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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Tom Prior, Railway Trestle Bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham, Vic, c.1910
Railway Trestle Bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham, c.1910 - looking towards Main Road (left to right) and Henry Street (centre). Built in 1901, the railway line was electrified in 1923. Photo was taken prior to 1912 and the relocation of the new St Mary’s Catholic Church on Henry Street near Main Road (or Maria Street). The church site was relocated c.1912 from further south along Main Road (near Wingrove Cottage) to be more central to the congregation following the shifting of the township away from Little Eltham and closer to the railway station. It was subsequently destroyed by fire in 1961.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years. The Reynolds family were early settlers in Research. The Reynolds/ Prior collection of photographs were taken by Tom Prior, the maternal uncle of Ivy Reynolds, around 1900 and the 60 photos in the album give a fine overview of many of the landmarks of Research and Eltham over 100 years ago. lvy lived in the family home for many years at 106 Thompson Cres Research. Ivy's father, Ernst Richard Reynolds and grandfather, Richard Reynolds, lived at the same address. Ivy's father Richard worked for Mr. Trail on his property in Research. Reynolds Road is named after the family. Mr Tom Prior (wife Eva) worked at the Melbourne zoo. He was very innovative and made his own camera, using the black cloth hood to exclude the light. The photographs are a reminder of the rural nature of Research and Eltham and its rich heritage.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, bridge, diamond creek (creek), eltham, eltham railway trestle bridge, henry street, main road, reynolds prior collection, trestle bridge -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Railway construction, Wattle Gen, c.1911-12
Agitation for a railway extension began in 1888 when a meeting was held at Arthurs Creek to press for the construction of a railway line from Heidelberg to Kinglake. The Chairman Mr Charles Draper said this was necessary because this was the best fruit growing district in Victoria. Mr Cameron M.P. pointed out that whatever route the line took it would have to follow the Diamond Valley from Eltham. At the same time another meeting was pressing for the line to be extended to Queenstown (St Andrews). However when detailed surveys were made it was discovered that the only possible route was to Hurstbridge because of the hills. In 1912 the railway was opened terminating at Hurstbridge. Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Safety 5035steam train, railway construction, wattle glen -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Lempriere Family
Four correspondence items about the opening of Gardenvale Railway station: 1/Photocopied draft invitation to opening of Gardenvale railway station 06/12/1906.. 2/Photocopied correspondence from The Town Clerk, Brighton to F Jowett Caulfield, re amendments to invitations handwritten & dated 24/11/1906. 3/Handwritten names, as a draft list to invitees together with a roneod page of 50 ticket invitation names. 4/A photo/postcard of the opening of Gardenvale Railway station and accompanying letter from the sender, Miss Wood, whose grandfather, Councillor F G Wood secured the station for the residents of Caulfield.gardenvale railway station, lloyd c d (mayor), mayors, jowett f, caulfield, gardenvale, lantana road, wood miss, wood f g, councillors -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Knox Collection, Surveying construction near Barongarook, 1900
In 1898 a recommendation for a railway of 2 ft 6 in gauge was handed down by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, to cost $138,000. Construction of the Colac-Beech Forest railway line began in 1900. About 100 men were employed in laying and ballasting the track while others formed the earthworks and the building of culverts and bridges. The earthworks of gravel ballast 150 mm deep were formed by horse and scoop or by shovel. Once the bed had been laid surveyors went along to check the layout, particularly all check rail curves and all 100 metre curves which the surveyors in the picture are doing.B/W. Three men surveying the construction of a curved bed on which track will be laid, near Barongarook, Victoria.colac; beech forest; barongarook; railways; -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Sandringham tramway - section staff, 1920s
Item used on the Victorian Railways Sandringham - Black Rock tram line for the short section of the single track of the line between the railway station in Station Street and the depot entrance in Bay Road. Tram drivers were required to carry this to prevent a head-on collision on the single-line section. Image 3 shows the driver placing the item in the "staff box" outside the depot. Image from the DVD "VR Tramways in the 1950s", with permission from Effectch the Producer. The Newport Railway Museum holds the other staffs for this line along with a damaged one (or two) for the same section - see photo 4 for the Black Rock to Beaumaris Section.Demonstrates an item used to safely work trams on the Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris tram line.Two sections of steel intermeshed to form a cross and stamped.Stamped "No. 1 Section" and "Sandringham - Staff Box"trams, tramways, safeworking, sandringham, section staff -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Brochure, Casterton, Focus of the South West, n.d
From the collection of Vanda Savill, Bower Bird Museum, Heywood 'Dear Friends' servesTourist brochure, 'Casterton Focus of the South-West. Single sheet glossy paper, folded in 4; mushroom coloured, black pen and ink image of Casterton Railway Station on front. Printed both sides with photos and descriptions of Casterton and District attractions, plus advertising.casterton, tourism, tourist information, advertising -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Heritage Display, Heritage Week at 728 Main Road, Eltham, 1990
Two colour photographs of the Heritage Photographic Displays during Heritage Week in the former Police Residence and current home of Eltham District Historical Society at 728 Main Road, Eltham. One display was titled: Public Works- Construction of roads, bridges, railways etc.heritage week, eltham, courthouse, heritage display, exhibition, photographs, activities -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Heritage Display, Heritage Week at 728 Main Road, Eltham, 1990
Two colour photographs of the Heritage Photographic Displays during Heritage Week in the former Police Residence and current home of Eltham District Historical Society at 728 Main Road, Eltham. One display was titled: Public Works- Construction of roads, bridges, railways etc.heritage week, eltham, courthouse, heritage display, exhibition, photographs, activities -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Creswick, Parish of Creswick, County of Talbot, 1928
Parish Plan of Creswick showing Slaty Creek, Old Gold Workings, Police Reserve, Railway Station, Public Gardens, Sawpit Gully, Hospital Reserve, Nigh Soil Depot, Eureka Terracotta Tile COmpany, Creswick Creek, Forest COmmission, Roycroft's Racecreswick, eureka terracotta tile co, parish plan -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - HONOURING VICTORIAN RAILWAY WAR SERVICE - BENDIGO 23 JUNE 2017
Magazine publication with coloured photograph of Bendigo Railway Station on front and back cover. Contains 50 pages of biographies of those locomotive drivers who served in World War I. Also contains photographs of people, war service records, newspaper articles and buildings.Rail Tram ande Bus Union - Locomotive Division Victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: EAGLEHAWK POST OFFICE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Eaglehawk post office: built in 1874. This photo was taken by T. M. Cleaves. The township of Eaglehawk was firmly established by 1862 but a railway line was not completed was not completed to Raywood until December, 1882. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF ENGINEMEN
Brown hard cover book. On front cover ' Victorian Railways, instructions for the guidance of enginemen in connexion with the uniform methods of dealing with breakdown, engine trouble & c. In front cover written in blue ink ' J. Badham, Castlemaine, 13/11/35, Picnic Day'.H.J,. Green, Govt. Printercottage, miners, badham, victorian railways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BENDIGO RAILWAY STATION FROM ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
Sepia post card, printed on back 'Post Card, printed in Australia, R.E.M. Series' Image shows railway station, from St. Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. In foreground, Mitchell St., running up to station, on Rh side mine buildings, poppet head.R.E.M. Series, Melbourne.place, streetscape, mitchell street, /railway station, mitchell street, railway station, mine. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ''A LONG TIME AGO'': THE HISTORY OF THE MELBOURNE TO BENDIGO LINE
''A Long Time Ago'' - The history of the Melbourne to Bendigo line. V/Line publication (fold-out) with brief history of construction and simplified route map of line with brief description of some of the railway line features as well as information about towns and special features on the route.V/Line Publication, Walker Printing Bendigo.bendigo, history, bendigo railway, bendigo railway, stations on the bendigo line -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - LEICHARDT : COUNTY OF BENDIGO, 15-6-19
Map. Leichardt, County of Bendigo, Bridgewater, Yarraberb, Nerring, Marong, Woodstock, Derby, Sandhurst & Inglewood Railway Line. Photo-Lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne, by T.F. McGauran, 15-6-09. Price 1/-. (number 68 in map cupboard 1)T.F. McGauranmap, bendigo, leichardt -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - DERBY : COUNTY OF BENDIGO, 1-9-09
Map. Derby, County of Bendigo, Inglewood, Loddon River, Tarnagulla, Woodstock, Leichardt, Bridgewater, Bendigo to Inglewood Railway. Photo-Lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne, by T.E. McGauran 1-9-09. Price 1/-. (number 55 in map cupboard 1)T.E. McGauranmap, bendigo, derby -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Traffic census, Port Melbourne, 6 Mar 1947
Traffic census 6th March 1947 showing intersections at Ingles Street and Williamstown Road (no 84), Lorimer Street and Salmon Street )no 90) Beach Street and Bay Street (no 113) Williamstown Road and Beach Road (no 112), Railway Crossing Graham Street (no 77)engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - 64 Evans Street, Port Melbourne, Meredith Turnbull, Dec 1996
Meredith Turnbull photographed this series in 1996 to record the rapidly changing streetscape, which had already had a number of old houses replaced by concrete two-storey structures under the State government's urban consolidation policyFrom a series of 70 colour photos recording all buildings in Evans Street from Graham Street overpass to Ingles Street, as photographed from the railway reservation, by Meredith Turnbull in December 1996 - 64 Evans, Meredith's home (built by Caleb Kennett, 1872?House numbers noted on backbuilt environment - domestic, meredith turnbull -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - 135 & 137 Evans Street (Raglan Street Housing Commission flats), Port Melbourne, Meredith Turnbull, Dec 1996
Meredith Turnbull photographed this series in 1996 to record the rapidly changing streetscape, which had already had a number of old houses replaced by concrete two-storey structures under the State government's urban consolidation policyFrom a series of 70 colour photos recording all buildings in Evans Street from Graham Street overpass to Ingles Street, as photographed from the railway reservation, by Meredith Turnbull in December 1996 - - number 135, 137- Raglan Street Housing Commission flatsHouse numbers noted on backbuilt environment - domestic, built environment - public housing, meredith turnbull -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Ire over direction of Path Plan, 2016
The Blackburn Village Residents' Group wants a bike and pedestrian path along the north side of the railway line instead of the south side as proposed by council but the Whitehorse Council states this is not sensible.The Blackburn Village Residents' Group wants a bike and pedestrian path along the north side of the railway line instead of the south side as proposed by council but the Whitehorse Council states this is not sensible. Another option the Group would prefer is the lowering of the tracks and the station to create a plaza there.The Blackburn Village Residents' Group wants a bike and pedestrian path along the north side of the railway line instead of the south side as proposed by council but the Whitehorse Council states this is not sensible.city of whitehorse, blackburn railway crossing, blackburn village residents' group, morrison, david -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - War memorial, Clare Gervasoni, Ballarat Prisoner of War Memorial, 11/03/2017
Designed in 2004 by sculptor Peter Lambert the memorial honours more than 35,000 Australians held prisoner of war during the Boer War, both world wars and the Korean War.Landscape featuring the Ballarat Prisoner of War Memorial. The memorial includes a 130 metre long wall of highly polished granite engraved with the names of all Australian prisoners of war. The paving stones at the centre of the path are cut in the shape of railway sleepers to symbolise the prisoners' journey. prisoner of war, ballarat priosner of war memorial, war memorial -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 17th April 1919
On 17th April 1919 a stock train travelling north crashed head-on with a goods train coming in the opposite direction. The driver thought he had been given the all-clear to proceed into Sunbury and it was only when the train was approaching the Macedon Street bridge that he saw the red light and it was too late. The accident caused damage to rolling stack and disruption on the Bendigo and Maryborough lines. The train coming from Bendigo smashed onto the platform at Sunbury. The driver of the stock train was thrown under the van and suffered a broken arm and facial injuries. The fireman was thrown clear of the tracks. A local Sunbury doctor treated them before they were taken by a casualty train to hospital. A crew from Melbourne came to Sunbury to repair the damage. The track was cleared by that afternoon.This rail crash is one of a number that have happened in and near Sunbury over the years.A black and white photograph with a cream border, of a goods train smash at a railway siding. The carriages have 'jack-knifed'. Four men are on the tracks looking at the damage while a number of onlookers are surveying the damage from a footbridge. There are boxes of rabbit carcasses in crates stacked in the foreground.rail crashes, sunbury -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Aura Station and train
Photo taken from Menzies Road, Menzies Creek, looking towards the railway station. On the left is the house which served as the first official post office. The station is in the centre, with what appears to be a down train in the station. On the right is the stationmaster's house in its original position. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 5/04/1969 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams in Lydiard St North and the railway level crossing.Agfa blue/white mount, colour slide of a bogie tram 36 crossing the Lydiard St North level crossing northbound. Has the railway gates in the view. Moody's Provincial Hotel, Hoyts and Reid's Coffee Palace are in the view. Shows the track arrangement at this location."5-4-69" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, railway station, level crossings, tram 36 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Map, South Pacific Electric Railway, c1970's
702.1 Map of Sydney Trams - diagrammatic in 1921, includes electric and steam, shows streets, railways and where starting (Not original a reproduction) 702.2 - as above, but shows track layout, crossovers etc. - more to scale, also a reproduction. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, map, sydney -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Travis Jeffrey, c1962
Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo 7,at North Bendigo terminus with the railway level crossing in the background. Tram has the destination of North Bendigo. Photo taken c1962. Tram has a "The Age" sign on the front cab panel."BES 10" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, north bendigo, tram 7 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Drawing, "Newcastle Tramways 1938", 1938
Blue print drawings titled ""Newcastle Tramways 1938" printed on two sheets showing the track layout for the Newcastle Tramways in 1938 Has depot layouts, railway crossings, street names and major waterways. From the Wal Jack Collection. No details of made them.wal jack, newcastle, track layout -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 14/03/1960 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of railway level crossing and Ballarat station in 1960.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photograph of No. 21 at the gates at Ballarat Railway station while R734 shunts onto the 1.40pm Horsham Passenger train, 14-3-1960. Photo Wal Jack. See image i2 for rear of photograph.On rear of photograph in ink "VR , SEC, Ballarat No. 21 tram newly painted waiting at rail gates Ballarat Rly Station. R734 4-6-4 backing on 1.40pm Horsham Passenger Train 14-3-60" and in top right hand corner, Wal Jack stamp with "2899" written in.trams, tramways, lydiard st, railway station, level crossings, tram 21 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BUSH COLLECTION: INDEX OF ALBERT BUSH'S LETTERS
Index of Albert Bush's letters, foolscap format 6A handwritten index of letters,seven pages 6B typed index, in two stapled sections, seven pages in total 6C single sheet refers to types of transport (trucks, schooners & railway) and agents and products -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White copy, Charles Pratt, "Ballarat looking west ca 1925-40"
Original photograph by Charles Daniel Pratt, with the original image held by the State Library of Victoria. Edited by Richard Conn. Purchased by the Museum.Provides information about the appearance of Ballarat East and views across over the Railway Station to Lake Wendouree and along along Sturt St. Shows the nature of the Bridge St shopping centre and other places.Black & White copy photograph aerial view A4 size, titled "Ballarat looking west ca 1925-40" - looking along Sturt St with the Railway yards, Bridge St and Victoria St in the view. Some trams can be seen at Grenville St.ballarat, aerial photo, sturt st, victoria st