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Book, The Ballarat Visitor Information Centre, "Ballarat and Surrounds", 2017
Full colour, 120 page, book, A5 size titled "Ballarat and Surrounds" with a cover photo of yellow fields. Gives details, maps accommodation listing, attractions etc of the Ballarat area. Page 46 details the Ballarat Tramway Museum. Inside rear cover is a fold out map of the district, city centre, Buninyong and Mt Helen and Ballarat and Surrounds. Published 2017 by The Ballarat Visitor Information Centre. trams, tramways, ballarat, visitors, tourist guides, btm, gardens -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Set of 10 decimal conversion tickets, 1965
Has a strong association with the Ballarat tramway system as being identified as being used on the system and for which trip on a specific date and demonstrates the ticket style at the time of decimal conversion in Australia.Set of 10 decimal conversion tickets used on the Ballarat tramway system Oct. 1965 and a handwritten note regarding them. 3d - Concession - orange - A773884 4c/4d - red A048643 4c/4d orange - City Section - A033817 6c/7d purple - City Section - A47000 6c/7d teal - -A048637 8c/10d green - A047016 and 017 10c/ 1/- black - A048619 12c/ 1/2 - brown - A054058 and 063 Handwritten note records that the 8c (10d) tickets were used on 2 Oct. 1965 on tram 39, the rest of the tickets were found on No. 39. trams, tramways, tickets, secv, ballarat, decimal conversion, decimal currency -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Set of 9 pre-decimal or imperial currency, 1959 to 1965
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 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Set of 4 decimal currency tickets, late 1960's
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 at the time of closure of Ballarat.Set of 4 decimal currency tickets used on the Ballarat or the Bendigo tramway system with three of them noted as to their use on the rear. 1 - 4c red - B814452 - ?? Bgo, Sat May 19, 1969, Tram No. 2 - Concession 2 - 7c purple - City Section - A056182 - tram 42 - Sun Sept 19, 1971 (last day of trams in Ballarat) 3 - 8c green - A552387 - 845am, tram 40 to Sebastopol, Sat Sept 19, 1971 4 - 8c green - A643974 - 745pm, tram 40 to Sebastopol, Sat Sept 19, 1971 trams, tramways, tickets, secv, ballarat, bendigo, sebastopol, closure, last day -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Permission granted to demolish house", "Gregory Street house saved", "House returned home", May to June 2017
Set of three Newspaper clipping from The Courier, concerning the conservation of a the former Wendouree Gardens Gatekeepers cottage, that was relocated from 1414 Gregory St, by the City of Ballarat following its decision to firstly demolish, then agree to relocate and actually relocate. Each feature a photo of the cottage. The newspaper articles gives background, history and costs. Includes comments by the Friends of the Gardens and Councillors. .1 - "Permission granted to demolish house" - c May 2017 - photo by Lachlan Bence .2 - "Gregory Street house saved" - undated - cMay 2017 - article by Melissa Cunnigham .3 - "House returned home" - 28/6/2017 - photo by Jeremy Bannister, article by Jeremy Venosta.wendouree parade, gardens, houses, city of ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Box of SEC tickets, late 1960's early 1970''s
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 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Map, City of Ballarat, "2019 Ballarat Begonia Festival Map", Mar. 2019
Map - printed in colour of off white paper titled "2019 Ballarat Begonia Festival Map" showing the various event locations in the Gardens area for the 2019 festival. Shows the tram stops and festival sponsors. On the rear is the program for each of the three days between 9/3/19 and 11/3/19.trams, tramways, begonia festival, map, events, btm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s
Yields information about Geelong trams in the late 1940's and the bogie trams.Black and white print of Geelong 39. Tram has the destination of Belmont. Photo taken in the double track area in the city area. Photo not dated or identified on the rear.trams, tramways, geelong, city, tram 39 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, David Verrier, 6/10/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of the tram 31 and the lower end of Sturt St in 1964.Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier of Tram 31 parked in City Loop showing "Special". In the background is the Dickins Food Store, Hartley's Sports Centre and the Ballarat Gas Company office. Photo taken 6/10/1964.On back of slide in pencil "Tues 6/10/64 Ballarat No. 31 in Sturt St Layby Loop" tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 31 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, David Verrier, 6/10/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of the City Centre tramway area, and the tram services that ran from there.Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier of looking west at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St with trams 28 (south side)( Gardens), and on the north side tram 34 (Mt Pleasant) and behind it No. 40 (Lydiard St North). Has the Town Hall, tram stop shelter and the fountain in the view. Note the traction power electrical box on the corner with an elderly lady about to cross the road. Photo taken 6/10/1964.On back of slide in pencil "Tues 6/10/64 Ballarat, Sturt and Lydiard St, RT 34 Mt Pleasant, 40 Lydiard Nth LT 28 Gardens"tramways, trams, sturt st, tramway centre, lydiard st, town hall, tram 34, tram 40, tram 28 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, David Verrier, 14/09/1970 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of tram 14 and the city loop area.Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph Monday 14/9/1970, by David Verrier of No. 14 in City Loop, Sturt St, showing the destination of City. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign on the front and a Cinzano Roof Advertisement. In the background is the Dickins Food Store, Union Hotel and the Bill Valpied Fruit Shop.On back of slide in pencil "Mon 14/9/70 14 Sturt St Ballarat"tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 14 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, David Verrier, 14/09/1970 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of tram 41 and the city loop area.Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph Monday 14/9/1970, by David Verrier of No. 41 passing the junction with the City Loop, Sturt St. The tram has two roof advertisements for Johnnie Walker Whiskey. In the background is the Union Hotel and the Bill Valpied Fruit Shop and others.On back of slide in pencil "Mon 14/9/70 41 Sturt St Ballarat"tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 41 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, 1971
Yields information about the appearance and use of the bogie trams at night.Black and white photograph of No. 43 at the city terminus at night. In the view is the short tram stop and End of Section pole. Tram has the destination of Mt Pleasant. Photo by Charles Craig - during 1971. trams, tramways, city, sturt st, night photo, tram 43 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, Aug. 1971
Yields information about tram operations in Albert St Sebastopol and the Grey St crossing loop.Black and white photograph of No. 12 about to enter the Grey St loop, Albert St. Alongside the tram is a 40mph speed limit sign, Albert St shops and a Forest City signal. Photo by Charles Camera, at the time of the first closure of the Ballarat system, 23/8/1971 when the Victoria St line closed.trams, tramways, albert st, grey st loop, sebastopol, tram 12 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Transport Regulation Board, Ballarat Bus Services", Aug. 1971
Yields information about the closure of the Ballarat Tramway system and the bus replacements made by the Transport Regulation Board, can be compared to that for Bendigo and Geelong.Poster, titled "Ballarat Bus Services" printed on off white gloss paper. Produced shortly before the closure of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria operated Ballarat Tramway system. Gives details of the replacement bus services as well as the existing bus services and other changes planned. Provides notes on the operator, timetables, fares, route numbers and dates when the services would be changed. Map shows the bus routes, route numbers, section points and City stands and stops. Authorised by the Secretary of the Transport Regulation Board B. P. Kay. pdf file has to be opened outside dbTextWorks.trams, tramways, ballarat, map, closure, buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Transport Regulation Board, Bendigo Bus Services", Feb. 1972
Yields information about the closure of the Bendigo Tramway system and the bus replacements made by the Transport Regulation Board, can be compared to that for BallaratDigital print of a scanned Poster, titled "Bendigo Bus Services" printed on white paper. Produced shortly before the closure of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria operated Bendigo Tramway system. Gives details of the replacement bus services as well as the existing bus services and other changes planned. Provides notes on the operator, timetables, fares, route numbers and dates when the services would be changed. Map shows the bus routes, route numbers, section points and City stands and stops. Authorised by the Transport Regulation Board. trams, tramways, bendigo, map, closure, buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, City of Ballaarat, "my Ballarat - Summer 2016", Jan. 2017
Magazine - 40 pages, centre stapled, full colour printed on white paper, titled "my Ballarat - Summer 2016", providing news, events, activities for the City of Ballarat. Includes the results of the Lake Wendouree Master Plan Survey - includes the expansion of the Ballarat Tram depot for the joint BTM - RSL Ballarat Sub-branch - Tramway and Military Interpretative Centretrams, tramways, btm, rsl, masterplan, lake wendouree, botanical gardens -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Group housing proposal for old tram depot", 8/02/1972 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the proposal for housing on the former SEC tram depot in Wendouree Parade.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, titled "Group housing proposal for old tram depot", 8/2/1972, about the SEC wanting to develop a group housing scheme comprising 16 homes for the old tram depot in Wendouree Parade. Has an image of proposed housing.closure, city of ballaarat, sec, depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, 6/03/1954 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the Royal Visit to Ballarat and the tram decorated for its visit along with other arrangements.Set of three eight digital images taken of Queen Elizabeth II to Ballarat 6/3/1954 by W. J. Llewelyn. .1 - Street view of Sturt St looking East at St Patrick's church, with No. 38 in the background and the wooden crowd control barriers stacked by the footpath. .2 - Crowd waiting at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. .3 - Crowd waiting in Sturt St, with soldier's, outside Myers Store .4 - Crowd and guard of honour waiting at the station. .5 - The Queen and Duke in the official car in Sturt St. .6 - ditto with Myer Store in the background. .7 - Scottish unit marching at the intersection of Bridge St and Grenville St with he Bucks Head Hotel in the background. Note the sign on the hotel pointing to the Floral Carpet at the Alfred Hall. .8 - Band at the City Oval. Date obtained from http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/Royal_Visit_1954,_Locations_for_Visiting_Municipalities,_Ballarat (accessed 11-6-2017)trams, tramways, civic functions, royal visit, railway station, lydiard st, sturt st, city oval, myers, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, c1954
Set of two colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn of the Johns Valves Ballarat factory on the south side of Norman St Ballarat under construction c1954. .1 - looking from the SEC Power Station B towards Wendouree - note the narrow Norman St. .2 - looking back towards the City of Ballarat, with the Railway Workshops and the Showgrounds in the distance. See https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/M._B._John_Ltd. accessed 12-6-2017 Photo taken at the same time as btm6855i.trams, tramways, secv, manufacturing, norman st, creswick road, industry -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, c1955
Set of two colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn. .1 - Armstrong Street from the Town Hall tower - shows the street view, car parking arrangements prior to the construction of the Ballarat City Hall, c1955. The new Civic Hall was opened in 1956. Shows the railway timber yard. .2 - Sturt St showing Town Hall and the Myers building late 1950's? trams, tramways, armstrong st, railway, town hall, myers -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, c1980
Colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn of the former City of Ballaarat Town Clerk, Ian Smith in front of the Town Hall, c1980?trams, tramways, town hall, city of ballaarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, late 1971
Set of two colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn of: .1 - Dredging the eastern end of the Lake Wendouree Rowing course - 1956? or at a later date. .2 - Tennis tournament at the City Oval - 1950's? See condition detailstrams, tramways, city oval, sports, rowing, lake wendouree -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Tasmania Public Transport, "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961", Nov. 1961
Conference papers or Presentation Notes or Report, over 300 foolscap sheets bound with a cotton tape binder in the top left hand corner titled "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961". Includes reports from Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Tasmania, Auckland and Dunedin. Christchurch and Wellington also attended but did not submit sufficient copies. looks at Statistic, industrial issues, fares, rollingstock, buses, traffic, school children, bus stops, accounting, depreciation, cash handling, amenities, insurance, stores, costs and some general matters. No table of contents, programs etc. trams, tramways, conferences, buses, trams, fares, industrial issues, bus stops, accounting, insurance, australasian tramway conference, management -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Bendigo Advertiser, "SEC Says it will abandon the trams" "Near the end of the Line?" "Let 'em Walk", "What the SEC Said", "Lost City Without Trams", 3/02/1962 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the 1962 proposal of the SEC to closure the Bendigo tramway system and notes the impact on the city, with references to Ballarat and Geelong.Newspaper - The Bendigo Advertiser, Saturday 3/2/1962, 14 broad sheet pages, with the main headline ""SEC Says it will abandon the trams" about the notice given in Parliament the previous day by the Minister for Electrical Undertakings Mr. Reid following notice by the SEC. Includes the text of a letter to the City of Bendigo, by the Secretary of the SEC, Mr. D. H. Munro. Has an editorial titled "Let 'em Walk", a photo of the No. 2 en route to Eaglehawk at Charing Cross and further article reporting on comments from four civic leaders "Lost City Without Trams". Quotes two local MLA's - L. W. Galvin, C.P. Stoneham, Cr. W. Mathrick of Eaglehawk and the K.H. Gordon,Chamber of Commerce. Notes impact on the city, Ballarat and Geelong bus system. See Reg Item 6950 for the Ballarat The Courier Report. Full copy of the newspaper collected for style and adverts - has a Briquette advert on page 14.sec, closure, bendigo, parliament, eaglehawk, geelong, ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, 1939
Digital image of the Grenville St tram shelter decorated for the Victorian Centenary celebrations in Ballarat 1938 - the shelter has been decorated to look like a boat. Has tram 18 or 19 entering Bridge St. In the background is Bailey Bros butcher, Magnet bakery, advert for city Life Mutual and Cooke & Co. finance on the Nicholl & Allan building, Grenville St., Bridge St Photo by Jane Holmes, from the Museum of Victoria website - see related documents. Note the scanning error in the trackwork.trams, tramways, centenary, ballarat, shelters, grenville st, tram 18, tram 19 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, 1/01/1970 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St.Digital images of tram 43 crossing Lydiard St in Sturt St, with destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. Has the T&G sign, Mechanics Institute and the Unicorn Hotel in the view. Photo by Chris Phillips. Image dated 1/1/1970 - to be confirmed. trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, city, tram 43 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Bruce Herbert, "Bendigo and Ballarat Trams (AETA Convention) 30 Mar 1975", 30/03/1975 12:00:00 AM
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. Bendigo photos: 1 - No. 28 at the depot 2 - ditto 3 - 24 and another bogie tram in side the depot 4 - No. 3? inside the depot 5 - 12, scrubber - 17 and two bogie trams 6 - scrubber and other bogie trams. 7 - general view with 24 and other bogie trams 8 - ditto 9 - Four trams at the Gold Mine, lead by 28. 10 - 19 at the Gold Mine 11 - single trucker with "tram tours" sign on the front 12 - 28 and two other cars at the Joss House, North Bendigo 13 - 19 and two other cars at the Joss House 14 - 30 at depot junction and loop 15 - 28 and 18 16 - 18 in the loop 17 - 28 and 18 McCrae St 18 - 28, 18 and 30 ditto 19 - 19 20 - No. 18 and 28 in Pall Mall with The Beehive in the background. Outside the building is an American Doughnut Kitchen van. The junction trackwork for the Eaglehawk lines remain in position. 21 - No. 30 northbound, with the City Family Hotel and other shops in the background. 22 - ditto and the cenotaph, 23 - B74 on a train at Spencer St. trams, tramways, btps, ballarat, aeta, bendigo, bendigo trust, depot, mccrae st, tram 28 tram 19 tram 30 tram 18 tram 24 tram 3 tram 12 tram 17 tram scrubber -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Chris Phillips, c1970
Yields information about the Dawson St Cross over in Sturt St c1970.Digital images of tram 14 using the Dawson St Crossover emerging into Sturt St northside, with the destination of City. Has a man sitting on one of the median strip seats.trams, tramways, sturt st, dawson st, city, tram 14 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 2, Chris Phillips, c1970
Yields information about the City terminus on the south side of Sturt St and the passenger traffic prior to closure of the system. Shows many people boarding the tram.Set of two digital images of trams at the City terminus on the south side of Sturt St, c1970. and corner with Lydiard St. .1 - No. 27 and another single trucker loading large crowds of passengers at the tram stop. No. 27 has the destination of City Oval. In the background is the Commonwealth Bank building. The tram has a Twin Lakes sign. .2 - Four trams at the same stop, from rear - 12, 43, 26 and ?. No. 12 has the destination of Sebastopol and has a Twin Lakes sign. Has the Town Hall in the background and the ESCo pillar cabinet on the corner.trams, tramways, sturt st, city oval, city, lydiard st, electrical switching, electrical equipment, esco, tram 27, tram 12, tram 43, tram 26