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Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Murray Views, W2, possibly 377, late 1950's
Postcard photo of a W2, possibly 377, at the corner of Collins and Exhibition St Melbourne with the various buildings on the north side of the street and the many trees. Divided back with places for stamp, address, correspondence and details with makers details "Murray Views of Gympie Qld, No. 10, Collins St. Melbourne, from an Ektachrome photograph.trams, tramways, collins st, exhibition st, tram 377? -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, The Met, Set of five Metcard tickets, featuring Melbourne Art Fair 2000, 2000
Set of five Metcard tickets, featuring Melbourne Art Fair 2000 - 4 to 8 Oct.. All have the Metcard and The Met logos, with ticket numbers etc. Gives public transport details for the event. Three copies of each held. .1 - yellow background - Exhibition building .2 - red / black background - Exhibition building - work by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa .3 - featuring a dancing couple - artist Robert Rooney .4 - featuring a cow - artist John Kelly .5 - featuring stripes - artist Melinda Harper .6 - brown background - artist Ildiko Kovacstrams, tramways, tickets, metlink, metcard -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Murray Views, "See Australia First - Melbourne Victoria", c1950
Book - 16 pages, including grey card covers, titled "See Australia First - Melbourne Victoria" featuring 12 pages of postcard photographs of Melbourne. Inside rear cover has a details of Melbourne's history, the city and its features. Produced by Murray Views of Gympie Qld, printed by Samuel Lee and Co. Images post second world war - late 1940's to early 1950's. Features images of: Alexandra Gardens River Yarra and Princes Bridge Flinders St Station St Kilda Road - tram track work being undertaken Flinders St and the Forum theatre The Exhibition Buildings Collins St Parliament House Bourke St - with cable tram tracks and the Metropole Hotel, Myer, Foys Aerial view of Melbourne Captains Cook's Cottage St Kilda Road with W2 287 Burns Memorial St Kilda Road St Paul's and Princes Bridge Town Hall Royal Melbourne Hospital Collins St with W2 turning Queen Victoria Gardenstrams, tramways, melbourne, flinders st station, collins st, town hall, princes bridge, st kilda rd -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and white - Flinders St, looking west from Swanston St, c1905
Photograph of Flinders St looking east from Swanston St - shows the entrance to Flinders St station prior to the construction of the current building. In the view are one cable tram, many pedestrians and some horse-drawn vehicles. A hoarding on the left hand side possibly indicates work is underway on the new station building. A sign on the pole advises that cable trams went to Spencer St for a penny and for 3d to Port Melbourne or South Melbourne. In the background are buildings for Sargood Bros, Thomas Whitelaw Home Decorators, The Hub, a sign on the Young & Jackson Hotel advertising a Women's Exhibition. There is a telephone pole line on the south side of Flinders St.Yields information about Flinders St, c1905.Black and white photograph on paper.In pencil on rear "163 OB"trams, tramways, cable trams, flinders st, flinders st station -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Set of 5, Keith Caldwell, Oct. 1978
Set of 5 Agfa colour slide, blue and white plastic mount, photo by Keith Caldwell Oct 1978 of trams in Bourke St. .1 - W7 1027 at Exhibition St with the Southern Cross Hotel in the background. Tram has the destination of West Preston Route 88. In the view is a sign for the "Melbourne Hotel". "1-11-78" .2 - Z44 and Z51, west bound with the new building for the State Savings Bank of Victoria in the background along with London Stores, McEwans hardware store and the Rochelle House. Route 95. .3 - Z83 as for .2 .4 - Z75 - west bound between Queen and William St. .5 - Z83 outbound at the corner of Bourke and Spring Streets and Z94 inbound turning on the curve, both route 88. Photo taken from the steps of Parliament House and has one of the ornate lamps in the view. Has the Imperial Hotel in the background, along with Hoyts the Cinema Centre, Windsor Hotel.1 - has "1-11-78" written in red ink.trams, tramways, bourke st, parliament, route 88, west preston, route 95, w7 class, z class, spring st, tram 1027, tram 44, tram 51, tram 83, tram 75, tram 94 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, Keith Caldwell, Mar. 1962
Agfa Colour slide, cardboard, by Keith Caldwell dated March 1962 of W7 1039 in Nicholson St with the Exhibition Gardens in the background. The tram has the destination of Exhibition, Route 95. The Rio Tinto, later the CRA building can be seen in the skyline.In ink "1039 Nicholson Mar 62"trams, tramways, nicholson st, exhibition, w7 class, route 95, tram 1039 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Cable set No. 1, c1940
Photograph show the MMTB / MTO Co cable tram set No. 1 inbound in Nicholson St Fitzroy with the Carlton Gardens in the background - Destination of Spencer St. Has a small number of passengers and the conductor standing on the trailer. Two copies held. The livery is non-standard for the time. Official MMTB Photograph - used in a Annual Report. .1 - Photo taken in the same location but looking from the rear of the cable tram set. Has the Exhibition buildings in the background. Two copies held. See Reg Item 897 for a newspaper clipping of the 2nd photo.Yields information about cable tram set No. 1, which was presented to the Science Museum when the cable tram system closed.Photographs, Black and White, set of two.In ink on the rear: KSK print numbers SA909 On rear of .1 "MMTB" and "H202"trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, mto co, nicholson st, tram 1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, David Verrier, 28/04/1976 12:00:00 AM
Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier. Tram 988 at the Bourke St terminus. An inspector and driver are looking at the controls, conductor is at the rear of the tram and a street seller is selling a ticket. Tram has the destination of Exhibition, route 95, and adverts on the side for CP Air. In the background is the MTOC office building and the Hertz rent car office. Photos taken 28/4/1976.In ink: "Wed 28/4/76 988 Bourke & Spencer St Melbourne"trams, tramways, bourke st, exhibition, route 95, w7 class, conductors, tram 988 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Ellis Collection, c1940?
Negative (120) of a cable grip car outside the Palace Theatre 790 Nicholson St Fitzroy. Tram has a side advertisement for the New Palais Royale, at the Exhibition buildings for dancing every evening. The Theatre was opened in 1920 and demolished in 1959 - now a car wash. See http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/52757 accessed 28/5/2019. A low resolution A4 laminated was received with the negatives. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3590large.jpgtrams, tramways, cable trams, nicholson st, fitzroy, theatres -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 22/03/1940 12:00:00 AM
Negative - cable tram set turning from Smith St into Gertrude St 22/3/1940, trailer 286. Wal Jack Negative number T147. Has destination of Spencer St. and an advert for The New Palais Royale at the Exhibition buildings. In the background is G. D. Langridge Real Estate building. On the street outside is a fire alarm point. Rod Atkins advised 6/9/2020: "I have been so impressed with the photo that is being used in Bellcord for the issue that did some digging. The photo is priceless! The photo is taken on a Friday (to my surprise) mid-afternoon given the shadows. Did you notice the flip side of the dummy destination - Clifton Hill. Hard working cable tram line to the end - licence to print money for the board. The building on the South east corner. - G.D. Langridge & Sons Auctioneer. This was a Melbourne "institution" . George David Langdon was a local identity who went on to become MLA for Collingwood. ot sure when the business started but could have been in the 1860s or 70's Well before the cable trams. George died on 24th March 1891. The business survived till well after the war." Clock is showing 2.30pm, - day of the week - Friday.On rear of print in album "Cable 286 turning out of Smith St in Gertrude St Fitzroy. T147" and 22/3/1940.trams, tramways, cable trams, gertrude st, smith st, tram 286 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Cable trams Gertrude St, May. 1940
Photograph of a cable tram set in Gertrude St Fitzroy, alongside the winding house. Has a two uniformed men on the Grip car. In the background is the Royal Exhibition Buildings.Yields information about Gertrude St Fitzroy and cable trams.Negative of a photograph. Print also held.trams, tramways, cable trams, nicholson st, gertrude st, winding houses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Exercise Book, The Reading Universal, "Tickets", 1950's to 1980's
Exercise or Mapping book - The Reding Universal Mapping book, blue front cover plain paper, holding tickets collected by Keith Stodden. Titled "Tickets". Tickets have been positioned using stamp hinges. Pages 1 to 13 - MMTB imperial, dual and decimal currency tram and bus tickers, including a Munitions workers fare concession certificate, Scholars Concession ticket, swimming, Adelaide. 14 - 15 - SEC and Brisbane tickets 16 - 17 - MTT Adelaide 18 - 24 - MMTB mixed and some railway card 25 - 26 - Sydney 26 - 28 - Hobart 29 - 30 - Mixed - MOTAT, Ferrymead, Brisbane, Hornibrook Highway Toll, 31 - 32- Melbourne Rail, mixed admission, VR Excess Fare 33 - 34 - SEC 35 - 36 - Dunedin 37 - 38 - Christchurch 39 - 41 - Wellington 42 - Auckland 43 - NZR rail 44 - MMTB 45 - 46 - MTT Adelaide, Tallahassee, St Claude 47 - 48 - Ballarat, Bendigo and TMSV 49 - MMTB 50 - TMSV, SPER 51 - Brisbane 52 - Parramatta Park (COTMA), Eurail pass 53 - Hong Kong, Melbourne rail, platform tickets, pram tickets, Begonia Festival car park, 54 - 55- Mixed - NZR, Wellington, 56 - Auckland 57 - 58 - AETM, Adelaide, 59 - 60 Adelaide, MMTB, Exhibition buildings car park, 61 - Radio receiving licence, mixed bus tricks, Ansett, TAA, 62 - cover - mixed - Ansett, TAA, Ballarat ESCo, Melbourne transport Pageant and MTA/The Mettrams, tramways, tickets, the met, mmtb, adelaide, sec, tmsv, sydney, buses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Set of 3, Les Fordham, Dec. 1963
Set of three hanimount light brown 35mm slides - December 1963 taken by Les Fordham. .1 - W6 981 (Route 96, East Brunswick, Blyth St) at the Spencer St terminus with a large mob or group of people waiting to board a tram. Note both trolley poles are in the up position. IN the background is the West Melbourne Police Station, The tramway building and Carlyon's Hotel. Alongside is a Newsday (newspaper) van. A policeman is on point duty. .2 - W7 1010 (Route 88 East Preston) at the Spencer St terminus, Has the Mail Exchange in the background. .3 - W6 988 waiting to enter the terminus (Exhibition), a crewman is changing the route number. In the Safety Zone is W7 (1008??), Route 97 with a conductor walking in front of the tram.trams, tramways, bourke st, route 96, east brunswick, police, w6 class, w7 class, route 88, tram 981, tram 1010, tram 988, tram 1008 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Film - Compact Diskette with video, Yarra Trams, "Yarra Trams Christmas 2004 Family Day", Dec. 2004
Compact Diskette with video (DVD), titled ""Yarra Trams Christmas 2004 Family Day", printed on disc, contained within a clear front, black plastic base CD case. Event held Sunday Dec. 5, 2004 - at Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton. Has scenes of people arriving, games, the tramways band, the inside of the building, food, the CEO of the time, Hubert Guyot, welcoming people. Length - 3mins.trams, tramways, yarra trams, exhibition buildings, christmas, employees -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Tram Network Disability Services", c1990
... that this route ran between Port Melbourne and the Exhibition Buildings... that this route ran between Port Melbourne and the Exhibition Buildings ...Book - 36 sheets - A4, two colour - printed on off white paper, titled "Tram Network Disability Services" published by Public Transport Corporation Victoria, with a drawing of SW5 758 on the cover along with a The Met logo. Provides information in map form on each tram route in a large print format, contact numbers and some general information. No date of publication. Port Melbourne route shown as route 111; Reg Item 252 notes that this route ran between Port Melbourne and the Exhibition Buildings between 12/1987 and 12/1993. See Reg Item 1865 for pamphlet version and 6000 for a PTC 1998 version. 2nd copy added 24-5-2023 - larger size issue - 248H x 242W - wire boundtrams, tramways, ptc, the met, maps, disability services, tram routes, routes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph, Cable tram 534 in Bourke Street outside the St. James Building, 1924
The photograph shows a cable tram set with trailer No. 534 east bound in Bourke St on its way to Nicholson St passing the St. James Building at William Street. The conductor standing at the back of the grip car is in MMTB uniform with his ticket wallet in his left hand and bag visible. The grip man appears to be ringing his bell. There is a side advertisement for the "All Australian Exhibition". A reference to the exhibition is in The Argus of 3/11/1924 - see reference.Yields information cable trams in Bourke St and their crews.Photograph, black and white, plain backtrams, tramways, cable tram, bourke st, conductors, tram crews, william st, tram 534 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Collins St - East end, 1920s
The photograph shows the east end of Collins St with a cable tram set inbound towards Spencer St between Exhibition and Spring Streets. The State Treasury building is in the far background. Some soft-top motor vehicles are in view along with a postal pillar or letterbox. Photo 1920sYields information about the east end of Collins St and cable trams.Black and white photograph, with source notes on the rear.In Pencil "Top of Collins St 1920s, (Duplicate Ray Pearson)trams, collins st, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Flinders St Station - Australian War Museum, 1922
The photograph shows the busy intersection of Flinders and Swanston St with Flinders St station, along with cable trams, motor vehicles, and pedestrians. The sign above the station entrance is advertising the "Australian War Museum" at the Exhibition Buildings. The reference dates its opening as ANZAC day 1922 and moving to Sydney in 1925. The photo was probably taken soon after it opened as the sign above the station entrance was regularly changed. Note the Safety Zone sign on the eastern side of the intersection for eastbound trams. At the time, trams stopped on either side of the intersection for passengers.Yields information the intersection of Flinders and Swanston St and the War Museum exhibition in the early 1920s.Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper.On the rear has pencil number "KM-M-008", and Ken Magor stamp.cable trams, flinders st station, war museum, flinders st, tramways, safety zone, swanston st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Memorabilia - Matchbox Holder, Bryant & May, Souvenir of Melbourne's cable trams, 1940
Souvenir of Melbourne cable tram closure in Oct. 1940 - made to fit a box of matches to minimize damage to the box while being carried in a pocket. Consists of a printed photo of cable trailer 571 in Nicholson St Fitzroy with the Royal Exhibition buildings in the background. Lists the opening dates of the various lines. The matchbox is by Bryant and May, made in Britain. On the rear of the box is an advert for the Orient Line of Royal Mail steamers in Europe and Australia. Not know who made the matchbox holder. Second matchbox made by Bryant & May of Richmond - has a 2nd world war message on the box label. Demonstrates a souvenir of Melbourne's cable trams.Match box holder from folded metal with a printed plastic covered insert, the matchbox itself is from a wooden box with a cardboard insert, and many matches on wooden sticks. 2nd copy has an empty Bryant & May matchbox, cardboard. tramways, trams, cable trams, opening, souvenirs, matches, bryant and may, orient line -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Reports, The Met et al, Royal Exhibition Building and Vintage Tram Route, 1986
Set of three documents that were prepared to explore the concept of reusing the Royal Exhibition buildings and providing a Vintage tram route between them and the City. The first, an extensive report by The Met is an Addendum to the Fitzroy Feasibility Study of August 1986. The second is a document titled "1888 Street: A proposal for a Museum of Victorian Home and Street Life by Charles Sowerwine, University of Melbourne, and a handwritten note about the possible tram service and its operation written by Doug Prosser commenting on the proposal. The proposal included the reuse of the cable tram winding house on the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson St. Fitzroy.Demonstrates a report on a proposal for a Fitzroy Vintage Tram service.Set of three documents related to the provision of a Royal Exhibition Building and Vintage Tram Route: 1 - Approx 150A4 pages, black comb bound with The Met covers 2 - 66 page, photocopied - stapled in top left hand corner 3 - four page hand written on MTA memo ruled paper.tramways, the met, vintage trams, royal exhibition buildings, proposals, fitzroy, winding house -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Nucolorvue Publishing, "Melbourne - Interesting Aspects", mid 1970s
Series of five views of Melbourne - City Square (mid 1970s), with Swanston St and St Paul's Cathedral, Z class No. 2 (see item 73), Yarra River and city lights, Bourke St looking east at dusk and the Royal Exhibition buildings and gardens.Demonstrates a multi-view postcard of Melbourne.Colour postcard by Nu-Color-Vue No. NCV1316 postcards, city square, z class, tram 2, yarra river, bourke st, st paul's cathedral, swanston st, royal exhibition buildings -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Victorian Government Information Bureau?, "The Garden City of Australia / Twenty-four views of Melbourne", c1950
Book, brown cover patterned (Deer skin?), titled "The Garden City of Australia / Twenty-four views of Melbourne" with 24 pages (smaller than cover) printed pages stapled inside. Inside front cover is a map of Melbourne, with specific buildings marked, inside rear cover - Where to go in Melbourne, General Information and Sight seeing tours. On rear cover is printer details. Page Photo details by 1 Skyline of the City of Melbourne from Yarra Bank Victorian Railways 2 Collins St from Spring St (with trams) ditto 3 Princes Bridge, River Yarra ditto 4 St Kilda Rd from Flinders St Station ditto 5 St Pauls Cathedral ditto 6 Bourke St Shopping Centre - with double deck buses no details of photographer 7 Elizabeth St - with trams and buses Victorian Railways 8 Swanston St with modern skyscrapers (Collins) ditto 9 Aerial view, city of Melbourne ditto 10 Parliament House ditto 11 Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery ditto 12 St Kilda Rd, Looking towards the City trams 772 and W2 ditto 13 Kings Domain - Pioneer Monument ditto 14 Royal Melbourne Hospital - with back view inset ditto 15 Alexandra Gardens and the Shrine of Remembrance ditto 16 Alexandra Gardens and Government House ditto 17 Captain Cook's House - Fitzroy Gardens ditto 18 Albert Park Lake no details of photographer 19 Melbourne Boys School, MacRobertson's Girls High School and Melbourne Uni - no details of photographer 20 Scene in the Botanical Gardens Victorian Railways 21 Aerial view of St Kilda with Brighton in background Victorian Railways 22 Melbourne Cricket ground, taken during the testimonial match to Sir Donald Bradman - no details 23 Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital and Exhibition Buildings and Aquarium - Victorian Railways 24 Dandenong - Showing Silvan Dam Victorian Railways The testimonial match took place in Melbourne during December 1948 (Reference Sir Donald Bradman Museum). Possibly arranged by the Victorian Government Information Bureau given the number of Victorian Railways photographs.trams, tramways, melbourne, st kilda rd, swanston st, bourke st, victorian railways, flinders st station, gardens -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Melbourne Art Trams", "Trams Moving Pictures", 2012 - 2014
Melbourne Art Trams On the rear is a photo of the SW5 731 Lindsay Dumbrell Transporting Art Tram. Brook Andrew Jon Campbell Bindi Cole Rose Nolan David Wadelton Joining forces Luke Cornish Frey Pitt.1 - pamphlet, folded sheet to give a DL size, blue background titled "Melbourne Art Trams" - Oct. 2013 to April 2014, vote for your favourite tram in the People's choice awards! - part of the Melbourne festival. Notes the Transporting Art trams. Inside the pamphlet are images of the artwork on 8 different trams including the artist names and title of the work if any. Has Yarra Trams, PTV, Arts Victoria and Victorian Govt. logos. .2 - pamphlet, DL size on white paper, featuring W2 602, advertising the Old Treasury Building exhibition titled "Trams Moving Pictures" - 17/12/2012 to mid August 2013. Details the exhibition, has contact details logos.trams, tramways, yarra trams, transporting art, decorated trams, exhibitions -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Certificate, Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, 1866-1867
Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, held at Melbourne, 1866 & 7, certifying that the jury of Section X have awarded Honourable Mention to J. Scott of Hawthorn for Coniferous Foliage, Plants & for Bouquets & Flowers. Signed, John B. Bleasedale D.D., Special Commissioner for Juries.Coloured, framed and glazed award. Inscribed on back, 'Donated by Mrs J.C. Corbett, 28 Stawell St, Kew (her Aunt married a son of James Scott),' in T. Kneen's handwriting. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Eltham Community and Reception Centre, 2 October 2006
The Eltham Community and Reception Centre was Australia's first public mud-brick building. Commissioned in 1977 by Eltham Shire Council, led by Shire president (and architect) Robert Marshall, architects Whitford and Peck were asked to design a multipurpose facility in mud-brick and timber. The official opening was performed by the Hon. R.J. Hamer; E.D., M.P., Premier of Victorai on Saturday, April 22, 1978. Architects: Whitford & Peck Pty Ltd Quantity Surveyor: D.J. Cant & Associates Structural Civil Engineers: Charlett & Moore Pty Ltd Landscape: Peter Glass, Dennis Edwards Mech Elec: Lobley Treidel & Partners Pty Ltd Acoustics: Riley Barden & Kirkhope Builder: L.U. Simon Pty Ltd Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p177 The Wiggles performed there, so has the ABC’s Play School. New citizens have made their vows, volunteers have been honoured, school children have performed, weddings celebrated and people mourned at funerals. Since 1978 the Eltham Community and Reception Centre at the corner of Pitt Street and Main Road, has provided a beautiful and quintessential Eltham environment for people from all over Melbourne. Recognised as Australia’s first public mud-brick building, the centre was built partly on the site of the parsonage of the former Methodist Church (now the Uniting Church).1 Commissioned by the Eltham Council headed by President Robert Marshall, architects Whitford and Peck were asked to design a multipurpose facility in mud-brick and timber. Following public consultation, it was agreed to build a centre for dances, exhibitions, films, plays or concerts. The results – at a cost of around $620,000 – captured the Eltham rustic style. The building – in soft tones of mud-brick and timber and immense floor-to-ceiling windows – overlooks the Diamond Creek and sporting fields. Eltham’s strong artistic heritage is reflected in the centre. Although the lighting is not ideal for a gallery and labels cannot be placed on walls, the centre hosts the Nillumbik Art Awards and displays around ten to 20% of the Nillumbik Shire Art Collection, usually for around a year at a time.2 On permanent display, close to the entrance, is local artist Clifton Pugh’s White Choughs in the Landscape. Further to the right is the Walter Withers Gallery, named after a local member of the Heidelberg School of artists. As part of the Eltham Gateway opposite the Eltham Hotel, the centre stands on what was once part of the Eltham Town Centre along this section of Main Road, then known as Maria Street. On the same site once stood the house and flour mill owned by Henry Dendy, best known as the founder of Brighton, although he lived longer in Eltham. Beside the drive is a wheel-rim tool with accompanying plaque, illustrating a technology important during the horse-powered age and now almost completely gone, as has the blacksmith’s shop that had housed it nearby. The implement is a platform for fitting iron tyres to the wooden rims of cartwheels. Beneath it is a capsule placed in 1985 to commemorate Victoria’s 150 years, which is to be opened in 2035. Although the plants, forming part of the landscaping by Peter Glass and Denis Edwards, are largely indigenous and other native species, some exotic plants are protected as an important link with the site’s past. Planted at the front around 1920, is a large Peppercorn tree with two joined trunks growing from the base, and close by is a Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa). Three other Peppercorn trees fringe the drive. The building includes two halls – the larger seating 250 people – and a large foyer overlooking trees and ovals. Both halls have retractable rear walls providing varying spaces as required, and guests can use several external decks. A site for outdoor theatre has been carved out of the natural slope outside the entrance. The Bricklayers Union refused to use the traditional mud-bricks, which weigh more than 22kg. As a result the mud-bricks were redesigned to reduce their weight and were laid back-to-back to produce a wall of normal thickness.3 The centre’s massive timber frame is reminiscent of timber bridge construction, with infill panels of mud-brick.4 In accord with the rustic style are colossal rough-sawn posts, bolts and steel brackets. The combination of mud-brick, exposed feature timber framing and creative design in this centre, characterises Eltham’s innovative buildings and the social movement behind them from the 1940s to the 1970s.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, eltham community and reception centre, mudbrick construction -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Book, David Mitchell, A Forfar Man by Pamela Vestey, 2014
... in East Melbourne, Menzies Hotel, The Exhibition building... Melbourne, Menzies Hotel, The Exhibition building and Scots Church ...David Mitchell was born near the town of Forfar, Scotland, became an apprentice to a stone mason and builder, then emigrated to Australia in 1853. In Melbourne, he set up a builder's yard in Burnley St, Richmond and later bought Cave Hill Limestone Quarries in Lilydale and manufactured the cement in Richmond. He became Shire President for Lillydale in 1883. Also he established a brickworks in Burnley St, Richmond. He was responsible for building PLC College in East Melbourne, Menzies Hotel, The Exhibition building and Scots Church. Although he was very wealthy in his own right, he is also known as the father of Dame Nellie Melba. White soft cover booklet with a large drawing of David Mitchell (1901) on the front. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Photo card Melbourne album sheets 1920c
Part of an album of photo cards - cigarette card size - that depicted Melbourne and other country towns c1920. Sheet 1 - Melbourne - Elizabeth St, Collins St, Spring St, St Kilda Rd, Swanston St, Princes Bridge and Exhibition buildings. Sheet 2 - Healesville, Lorne, Brighton, Albury, Bendigo, Woori Yallock and Queenscliff - three cards have been removed prior to acquisition. Sheet 3 - Queen Victoria Gardens, Alexandra Avenue, Exhibition Gardens, St Kilda Road, Botanic Gardens - three cards have been removed prior to acquisition.Set of three album sheets containing up to 9 small printed photos on each sheet of Melbourne and some country towns.melbourne, victoria, tramways, gardens -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard - Flinders St Rail Yard and city, Biscay Greetings, mid 1970s
Shows an aerial view looking west over the Flinders St railway yards and the city skyline. Photo shows the Swimming centre in Batman Ave, the Victorian Railways Metrol signal control building and the large yard with Tait, Harris and a silver train. On the left is the overhead wiring train A goods train lead by a flat top T class is passing in the lower part of the photo. In the 1980s the yards were redeveloped to provide the Tennis Centre, partly roofed at the western end and a new bridge over the yard at Exhibition St that replaced the tram track in Batman Ave and the Princes Bridge terminus.Yields information about the Flinders Railway Yard prior to redevelopment.Postcard - Flinders St Rail Yard and city - Serrated edges - Divided back BG83railways, victorian railways, railway yard, flinders st, suburban trains, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
slide - Colour - Melbourne Trams, David Verrier, August 1989
1 - B2 2014 arriving Port Melbourne - showing Exhibition Route 111 - the tram stop is on the north side of the former railway platform at this time. 2- headon photo - shows the undeveloped nature of the background. 3 - W6 996 Spencer St with A2 288 behind - both trams running route 48 - note the Outward Parcels Office building and the VR Head Office. 4 - A2 288 and Z16 - as above 5 - Z16 as above - Route 75, showing East Burwood 6 - Z57 at La Trobe University terminus, route 87 7 - Z3 113 and Z1 9, both running route 86 - Bundoora - in High St 8 - Z3 186 at Bundoora terminus, with many people at the bus stop interchange.Yields information about Melbourne tram operations in Sept 1999Set of eight white / grey plastic slides, marked "CS System" and date stamped 08/89tramways, z3 class, b2 class, port melbourne, route 109, tram 2013, route 111, spencer st, tram 288, tram 996, route 48, w6 class, a2 class, z class, tram 16, route 75, tram 113, tram 9, bundoora, high st, la trobe university, tram 186 -
Buda Historic Home & Garden Castlemaine
Photograph, Bertha Leviny with her daughters, a grandson and dog, 1906
... at the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne. bertha leviny mary leviny gertrude ...Photo - Bertha Leviny (seated centre) with five of her daughters L-R: Gertrude, Hilda, Mary (standing), Dorothy and Kate. Her grandson James Leviny is at Bertha's knee. The pet dog is an Australian terrier. Bertha was the wife of noted colonial silversmith and jeweller, Ernest Leviny. Together, they raised a family of ten children in their home Buda, Castlemaine. The five unmarried daughters pursued their interests in various creative pastimes linked with the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.One of the few photographs of Bertha Leviny and her daughters taken together after the death of Bertha's husband, Ernest, a prominent Australian silversmith. The Leviny daughters were artistic in their own right, following the principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Three of the daughters entered works in the 1907 Exhibition of Women's Work held at the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne.Silver gelatin, toned print. Black and white photograph of a group of six women, a child and a dog. The women are seated on and around a garden bench with the tennis pavilion in the background. All are smiling at the dog which is standing on its back legs in the foreground. The little boy's face is blurred from movement during the exposure.Handwritten in ink (verso): "At Buda 1906"bertha leviny, mary leviny, gertrude leviny, hilda leviny, dorothy leviny, kate leviny, james leviny, australian terrier dog, kodak box brownie camera, edwardian costume, buda, 1906, photograph, portrait, leviny women, castlemaine