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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Four Wheel Flat top Trolley, Commonwealth Railways - Port Augusta Workshops (Understood), 1940's?
Four wheel flat top track trolley- deck wood frame and sides on four fabricated/pressed wheels, with bearings, axles- Used to transport materials- hand pushed or towed. Metal tie rods in front over axles and metal has connecting tow/couplers. Relocated to Bungaree c2015 when 22 moved. Photographed at Bungaree 6-4-2020 by Neville Britton, see image btm18i1.jpg. Record updated 6-4-2020. See detailed information on back of sheet in folder for sketches, timber damaged, notes re a number plate and a note regarding work done 7/97 in replacing underside diagonal bracing supports.On underside in paint, "To Cargeeg, 50 Pasadena East Bentleigh, Melbourne"trams, tramways, commonwealth railways, maintenance equipment, railway trolley -
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Sign, Launceston Municipal Transport, "Cut Off"
Steel plate, painted with white top coat both sides and words "Cut Off" painted in red on both sides and two metal loops welded onto enable sign to be suspended alongside the trolley wire, using a span wire.trams, tramways, launceston, trolley buses, overhead -
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Functional Object - Tramcar, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Scrubber Tram No. 8, 1934
One of a few service vehicles built from almost new by the MMTB rather than being a converted vehicle. Donated to the BTM in 1999 and has been an operational tram 2001.Single truck (4 wheels), special purpose tram fitted with two cabs, control equipment, air brakes, track scrubber or cleaning equipment, pump, water and air lines to clean track. Carries approx. 4 cubic metres of water. The tram was built by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1934 using the cabs from a C class tram (No. 32). It was transported to the isolated Footscray system a number of times to clean the rails there. In 1961 it received additional body bracing and repainted in the diagonal black and string (light cream) stripes. The tram became 8W during 1975 as the then new Z class trams came into service. By the early 1990's the need for the tram and the other similar cars used to "scrub" the surface of the rails was no longer. The tram was stored at Malvern depot for many years before being donated to the Ballarat Tramway Museum by the Public Transport Commission in September 1999. It has been scrubbing the rails in Ballarat since March 2001. For a detailed article see April 2008 issue of Fares Please. Photo Warren Doubleday 20/9/2008 after painting completed See Destination CityMMTBtrams, scrubber tram -
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Functional Object - Tramcar, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Tramcar 504, 1928
... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Trams W2 class Transporting ...A four motor bogie drop centre combination tram of the Melbourne W2 class. Body built by the James Moore and Co. of South Melbourne as a W2 class tram. Delivered to the MMTB Preston Workshops where the electrical and mechanical equipment was fitted. Issued to traffic 18/4/1928. Allocated to Essendon Depot. The tram was part of the Transporting Art project suggested by the artist Clifton Pugh (1924-1990) in Jan. 1978 to the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Cr. Irvin Rockman. The concept was enthusiastically supported by Victorian Premier Rupert Hamer. Clifton Pugh's tram was the second tram to appear. Described by the artist as "The apostle birds in flight, as if the tram has run into a group of them and they're flying along the sides. Then I found the route was to be through Collingwood and Hawthorn football territory and one cannot be one-eyed in that worlds, there are a magpie and a hawk on each side." The tram was retained by the State and stored until 2015 when it was transported to the Museum's Offsite store. Formal ownership was transferred to the Museum during 2019. Conservation planning for the tram's return to service and the restoration of the artwork is underway. 1986 - withdrawn from service following a minor accident and stored. In 2015 tram relocated to the Museum's offsite store and during 2019 transferred to ownership of the Museum. See btm.org.au/trams/504.html for further detail. Photos - i1 - Ray Marsh 1978 i2 - Alastair Reither - 3/6/2015 showing the damaged side. i3 - Clifton Pugh on board his tram. Photo from the Diners Club Signature Magazine April/May 1982, from an article titled Moving Masterpieces. Photo courtesy of the Melbourne Tram Museum. See Destination Citytrams, w2 class, transporting art, tram 504 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Corporation of Glasgow Transport Department, "Glasgow Municipal Tramway", c1933
Book - 48 pages + 2 fold out maps + cover, card cover, bound, giving details of history of Glasgow tramways, power stations, substations, workshops, bus stations, training and underground railway. Commences at p41 - 92, could have been part of a larger document. Record reviewed and scanned images of cover added 5/9/13. trams, tramways, glasgow, uk, tramway, bus, underground -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - Letter and Envelope, Metropolitan Transport Trust, Letter to W Jack from MTT 11/4/1942, Apr. 1942
Letter and envelope from The Municipal Tramways Trust - Adelaide of 11/4/1942 to W.Jack re photograph and ex MMTB Cars 127-130 (then MTT Cars 191-194) - No Photographs. 111.1 - letter - Paper has a Watermark of "Tullus Bond / Made in Great Britain". 111.2 - envelope has stamp - 2 1/2D Australian and has been over stamped with MTT stamp "Travel by Tram or Bus" with typed address.trams, tramways, mtt, adelaide, letters, envelopes -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, Dept of Government Transport - NSW, Sydney Tramway Timetable - 1953 Sydney, 1953 and 1954
Paper - black and white. Alterations on separate pieces of paper in the book - 5 pages. 120.1 - Tramway timetable for Circular Quay - Canterbury - Cooks Rivers - Dulwich Hill - Earlwood lines, 1953. 120.2 - Altered journey for route, Circular Quay - Cooks River line - 1954 120.3 - Altered journey - Dulwich Hill, Glebe Point, Balmain, Lilyfield and Darling St. wharf - Canterbury lines - 1954. 120.4 - Altered journey (on trail) Circular Quay and Darling St. wharf and Canterbury lines - 1954. 120.5 - Additional and altered journeys - Circular Quay and Darling St. wharf lines - 1954 120.6 - Tram time table for Circular Quay - North Bondi line (via Bellevue Hill) including running times, sections and fares - July 26 1954.sydney, timetables -
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Newsletter, Dept of Govt. Transport - Public Relations, NSWGT - Staff Journal and Weekly Notice, Dec. 1956
A 32p booklet, weekly notice No. 52, 1956 and staff journal of Dept of Government Transport of NSW. Items re weed burner, tram passes and Conductor's Journals.nswgt, staff news, notices and information -
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Ephemera, Dept of Road Transport and Tramways and NSW - Traffic Branch and Tramway Division, "NSWGT Tramways Weekly Notice, No. 8, 1950", 16/02/1950 12:00:00 AM
An 8 page document, giving information to tram crews regarding alterations to services, crewing arrangements, instructions, special trams - Sydney and Newcastle district, pages numbered 215 to 250.trams, tramways, nswgt, notices to staff, timetables, sydney, newcastle -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, Letter from NSWT - re tramcars, 1939
Yields information about Sydney tramcars and that some trams were transferred to Ballarat in about 1907, but does not give detail.Letter to W. Jack dated 4/7/1939 from J. Ross, Secretary to the Department of Road Transport and Tramways NSW and attached handwritten list of tram classes, number and horsepower of motors red pencil and ink. Letter typed. Pages held together by brass pin clip folded out. Advises that some tramcars were sold to Ballarat about 1907. Record updated and images added 19/8/2013trams, tramways, sydney tramcars, rolling stock, ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Aberdeen Corporation Transport, "Aberdeen Corporation Transport - Experimental", Jul. 1940
12 page printed booklet with larger printed card cover - 5 photo pages, titled "Aberdeen Corporation Transport - Experimental" notes re tramcar, with design and other technical details - 2 staples. Provides detail of an experimental streamliner built for the Aberdeen tramways for its official launch on 12 July 1940. Alfred Smith was the General Manager. Record updated and images added 19/8/2013.trams, tramways, aberdeen trams, experimental tramcars, uk -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, Birmingham City Transport, Birmingham Fleet, 1947
Cover letter from Birmingham City transport to W.Jack, of 23/1/47, forwarding photos and duplicated lists of buses, trams and trolley buses on 2 separate sheets. 153.1 - Foolscap typed sheet - Birmingham City transport letterhead - signature and stamp of General Manager. An "Associated Photo Engravers Ltd" adhesive label with "Birmingham City Transport - Empire House" typed over has been stuck over letterhead. Size - 330H x 203W. 153.2 - Quarto size sheet - duplicated - list of US (Nos. Reg. Nos, maker (Chassis and engine), year of make and type -both sides - dated 5/11/1946. Size - 242H x 190W. 153.3 - Foolscap sheet duplicated list of tramcars - car numbers, number off, trucks, maker and type of motor, year of make and number withdrawn. Trolley buses - bus numbers, registration number, make. Typed and date in service. Dated 21/1/1947. Images of documents added 5/9/2013. Sticky label on letterheadtrams, tramways, birmingham, uk trams, buses and trolley buses -
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Document - Letter/s, Birmingham City Transport, Birmingham Tram, Jun. 1947
Cover letter dated 2/6/47 from Birmingham City Transport and 2nd sheet notes on UEC double deck tramcars, - Type, make of body, when built, wheel base and gauge, motors, brakes and remarks.trams, tramways, birmingham, uk -
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Newspaper, The Argus, Argus 28/12/1940, Dec. 1940
Pages 7,8,9,and 10 of The Argus Saturday "Weekend Magazine" Supplement for December 28, 1940. Page 7. Articles-, "Carry On"- During the Air Raids (London -2 photos) "When St. Kilda Rickety Kate " come to town - St. Kilda & Brighton Tramway. Photo of " Toast Rack Tram & Tram and trammies." Photo of cows in transport and first train of coal from Korumburra. Page 8 - 1941 calendar with ware related sketches around - in colour. Page 9 -= Cartoons - The week in black and white, Donald Duck, Come on Steve, Believe if you want to, Our Australia - most in colour. Page 10 - "Postage Stamps may be the Cause of Ware and Strife". Record reviewed and images of three pages added 7-9-2013. See http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/610289?zoomLevel=1- accessed 7/9/13 for imaged copies. trams, tramways, st kilda - brighton tramway, 1941 calendar, cartoons, postage stamps -
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Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, City Honored by six Royal Visits, Mar. 1938
... Ballarat Electricity Centenary Banking Transport Trams ESCo Pages ...Yields information about Ballarat and its locations or environs late 1938.Pages 11,12, 19 and 20 of the centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district by the Ballarat Courier - March 1938. See also items 186, 198 and 199. Page 11 Royal visits, banking in Ballarat, photos - NW section of Ballarat, railway station in foreground. Ads for J.McKay and Son, Roy Reeds (Men's store) and Ballarat Gas Co. Also photo of "The Corner" in Sturt St. - old Mining Exchange. Page 12 - full page ad for Morseheads, women's store. Page 19 - articles - Ballarat Lighting and Power, ESCo, SEC, electric trams. photos of the Arch of Victory, first electric tram, Lake Wendouree. Advertisements for Austin Spears (cycles), McDougall and Chisholm (drapers), W.E. Longhurst (bread) and the ES&A bank. Also article on South St. Society - music and elocution. Page 20 - articles - Ballarat Gas Co., horse and electric trams, agriculture in district and Ballarat's war record (WWI). Photos of work at Gong Gong Reservoir and Committeemen of the Ballarat Horticultural Society - 1859 to 1885. Ads for Ballarat College, Clarendon, Queens (girls) and Ballarat Grammar schools, Ern Craig Motors (Vauxhall) and Snows men's wear. Record reviewed and images of pages added 7-9-2013 and 10-9-2013trams, tramways, ballarat electricity, centenary, banking, transport, trams, esco -
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Ephemera - Ticket/s, Wal Jack, Album of collected tickets - Wal Jack Collection, 1933
Yields information about many transport tickets systems from around the world, including some SEC tickets. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.Diary, printed for 1934, two days per page - full bound and sewn in black Rexene with end papers (partly removed) with gold block title "Diary 1934" on front and "1934" on spine of book, stationary item, with a Nestle's product advertised on the bottom right hand pages. Has a blue ribbon sewn into book. A number of pages have been cut from the front and back of the book. See btm230i for image of book. Has been used primarily to store and present tramway tickets using stamp hinges. Cities collected: Most c1950 though some earlier - 1920's, 1930's. MMTB - 5d - 12 No. - image 1 MMTB - 4d, 6d, 5d, 8d and 9d - 17 No. - image 2 MMTB - 2d, 3d 7d, 4d - 10 No. - image 3 Eastern Goldfields Transport Board - Kalgoorlie, 16 No. - image 4 Ditto - 6 No. - image 5 Ditto - 14 No. - image 6 Ditto - 11 No. - image 7 W.A. government tramways - Perth - 10 No. - image 8 Auckland - 5 No. - image 9 (Special One Day travel ticket loose) MTT Adelaide - 11 No. - image 10 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 20 No. - image 11 Brisbane - 10 No. and AETA tour ticket date 3/2/1951 - image 12 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 13 No. - image 13 St Kilda Brighton electric tramway - 1 No. - image 14 German and Swiss tramway tickets - 4 No. - image 15 Wellington, Hamburg, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Hobart and Winnipeg - image 16 Ballarat (or other Provincial cities) 11 No. - image 17 German cities - 9 No. - image 18 German cities - 4 No. - image 19 Front inside page of book has some birthdays listed of relatives and friends. Last few pages contain notes on photos of train leaving Ballarat 1943. 56, 57 (copy to ARHS Archives). Item revised 30/6/2002. Inside front page has a list of birthdaystrams, tramways, tickets, photo notes, vr steam locos, ballarat., kalgoorlie, mmtb, melbourne, auckland, weekly tickets, adelaide, perth, sydney, brisbane, vr trams, st kilda brighton, wellington, wanganui, new plymouth tramways, hobart -
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Sign - Staff Tickets, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, Sydney tramways staff tickets, 1930's-1950's
45 No. Dept. of Road Transport and tramway staff tickets used in the 1940's to 1960's for safeworking on single lines of Maitland, Newcastle and Sydney tram lines, see attached listing for full details, descriptions etc. Printed on flimsy paper. Some of the tickets show the personal name of the Government printer. This would enable time of printing to be better determined. (48 tickets in image). Image of list added 29/9/2013 - see related documents for details.trams, tramways, nsw, sydney, maitland, newcastle, safeworking, staff tickets -
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Ephemera - Ticket/s, William Ticket Printer & Brighton Corporation Transport, 2 tickets from the Volks Electric Railway - Wal Jack Collection, 1940's
2 tickets from the Volks Electric Railway - see attached notes for details, have been used. Image of list added 29/9/2013 - see related documents for details.On rear of ticket No. AC 06502 has in pencil "12" with the 12 within a circle.trams, tramways, volks electric railway, tickets, uk -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Sept. 1942
Demonstrates an important part of Ballarat's tramway operations during the Second World War when Conductresses and many women were employed by the SEC.Photographic reproduction of page 13 of Christmas - New Year issue (1942-43) issue of SEC News, from a negative supplied by State Library on photo paper, laminated with 4 Velcro dots on rear. Has photo of conductresses at Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat, car drivers and clerks at Flinders St. Gives names of conductresses and motor car drivers. Images files 246i1 - full page - small version 246i1a - full page 1200 dpi version - has to be opened in a separate viewed. 246i2 - Ballarat Conductresses 246i3 - Geelong - Geelong Conductresses 246i4 - Car Drivers (Motor Transport - HO) 246i5 - Bendigo Conductresses 246i6& i7 - Flinders St. clerical workers. trams, tramways, secv, world war i, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, conductresses -
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Pamphlet, State Transport Authority - SA, 'The Adelaide Tramways - 1878 - 1978', 1978
263 Single sheet of heavy paper, printed both sides, folded into 8 pages, containing side elevation of 1 horse tram, 5 electric trams, 3 motor buses and 2 trolley buses, with photo on cover and title sheet. On rear has three illustrations of tickets and a summary of historical dates for period 1878 - 1978. 263.1 - ditto, but on yellow paper - unstamped - two copies. Images added 20/10/2013.Stamped on front "Supplement to Trolley Wire"trams, tramways, adelaide, mtt, sta, horse trams, buses -
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Book, Australian Electric Transport Museum (SA) Inc, "Adelaide's Changing Transport", mid 1960's
264.1 Twenty page booklet titled "Adelaide's Changing Transport - a guide to the AETM at St Kilda. Black and white photos, map, covers, brief history of Adelaide's transport and some Museum exhibits 264.2 - within book - Letter from Garry Ord to N.Gower dated 7 august 1967 on Australian Broadcasting letterhead, Queensland branch, noting replacement of trolley buses in Adelaide and returning booklet. 264.3 - newspaper cutting within booklet, dated 22/11/1968, noting 10th anniversary of closure of Adelaide street trams and referring to an "in Memorial" notice. Items .2 and .3 were inside booklet, clipped together with a paper clip that was going rusty.trams, tramways, adelaide, trams, trolley buses, buses, aetm, st kilda museum. -
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Document - Charts, Public Transport Corporation Victoria (PTC), 671 Brake testing charts, 20/02/1996 12:00:00 AM
Demonstrates how tramcar braking performance could be measured mid 1990's.Original chart outputs of brake testing carried out by Met Tram (Mal Ashworth & Les Jeans) on tram 671 on 20/2/1996 - following installation of composite brake shoes. From a machine set up to measure de acceleration. 275.1 - Test results for 25psi and 39 psi application - driver WAD - 125H x 820 long 275.2 - test results for full service application - 125H x 600 long. Photocopy of charts made at the time. Images of charts added 22/10/2013 See Fares Please! March 1996various notes regarding pressures etc. on chart.tramways, trams, w4 class, brake charts, testing, tramcar brakes -
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Book, State Transport Authority - SA, "The Adelaide Tramways", Nov. 1979
Facsimile reproduction of an early Adelaide Tramways publication and part of June 13 1918 issue of Tramway & Railway World (London), article on Adelaide's tramways. 20 pages, printed on glossy paper, brown ink, sepia with many photos. Produced for the 50th anniversary of the Glenelg tram - 1979. Image of cover added 2/11/13, item updated for damage. See Gives sources on rear page.trams, tramways, adelaide, mtt, sta -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Doug Colquhoun, 15/03/1938 12:00:00 AM
Black & white photo of Adelaide's Metropolitan Transport Trust's F1 class No. 265, taken by Douglas A.Colquhoun at Morphettville Racecourse on 15 March 1938. Photographers file No. 01893On rear of photo has photographers stamp and detailstrams, tramways, mtt no. 265, adelaide, f1 class , tram 265 -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Doug Colquhoun, 23/08/1954 12:00:00 AM
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 -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, "Newcastle"
Destination roll use din a Newcastle tram - on linen, black background with various colours and white letters. Each destination 10" high. 6 joins in roll, each approx. 800 to 900 long section. Letters in caps. Destinations shown are: West Wal'send Wallsend and Platsburg New Lambton Lambton Broadmeadow Adamstown Waratah Merewether B'H (Beach) Newcastle Tighe's Hill Mayfield Glebe Boreas Road Special Depot Sport Grd Show Grd Racecourse Speedway Telford St Hamilton Depottram, trams, newcastle, destination roll -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, Sydney Eastern Suburbs
Destination roll for South East part of Sydney on Linen 13 sections joined by sewing with destinations painted on in capital letters and colours. At top of blind, 3 new section shave been sewn on. See page 76 of Kennan, "The Eastern Lines" See reverse of original catalogue worksheet for listing of destinations. See p76 of "The Eastern Lines", David Keenan, Transit Press, 1989 p32 fold out of "Tramways of Sydney", Kennan, Transit Press, 1985 reprint.tram, trams, sydney, eastern suburbs, destination roll -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, Sydney - Western suburbs
Destination roll for Western suburbs of Sydney, on linen, in 16 sections sewn together, with destinations painted on, capital letters, black background with white, red, green blue colours. In good order. See p32 of Sydney trams for listing - slight differences in roll layout to that in the book.tram, trams, sydney, western suburbs, destination roll -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Certificate, Melbourne Tramways Trust, Framed Testimonial to Alderman Thomas O'Grady J.P. from the Melbourne Tramways Trust, 5 February 1886
The recipient of the testimonial, Thomas O’Grady (1824-90) had migrated to Melbourne in 1854, practising the trades of building and contracting. The Australian Dictionary of Biography records that he became a Councillor of the City of Melbourne in 1868. It lists one of his major achievements as the construction ‘with Leggett & Noonan [of] the fifty-six-mile (90 km) railway from Essendon to Seymour’. He was chairman of the Tramways Trust from its formation in 1884. His obituary in the Melbourne Herald (29 Apr 1890) reported: "DEATH OF ALDERMAN THOMAS O'GRADY. Today we have the sad duty of recording the death of two old colonists, who for many years, havo occupied very, prominent positions in building, commercial and municipal circles. The first of these is Alderman Thomas O'Grady, who died last night at his residence in Carlton. Mr O'Grady has been ill for some time, and at one period his death was expected any moment. Then he rallied, and strong hopes of his recovery were entertained; but he had a relapse, and expired as stated. The deceased gentleman was one of the oldest members of the City Council, in which he has held the various positions of Councillor, Alderman and Mayor. At the time of his death he sat as alderman for Victoria Ward. Mr O'Grady also at one time represented the City Council on the Harbor Trust, and was chairman of that body. He has been the council's representative on the Tramway Trust and was chairman of that body for some considerable time." As late as 1951, the Advocate (11 Oct 1951) stated that: "To Alderman Thomas O'Grady, Lord Mayor of Melbourne in 1872-3, is due the credit of the successful inauguration of Hospital Sunday. Alderman O'Grady was the first Catholic Lord Mayor of the city. He was elected a councillor for Smith Ward in 1868, and an alderman in 1869. In private life he was an extensive contractor, being a member of the firm of O'Grady, Leggett and Noonan, the contractors for the first section of the Northeastern Railways (between Melbourne and Seymour)."This is a unique civic document, illustrating the life and contribution of Thomas O’Grady (1824-90), Melbourne City Councillor and first Chairman of the Melbourne Tramways Trust. It is historically significant in its recording of the development of Melbourne's public transport system. The design of the certificate and particularly the ebonised frame are artistically and aesthetically significant.An illustrated testimonial presented to the first Chairman of the Melbourne Tramways Trust in 1886. The Testimonial is encased in an ebonized frame of the period. It includes the coat-of-arms of 12 cities, corporations, boroughs and towns, including that of Kew. At the head of the testimonial the engines used to drive the cable systems are illustrated. At the foot of the testimonial there is a picture of two cable trams.The testimonial reads: ‘At the meeting of the Melbourne Tramways Trust held on the Fifth Day of February 1886, the following resolution was unanimously carried. That the thanks of the Melbourne Tramways Trust are due and are hereby accorded to Alderman Thomas O’Grady Hon. JP, the first Chairman of the Trust for the ability, courtesy and impartiality with which he has discharged his duties during the past two years, and the Trust heartily congratulates him on the successful opening during his term of office of the Richmond Tramway (the first Cable line constructed in Australia) and tenders him its earnest wishes for his future prosperity and welfare.’ melbourne tramways trust, thomas o’grady (1824-90), cable trams, lord mayors of melbourne -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Map, Osboldstone & Co Pty Ltd, Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables, 1917
The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables lists existing Cable Tram Services before the entire network was electrified. By 1917 the tramways system was divided into regions including: the Melbourne Cable Tram Service; Prahran - Malvern Electric Trams; Hawthorn Electric Trams; Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg Electric Trams; and Brighton Beach Electric Trams. The old Outer Circle railway line is marked as ending in Deepdene, with the remainder of the line to Fairfield marked as 'Unused'. The Kew tram along High Street in 1917 ended at the Harp Junction. The Kew Spur Line is also marked on the map.The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables is historically significant as it captures at a point in time, 1917, the development of public transport infrastructure in Melbourne. As such it illustrrates the theme: Connecting Victorians by transport and communications.Printed card-covered pocket sized map that folds out with three horizontal and vertical folds. Colour map, with scale, of the rail and tram networks on one side and sixteen sections of black and white printed text and timetable information on the reverse.railway maps -- melbourne (vic.), tramways maps -- melbourne (vic.), public transport -- melbourne (vic.) -- 1910-1920, cartography