Newspaper clipping from the Geelong Advertiser, Sat. 29/12/2001, titled "Call for trams to cut traffic chaos". written by James Miles, with a photograph of two trams in Moorabool St. Geelong. Article looks at a call by Geelong Councillor Shane Dowling to reintroduce trams to Geelong to address traffic and parking problems.geelong, tram revival

Colour photograph: Grade 5 team : back row : Rachel Haythorne, Brenda Miles, Leanne Atherton, Anita McLean, Leanne Strauss, Mrs. B. O'Shea coach) Front row: Elizabeth Sheen, Natasha Lister, Linda Thompson. Sign in front: Golden Square Primary School 1980 netball C3.bendigo, education, golden square primary school

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of diggers from 1 Platoon, A Company, 8 RAR on Operation Atherton 11 miles North West of the Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, watch one of their wounded mates winched out of the thick jungle to be casavaced to hospital. Casualities were 1 dead and 14 wounded.photograph, 1 platoon, a coy, 8 rar, operation atherton, gibbons collection catalogue, wounded serviceman, australian task force, nui dat, diggers, killed in action, denis gibbons

Yields information about the purported achievement of tram 27 reaching 1,000,000 miles and the TMSV Tour, and the Mt Pleasant terminus.Digital image of a Black and white photograph of Tram 27 at the Mt Pleasant terminus, Barkly and Cobden St during the celebrations of the tram completing its "millionth" mile in Ballarat on Saturday 29 June 1968 In the background is the milk bar with a Peters Ice Cream cone, adverts for Four'N Twenty Pies, Vincent's Headache powders, Briquettes and Phoenix Strawberry Mallows. Tram showing "Special", has banner "This tram has just completed 1,000,000 (million) miles in Ballarat" on the front of the tram during the TMSV Celebratory tour. See also Reg Items 1878 and 7990 to 7995 for other photos of the day by Mal Rowe. Note: A review of the tram car mileages by Dave Macartney, showed that it was actually 900,000, due to a carryover error.trams, tramways, tmsv, million miles, mt pleasant, barkly st, tram 27

This set of photos is from a leather bound album bearing the inscription "HUME RESERVOIR AUSTRALIA" plus 'The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M .P.' all inscribed in gold. It was presented to The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M. P, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the occasion of his visit to the Hume Reservoir on 2nd November 1927. This album is of local and national significance as it documents the planning and development of the Hume Reservoir up to 1927. It was the largest water reservoir in the British Empire. The album records the pioneering engineering work that went into its construction.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W. RIVER MURRAY WATERS SCHEME. HUME RESERVOIR. 37. Bethanga Bridge Site. A bridge is being built to cross the Reservoir to serve a large area of country which will be cut off from its natural outlets by the submergence of existing bridges when the Reservoir is in being. The site of the bridge is nearly a mile up the Murray from the Hume Reservoir Quarry. Its length will be approximately half a mile. There will be nine spans of 269 feet with steel truss girders resting on concrete pillars. Some of the pillars are founded on rock while others will rest on nests of reinforced concrete piles. The foundations and concrete piers are in the hands of the Victorian Constructing Authority and the superstructure in those of the New South Wales Authority. August 1927.hume reservoir australia, river murray waters scheme, hume reservoir construction

Catalogue card reads, '1979 - Ringwood Historical Research Group, 20th Annual General Meeting, Sept. 1979. [Picture shows] Paddy Miles cutting cake'.

This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyParish Plan of Doroq in black ink printed on cream paper. It includes the township of Inverleigh and Barwon Rover. Some of the names on the plan are William McRobie, William MacRobie, Thomas Russell, W.C. Smith, John Bell, J. Moffatt, Thomas Moffatt, John Anderson, George Synnot, Charles Lloyd, William MacRobie, J. Flack, Alexander Campell, T. Maher, William Berthon. Thomas Jewell, James Carstairs, D. MCInnerney, F.H. Holland, Robert Morrison17 7/9 18 9 miles handwritten in pencil Photo lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey Melbourne by T. E. McGauran 28.6.11 Price 1/-carrunge-murnong, murdeduke, carrah, shelford, inverleigh, barwon river, hesse, wingeel, george russell, george russell's pre-emptive section, john moffatt, w. c. smith, macrobie, john bell, thomas russell, t.f. mcgauran

Colour photograph."Written on back of photograph" Charity Shield winners, 2002/03. Gordana Baric (skip), Anne Miles (third), Margaret Round (second), and Eileen Aanensen (lead).

A ready reckoner useful to the farmer during the 1950'sSquare orange card with rotating wheel attached by a centrre metal stud. By aligning appropriate measures on the wheel and card it tells the farmer the approx number of acres that can be worked in a ten hour day with any tool or implement.Allis Chambers tracotr calculator. Tractor speed miles per hour. Width of cut in feet of ploughs, harrows, cultivators, combines, harvesters etc (see photo)

Stylish Vin won the 1935 United Distillers Vickers Gin Cup at the Bendigo ShowStylish Vin won the 1935 United Distillers Vickers Gin Cup at Bendigo Show. Winner ran the fastest time over 1 mile.Two Handled Cup Shaped TrophyBendigo Show / 1935 / United Distillers / Vickers Gin Cup / Fastest Time 1 Mile Trotting Contest / Won by Stylish Vin / A Allen Esq / "Glenloth"trophy, harness horse, new zealand metropolitan trotting club, adelaide direct, 1917, new zealand cup, nz cup, m edwards, mr chas louisson

Photograph (2 copies- 1 sepia original mounted on cardboard, 1 black and white copy). Typed below copy: "Mr. A.T. Miles property- Quambee. 1909." Image shows house in centre of photograph and two men standing beneath a tree in the foreground.

Bendigo Advertiser from 02/08/1996. Two articles on the same page on two people involved in preserving our history at Bendigo's cemeteries. The first article ''digging graves for a living'' describe the work of Bendigo Cemeteries trust gravedigger Ron Lobb. The second ''Monuments to history'' describe the work of stonemason Ray Miles.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, bendigo cemeteries

B/W. 168mm x 246mm. Colac - Beech Forest railway line. From the 27 mile 16 chains line (44.7 km) looking north, between Devitt Bros. Siding (44.1 km) and Ditchley (47 km). On an NA-class locomotive, six NQR wagons, and an open wagon there are workmen throughout. colac; beech forest; railways; devitt bros. siding; ditchley; loco na class

The Kew Historical Society was founded at a meeting called by the Kew Association in September 1958 at the home of Cr. WHS Dickinson, who was to become the first president of the Society.AGM of the Kew Historical Society coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Society. The guest speaker was the Mayor of Kew, Cr. Jim Parke, while the patron of the Society, Sir Gus Nossal made presentations and cut the birthday cake. Presentations in recognition of service were made to Assoc. Prof. Don Garden, Brad Miles, and David Benwell.kew historical society inc -- anniversaries, kew historical society inc - agms

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of diggers from 1 Platoon, A Company, 8 RAR, on Operation Atherton, 11 miles North West of the Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, led by Cpl Ian Torrens, extract a wounded digger by dragging him by the scruff of the neck. Casualities were 1 dead and 14 wounded.photograph, 1 platoon, a coy, 8 rar, gibbons collection catalogue, operation atherton, cpl ian torrens, wounded serviceman, kia, australian task force, diggers, killed in action, denis gibbons

Document gives the data about scheduled speeds in miles per hour for General Electric GE-264 motors for stops per miles, gear ratios, and wheel sizes for form A and B motors. Has a table for truck or bogie data and weights. Enabled street car or tramway operators to select their equipment and motors. Demonstrates a GE data sheet to assist tramway engineers in their equipment selection.Data sheet typed on foolscap paper.tramways, tramcars, ge, general electric, motors, specifications

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. City brewery: located at 745 High Street, Golden Square, the City Brewery marketed beers and stouts over a 1000 mile radius. It won an award for its ales and many other medals for draught and bottled beer at horticultural shows during the 1890s. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Postcard: Sound Shell in Rosalind Park, Bendigo. Image shows building with skillion roof, trees in LH and background. On bottom ' autumn tints and sound shell in Rosalind Park, Bendigo.' On back ' situated 92 miles north of Melbourne, Bendigo is the gateway to Northern Victoria. It is an attractive City with many modern facilities (unclear) Gardens and Cultural centres.'Nucolorvue Productions, No. 3, copyrightbendigo, buildings, sound shell, rosalind park, bendigo, sound shell, rosalind park

Articles on hotels at Axedale- pages from ''A Pub on Every Corner'' (pages 7-10). Reference to the Axedale Hotel (2 1/2 miles from township, near cemetery); Drake's Campaspe Hotel (''Axedale Tavern''); Raglan Hotel; Acotts Hotel; Quarry Hotel. Documentation re destruction by fire of (the?) Axedale Hotel in 1907.axedale, history, axedale hotel, axedale hotel, mrs lucretia hennessey, john hennessy, mr e. j. ni gan, inspector hannon, preserverance hotel, thomas m. greilis, raglan hotel, acotts hotel, drakes campaspe hotel

Black and white photograph: Street-scape High Street, Kangaroo Flat 1961. View of shops in the main block. Sign post far left with distances un miles. Buses, cars and pedestrians. Note no formed gutters. Shell Petrol Station on right. Photographed from the corner where Aldi's super market now stands.The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd. Melbourne, Australiaplace, streetscape, high strret, kangaroo flat, copyright, not for unauthorized reproduction

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (Huyghue) The Red Streets, Ballarat. A lead might stretch to mile; but it was never very wide; and hence shafts were often sunk very close together. Slide shows tops of shafts and awnings in background, very close together. Markings: 26 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

This is the medal won by Peter Grundell in 1913 for the fastest time for the Novice 10 Mile Road Race.Peter Grundell was the first notable secretary of the Geelong Cycling Club. He was subsequently killed in World War I.Gold plated metal medal in a square shape with triangles positioned out from a central circle. The central circle has a cyclist depicted on a road bike. The medal is attached to a watch chain.geelong cycling club, peter grundell, 10 mile road race, medal

John McLennan's Period as Manager of the Ord River Station. W.A. adjoining Negri Station N.T., was 1895-6. The whole area consisted of 3,365,000 areas under a number of leasesand the then owner was Mr W.H. Osmand, who lived at "The Sycamores" four miles east of Stawell in Victoria. The Distance to Ord W.A. is 4,000 Miles.LIght green card cover with border, inside print and picture of a map Ord River Station W.A. 1895-1896 Yesterday and Today Map of North-East of W.A. Kimberly Ord River area Negri Station N.T. Complied and written by N.A. McLennan December 1965 1965 Victoriastawell, mclennan family

This map has been owned by the Ryder Family of the Kiewa Valley for possibly over 100 years (1905?). It was used when the family mustered and maintained cattle on their grazing lease on the Bogong High Plains. Obviously a field map used on these occasions.This map was used by the Ryder Family who lived in the Kiewa Valley and who grazed cattle on their lease on the Bogong High Plains during summer.Showing reserves Under the Forest Act of 1907. This is a paper map which has been mounted or glued on pink and cream floral cotton. It is obvious by its poor condition that it has been used outdoors in the field. It is not in very good condition as it has been folded 4 times (8 divisions) and it is badly worn and cracked in the creases.Photo Lithographed at the Department of Lands and Surveys by T.E.McGauran 27/11/05 Price 1/3d. Scale - 2 miles to an inch. F.S. Hilcke Oct. 2nd 1905.department of lands and surveys map; ryder family; bogong high plains

Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Bowling green and new clubrooms. 22.11.72. Miles Avenue site. Clubrooms were built in 1968 after the old clubrooms were destroyed by fire.