Produced for souvenir sales - features a Melbourne W class tram surrounded by water.Demonstrates a Melbourne souvenir featuring a tram.Metal-pressed badge with a cartoon plastic insert and spring clip on rear. tramways, badges, comics, souvenirs

Digital image of "Greensborough to Melbourne" second class train ticket, June 1909. Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. White with black text.train tickets, greensborough station

Provides the specifications and conditions of contract for the manufacture, supply and delivery of the track or permanent way materials for the construction of the Melbourne cable tram system. Includes rails, yokes, fish plates, slot rails, bolts, and a delivery schedule to the Spencer St railway station. Signed by George Duncan. Tenders closed 17 - 8 - 1886. Drawings detail the various components. Has a Schedule of rates form - per tonne of materials. Document dated 21 June 1886.Yields information about the tendering of rail materials for the Melbourne Cable tram system. Document, The Melbourne Tramways Trust - Contract No. 42 - Permanent Way Material - 9 foolscap sheets, 3 folded drawings bound within heavy card covers, stapled covered in dark grey tape. 2nd & 3rd copies paper only, stapled and covered with brown tape on the left hand side.tramways, melbourne tramways trust, cable tramways, mtt, rails, yokes, tender documents, contracts

Postcard - colour titled "Collins Street Melbourne". Photo looks west from near Russell St has the Town hall and the Manchester Unity buildings in the photograph and a W2 at the Swanston St tram stop. Has stamp and address boxes on the front of the car and correspondence on the rear. Photo mid 1950's? On the rear - large space for correspondence and details of the photograph. Produced by Nucolorview, using a genuine Kodachrome photographOn the rear has the stamp of Graeme S Breydon - see image i2.trams, tramways, melbourne, collins st, town hall

Map - 36 fold - 9 x 2 x 2- colour map of public transport including buses, titled "Public Transport Map of Melbourne", published by the Public Transport Corporation, Effective June 1992. Gives rail and tram maps, information on tickets. Has The Met contact details. 2 copies held .1 - as above but a 6 fold DL, dated Jan 8, 1995trams, tramways, map, ptc, melbourne, the met

Pamphlet - special size sheet, was originally folded into three titled "Information for passengers - Round trip through Melbourne and Suburbs by Cable and Electric Tramways", giving details of the trip, where the trams could be boarded, Description of Route, map shows the route along with other tram routes. Also show railway stations. Has a photo of a PMTT single trucker. c1918/19 2 copies held.trams, tramways, pmtt, cable trams, tours, round trip, map

Postcard - silver finish known as "Collotype" - view of looking north along Elizabeth St from Flinders St. Shows the cable tram terminus with a Brunswick tram ready to depart. Has a number of horse drawn carts in the view. Card titled "Elizabeth St Melbourne looking North" Postcard has a divided back with space for stamp, address and correspondence. In the top centre is a start with an "O" in the centre.trams, tramways, cable trams, elizabeth st, flinders st

Digital image of a report titled "The Melbourne Tram Fleet (Service Trams), listing trams sorted by Tram number with a table giving the age of the tram for tramcars operated by the Colonial Tram car restaurant, privately owned, Public Transport Corporation, Swanston and Yarra trams. Gives the number, class, operator, in service date and age in years. Does not give the actual depot. Dated 5/7/1999.trams, tramways, tramcars, swanston trams, yarra trams, lists, depots, depot allocation, restaurant tram

Colour postcard, three panels: 1 - B class turning from Bourke into Spring St 2 - Walkway bridge (Evan Walker Bridge) over the Yarra 3 - City Skyline Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Wayne Zerbe / North Australian Trading Co. for Kangaroo Gifts. Card No. KGL8 Has "Melbourne Australia" along the bottom edge.trams, tramways, bourke st, b class, melbourne

Pamphlet, double sided A4, gloss paper titled "Melbourne 249 The Federal Capital Commission Tram", giving details of W2 249 that had been painted and demonstrated for a proposed Canberra tram line by the Sydney Tramway Museum. Details the proposal with a map. On the other side is the story of Sydney R1 class 2001, the RAAF recruiting tram. See also Reg Item 4752 for another photo.trams, tramways, w2 class, canberra, sydney tramway museum, raaf, sydney, tram 249, tram 2001

Colour postcard of advertising tram W 1000, for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, on the City Circle, Flinders St West, 1/8/2007. Has the Yarra Trams "Love your Trams" logo. Postcard produced by Railcard for the Association of Railway Enthusiasts, ARE No. 16/07. Has Railcard copyright and phone number of rear, ARE shop details and hours, space for small message, address and stamp. Two copies held.trams, tramways, melbourne, city circle, flinders st, are, yarra trams, tram 1000

Four page duplicated document on Quarto paper titled "A Brief History of the Cable Tramways of Melbourne", prepared by Alf Twentyman, stapled in the top left hand corner. Written for a TMSV RHS tour of 8/11/1975. Covers the formation of the cable tram system, construction, some opening dates, the vehicles, colour schemes, engine houses power, cables, fare collection, MMTB takeover, and conversion or closure.trams, tramways, cable trams, melbourne

DL colour pamphlet on gloss paper - 7 fold - titled "The Met - Getting around Melbourne on trams, trains or buses." Explains the 3 zone ticket system, including weekly tickets, scratch tickets, commuter pass, short trips, costs, including the tourist oriented Met Pass. Has maps of the train and tram systems and the Neighbourhood area. Effective 1/12/1989. Two copies held.trams, tramways, the met, tickets, scratch tickets, melbourne

Two page A4 document, photocopied, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "Melbourne Tramways Band - Tramways Band Back of Track", written by Ed Bright, c2000 following their departure from Hawthorn Tram Depot, looking for a new home. Outlines the history of the band, a visit to Thailand, and a copy of a photo of the Tramways Band from Abbotsford car house (depot). Two copies held.trams, tramways, tramways band, mmtb, music, hawthorn depot

Two A4 sheets printed in colour, "Melbourne Tramways Band – Booking Request Form", with a colour photo of the band with the Yarra Trams 100 years of Electric Trams and band dress featuring the 100th anniversary images. The form asks for the details of the event, key contact, access etc. Has the Metlink logo in the top right hand corner. Contact Kate Kearns at Metlink with e-mail address.Along the top is a hand written note the CRMO Camberwell from Simone.trams, tramways, metlink, tramways band, 100 years of electric trams, booking form

Book - titled "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 1st Edition, written by Randal Wilson and Dale Budd - 2003. Covers Melbourne tram history including cable trams, early electric trams, trams in art, historic fleet, colour schemes, tram types, and preserved tramways. Includes notes on the authors. Yields information about Melbourne trams history. Has a close association with two well known authors.Book - 84 pages including card covers, full colour printing on gloss paper, perfect bound with foldout covers containing four postcards that could be removed.melbourne, tramways, trams, history, randal wilson, dale budd

Advertisement in the Herald Sun promoting The Melbourne Tram using a Y1 class tram on a tourist service around Melbourne. See items 539, 627, 669, and 6905 for other related documents. The tram, Y1 611 was painted, publicity arranged but the service did not then operate as such. Published by the Public Transport Corporation.Yields information about the 1992 proposal for a tourist tram in Melbourne.Newspaper cutting from the Herald Sun 29/9/1992.tramways, trams, y1 class, public transport, the melbourne tram, tourist trams, ptc

Regarding trotting history at Port Melbourne Speedway. Includes an extract from "Trove" of the "Record " Emerald Hill covering the opening of the speedway on 24th August 1918. MLA J L MURPHY (president of the club) opened the track in the presence of Port Melbourne Mayor J P CRICHTON and other dignitaries. The club was formed to encourage and support the breeding of trotters and enjoy the sport free from gambling.Four digital images relating to trotting in Port Melbourne. (.04) Pearl KELLY riding a trotter in harness (but without sulky) at Royal Melbourne Show. No certainty of a link to Port Melbourne.james laurence murphy, james peter crichton, sport - trotting, pearl kelly, george gath, 'darkie' gath, will whitbourn, cumming smith and co, john peck, dick cullen

Ellis Jeeves and his wife Eliza Jeeves (nee Hand) standing in the garden with an unknown man. Possibly the Mountjoy garden.Sepia photograph of two men and a woman standing in a garden in front of a house.ellis jeeves, mountjoy, eliza jeeves

Round clothing patch.Navy blue stylised image of two wheelchair athletes, n white background, with caption "VICTORIAN TEAM". Logo surrounded by navy blue text "12th NATIONAL PARAPLEGIC & QUADRIPLEGIC GAMES. MELBOURNE "1981".

The minutes of the Melbourne Legacy Widows' Club from 1986 to 1988. The second page shows the regular format of the meeting, starting with a minute silence. Gwen Gunn was the secretary or treasurer during some of this time and had minute book in her care. It was sent to Melbourne Legacy by Gwen's granddaughter Danni Moore in 2020.A record of the business practices for formal meetings in the 1980s and that Widows' Clubs provided a valuable purpose of meeting for the widows. Black exercise book with multicolour cover and lined pages.widows, widows club, meetings

1947 The SEC created an Arboretum and Nursery on the bank of the West Kiewa River. Householder could collect free plants, trees and topsoil for their gardens. It was not long before there was very keen competition amongst the families to create the best garden. 1948 A Mount Beauty Garden competition started with a first prize of 15 pounds, second 7 pounds and third 3 pounds. As the oldest garden in the competition was only 25 months old and most were younger a handicap system of 4 points per month was devised. Tom Mitchell MLA was the donor and judge. 1965 This sash was possibility worn by Jean McCullough in 1965 when the Mt Beauty & District Progress Association Auxiliary ran the completion.An example of the social life at Mt Beauty during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Royal blue sateen sash with gold fringe. Mt. BEAUTY & DIST. PROGRESS ASSN. AUXILIARY/CHAMPION GARDEN/1965textiles, arboretum, mount beauty, garden competition, kiewa hydro electric scheme

Report - 42 pages, 3 sections, stapled on the left hand edge, titled "Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the Railway and Tramway systems on Melbourne and Suburbs" - dated 1911. Looks at the state of the Suburban rail system, finances, electrification's, costs, evidence of Mr. Merz, advantages of the electrification, power supply and standards, whether AC or DC, duplication, Glen Iris line, conclusions and recommendations. Tramway - summarises the current tramways operating, cable system and operational stats, the current tramway systems, other cities, relative merits, future tramways for Melbourne, operational speeds, use of cable conduits for electric traction, conversion, municipal control , control of the tramways by the railways, a general scheme, formation of a larger tramway trust and its management, purchase of the cable tramways and recommendations. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website. 2nd copy added 2-1-2019 from donation of Norm Cross.In ink in the top right hand corner "TB"trams, tramways, tramways, cable trams, finances, conversion, railways, royal commission, costs

Digital image of "Watsonia to Melbourne", off peak day train ticket, undated 1970s.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. Pink and grey with black text.train tickets, watsonia station

Port Side is a local publication of eight-pages The front cover is white with a photo depicting part of a red, moored vessel. The third page, shown above, features a sketch of the Mission, two small photographs of the Mission buildings, the Mission logo and an article about the Mission to Seafarers and the Mission's Flying Angel Club.non-fictionmelbourne ports, mission to seafarers victoria