Pamphlet - single side A5 size printed on white paper, titled "What's Happening", complaining about the lack of trams due to lack of staff and maintenance on W class trams - at South Melbourne Depot. Gives contact details for the Premier (Joan Kirner), Transport Minister (Peter Spyker) and PTC Chairman - Ian Stoney. c1991trams, tramways, south melbourne depot, unions, w class, services

Newspaper clipping from Good Weekend, 2/10/2006 pages 46 to 50 titled "The loneliness of the long distance train spotter" about public transport enthusiasts. Uses the word "gunzels" a lot! Features a photo of Adam Chandler, Chris Gordon, Alex McLennan, Craig Soden and Michael Coley. Article written by Mark Dapin.trams, tramways, enthusiasts, melbourne

Newspaper cutting from The Age 7/10/1982, titled "End of the line is near for Melbourne's painted ladies" written by Jane Sullivan, about the withdrawal of tram 439 and others being phased out. Quotes Phillip Adams, Steve Crabb, Clifton Pugh, Mirka Mora. Gives the story to the background of the Transporting Art project.trams, tramways, transporting art, w2 class, arts victoria

News paper clipping from The Age, 15 June 1985, titled "You're right, this tram has a flat wheel!", written by Tony Harrington, transport reporter about the problem of wheel flats or square wheels. Quotes the Union Secretary Jim Harper and the MTA who blamed the Union over a dispute the previous year and a backlog.trams, tramways, wheels, tramcars, maintenance, unions, mta

Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1992, featuring a photograph of SW5 682, painted by Merrin Eirth, with Flinders St Station in the background. Calendar titled "Transporting Art, the Melbourne Way" Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1992 with various details of holidays etc.trams, tramways, aeta, flinders st station, sw5 class, transporting art, tram 682

Photocopied A4 poster on light yellow paper, titled "Art Auction" event, 7/12/1986 for the Transporting Arts trams. Sponsored as a fund raising lunch for the Victorian College of the Arts Foundation. Held at Hyatt on Collins. Noted that the trams could be inspected at Hawthorn Tram Depot. See Reg Item 3954 for the poster of the event.trams, tramways, transporting art, decorated trams, auctions

1. Jacket, Battle dress - Woollen, Khaki. On the arms are cloth badges, "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CORPS OF TRANSPORT" and Sergeant's stripes. 2. Trousers - woollen, khaki. This pattern trouser has no cuffs but has small straps and buttons to close up the ends. Trousers have 2 hip pockets and one leg pocket. Button up fly.In jacket is written; “VANSTAN 3156685” Both on label and on back.passchendaele barracks trust, uniforms, winter battle dress, army

VX48425 Richard H Bromilow served in the AMF during WW2 with 1st Independent Coy as a Transport Driver. His records show as of 01 July 1942 he is missing and presumed dead.It is presumed that this Supper Cloth has been Embroidered in remembrance of VX 48425 Richard H Bromilow.This is a Linen Embroidered Supper Cloth with lace edging. Embroidered in the centre of the cloth is the Rising Sun Badge above the Badge is 1st Independent Coy below the badge VX48425. In the four corners of the cloth are the colour patches of 1st Independent Coyamf ww2 supper cloth vx48425 richard h bromilow

Prams were very common as few families had cars in the 1940s to transport children. Prams were used so that babies could sleep outdoors and be moved within walking distance.Original vintage cyclops 1940s pram. This pram is typical of the prams used in the Kiewa Valley during the 1940s and into the 1950s when Mt Beauty township was built and included many families with young children.Painted beige cane and steel pram with 4 spoked wheels and rubber tyres supported by steel springs. Cream colour. Lined with vinyl (perhaps). Cane decoration on each side.Decorative cane pattern on each sidewicker, pram, cyclops

The 1912 universal pattern saddle was standard issue to mounted , artillery and transport units from 1912 to 1941. Universal pattern saddles have unchangeable parts making them easily repaired.Saddle, 1912 universal pattern for Australian Light Horse complete with stirrups. The stamp on the sweath flap indicated this saddle was issued to 8th Light Horse.AAOD / 8 / LH / 237 / 710saddlery, light horse, 8th

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Talagera was a shearing shed in the Casterton Districts, Victoria. Wool bales marked TALAGERA would have been transported to or from Talagera.Wool bale export stencil - TALAGERATALAGERAwool sales, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Alloa is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Wool bales marked ALLOA would have been transported to Elmsdale by sea.Wool bale export stencil - ALLOAALLOAwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Antwerp is a port city on Belgium’s River Scheldt. Wool bales marked ANTWERP would have been transported to Belgium by sea.Wool bale stencil - ANTWERPANTWERPwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. El Paso is a city in Texas, USA. Wool bales marked EL-PASO would have been transported to USA by sea.Wool bale stencil - EL-PASOEL-PASOwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Flushing, also known as Vlissingen, is a port in Belgium. Wool bales marked FLUSHING would have been transported to Belgium by sea.Wool bale stencil - FLUSHINGFLUSHINGwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Charleston is a city in South Carolina, USA. Wool bales marked CHARLESTON would have been transported to South Carolina by sea.Wool bale export stencil - CHARLESTONCHARLESTONwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Sussex is a historic county in South East England. Wool bales marked SUSSEX would have been transported to England by sea.Wool bale export stencil - SUSSEXSUSSEXwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Fremantle is a port city in Western Australia. Wool bales marked FREMANTLE would have been transported to Western Australia by sea.Wool bale export stencil - FREMANTLEFREMANTLEwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Modella is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. Wool bales marked MODELLA would have been transported to or from Modella.Wool bale export stencil - MODELLAMODELLAwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. QLAND is an acronym for Queensland, the North- Eastern state of Australia. Wool bales marked QLAND would have been transported to Queensland.Wool bale export stencil - QLANDQLANDwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Port Elizabeth city in South Africa. Wool bales marked ELIZABETH would have been transported to South Africa by sea.Wool bale export stencil - ELIZABETHELIZABETHwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

Mannibadar State School first began in 1929 in a room at the local hall. In 1938 the building from the closed school at Canico Flat was transported to a site at Mannibadar purchased from W. Kerr.Black and white photograph of a group of parents and pupils outside the "new" Mannibadar State School building in 1938.mannibadar state school no. 4446

Image shows a newspaper photo of a new W Class tram body being transported by horse drawn jinker from the body builders. Possibly from J Moore of South Melbourne.The W Class Trams were a highly successful design of trams for Melbourne. The body of a MMTB Tram being delivered by horse drawn jinker from the body builders to a depot.tramways, trams, w class trams, horse drawn jinker

This is one of a collection of items received from the practice of Dr Lachlan Hardy-Wilson, FRCOG, Launceston, Tasmania.Ten small glass specimen bottles enclosed in a cardboard box. Box is green and white in colour and the front of the box is printed with the text 'GIBCO DIAGNOSTICS'. Reverse of box is printed with the details of the manufacturer. One end of box is labelled 'Batch No./14' and has a sticker attached labelled 'STUART'S TRANSPORT MEDIUM', with space on the label to enter a patient's name, the specimen and the date. Instruction printed on box below sticker reads 'Store in cool dark place'. The specimen jars are identical, each being made of glass with a metal screw top lids. Each jar has a 'STUART'S TRANSPORT MEDIUM' label attached, identical to the one attached to the end of the box. The inside of nine of the bottles is discoloured with some form of residue, possibly as a result of the evaporation of a substance inside. One bottle is full, containing an undetermined liquid.

Book 60 pages, full colour, centre stapled, A4 size, titled "Tuen Mun - A building & Construction News Commemorative Publication" reporting in detail on the construction of the Tuen Mun tram or Light Rail system in Hong Kong by Leighton's and The Met or Metropolitan Transport Authority of Vic. Also details the various suppliers, including The Met, Comeng and electrical equipment. Has a forward by the Minister for Industry John Button. Published for the 8/8/1988 opening. .1 - 25 A4 sheets, photocopy of an article on the construction of the Tuen Mun tram or Light Rail system in Hong Kong by Leighton's and The Met or Metropolitan Transport Authority of Vic, titled "New Trams for a New Town" that appeared in the August 1988 issue of Building and Construction News as a Light Rail Supplement.trams, tramways, hong kong, tuen mun, new tramway, construction, new trams, comeng, the met, mta

Report - approx. 55 A4 photocopied sheets - bound with white comb binding, with embossed leather imitation grey card covers, titled "Symposium 'Electric Traction Systems' ", presented by the Institution of Engineers Australia, Vic Div, Tues 6/5/1975. Contains three papers: 1 - "Electricity of Transportation" - R. G. Chapman, SEC 2 - "Electric vehicles for Street Transport:" - F. D. Snell - MMTB 3 - "Electric Railways" - A. Firth - VR Paper 2 looks at the history of the MMTB system, the W class tram, control systems, lack of new trams in the 1960's, ordering of the Z class tram, its specification and manufacture, 980, 1041 and other forms of public transport on roads - trolley buses, gadgetbahns, and lots of possibilities of new systems including battery vehicles.On rear in ink in top right hand corner "D. W. Lees"trams, tramways, reports, mmtb, tramcars, pcc class, z class, melbourne, history, trolley buses, electrical engineering, controllers

Printed card ticket on off white card, green background, yellow type "Souvenir Ticket - Australia's first light rail system", Melbourne - St Kilda, November 20-21, 1987. Has the Met Logo, with "The Met" name and "an authority of Victoria Transport" in the bottom right hand corner. See Reg Item 1774.4 for the ticket use in the opening folder. See Reg Item 2229 for a Public Transport Worker's Poster for the day. Three further copies added 21-6-2017 from donation of Neil Elfick 602.1 - as above but with notation on rear by Ian Stanley, "B1 2001 Wright Street - St Kilda - City (Spencer St at Lonsdale St) - St Kilda - Wright Street Friday 20 Nov 1987"trams, tramways, tickets, light rail, st kilda, opening

His Majesty's Australian Hospital ship Karoola was converted in England to a fully equipped Hospital ship with beds for 463 patients. It spent 3 years transporting the sick and wounded between England and Australia.White card with blue decoration and red cross on front. A souvenir booklet for soldiers who returned home on the No.1 Australian Hospital Ship "Karoola".Inside cover -"Trooper James Drew 2563"souvenir karoola world-war-one drew-james hospital-ship

Item in the collection of “Swag Long”. Refer cat No 16P for more details of Swag, brothers and Father. “MT” is for mounted troops, Swag was in the Light Horse. This possibly is meant to mean also Motor Transport.Light Kahki coloured metal tin with lid.On the lid, “Red Cross” , under in black, “OUTFIT FIRST AID FOR MT”tin, red cross, first aid