V. Menswear Store of 251 Chapel St. Prahran. various notes, dates received, "Noelene's copy" and other notes on some issues in pencil and ink.museums btps, btps newsletters, publicity, sales items

Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways at the end of the 2nd world war - when the tramway traffic was still high. Gives details of rosters arrangements for crews and shows how the roster system worked at the time.3419.1 - Single sheet of off white duplicating paper titled "Motorman/Conductors' Rotation Roster", dated July 1946. Printed by wax cut stencil or Gestetner method. Details the run number that an employee would do for a particular week and day of the week. Has dated of "July 1946" and initials "M.M." in top right hand corner. 3419.2 - ditto, but for Conductors. Runs end in letter C. See also Reg. Item 2293 and 2294 for 1970's versions.In right hand corner of 3419.1 - "BTPS 804" and 3419.2 "BTPS 805" in black ink.trams, tramways, ballarat, rosters, employees, shifts

Significant in being a roster rotation sheet that was corrected and reissued a short time later. Shows how the crews were organised in relation to their work and total times worked.Single sheet of off white duplicating paper titled "Rotation Roster S.134/ R.1 25/8/70". Printed by wax cut stencil or Gestetner method. Details the run number that an employee would do for a particular week and day of the week and the total hours mins worked that week. Has a number of pin hole in the corners and centrally showing that it was used on a board. Has minor changes in ink at the bottom of the sheet that lead to Reg item 2294. See also Reg. Item 2293 for 3/70 version of this document. See Reg Item 2294 for the 14-9-1970 version following changes as shown on this sheet in ink.trams, tramways, ballarat, rosters, employees, shifts

Yields information primarily about New Zealand tram and bus city systems and what the various NZ Museums were doing at the time. Has an article on Ballarat Horse trams and the conversion to electric.Magazine - Tramway Topics - Vol. 7, No. 5 Sep - Oct 1968 - 28 wax cut stencil duplicated pages with printed centre page of photos and printed covers, which are slightly larger in size than the internal sheets. Published by Wellington Tramway Museum, Tramway Historical Society and Tramway Division of MOTAT jointly - editor J. Wilkinson. Contains articles on Brisbane trams for Queen Elizabeth Park, Peak Tram, Auckland, Horse trams in Ballarat, Napier, Wellington and News of Museums etc.On inside of front cover in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation society Catalogue No. 111". In red ink on front cover "Ballarat p9"trams, tramways, ballarat, wellington, auckland, napier

Yields information primarily about New Zealand tram and bus city systems and what the various NZ Museums were doing at the time.Magazine - Tramway Topics - Vol. 5, No. 5, Oct 1966 - 40 wax cut stencil duplicated pages with printed page of photos and printed covers. Published by Wellington Tramway Museum, Tramway Historical Society - editor J. Wilkinson. Contains articles on Christchurch, Orange Empire, Auckland, Dunedin, Invercargill and Museum News.On inside of front cover in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation society Catalogue No. 110".trams, tramways, christchurch, auckland, dunedin tramways, invercargill

Four page foolscap stencil duplicated instruction sheet titled "Notes for Motormen re New Weekly Tickets.", pinned in the top left hand corner. Details the new style of ESCo weekly tickets to be used in Ballarat from Monday 7/2/1927, where two types of tickets were used - Morning and Evening Tickets and Lunch Hour Tickets. Gives instructions on their use, advantages, colours, fraud protection, schedule of timing when tickets issued against the various run numbers on page 3. Page four, titled "Instructions for Conductors re New Weekly Return Tickets and Weekly Tickets" gives instructions re the issuing of 4d return tickets, a new 3d return ticket and how the colours varied with each day. Notes when the tickets will be collected by the clerk for runs 13 and 14. See Reg. Item 2498, 2499 2542 and 2543 for examples of the weekly tickets.In black ink in the top right hand corner "4/2/27" and in ink across top of instruction "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 316."trams, tramways, esco, weekly tickets, instructions, tickets

Set of 12 Australian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletins for the period January 1946 to December 1946. Each page has been stencil duplicated. Index sheets for the journals at the front of the documents. The sheets have been placed in a heavy flysheet and then placed in "The Riven" red coloured spring back binder. Has "J E MAND" written in ink on the front cover.arhs, arlhs, bulletin, journals, railways, tramways, history

Oliver Lewis Randell (1836-1/7/1899) was a Welshman who began in Ballarat in the 1860's before moving to the Bendigo goldfields in 1871. He was a speculator and one of the first members of the Bendigo Stock Exchange. He had large stock holdings throughout the state, including at the time of his death, 2000 shares in the New Chum Mining Co., and 1000 shares in the North Duke Mining Co., both of BendigoThree metal stencils. Brass frame with gold outer edge and oval shape in centre. Name O.L.Randall in one stencil and two with initials OLR in centre. Bailey Bros in left hand corner Engravers in right hand corner Chancery Lane in bottom left hand corner London WC in bottom right hand corner. Cardboard square with Logo on engraver in purple inkstencils, o.l. randall

Produced by the North Sydney Boys High School Railway club, prior to the closure of the Ballarat system - little else written and published at the time about the history and details of the system. A very good booklet for the time - produced entirely by the wax cut stencil process. Has a strong association with the people who prepared the document.Twenty page booklet on the history, operation and tramcars of Ballarat, produced by the Nth Sydney Boys High School Railway Club in July 1971. Printed on a wax cut stencil process, with green covers, drawings, maps, track layout, fleet list, gives tentative closure dates, route descriptions, sketches, stapled on edge. Title "The Ballarat Tram". Stapled on the left hand side. Three copies held - 3rd copy added 22/10/05. 4th copy added 11/10/2007 and image of cover added as well. pdf image of copy added 2/11/13 - to produce the scan, copy 2 was unstapled and filed loose - may not open properly in dbtext. find file and open directly. See Reg Item 6388 for the Bendigo version.3rd copy - page 3 - in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 118", On top right hand corner "Graeme Breydon address stamp"trams, tramways, ballarat trams, secv, tramcars

Tin stencils were used to brand fruit cases to indicate the source and the destination of Harcourt Fruit for sale to local, interstate and overseas markets. These stencils are typical and also indicate grade/size of fruit. These stencils were used by J. B. Smith of Harcourt and N.C. Gaasch of Harcourt. Both of these growers customarily exported their fruit to England and Germany.An aid to marketing and branding Harcourt fruit, which had been sent in wooden cases for sale. Stencils, tin with delivery and sender details. Collection also includes ink block for branding the stencil information on to boxes.

Demonstrates the last timetable issued for Ballarat Tramways and yields information about tram services.285 - Three page photo copy of the final timetable for tram services in Ballarat for the SECV issued March 1970. Page 1 - Sunday, p2 - Saturday, p3 - weekdays. Gives IN and OUT times for each route and notes if from depot etc. Understood to be SECV photocopy. 285.1 - ditto, but actual wax stencil copy on duplicating paper used by Driver / Conductor J. Everett. Has been folded into 8. This copy used in image files. Item added 2/2/2003. 285.2 - ditto - three copies of SECV copies given to the BTPS at the time of closure. Staple horizontally in top left hand corner and marked in ink - see Inscriptions. Items added 9/3/2004. 285.3 - ditto wax stencil or duplicated copy - unmarked. Item added 22/08/2004. 285.4 - ditto but Saturday timetable sheet marked in red or blue ink to show run numbers? Item added 22/08/2004. Two staples in top left hand corner. 285.5 - ditto wax stencil or duplicated copy - unmarked. Item added 17/05/2006 See pdf documents for good quality scans and history of record for details of source.ballarat, secv, timetables, tram services

Set of three documents concerning the MMTB Gratuity or Pension payout scheme. .1 Top half of an A4 photocopied sheet, with a tear off slip, titled "To all employees who elected in 1955 to remain under the provisions of the "old" gratuity scheme", giving employees the option to transfer to the new scheme (see item .3), asking to return the slip by 5/9/1981. .2 - Letter, stencil cut duplicated on quarto paper on MMTB letterhead, dated 9/5/1955, advising Ron Wearne of 31 Soudan Street Malvern that he has elected to remain in the present or "old" Retiring and Death Gratuity Scheme. Typed on Loadable Parchment watermarked paper. Signed in ink by H. A. Warner Secretary. .3 - Printed document on semi gloss paper titled "Notice to Employees Retiring and Death Gratuities" setting out the comparison in payments between the old and the new schemes that was to come into effect on 1/6/1955. Has a comparison of the scales on the rear of the Notice. Dated 31/3/1955 and printed Signed by H. A. Warner Secretary. Added to images 24-9-2016. 2nd copy of .3 added 8/2/2019.trams, tramways, gratuity scheme, mmtb, retirements, pension, notices to staff

Flour bags were used when purchasing flour from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century. In Melbourne, McAlpin's were one of the best known suppliers of self-raising flour. The business first began as a bakery in 1879 and was taken over in 1959. This is a good example of a flour bag from a well know Victorian supplier prominent in the early twentieth century.Calico flour bag for McAlpin’s self-raising flour. The stencil on the bag is very faded especially where red ink has been used. It includes an image of mountains and fir trees in green ink and a stalk of wheat sweeping up from bottom right to top / middle left in red ink.McAlpin’s (faded red) CONTAINING AEROPHOS’, PHOSPHATE AERATOR, SELF-RAISING, FLOUR (faded red), “THERE’S NO OTHER” Faded red square with writing …. CALCIUM …. Faded red triangle with T inside it to the far right of the trees Faded red writing at the bottom of the bag: PREPARED WITH PHOSPHATE AERATOR, AEROPHOS 25 LBS NET flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, calico, domestic object, textile, food storage, flour bag, mcalpin's, self-raising flour

These shell cases were donated along with other items from the St Nicholas' Mission to Seamen's Church at 139 Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria. The Church was operated by the Mission to Seamen organisation. The symbol of the broad arrow on the base of the shell case signifies that it was owned by the Australian Army. The dates of the shell cases - 1940 and 1941 - link the shell cases with World War II. Both cases' headstamps have "N", which could indicate that they were made for use by the Navy. Shell Case 1298.01: The headstamp code on the label "MEC" means that it was made by the Explosives Factory Maribyrnong - Cordite Annexe, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, which made cordite propellant for cartridges and shells. Shell Case 1298.02: The headstamp "MF" indicates it was made by the Small Arms Manufacturing Factory in Footscray, Melbourne, and the stamped year was 1941. THE MISSIONS TO SEAMEN (Brief History): - The Missions to Seamen was an Anglican charity that has served seafarers of the world since 1856 in Great Britain. Its symbol is a Flying Angel, inspired by a Bible verse. Today, there are centres in over 200 ports worldwide where seamen of all backgrounds are offered a warm welcome and provided with a wide range of facilities. In Victoria, the organisation began in Williamstown in 1857 as a Sailors’ Church, also known as ‘Bethel’ or the ‘Floating Church’ in an old hulk floating in Hobson’s Bay, Port of Melbourne. It soon became part of the Missions to Seamen, Victoria. In the year 2000, the organisation, now named Mission to Seafarers, still operated locally in Melbourne, Portland, Geelong and Hastings. The Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild was formed in 1906 to support the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and other centres, such as Williamstown. Two of the most significant ladies of the Guild were founder Ethel Augusta Godfrey and foundation member Alice Sibthorpe Tracy (who established a branch of the Guild in Warrnambool in 1920). The Guild continued its work until the 1960s. In 1943, a former Williamstown bank was purchased for the Missions to Seaman Club. The chapel was named St Nicholas’ Seamen’s Church and was supported by the Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild, the Williamstown Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary and the League of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Friends. It ceased operation in 1966. A Missions to Seamen Chapel and Recreation Room was a significant feature of ports during the late 1800s and into the 1900s. It seemed appropriate for Flagstaff Hill to include such a representation within the new Maritime Village, so the Melbourne Board of Management of Missions to Seamen Victoria gave its permission on 21st May 1979 for the entire furnishings of the Williamstown chapel to be transferred to Flagstaff Hill. The St Nicholas Seamen’s Church was officially opened on October 11, 1981, and closely resembles the Williamstown chapel. These shell cases are significant for their relationship with the Australian Army in general and in particular with the defence of Australia during World War II. The may have also been made for the Navy. Their significance is increased by their association with the Williamstown Missions To Seamen, which donated them to Flagstaff Hill in 1979, an organisation that has supported seafarers for many years.Shell case: two brass 4" rimmed shell cases with headstamps (inscriptions) on the base plate around the firing pin three holes evenly spaced around the centre of the base. A label is attached to one shell. The shell cases are part of the St. Nicholas Seamen's Church Collection. Shell Case 1298.01 - Printed stamp “P.2BT” “M.E.C.111” “I.E. 10/43”. Stamped into base “N”, “1940” “W [within lozenge]”, “S” symbol [Australian Government Arrow] “360“ . Around firing pin “MF I 422” “ME” “II” “4 I N” “5-“ ”MF [within rectangle]” “f” “B – [within circle]”, Shell Case 1298.02 - headstamp “N 1941 MF / F symbol [square box] LOT 679”, [in oval] 101 / 4 / S /U2) M GUNS 7 “, symbol [Australian Government Arrow], Stencil [in red circle] “B J”, symbol [Diamond with line top to bottom] Stamped in red ink “R5G 11 1 2B7”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, munitions, shell case, ammunition 1940, ammunition 1941, firearms, cannon, australian government, borad arrow, australian army, wwii, world war 2, australian defence, australian ordinance, small arms manufacturing factory, explosives factory maribyrnong, cordite, world war ii, ww2, 1940, 1941, defence, n headstamp, footscray