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Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Glen Eira Historical Society, "Glen Eira Historical Society Newsletter", Sep. 2014
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Parts OF the Glen Eira Historical Society Newsletter" for September 2014 with items on the McKinnon Road shopping centre, a report on a talk by Ian Jenkin of the ARHS Vic Div about the Caulfield horse tramway and the PMTT and a report of a walk along the horse tram route conducted by Peter Carwardine of the ARHS in July 2014. Includes a donation note from Member Keith Stodden, dated 25-9-2014trams, tramways, caulfield, horse trams, glen eira, mckinnon rd -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Prahran & Malvern Tramway Trust (PMTT), "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - Traffic Summary for week ending 9th April 1919", Apr. 1919
Quarto sheet - printed and typed form - report - "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - Traffic Summary for week ending 9th April 1919". Gives the car miles, passengers and revenue for each day of the reporting week. Gives details for the Trust lines, Burke Road extension and the White Horse Extension along with a summary of revenue, revenue per car mile and passengers per car mile. Also notes the weather conditions. Item .2 to .5 added 9-8-2018 from donation of Bob Wilson. .2 - Week ending 12/3/1919 .3 - ditto 19/3/1919 .4 - ditto 26/3/1919 .5 - ditto 2/4/1919trams, tramways, pmtt, tramcars, reports, passengers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Colour Photocopy/photocopies, MTA, Ron Scholten, "The Centennial Celebration of the Melbourne Tram 1885 - 1985", c1985
Colour photocopy reproduced onto an A3 sheet of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) poster - "The Centennial Celebration of the Melbourne Tram 1885 - 1985", featuring cable tram, horse trams, A, F, J, S, SW6, U, W2, Z3 and A class trams with tickets and the MTA logo. Copied from an original Met poster.trams, tramways, mta, posters, celebrations, centenary, tram 940, tram 233 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, "List of Opening and conversion dates - Melbourne Tramways", c1990
Six page list of opening, closing or conversion dates of Melbourne tramways including Box Hill, horse trams, Victorian Railways, cable line, tramway trusts. Page 6 has a list of the cable tramways with route mileage, route colour and years operated. Format has similarities to the "Timeline history of Melbourne's Government Cable and Electric Trams and Buses" by Barry George, Don Storey John Birch et al. Possibly produced for a tram tour.trams, tramways, mmtb, mto co, opening, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Original 1921, reproduction 1970's?
Copy photograph of an illustration, sepia toned of Bourke St looking east from about Queen St. Illustration in title gives date as 1921/ Has the Post Office, Myers, Leviathans, Music Gramophones shops in the view, along with cable trams, motor cars, horse drawn vehicles and motor bikes. See Reg Items 588 and 5274 for other copies.trams, tramways, bourke st, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, undated
... or toast rack tram - Melbourne - ?? Drawn by two horses. Has...In ink "Melbourne "Toastrack" tram on a horse line... Trams tramways Horse Trams In ink "Melbourne "Toastrack" tram ...Black and white photo of a horse drawn cross bench or toast rack tram - Melbourne - ?? Drawn by two horses. Has Keith Kings writing on the rear.In ink "Melbourne "Toastrack" tram on a horse line" and "Neg P.W. Duckett collection".trams, tramways, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 3 Black & White Photograph/s, c1920
... Zoo Horse tram. .1 - view of tram with horses, a conductor... of the Melbourne Zoo Horse tram. .1 - view of tram with horses ...Set of three black and white photographs of the Melbourne Zoo Horse tram. .1 - view of tram with horses, a conductor, and a well dressed family in front of the tram. Photo taken at the Sydney road terminus. Has the note under the photo "Zoo Horse Tram Mr Richardson of W. Brunswick, driver." .2 - Side of view of the horse tram - No. 42 with "Royal Park" on the side. .3 - View of the zoo terminus, from the rear of the tram with "Zoological Gardens" on the rear dash panel of the tram. The conductor appears to be applying the hand brake. Note the signage on the right side of the photo. Photos c1900 to 1910. 2nd copy of .2 and .3 added from the Keith Kings collection - 14-8-2021 - see also Reg Item 5993 for another copy.On the rear of .3 -"M. G. R? collection" On rear of 2nd copy of .2 is the MMTB Stamp.trams, tramways, horse trams, royal park, zoo tram, tram 42 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1970
Black and white photo of a display panel at a TMSV event, showing the horse tram in Riversdale Road, meeting a P&MTT electric tram (No. 36) in Glenferrie Road, c1915. Has the photo caption underneath. Caption to the item says 1917, but given HTT dates, c1915. Photo reproduced c1970 by the TMSV from an original photo. See Reg Item 5081 for a negative image - far better.On the rear is a TMSV 332 Flinders St Melbourne stamp.trams, tramways, riversdale rd, glenferrie rd, horse trams, pmtt, tram 36 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1970
Black and white reproduction of a photo that appeared in the Melbourne Sun News Pictorial, 6 November 1923, of the aftermath of the fire at the Zoo horse tram depot. Has workers wheeling wheels. The Timeline history of Melbourne trams - Barry George et al, dates the fire as 4 November 1923, during the Police Strike. Four horse tram cars were destroyed as a result. The photo has mounted onto a Norman Co. cardboard tag using an adhesive substance. Photo could be peeled off card if needed.On the rear of the card is the TMSV Address stamp and on the rear of the photograph in ink "Melbourne Sun News Pictorial, 6 November 1923".trams, tramways, zoo tram, police strike, fire -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Tramcar Data Sheet, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "General Data of Tram cars", c1920's
Dyeline print of Drawing R1146, "General Data of Tram Cars", listing tram car number, type of body, seating capacity, truck wheel base, Motors, Horse Power, Tare tons, controllers and compressor type. Has an amendment date of 24.9.1924. Lists tramcars through to X 218, cable cars, W 338 and depot allocation if they were Coburg, Hawthorn or Footscray.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1970's
... item titled "Old trams were horse-powered" of Melbourne Zoo...In ink on rear "Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43... In ink on rear "Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43 in The Avenue ...Black and white photograph the Australasian Post magazine item titled "Old trams were horse-powered" of Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43 in The Avenue at Royal Parade, Parkville. See item 8356 for a similar photo with the same tramcar.In ink on rear "Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43 in The Avenue at Royal Parade, Parkville, plus text. From a periodical in the R. W Green collection".trams, tramways, horse trams, zoo tram, royal park, tram 43 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Souvenir - Postage stamps - Australia's Historic Tramways, Australia Post, Oct 1989
Stamps feature: Adelaide Horse Tram - 1878 Sydney Steam Tram - 1884 Melbourne cable tram - 1886 Hobart double-deck electric tram - 1893 Brisbane combination electric tram - 1901.Demonstrates the work of Australia post in designing and selling stamps.Set of three items purchased at the time of the issue of "Australia's Historic Tramways" stamps - 11 Oct. 1989. 1 - Envelope - DL Size with five 41c stamps, cancelled with details of the issue on the rear. 2 - Presentation set of Australia Post collector cards, each with a stamp contained within a plastic envelope. 3 - paper bag printed by Australia Post for containing purchased items.tramways, postage stamps, stamps, australia post, australian trams, steam trams, horse trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, A P Winzenried, "Tram to Sorrento", 1984
Book - titled "Tram to Sorrento", written by Arthur Winzenried, published by APW Productions Melbourne 1984. Covers the history of the steam tram operation from Sorrento township to the back beach. Including the operator G. S. Coppin, the locomotives, rolling stock, staff, stories and closure. Gives lists of shareholders as well.Yields information about a steam tram that operated between the two beaches in Sorrento - 1890 to 1920.Book - 56 pages including card cover printed on off white paper, centre stapled,trams, tramways, sorrento, steam trams, horse trams, tourism -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Valentine's, "Melbourne Mansions Collins St Melb", 1919c
Postcard Real photo number M2844, titled "Melbourne Mansions Collins St Melb", by Valentine Sons. Featuring a west bound cable tram set in Collins Street between Exhibition and Russell Streets bound for Spencer Street, The trailer car appears to be No 52 and also has a non-standard destination box fitted on the side. The Melbourne Mansions Building. 91 - 101 Collins Street, was funded by David Syme proprietor of The Age newspaper and built in 1906. It is thought to be the first block of residential flats within the city limits. The building was demolished in 1958 to make way for Consolidated Zinc Building (CRA) completed in 1962. but since demolished. The large building further along Collins Street is the Austral Building completed in 1891. There are several parked cars and horse drawn wagons on the south side of Collins Street and an early Morris Oxford (Bullnose) on the northside. Behind that is one of the early ornate electric street lighting poles of the era. The photo has been taken around 1919 as the fourth floor addition to The Alexandra Club is visible in the photo. Unfortunately this particular copy of the photo has faded over time.Demonstrates a Valentine and Sons Real photograph postcard.Postcard - Real photograph - divided back unused.cable trams, collins st, tramways, tram 52 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE BENDIGO DIGGINGS, PRELIMINARY DRAFT FOR BROCHURE
BHS CollectionNine typed pages of notes on a preliminary draft for a brochure on the Bendigo Diggings. First part is the objective which is to preserve the mining history and to have exhibits in the places they were used, e.g. quartz mining machinery exhibited in a quartz mining area, not on an alluvial field. Part B is historical notes on the area. Part C is the Site - Victoria Hill area. Part D is Stage One which consists of carpark area, technological museum, restaurant, mineral haulage line, picnic ground, earthworks and planting over the area. Part E is Stage Two which will consist of the open-air exhibits, in the area surrounded by the mineral haulage line, and the Central Nell Gwynne mine on the west side of the site. Part F is Stage Three which will consist of the winery, the steam tram track, the lake, the wildlife sanctuary and various buildings associated with gold mining. Part G is Costing with the prices to be filled in. Parts H and I are the Appeal and the Committee. Details to be filled in. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.mining, marketing, victoria hill, victoria hill, the bendigo diggings - preliminary draft for brochure, aust national travel association, tullamarine jetport, emu bottom homestead, kyneton historical museum, chinese joss house, eaglehawk museum, whipstick scrub, cairn curran reservoir, castelmaine historical museum and market hall, national trust, ballarat hiatorical park, echuca's hopwood gardens, swan hill folk museum, gibson's mount alexander no 2 squatting run, captain brown, chief commissioner wright, hustler's reef, thomas hustler, mining board, drainage of reefs act 1862, first world war, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, second world war, sandhurst, w c vahland, battery trams, horse trams, steam trams, electric trams, central nell gwynne mine, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, new chum hill, ballerstadt's open cut, 180 mine, new chum syncline battery, william rae, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', luffsman and sterry, gold mines hotel, adventure, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo city council, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, professor brian lewis, school of architecture and building at the university of melbourne, taylor horsfield, lord robert cecil, south australian gold commissioner -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Elizabeth Street from Lonsdale Street Melbourne", c1934
Rose Series postcard No. P 1701 titled "Elizabeth Street from Lonsdale Street Melbourne". Has a number of cable trams in the view, the closest one being a Brunswick tram. There is a policeman on point duty. In the view are signs for G A Grano Mantle manufacturers, Smiths Pawnbroker, State Savings Bank, MIchaels Camera store, one horse-drawn cart, and motor vehicles. On the west side footpath under an awning is a "Keep to the left" for pedestrians. Flinders St Railway Station can be seen in the far distance. The Brunswick cable tram line was closed Sept. 1935.Yields information about Elizabeth St, c1930Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.On rear in pencil "KM-M-076" and a Ken Magor stamp.trams, tramways, flinders st station, cable trams, elizabeth st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable trams - Princes Bridge, c1923
The photograph shows Princes Bridge, St Kilda Road, looking south, with a horse drawn cart, a cable tram set, two motor vehicles and pedestrians. Same hand writing on the rear as item 8279.Yields information about Bridge c1923. Black and white photo with hand written notes on the rear. Printed on Kodak paper."Flinders St bge Melbourne 1923"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, princes bridge, st kilda road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - Cable tram at Queens Bridge South Melbourne
Photograph - undated, possibly prior to the First World War, shows a cable tram with the destination of Spring St passing under the Port Melbourne/St Kilda Rail lines overbridge in Queens Bridge Street. The bridge has a large advert for Wolfe's Schnapps - "for your health sake". On the left-hand side are two policemen talking to each other. There are four horse-drawn carts and one open-top motor car. In the background are Queens Bridge Motors Pty Ltd building and the Queens Bridge Family Hotel. Note the windmill on the left-hand side of the photograph. The railway bridge was partially demolished following the closure of the railway lines in 1987.Yields information about Queens Bridge Melbourne and the rail line over bridge.Black and White Photograph of a cable tram passing under the rail line over bridge at Queens Bridge South Melbourne. Two copies held.trams, tramways, cable trams, queens bridge street, queens bridge motors, queens bridge hotel, wolfe's schnapps, windmills, horse drawn vehicles, railways, port melbourne railway, st kilda railway -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter - Alf Twentyman - Frank Shennen, Alf Twentyman et al, 12/1970
Set of two letters - Alf Twentyman to Frank Shennen dated 14/12/1970 regarding travels by Alf, work at Northcote, John Keating, car fleet numbers, and article about horse buses. Response from Frank to Alf dated 6/4/1971, his work, tramcar colours when Frank lived in Richmond, Alf's forthcoming trip to Hawaii, and the use of lights on cars at night.Demonstrates a set of letters between Alf Twentyman and Frank Shennen re Melbourne cable cars etc.Set of two letters, one hand written on ruled quarto sheets, the other typed on pink quarto paper.tramcars, tramways, cable trams, personal papers, records -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Arthur Winzenried, "Tram to Sorrento", 1984
Book - titled "Tram to Sorrento", written by Arthur Winzenried, published by APW Productions Melbourne 1984. Covers the history of the steam tram operation from Sorrento township to the back beach. Including the operator G. S. Coppin, the locomotives, rolling stock, staff, stories and closure. Gives lists of shareholders as well.Yields information about a steam tram that operated between the two beaches in Sorrento - 1890 to 1920.Book - 56 pages including card cover printed on off white paper, centre stapled, Has a $4.95 sticker in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, sorrento, steam trams, horse trams, tourism -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable trams - Elizabeth and Collins St, 1918
Photograph shows the intersection of Elizabeth and Collins Sts Melbourne, looking North East. There are two cable trams in the view in Elizabeth St, one with a bogie trailer. There are a number of horse-drawn carts, one motor vehicle and many pedestrians crossing the streets. In the view are the GPO, a building advertising Kodak Australasia at the Block, The Windsor magazine, W E Thomas Dentist, and Dunklings. By the Dunklings store is a double decker bus with the destination of Spring St, advertising Zebra stove polish. The horse drawn covered cart is Geo Thomson Dairy Produce Merchant.Yields information about the intersection of Collins and Elizabeth St c1918Black and white print, mounted onto mauve coloured card with a printed title.tramways, cable trams, elizabeth st, collins st, buses, horse drawn vehicle -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - St Patricks cathedral and cable tram, 1920s
Photograph shows a cable tram set in Gisborne St passing St Patricks Cathedral, during the 1920s. Possibly tram 121 There is a horse drawn cart on the left hand side. Photo during the 1920s prior to the construction of the cathedral spire. The Collins St line closed and was converted to electric trams in 1929.Yields information about St Patricks Cathedral and cable trams in Gisborne St.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.On rear in pencil "Cable tram Melbourne.", Norm Boxhall stamp with number 56-32B and Ken Magor stamp No. 14 Has the number "55" in pencil in top right-hand corner. tramways, cable trams, st patrick's cathedral, tram 121 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Article, David Menzies, "Looking back in time", Jan. 1971
Article written by David Menzies, Jan 1971 looks the history of public transport services in Melbourne during the horse omnibus era and early cable tram operations using printed timetables, such as Bradshaw's. An article with this title, though different content was published in the Feb. 1971 issue of TMSV Running Journal.Yields information about the public transport services in Melbourne in the 1880s and 1890s.Photocopy of three foolscap sheets.tramways, timetable, buses, cable trams, bradshaws guide -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Sun, Closing of West Melbourne cable tram, 20/07/1935
... . Trams tramways Closure West Melbourne Clifton Hill Horse Buses ...Item about the closure of the West Melbourne cable line that evening. Date of closure 20/7/1935 - refer: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/567718 with a photograph - accessed 2/11/2016. Has photographs supplied by H. Home of the last horse-drawn bus on Clifton Hill to Collingwood service and a first cable tram on the Clifton Hill line. Mr. Home was the driver of the last bus and a shunter and timekeeper on the Clifton Hill line. See Reg Item 3706 for a large photo of the horse bus.Yields information about the closure of the West Melbourne cable tram line.Newspaper Clipping - from The Sun newspaper - 20/7/1935.trams, tramways, closure, west melbourne, clifton hill, horse buses, tram 352? -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Kew Horse tram at Kew Cemetery, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. Limited, c1900
... information about the Kew Horse tram and its tramcars. Trams tramways ...Photo of a horse tram at the Kew Cemetery terminus with a uniformed MTOC. employee, two horses and the Cemetery buildings in the background. Has Victoria Bridge & Cemetery written on the side of the tram. 2nd copy added with different crop. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H1. Note: this photo is now out of copyright and was not an original VR photograph, but one copied from another source and collected as their Heritage series. From an email from Rod Atkins 29/7/2019: This Stevenson six widow saloon horse tram No 46 is fairly standard. The horse cars did not have wheel skirts like the cable trams 6 and 8 window cars. Sitting at the terminus in High Street at Parkhill Road at the gates of the Boroondara General Cemetery ready for its return trip to Richmond. The tram is being run one man. Note the location of gates, pay as you enter the front step. The driver has a conductors bag around his neck and waist. No conductor present in the photo. His uniform is classic Company issue. He is wearing a Tunic and vest! And early issue cap with a white band. Date: around circa 1900 as the clock tower, brick wall and cast iron fence are all in place and the car number is faded out. I have seen a photo of a tram there with no clock tower from around the opening of the line. Yields information about the Kew Horse tram and its tramcars.Black and white photograph with source notes on rear.Has part of the Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number in ink on rear and "1-5"trams, tramways, horse trams, kew, mto co, cemetery, uniforms -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: HORSEDRAWN TRAM, late 1800's
BHS CollectionBlack and white photo of horse drawn, double decker tram, which ran on Eaglehawk line for several years hauled by electric motor units. Trams are lined up in Mitchell Street near Railway place on the occasion of the Melbourne to Bendigo Railway Picnic expecting to take on passengers.Ken Magor Neg. No. 3784basil miller, bendigo tramways, horse drawn tram -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Henty Memorial in Boroondara General Cemetery, c2005-2015
The Boroondara General Cemetery is registered by Heritage Victoria. The Henty's were some of the earliest settlers in Victoria.From Heritage Victoria Statement of Significance Last updated on - December 15, 2005 What is significant? Boroondara Cemetery, established in 1858, is within an unusual triangular reserve bounded by High Street, Park Hill Road and Victoria Park, Kew. The caretaker's lodge and administrative office (1860 designed by Charles Vickers, additions, 1866-1899 by Albert Purchas) form a picturesque two-storey brick structure with a slate roof and clock tower. A rotunda or shelter (1890, Albert Purchas) is located in the centre of the cemetery: this has an octagonal hipped roof with fish scale slates and a decorative brick base with a tessellated floor and timber seating. The cemetery is surrounded by a 2.7 metre high ornamental red brick wall (1895-96, Albert Purchas) with some sections of vertical iron palisades between brick pillars. Albert Purchas was a prominent Melbourne architect who was the Secretary of the Melbourne General Cemetery from 1852 to 1907 and Chairman of the Boroondara Cemetery Board of Trustees from 1867 to 1909. He made a significant contribution to the design of the Boroondara Cemetery Boroondara Cemetery is an outstanding example of the Victorian Garden Cemetery movement in Victoria, retaining key elements of the style, despite overdevelopment which has obscured some of the paths and driveways. Elements of the style represented at Boroondara include an ornamental boundary fence, a system of curving paths which are kerbed and follow the site's natural contours, defined views, recreational facilities such as the rotunda, a landscaped park like setting, sectarian divisions for burials, impressive monuments, wrought and cast iron grave surrounds and exotic symbolic plantings. In the 1850s cemeteries were located on the periphery of populated areas because of concerns about diseases like cholera. They were designed to be attractive places for mourners and visitors to walk and contemplate. Typically cemeteries were arranged to keep religions separated and this tended to maintain links to places of origin, reflecting a migrant society. Other developments included cast iron entrance gates, built in 1889 to a design by Albert Purchas; a cemetery shelter or rotunda, built in 1890, which is a replica of one constructed in the Melbourne General Cemetery in the same year; an ornamental brick fence erected in 1896-99(?); the construction and operation of a terminus for a horse tram at the cemetery gates during 1887-1915; and the Springthorpe Memorial built between 1897 and 1907. A brick cremation wall and a memorial rose garden were constructed near the entrance in the mid- twentieth century(c.1955-57) and a mausoleum completed in 2001.The maintenance shed/depot close to High Street was constructed in 1987. The original entrance was altered in 2000 and the original cast iron gates moved to the eastern entrance of the Mausoleum. The Springthorpe Memorial (VHR 522) set at the entrance to the burial ground commemorates Annie Springthorpe, and was erected between 1897 and 1907 by her husband Dr John Springthorpe. It was the work of the sculptor Bertram Mackennal, architect Harold Desbrowe Annear, landscape designer and Director of the Melbourne Bortanic Gardens, W.R. Guilfoyle, with considerable input from Dr Springthorpe The memorial is in the form of a small temple in a primitive Doric style. It was designed by Harold Desbrowe Annear and includes Bertram Mackennal sculptures in Carrara marble. Twelve columns of deep green granite from Scotland support a Harcourt granite superstructure. The roof by Brooks Robinson is a coloured glass dome, which sits within the rectangular form and behind the pediments. The sculptural group raised on a dais, consists of the deceased woman lying on a sarcophagus with an attending angel and mourner. The figure of Grief crouches at the foot of the bier and an angel places a wreath over Annie's head, symbolising the triumph of immortal life over death. The body of the deceased was placed in a vault below. The bronze work is by Marriots of Melbourne. Professor Tucker of the University of Melbourne composed appropriate inscriptions in English and archaic Greek lettering.. The floor is a geometric mosaic and the glass dome roof is of Tiffany style lead lighting in hues of reds and pinks in a radiating pattern. The memorial originally stood in a landscape triangular garden of about one acre near the entrance to the cemetery. However, after Dr Springthorpe's death in 1933 it was found that transactions for the land had not been fully completed so most of it was regained by the cemetery. A sundial and seat remain. The building is almost completely intact. The only alteration has been the removal of a glass canopy over the statuary and missing chains between posts. The Argus (26 March 1933) considered the memorial to be the most beautiful work of its kind in Australia. No comparable buildings are known. The Syme Memorial (1908) is a memorial to David Syme, political economist and publisher of the Melbourne Age newspaper. The Egyptian memorial designed by architect Arthur Peck is one of the most finely designed and executed pieces of monumental design in Melbourne. It has a temple like form with each column having a different capital detail. These support a cornice that curves both inwards and outwards. The tomb also has balustradings set between granite piers which create porch spaces leading to the entrance ways. Two variegated Port Jackson Figs are planted at either end. The Cussen Memorial (VHR 2036) was constructed in 1912-13 by Sir Leo Cussen in memory of his young son Hubert. Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen (1859-1933), judge and member of the Victorian Supreme Court in 1906. was buried here. The family memorial is one of the larger and more impressive memorials in the cemetery and is an interesting example of the 1930s Gothic Revival style architecture. It takes the form of a small chapel with carvings, diamond shaped roof tiles and decorated ridge embellishing the exterior. By the 1890s, the Boroondara Cemetery was a popular destination for visitors and locals admiring the beauty of the grounds and the splendid monuments. The edge of suburban settlement had reached the cemetery in the previous decade. Its Victorian garden design with sweeping curved drives, hill top views and high maintenance made it attractive. In its Victorian Garden Cemetery design, Boroondara was following an international trend. The picturesque Romanticism of the Pere la Chaise garden cemetery established in Paris in 1804 provided a prototype for great metropolitan cemeteries such as Kensal Green (1883) and Highgate (1839) in London and the Glasgow Necropolis (1831). Boroondara Cemetery was important in establishing this trend in Australia. The cemetery's beauty peaked with the progressive completion of the spectacular Springthorpe Memorial between 1899 and 1907. From about the turn of the century, the trustees encroached on the original design, having repeatedly failed in attempts to gain more land. The wide plantations around road boundaries, grassy verges around clusters of graves in each denomination, and most of the landscaped surround to the Springthorpe memorial are now gone. Some of the original road and path space were resumed for burial purposes. The post war period saw an increased use of the Cemetery by newer migrant groups. The mid- to late- twentieth century monuments were often placed on the grassed edges of the various sections and encroached on the roadways as the cemetery had reached the potential foreseen by its design. These were well tended in comparison with Victorian monuments which have generally been left to fall into a state of neglect. The Boroondara Cemetery features many plants, mostly conifers and shrubs of funerary symbolism, which line the boundaries, road and pathways, and frame the cemetery monuments or are planted on graves. The major plantings include an impressive row of Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa), interplanted with Sweet Pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum), and a few Pittosporum crassifolium, along the High Street and Parkhill Street, where the planting is dominated by Sweet Pittosporum. Planting within the cemetery includes rows and specimen trees of Bhutan Cypress and Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), including a row with alternate plantings of both species. The planting includes an unusual "squat" form of an Italian Cypress. More of these trees probably lined the cemetery roads and paths. Also dominating the cemetery landscape near the Rotunda is a stand of 3 Canary Island Pines (Pinus canariensis), a Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and a Weeping Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii') Amongst the planting are the following notable conifers: a towering Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii), a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), a rare Golden Funeral Cypress (Chamaecyparis funebris 'Aurea'), two large Funeral Cypress (Chamaecyparis funebris), and the only known Queensland Kauri (Agathis robusta) in a cemetery in Victoria. The Cemetery records, including historical plans of the cemetery from 1859, are held by the administration and their retention enhances the historical significance of the Cemetery. How is it significant? Boroondara Cemetery is of aesthetic, architectural, scientific (botanical) and historical significance to the State of Victoria. Why is it significant? The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical and aesthetic significance as an outstanding example of a Victorian garden cemetery. The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical significance as a record of Victorian life from the 1850s, and the early settlement of Kew. It is also significant for its ability to demonstrate, through the design and location of the cemetery, attitudes towards burial, health concerns and the importance placed on religion, at the time of its establishment. The Boroondara Cemetery is of architectural significance for the design of the gatehouse or sexton's lodge and cemetery office (built in stages from 1860 to 1899), the ornamental brick perimeter fence and elegant cemetery shelter to the design of prominent Melbourne architects, Charles Vickers (for the original 1860 cottage) and Albert Purchas, cemetery architect and secretary from 1864 to his death in 1907. The Boroondara Cemetery has considerable aesthetic significance which is principally derived from its tranquil, picturesque setting; its impressive memorials and monuments; its landmark features such as the prominent clocktower of the sexton's lodge and office, the mature exotic plantings, the decorative brick fence and the entrance gates; its defined views; and its curving paths. The Springthorpe Memorial (VHR 522), the Syme Memorial and the Cussen Memorial (VHR 2036), all contained within the Boroondara Cemetery, are of aesthetic and architectural significance for their creative and artistic achievement. The Boroondara Cemetery is of scientific (botanical) significance for its collection of rare mature exotic plantings. The Golden Funeral Cypress, (Chamaecyparis funebris 'Aurea') is the only known example in Victoria. The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical significance for the graves, monuments and epitaphs of a number of individuals whose activities have played a major part in Australia's history. They include the Henty family, artists Louis Buvelot and Charles Nuttall, businessmen John Halfey and publisher David Syme, artist and diarist Georgiana McCrae, actress Nellie Stewart and architect and designer of the Boroondara and Melbourne General Cemeteries, Albert Purchas.Digital imagescemetery, boroondara, kew, gatehouse, clock, tower, clocktower, heritage, memorial, henty, james henty -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s and Photocopy, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), 1950s
2930 - Copy photograph of a printed item, from the SEC News, of the retirement function of Arthur "Peter" Hugo after 45 years with Ballarat Trams. Notes that he worked on the last horse trams. Function was presided by A. V. Mawby, Tramways Superintendent in Melbourne. Branch Manager H. W. Linaker presented the retirement gifts. Photo of the presentation included. 2930.1 - Photocopy of the page with the above article and photograph.tramways, trams, retirements, inspectors, sec -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing - Cable system, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Plans of car shed layouts:, c1925
A folder containing a floor plan for each cable tram car house or car shed, showing tracks, entry, workshop it, car wash stable, offices, turntable, battery charging area and tables and on some, the horse stall. Contains drawings for Brunswick, Brighton Road, Carlton, Clifton Hill, Esplande (Ackland St), Fitzroy, Nicholson St, North Carlton, North Melbourne, Northcote, Port Melbourne, Prahran, Richmond, South Melbourne, Toorak, and Victoria St,Yields information on each cable tram car house or depot - prepared by the MMTB in the 1920sSet of 16 blue prints + covers, folded, contained with a cover stapled on the left hand edge.tramways, trams, cable trams, car house, car depot, car sheds, drawings, depots -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - L class Smith & Gertrude Sts filming, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c1950
Set of two photographs of L class trams 104 and 106 during the filming of a movie or TV series in Gertrude St crossing Smith St. One photo has a horse-drawn cart passing a tram, while the other has a motor car of the 1920s passing. Both have a policeman on duty at the intersection. In the background is the building on the southwest corner of the intersection. Possibly during the 1970s.Yields information about the use of L class trams for filming in Fitzroy area.Set of two Black and white photographs.trams, tramways, gertrude st, smith st, l class, tram 104, tram 106