Demonstrates the Weekly Time sheet form, how it was used and use for a pitman.Form - preprinted - form No. 571-670, "Weekly Time Sheet", setting out persons name and details, work hours spread over 7 days, work allocation by account number and description of work. Has been made out for W L Kell, Pitman for week ending 23-2-1969, but not signed by Wayne. On the rear has two sets of sums and other calculations around driving and pony wheels.trams, tramways, forms, depot, times, employees

Yields information about the passenger traffic in Ballarat, Bendigo during the mid 1920's? , Insurance, population and the use Fare Boxes.Report - typed, carbon copies, foolscap or quarto sheets, "Miles Run" listing , for both Ballarat and Bendigo, passengers tickets by Fare Box, Conductor, passenger per car mile, average fare, average speed, length of double and single track, passengers carried total, and population, and the public risk premium since fare boxes introduced. Use of Fare Boxes commenced in 1913, on this basis of 7 further years as noted in the sheet, c1921 6 copies held, all pinned together by paper type.trams, tramways, reports, passengers, ballarat, fare boxes, insurance, esco

Demonstrates the process for the review of the Rules for tramway crews.Set of letters or Memorandums approx. 50 sheets stapled in the top left hand corner, regarding the 1953 review of the "Rules Governing Employees". Dates from 29/7/1953 to 29/1/1954, including some discussion about controller maintenance and their isolation. Primarily around the review of the existing rules and the new rule book.trams, tramways, rules, instructions, controllers

Yields information about the 1968 proposals to close both the Ballarat and Bendigo tramway systems by the state government.Series of newspaper clippings adhered to three quarto lined sheets about the 1968 attempt by the Victorian Government to close the Ballarat and Bendigo tramway systems. .1 - "Trams will go from two cities" - The Sun Friday 19/7/1968, about the Government's decision - gives reasons for the closure. .2 - "Protest over tram protest" - The Sun, 28/8/1968 - with a photo of No. 35 and that the Ballarat Save the Trams Committee not supporting a public protest meeting called by tramway employees. Also has cutting about the State cabinet being delayed by a good train breakdown, a Brisbane train strike and that Country considering the Underground is not vital. .3 - "The Country trams stay" - The Sun Thursday 3/10/1968 - about the Legislative Council not approving the motion to scrap the trams, Labor and Country party combined to defeat the motion. Also cutting on traffic changes to St Kilda Junction. Date of cutting has been taped onto the sheets.closure, ballarat, bendigo, parliament, st kilda junction, sec

Set of nine Digital images of BTM Trams on the depot fan and in Wendouree Parade, 19/9/2016, BTM night event celebrating the 45th anniversary of the closure of the SEC Ballarat operated system on 19/9/1971. All by Chris Phillips. .1 - Tram 40 on depot fan .2 - ditto .3 - ditto - end view .4 - at depot junction with passengers .5 - at depot after the event in the shed. .6 - view inside the shed with 27, 26, and 671 .7 - view inside No. 40 with Peter Waugh in kilt talking to passengers. .8 - re-enactment of the "band" leading No. 40 - Peter Waugh, .9 - view outside the shed with 40 entering. trams, tramways, btm, depot, closure, night photo, wendouree parade, tram 40, tram 27, tram 33, tram 671

Negative folder - made by ROW1 International of West Germany containing 40 No. 35 mm negatives of the AETA 1975 Convention visit to Ballarat and Bendigo on 30-3-1975. 17 photos of Ballarat and 23 of Bendigo. Ballarat photos: 1 - 40 at the Wendouree Parade crossing loop showing trams stop signage and AETA members standing at the front of the tram. 2 - distant view of 27 in the loop and the "wide roadway" 3 - view of 40 northbound about to nearing loop with various cars in the view. 4 - 40 about to enter loop with 27 in background. 5 - 40 and 27 at loop 6 - 40 at St Aidans Drive 7 - 14 and 27 at loop with 40 in the background 8 - 27 leaving loop 9 - 14 leaving loop 10 - General view showing cars and 40 in the loop, looking north. 11 - as for 1 12 - ditto 13 - 40 northbound, 27 southbound at loop 14 - 27 at loop 15 - 26, 14 and 28 at depot including 1 road. 16 - ditto with people viewing the trams - shows the overhead on 1 road. 17 - X41 and B80 on train at Spencer St, probably the train the group travelled on. trams, tramways, btps, ballarat, aeta, bendigo, bendigo trust, wendouree parade, depot, gardens loop, motor vehicles, tram 40 tram 27 tram 26 tram 14 tram 28

Yields information about tramway operations in Sturt St c1970.Set of 7 digital images of trams in Sturt St, c1970 - Photos by Chris Phillips. .1 - No. 26, in bound near Armstrong St - destination of Mt Pleasant St. Has the Commercial Bank of Australia building in the background - CBC .2 - No. 26 in bound to City, near Hospital Corner. .3 - No. 17 near the Doveton St intersection, has a roof advert "Make Bliss Not Love". Has the State Savings Bank, CAGA Finance, CBC bank buildings in the background. .4 - No. 12 in bound with the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West, at the corner of Dawson and Sturt St. Shows the tram stop. Has the R. E. Hayden Real Estate building in the background. .5 - No. 39 inbound at Hospital corner. .6 - No. 39 at the City terminus with the Post Office in the background. .7 - No. 43 outbound to the Gardens Via Sturt St west near Drummond St. Has the Marshall battery centre, Morris Ellis & Sons, Pope Mowers and The Ballarat Modern Diary in the background. Also a sign for AWA car radio.trams, tramways, sturt st, hospital corner, doveton st, dawson st, tram stops, tram 26, tram 17, tram 12, tram 39

Form - MMTB Delivery document used for the sale of 100 MMTB outfit tins to the Ballarat Tourist Tramway 19-7-1974, docket No. 136881. Form No. 1/118 Jan. 1959, received by Gavin Young.trams, tramways, mmtb, btps, conductors, sales materials

Print of a website report in The Age, dated 8/7/2018 titled "Last Drinks: Sudden closure of 150-year-old pub leaves patron reeling" about the closure of the Sebastopol Royal Mail Hotel, written by Caleb Cluff of The Courier, printed in The Age on 9/7/2018. Has photo of the Hotel by Kate Healy, tram outside the hotel by Andrew Cook, a photograph of the original hotel building See pdf file for a complete article.royal mail hotel, hotels, sebastopol, closure

Demonstrates uniform cap manufacture. Appears to be unworn.SEC Motorman/Drivers/Conductors cap - green cloth exterior, grey cotton interior lining, brown leather internal hat band, black cotton hat band on exterior with a plastic band at the front half of the cap terminating in two small SEC metal buttons on either side, black plastic peak. Sewn on the inside is a label "Commonwealth Government Clothing Factories Melbourne" and stamped "7". tramways, trams, uniforms, cap, buttons

Set of 7 Blocks of 200 tickets - turquoise ink on off white paper, denomination 6c, headed State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Provincial Tramways. On rear in turquoise ink is a diagonal criss cross or tartan pattern. The 200 tickets have been stapled onto a heavy cardboard back with a heavy metal staple and a small cardboard retaining strip at the top of the ticket. The ticket number is in black ink. Ticket block starting numbers: 400200, 402200, 402400, 420600, 402800, 400801, 400600 402000. One block has one missing ticket. See ticket file and printed document - "Fare Charts and Tickets - SEC Ballarat and Bendigo Tramways".trams, tramways, secv, tickets

Has a strong association with the Ballarat and Bendigo tramway system as being identified as being used on the system and for which trip on a specific date and demonstrates the ticket style prior to the time of decimal conversion in Australia.Set of 9 pre-decimal or imperial currency tickets used on the Ballarat or the Bendigo tramway system with three of them noted as to their use on the rear. 1 - 3d - orange ticket, over printed "City Section" - A 198391 - used "Charing Cross to Station - tram 23 - Sat 22 May 1965" 2 - 3d - orange - V437554 - on rear "Tram 34 Going to Mt Pleasant Easter Tuesday 31 March 1959". 3 - 5d - green - Q565064 - on rear in pencil "Quarry Hill to Charing Cross (No. 3) 4 - 5d - green - Q565055 - ditto, with addition of "2nd tram" 5 - 7d - black A987991 - on side in pencil' "Eaglehawk to Q Hill No. 3" 6 - 8d - red C209572 - "18 Drummond from L St N Sun 8 Nov. 1964" 7 - 8d- red - C209585 - "ditto" 8 - 8d - red - C582546 - "Q Hill to station tram 23, Sat 22 May 1965" 9 - 1/- purple - A 180987 - "18 decorated for Sebastopol Gold Cent. Sun 8 Nov. 1964 to Sebastopol" trams, tramways, tickets, secv, ballarat, bendigo, gold, sebastopol, quarry hill, mt pleasant, lydiard st north

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 6/7/2017 titled "Safer Street Crossing" about the installation of a set of traffic lights at the rear of the Museum Depot. Photo looking north along Gillies St. Included in the photo is Samantha McIntosh, VicRoads Ewen Nevett and MP Sharon Knight. Tram depot in the background. Note the traffic light installation resulted (a bit of accident and good talking by Neville Britton) of a crossing into the depot. Was not included in the drawings.gillies st, traffic lights, ballarat specialist school

Colour print of the two dogs, Bonnie and Rabbi, owned by member Alastair Reither c2015 tied to one of the bumpers of tram 40 in the depot on No. 7 road. Used in the BTM Facebook page, 17/7/2016.trams, tramways, btm, volunteers, personnel, dogs, tram 40

Yields information about Ballarat tram tickets used by the SEC and has a strong association with the SEC Technical Office who collected the tickets.Box of tickets contained within a Kameyama candles (Japan) cardboard box. 1 - Merchandise Delivery Docket - dated 14/10/1971 - No. 160471, listing individual tickets issued. 2 - Block of Parcel tickets - 13c - A007326 to 50 3 - individual tickets - as listed on the delivery docket - all ending in "16" - and Parcel ticket - 13c 7489 Ticket blocks - each of 200 stapled to a cardboard back. 4 - 4c red C359000 5 - 5c yellow B622000 6 - 5c City Section - orange - A374600 7 - 7c green - C892600 8 - 7c City Section - purple - A063800 9 - 8c green - A935800 10 - 10c - black - C802600 11 - 13c - black - B280400 12 - 15c - brown - A386200 13 - 16c - yellow - A560400 trams, tramways, tickets, secv, ballarat, closure

Digital image of Tram 14 arriving at Gardens Loop. Has the Gardens Kiosk in the background along with a signal on the pole behind the tram. Photo by Peter Knife 24/7/1971.Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat, some two months before closure of the SEC operated tram system.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, gardens loop, tram 14

Digital image of Trams 18 and 17 crossing at Gardens Loop. Tram 17 has a Twin Lakes and a SEC roof advert. Photo by Peter Knife 24/7/1971.Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat, some two months before closure of the SEC operated tram system.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, gardens loop, tram 18, tram 17

Digital image of Trams 17 and 26 following each other after leaving Gardens Loop in Wendouree Parade. Tram 26 has a SEC Briquettes roof advert. Photo by Peter Knife 24/7/1971.Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat, some two months before closure of the SEC operated tram system.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, gardens loop, tram 17, tram 26, wendouree parade

Digital image of Tram 17 westbound in Sturt St at Lydiard St with the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. In the background is the Cooks Private Hotel, the Ballarat Mechanics Institute, T&G, Patersons and Dickens food store. There are no trams in the City Loop. In the foreground is the curve for trams travelling from Lydiard St into Sturt St. Photo by Peter Knife 24/7/1971.Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat, some two months before closure of the SEC operated tram system.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, tram 17, sturt st

Digital image of Trams 17 (ex Victoria St) crossing tram 18 (Mt Pleasant) at Stones Corner - the intersection of Bridge St, Victoria St and Main Road. Shows a busy and somewhat congested intersection. In the background are the Caltex Service Station, a clothing shop, paint shop, dry cleaners and parking meters. Photo by Peter Knife 24/7/1971.Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat, some two months before closure of the SEC operated tram system.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, tram 17, tram 18, bridge st, stones corner

Photograph of Ballarat Tramcar 13 at Gardens. Two people are seen in the foreground, crossing the road.Yields information about SEC tramway operations.Black and white photograph on plain paper"5/7. 41." "Wendouree Parade, Lake Wendouree & gardens, Ballarat." "Car 13 at Gardens terminus".ballarat, gardens, tram 13

Coloured postcard of an ESCo tram westbound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1906 - 7 - has a destination box. There are several pedestrians in the picture. Taken from the east side of the intersection, looking towards the Town Hall, with the National Mutual Insurance building and Snows in the photo. Also shows the overhead arrangements - two wire for Sturt St, single for Lydiard St, coming into the intersection. On the rear of the postcard are the initials "JE" in the top centre, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 5/4/1909, addressed to a Mrs Sproston of Skeleton Cottage Avoca with a message from her granddaughters - Fervie and Edith. See item 3279 for a black-and-white version. Yields information about Sturt St at Lydiard St looking west and the tramway overhead.Printed colour postcard titled Postcard - "Sturt Street Ballarat" used - 1909See image i2 for letter and posting details.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, overhead, town hall

The series of photographs show the Hospital (at Hospital Corner) with two trams, a mine, two photos of Sturt St, Town Hall with a tram, Lake Wendouree and Fairly Land at the Lake. The letter on the rear is a family letter. Published by J Beagles of London, the SW Series - see reference. Undated - based on the reference and logo on the rear of the card, possibly around 1906.Yields information Ballarat and the gloss colour printing of a postcard.Postcard coloured, divided back, with a handwritten letter on rear. Has sparkles or glitter glued around the edges of each photograph. No. "3045 SW"See image 2 for the handwritten letter. tramways, trams, postcards, hospital, sturt st, lake wendouree, mining

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat on the Gardens to Victoria St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of nine Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount of a series of photographs taken from Wendouree Parade in the Gardens to the City tramway - taken from the front or rear window of the tram. .1 - Carlton St loop looking north .2 - Wendouree Parade, north of the Windmill Drive north intersection - has a tram stop pole. .3 - Sturt St - in bound just past Pleasant St - has passengers waiting at the tram stop. .4 - at Ascot St. .5 - at Drummond St with Shell garage in the view and a track worker. .6 - at Talbot St? with track workers repairing the road surface. .7 - at Dawson St showing the tram stop and End of Section signs. .8 - nearing the intersection with Armstrong St. .9 - nearing Lydiard St. Slide mount date cannot be read - possibly August 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, wendouree parade, sturt st, drummond st, trackwork, tram stops, carlton st loop

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat on the Gardens to Victoria St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of nine Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - R. Williams (Motorman) and Danny Powell (badge 30) standing in front of a tram at Victoria St. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. .2 - view of No. 113 Victoria St - now Ardenlee B&B. .3 - Sunshine Biscuit Factory .4 - Mack's Hotel .5 - Stones Corner - intersection of Victoria and Mt Pleasant routes .6 - Crossing Grenville St .7 - No. 30 at the City terminus, Lydiard St with Racey's and the SEC office in the background. .8 - as for .5, but looking east with the Caltex service station in the background. .9 - No. 30 at the Victoria St terminus. Slide mount date August 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, victoria st, bridge st, stones corner, tram 30

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat depot to Pleasant St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of eleven Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Wendouree Parade looking west towards St Aidans Drive - the gate pillars can be seen. .2 - ditto looking west - Fairyland .3 - ditto looking towards Gardens Loop .4 - No. 41 at Gardens Loop, with destination of Gardens via Drummond North .5 - ditto showing Mt Pleasant .6 - ditto, just past the now BTM Depot Junction. .7 - Carlton St - showing the gates .8 - Looking towards Hamilton Ave from within Carlton St loop with the signal showing red. .9 - Turning from Hamilton Ave into Sturt St West. .10 - Sturt St west looking east with the Loreto convent walls on the left hand side. .11 - Sturt St - Pleasant St intersection - showing road surface, a tram coming towards the intersection and buildings on either side. Slide mount date September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, wendouree parade, st aidans drive, gardens loop, depot junction, carlton st, carlton st loop, signals, sturt st west, pleasant st, tram 41

Yields information about the streetscapes of Stones Corner to Mt Pleasant route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of seven Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Tram turning onto the Mt Pleasant line at Stones Corner - Bridge St, Main Road .2 - Main Road looking south with Inland Body Works building on the left and Ampol Service Station .3 - Mt Pleasant terminus with the butcher shop on the left and the diary on the right - shows the terminating tram track .4 - Conductor changing pole. .5 - Putting pole on the overhead .6 - Conductor (D O'Leary - No. 38) standing in front of tram and Motorman or driver (N. Hall - No. 43) .7 - ditto with number visible. See Reg item 3425 for crew lists. Slide mount date September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, stones corner, main road, mt pleasant, crews, drivers, conductors, trolley poles, tram 41

Yields information about the destination rolls and the locations shown on a roll on a Ballarat Tram.Set of 22 Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in Agfachrome blue and white plastic mounts showing various destinations on tram No. 12 parked on the depot fan. .1 - Gardens via Ripon St .2 - Grey St Sebastl (Sebastopol) .3 - Sebastopol .4 - City .5 - Victoria St .6 - Gardens via Sturt St West .7 - Mt Pleasant .8 - Depot .9 - Bell St .10 - Haddon St via Drummond Nth .11 - Depot via Drummond Nth .12 - City Oval .13 - Special .14 - Gardens via Drummond Nth .15 - View Point .16 - Gregory St .17 - Drummond St Nth .18 - Rubicon St .19 - Depot via Ripon St .20 - Grey St Sebastopol .21 -Sturt St West .22 - Special (Depot - on tram 32 with an "Pay as you Enter" inside the depot building. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, destination indicators, destination roll, tram 12, tram 32

Series of 7 photos showing track removal following the closure of the Ballarat Tram system.Yields information about the removal of the tram tracks in the city area.Set of 7 colour slides - 1 x Agfa blue and white plastic slide mount, 4 Hanimex cardboard mounts and 2 Kodachrome cardboard mounts of track removal works in Ballarat, c1971 to 1972 .1 - Saw cutting the road pavement at the Dawson St Crossover. .2 - Rolling the crushed rock pavement in Sturt St after track removal - near Doveton St. .3 - Track repairs or starting to remove the railway crossing at Lydiard St North - has an SEC truck in the background and the Kennedy Murray Pty Ltd General Carriers building in the background. .4 - commencing work on the Dawson St Crossover removal with St Patrick's Cathedral in the background. .5 - as for .2 .6 - L. G. Pearce excavating track near Dawson St. .7 - ditto Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, track removal, dawson st, trackwork, sturt st, level crossings, lydiard st north