Yields information about the condition of Wendouree Parade in the Gardens during the last 12 months of operations.Colour slide - 35mm - of Ballarat No. 13 south bound to Mt Pleasant in Wendouree Parade, just past the old Gardens crossing loop. Photo by Chas Bevan 19-12-1970"Ballarat trams (bogies) at depot 19-12-70" in ink.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, gardens loop, tram 13

Demonstrates ticket printing and usage and has a strong association with the donor.Set of 5 SEC tickets. 1 - 3d - Aq 280640 - off white paper, light red printed ticket with price and letters in blue and the ticket number in black. Has a Bushells Pty Ltd advert on rear for a free booklet "How to read tea cups". 2 - 4d - X999320 - off white paper, with printing in brown and the ticket number in black. Has a brown lined back. 3 - Two (2) No.10c tickets, office white paper with printing in black - numbers D0116901 and D016902. Has a SEC "Electricity makes life easier" ad on rear. 4 - 13c ticket - B238948, off white paper with black printing - with a SEC "Electricity makes life easier" ad on rear and a hand written notation about its use - used on 21/8/1971, last day of Victoria St operation. last ticket See also Reg Items 259, 1950, 3464, 6140, 6977 for other "last tickets". on rear of 4, "Ballarat 21/8/71, last day of Victoria St line operation" in blue ink.trams, tramways, tickets, closure, victoria st

Four digital images and two movie images on the last day of operation of tram 466 prior to return to Bendigo. Taken by Austin Brehaut. .1 - 466 at the depot prior to running out. .2 - 466 at Carlton St .3 - 466 at St Aidans Drive with Len Millar at the controls .4 - Looking through the rear view mirror at the inside of the tram. .5 - Movie image of 466 turning at Depot Junction onto the access track. .6 - Movie image of 466 running in onto 6 road at the depot. For movie images see directory c:/dbtext/AV images/Reg Item 4641-5 and 4641-6 trams, tramways, last day, btm, wendouree parade, depot, depot junction, tram 466

Yields information about the last day of Dave O'Neil as a driver and Ryan Vanderzweep as a conductor.Three digital images of Dave O'Neil's last day as a driver and Ryan Vanderzweep first day as a conductor. Taken by Austin Brehaut. .1 - Dave O'Neil on the footstep of No. 14 .2 - Dave O'Neil and Ryan Vanderzweep .3 - Ryan's first day. trams, tramways, last day, btm, wendouree parade, tram 14

Yields information about the construction of the depot building for the BTPS in the south Gardens Reserve and the landscape at the time.Black and white photograph of the bike or bicycle shed at the old SEC Depot Ballarat being lifted by a Bob Davies crane onto a truck for transport front the depot mid 1972 - part of the demolition work undertaken at the depot. Possibly one of the last buildings to be removed. trams, tramways, depot, bike shed, demolition

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Geelong No. 5 in Ryrie St at intersection with Moorabool St. Tram has the destination of City. In the background are Bank of New South Wales building, a set of bar lights and three other trams. Photographer not known. Dated 8/1/1956. On rear in ink "Car No. 5 on shuttle run Ryrie St to Beach on last day of running this service 8/1/56"trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, tram 5

Photo of No. 18 at West, 2.30pm, last day of operations 8-1-1956. Photographer unknown - same as 5854. Tram has the destination of East. Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Two copies held. Has written in ink on the rear "No 18 at top of Packingham St (terminus) 2.30pm 8/1/56, Geelong"trams, tramways, geelong, pakington st, west, tram 18

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of No. 18 turning out of Pakington St into Aberdeen St, last day of operations 8-1-1956. Photographer unknown - same as 5854. Shows the arrangement of the overhead and curves at this intersection. Has written in ink on the rear "No. 18 city bound from West to East, turning from Packington St into Aberdeen St 8/1/56. Next day was buses."trams, tramways, geelong, east, west, pakington st, tram 18

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Moorabool Street looking south from Malop St, last day of operations 8-1-1956. Photographer unknown - same as 5854. Has two trams turning at Ryrie St. In the background is the T&G building, a Chemist and Solomons. Has written in ink on the rear "Looking south along Moorabool St from Malop St."trams, tramways, geelong, moorabool st

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Geelong 35 in front of No. 5, from the Beach terminus, in Corio Terrace, last day of Service 8-1-1956 outside the depot. No. 35 has the destination of Chilwell No details on photographer. On rear in ink "No. 35 in front of No. 5 at depot enroute from Eastn Beach terminus 8/1/56"trams, tramways, geelong, depot, corio terrace, tram 35, tram 5

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Geelong No 35 in Ryrie St, at Gheringhap St with destination of Chilwell, on the last day of service on this line. Has a bar traffic light in the photo and R. J. Stokes store. 8/1/1956. No details on photographer. On rear in ink "No.35 Chilwell bound in Ryrie St opposite Gheringhap St, Post Office Corner Geelong 8/1/56"trams, tramways, geelong, last day, ryrie st, traffic lights, tram 35

Report - 9 pages- handwritten, dated June 23 1857 to the Provincial Committee of the Ballarat and Dunolly Railway" Prepared by Henry Smith Civil Engineer, looks as various aspects of a prolapsed timber rail / sleepered tramway plated, horse drawn, grades, earthworks. Gives a total cost of 2897 pounds. Last page has a ink and washed sketch of the track structure - plan and cross section. Only the cover, first page and last page imaged.trams, tramways, tramways, costs, dunolly, timber tramways

Gives the design details of the device or fitting known as a trolley wire ear that holds a tramway copper trolley wire in position. Notes that the drawing was traced in 1958 from a MMTB drawing.Yields information about the design of trolley wire fittings and how they were fabricated. Interesting that the drawing is dated 15-8-1958, given that on 1-3-1958 the last street tramways operated by the Victorian Railways closed. May have been used for electrically powered gantry cranes or overhead travelling cranes used in Workshops and railway yards.Dyeline print of Victorian Railways drawing - F6236 - Ears Female TramwayHas number "7515 D.33" in black pen in bottom right hand corner.tramways, trams, overhead, victorian railways, trolley wire, engineering, electrical engineering

The penel was recovered by the restorer of MESCo/SECV Geelong tram No. 2 and provided information about the paint scheme and layout. The Geelong tramway system closed in March 1956, No. 2 making its last run in January 1956. The body was subsequently sold to Phil Shoppee, a farmer at Murradoc on the Bellarine Peninsula. The farmer had used the tram body as a feed store, with this part placed up against a water tank or similar. This prevented it from being painted over. The panel shows the methodology of securing it to the tram body and the location of the lining and the emblem. The SECV logo or emblem dates from the formation of the SECV in 1921. The panel dates from the 1950s, possibly from a repaint after the side entry gates on the car were replaced by hinged doors in the mid-1950s. See reference.Yields information about the location of the lining and logo on the tram body and colours. One of the few original SECV logos formed from gold leaf in the Museum's collection.Sheet steel - treated - SEC green paint with a gold leaf SECV logo or emblemtrams, tramways, geelong, tram 2, secv tramways, logos, secv, emblems

Manuscript titled "The Tramways of Ballarat", prepared by Keith Kings during 1964 based on the text in the last paragraph. Provides a short history of Ballarat, the construction and operation of the horse tram system, the take over and construction of the electric tramways by the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria, and operation of horse tram trailers. Includes the takeover by the SEC, replacement tramcars, Lydiard St Nth extension, exchange of cars with Bendigo, Geelong, attempts to close the system and operations during the mid 1960s.Yields information about the history of Ballarat Tramways written in 1964. Has a strong association with the author who prepared a larger work when the tram system closed in 1971.Manuscript titled - The Tramways of Ballarat - four foolscap typed pages, carbon copy.Has a number of corrections to the text.ballarat, trams, tramways, manuscript, history, horse trams, esco, sec, tramcars, ballarat tramways

Manuscript titled "The Tramways of Bendigo", prepared by Keith Kings during 1965 based on the text in the last paragraph. Provides a short history of Bendigo, the construction and operation of the battery and steam tram system, the take over and construction of the electric tramways by the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria. Includes the takeover by the SEC, replacement tramcars, the North Bendigo extension, exchange of cars with Ballarat, Geelong, attempts to close the system and operations during the mid 1960s.Yields information about the history of Bendigo Tramways written in 1965. Has a strong association with the author who prepared a larger work when the tram system closed in 1971.Manuscript titled - The Tramways of Bendigo - four foolscap typed pages, carbon copy.Has a number of corrections to the text.trams, tramways, manuscript, history, esco, sec, tramcars, steam trams, bendigo tramways

Manuscript titled "A brief history of the Tramways of Bendigo", prepared by Keith Kings during 1965 based on the text in the last paragraph. Was to be a joint effort with Wal Jack, notes Wal's death in 1964. Provides a short history of Bendigo, the construction and operation of the battery and steam tram system, the take over and construction of the electric tramways by the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria. Includes the takeover by the SEC, replacement tramcars, the North Bendigo extension, exchange of cars with Ballarat, Geelong, attempts to close the system and operations during the mid 1960s. The material in this manuscript would have formed by the basis of a booklet published by the ARHS/TMSV at the time of the closure of the SEC operated tramways in 1971.Yields information about the history of Bendigo Tramways written in 1965. Has a strong association with the author who prepared a larger work when the tram system closed in 1971.Manuscript titled - The Tramways of Bendigo - 31 quarto typed pages, carbon copy.Has a number of corrections to the text.trams, tramways, manuscript, history, esco, sec, tramcars, steam trams, bendigo tramways

Features both black and white and colour photographs, including tickets, photos along each route, Charing Cross, depot, notes on the rolling stock with an aerial photograph of Bendigo with the tram routes marked in and a fold out detailed map of Bendigo and its track layout.Yields information about the Bendigo tramways operated by the SEC in a photographic and text format.Book, 78 pages including card cover, printed on gloss paper, titled "By Birney to Golden Square", written by Brian Andrews, published by Southern Cross Traction, Kensington Park SA. Sub-titled "The last last years of Bendigo's tramways", 1973. trams, tramways, bendigo, sec tramways, maps

Last page of a report by the Railways Standing Committee 1902. recommends that the State (Victoria) obtains possession of the tramways - looks at the situation in Sydney. At the time Sydney was expanding its electric tram system, Melbourne was reliant on cable trams.Yields information about a view of the Railways Standing Committee in 1902.Photocopy A4 sheet of the last page of a 10 page report dated 6-5-1902, possibly the "Electric Trams" - Parliamentary report - Railways Standing Committee 1902. letters, railways, tramways, reports, public transport, parliament

Wal Jack maintained lists of Australian tramcars, often provided by his correspondents. This list, c1950, provides a list of Sydney tramcars up to R1 1987 in passenger service by class with their allocated numbers - prior to the construction of the last 100 R1 class cars. Not known who prepared the list.Yields information about Wal Jack's records.Carbon copy, typed on fawn coloured paper - List of Sydney tramcar numbers and class.letters, wal jack, trams, sydney, lists

The Association of Railway Enthusiasts, a Melbourne based group, ran its first tour to Ballarat on 23 July 1961 and its last tour on 6 May 2023 also to Ballarat to visit the Museum. The group has subsequently ceased to function. The booking form provides details of the tour and times. The two tickets were used by participants as souvenirs of the day which included a lunch pack. About 70 people participated.Yields information about the last tour of the Association of Railway Enthusiasts.Set of two printed Edmondson tickets and three A4 sheets as a booking form.ballarat, tours, are, museum

A 40 pp booklet and covers - guide to Melb Tram and bus Routes, with listing of routes, numbers, times of first and last, with some amendments sheets, with list of cable trams, buses and railway trams. Record reviewed and scanned images of cover and inside pages added 5/9/13.Re priced by over stamp from 1/- to 6d and correction by stamp on p2.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, routes, times

Demonstrates the manufacture of uniform items and their use in uniforms for tramway crews in Ballarat and has a very strong association with well known Tramway identity in Ballarat.SEC uniform clothing button from uniform of Lew Walker, SEC Motorman, on last day of service. 24 diameter, with SEC crest, 1921 and organisation name embossed onto outer surface, with backing piece and lug for sewing on rear. Nickel plated silver? STATE ELECTRICITY COMISSION OF VICYTORIA 1921tram, trams, secv, ballarat tramways, uniforms, buttons, btm

Fold out sheet coloured map, 12 portions or folds, - title - "Map of Melbourne's Trams and Bus routes and all night services" map shows trams lines, route numbers, terminal points, bus routes, railway lines, blow up of city area with places of interest and key. On rear details, places of interest, suburb index, index to routes, first and last services, Sunday am services, all night bus services and locations of depots and head office. 2nd copy added 11-8-2006. Images of document - scanned to A3 size and overlapping added 30/10/13 On rear "out of date" stamp and 1 "cancelled" stamp - red ink.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, tram & bus services, all night services

Fold out map (10 sections), coloured of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, municipalities boundaries and location of major places of interest. At base of map - timetable of all night trams and bus services. On rear index to routes, 1st and last services, time of Sunday am services, Latrobe St. services and photo of Wattle Park.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, tram & bus services, all night services, mmtb

Yields information about the closure of the SEC operated Ballarat tramway system and the formation and first 10 years of the BTPS. Contains a number of cuttings, Hansard extracts and photographs.Book - 40 page + covers, book describing the last days of the SECV's Ballarat operation, the formation of the BTPS and the first 10 years of the BTPS operating. Cover-card with photos in green ink. Title = "Ten Years" Book has 40 photos, four drawings, list of SECV trams at Sept. 1971. 309.1 - donation by Neville Gower 309.2 - collected from stock.309.1 - has "Neville Gower" in ink on page 3, top right hand corner.trams, tramways, ballarat, secv, btps, closure

338.1 - Black & White photograph of No. 28 in McCrae St. Bendigo running out for the last day 'Grand Parade' showing special - front 3/4 view. 338.2 - as above, but after tram has past photographer, has church hall in background. Both on Kodak paper. Taken on 16/4/1972.On rear in black ink on both photos 'Going out for last time, for SEC to partake in Grand Parade'trams, tramways, bendigo, closure, birney, mccrae , tram 28

Black & White photo of Adelaide's Metropolitan Transport Trust's No. C184, taken at twilight with flash of tram running to Hackney depot on last day of use at North Terrace on 23 August 1954. Photo by Douglas A. Colquhoun, photo file No. 01764 on Kodak paper.On rear of photo has photographer's stamp and detailstrams, tramways, adelaide, mtt no. 184, c class , tram c184

This photograph depicts the style of uniform worn by the Trained nurses of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) at that time. It shows part of a Cable Tram being the type of Public transport used by the Trained nurses to visit their patients. This group of Trained nurses are about to board trams to commence their visits to MDNS patients who require nursing care in their homes.District Nursing has had various modes of transport over the last 130 years. At first, from 1885 as Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), their Trained Nurses walked the streets and lane ways amid the slums of central Melbourne. As the Society expanded public transport was used, and bicycles were bought by the Society in 1903 and used in inner areas until 1955. During the Spanish flu epidemic, in 1919, MDNS appealed for assistance to procure Motor vehicles so the Nurses could visit an influx of cases. Through trusts, grants and donations four 'Ford 'T Model' cars were procured which enabled the nurses to triple their visits. Through constant use the cars were in such a poor state they were sold in 1927. A Motor Auxiliary was formed in 1929 to take Nurses to patients, and some nurses used their own cars; even a motorcycle was used by one nurse in 1933. All these forms of transport were intermingled until, having received Royal patronage; the now Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) had its own full fleet of vehicles.A slightly fuzzy black and white photograph which shows six Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) Sisters standing at a tram stop wearing uniforms of full length coats and grey brimmed hats bearing a Maltese cross insignia on the hat band. Each Sister is carrying a square nursing case with a thick handle on the top. Part of a Cable tram, with a 'Spencer Street' sign attached to the top, is on the right of the photograph. Two of the Sisters are about to board the tram. Four Sisters are standing by the 'tram stop' sign. A line of leafless tree are seen behind the Sisters, and white terraced houses are in the background.public transport, mdns, uniforms, melbourne district nursing society, royal district nursing service, rdns, rdns transport