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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Railway Station precinct shops, Maroondah Highway, Ringwood - 1969
Cheshires bookshop near ANZ bank on Maroondah Highway. Also includes Gilbertson butchers, Bruce Interiors, Donut shop, Tino's Greengrocer, Spotless dry cleaners, CE Carter Real Estate, Ringwood Poultry Supply. Location is south side of Maroondah Highway between Railway Station entrance (to left) and Clocktower park at Wantirna Road (to right). (Was image MHC(SS)34)Date on backing sheet is, "1969". -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photo-montage, Officers of Forces in South Africa (Boer War), c1900
The Boer War was fought from 1899 to 1901.Black and white printed photo montage of Officers who served in the South African Forces during the Boer War. Portraits are supplemented with views of: Modder River, Ladysmith, Railway Bridge of Tugela, 4.7 naval gun, Royal Horse Artillery, Johannesburg Fort, Howitzer Gun, Field Artillery. The poster produced as an advertising medium for Wills Tobacco and Cigarettes using the Transvaal Series of cards.boer war, south african war, armed services, lord roberts, weapons, alfred milner, cecil rhodes, w.p. schreiner, w. hely hutchinson, w.p. symons, general mildyard, a. hunter, holled smith, dick-cunnynghame, f. roberts, charles warren, brabazon, a.g. wauchope, kelly-kenny, hector mcdonald, baden-powell, lord methuen, f. carrington, n.g. lyttleton, f. howard, j.d.f. french, w.f. gatacre, h.s. rawlinson, eyre crabbe, alderson, kekewich, a. fitzroy hart, g. white, lord kitchener, lord dundonald, plumer, h.m.l. rundle, w.h. mackinnon, h.e. colville, f. forestier walker, r. clements, redvers buller, h. chermside, g. lyttelton -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Plan, Borough of Ringwood - VR Ringwood Station - Circa 1930s
Technical drawing of Ringwood Railway Station features, surrounding streets and buildings including Cool Stores, Packing Shed, Coke Bin, Coal Box, Dam, Garage, Shops, ES&A Bank, Station Master's Residence, Drill Hall, Goods Shed, Signal Box, Passenger Platform, Footbridge, and Clock Tower at Warrandyte Road. Station entrance and traffic access areas shaded red and yellow.Scale: 1"=40' -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: SPEECH NOTES.TALK OVER 3BO 21 MAY 1955
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Three pages of typed notes titled 'Talk over 3BO. Saturday 21 May 1955'. The speech is part of his campaign in the Victorian State Election of 1955. He was a candidate for the Country Party. Topics include : country railway freight charges, and the industrialization of the state.bendigo, hospital, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. 3bo. victorian state election 1955. country party. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - HEATHCOTE : COUNTY OF BENDIGO, May 1952
Map. Heathcote, County of Bendigo, County of Housie, Knowsley, Knowsley East, Langwornor, Tooborac, Warrowitue, Costerfield, Dargile, Township of Heathcote, Meadows Valley Creek, Wallan and Bendigo Railway, C.R.B. Main Road. By authority J.J. Gourley, Government Printer, Melbourne, Drawn and reproduced at the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne. May 1952, Price 2/-. (number 89 in map cupboard 1)J.J. Gourley, Government Printer, Melbourne.map, bendigo, heathcote -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - CAMPBELL COLLECTION: BENDIGO AND DISTRICT MAPS
Map. Eaglehawk, Parishes of Huntly and Nerring. Scale 20 chains to 1 inch. Total area 6211 acres, Bottom left is Eaglehawk Kerang Railway line. IN PENCIL Euc areas 1974, Laurie C.Raynor Comp 13,14,15. J & T Pierce 1,9,8. The use of sticky tape on joins. Sand heaps from Moon Mine. (number 369 in map cupboard 1)map, bendigo, allotments -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO LANDSCAPE 1937, 1937
black and white photo: view of Bendigo CBD from lookout tower looking east of south towards Railway Station, shows Sandhurst Club at bottom right corner, Queen Victoria statue in gardens, intersection of Pall Mall, Mitchell and View Strets. In image ' ...rley Johnsons ' Mathews Bros' ' Plume' ' Plaza' ' A.E. Sayer' On back ' Bendigo, Victoria, 1937, Ellison Coll'place, landscape view, bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - NEW WINDING ENGINES
Handwritten quote from Sec. Mines Report 1897. 1897 Quote: 'Several winding plants erected. The most up to-date and worth special mention. The New Chum Railway Company, Victoria Quartz, and Hustlers Royal Reserve No 2. 1899 - Three new winding plants erected. 1900 - Two new winding plants. 1901 - three up to-date winding engines erected.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, new winding engines, sec mines reports, new chum railway company, victoria quartz, hustlers royal reserve no 2 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - CENTENARY TRAIN - GROUP OF TRAMS
Newspaper clippings - date unknown. R708 leads a second R class locomotive into Bendigo Station. This entourage was known as the 'Centenary Train' and was occupied by members of the Australian Historical Society who travelled from Melbourne. A second photo shows a large group of trams in View Street between Barnard and Rowan Streets. These trams were hired by Australian Railway Historical Society for a tour of Bendigo and district.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LOCOMOTIVE R711 REMOVAL FROM BENDIGO
Thirty-nine glossy coloured photographs of locomotive R711 (Spirit of Bendigo ) removal from Bendigo Railway park in 1994 - the train is shown being craned onto an 18 wheel trailer and transported through Bendigo .Photos include shots of Engine R761 which appears to have been on a special excursion visit to Bendigo One photo is of a Second Class Red Rattler -type carriage .bendigo, parks and gardens, locomotive r711 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JACK PERRY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPERFIREWOOD INDUSTRY
Newspaper article, Bendigo Weekly, re firewood industry and use of wood in mines. Mentions Emu and Axe Creek, Kimbolton, Whipstick areas. Charcoal burners. Kurting, Inglewood and Argyle areas , Heathcote and railway sidings. Koefeds and Bendigo Preserving Company are companies mentioned . Image shows Koefeds motorised truck bringing in wood - also horse and cart loaded with wood. ( poor quality )person, individual, jack perry, heathcote, california gully, axe and emu creeks, kimbolton, whipstick, charcoal, kurtging, inglewood, argyle. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - CAMPBELL COLLECTION: BENDIGO AND DISTRICT MAPS, 21-8-1972
Map. Shire of Strathfieldsaye Locality Plan. Scale 1 inch=1 mile. Drawn by M.Higgs 21-8-1972, Shire of Huntly, Shire of McIvor, City of Bendigo, Shire of Marong, Shire of Maldon, Shire of Metcalfe, Lake Eppalock, Axedale Township, Strathfieldsaye Township, Melbourne to Bendigo Railway Line, Big Hill Tunnel, Mt.Herbert 1596. (number 398 in map cupboard 1)M.Higgs 21-8-1972map, bendigo, locality plan -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Town Pier, Sandridge, J W Lindt, 1870s
COPYRIGHT State Library Victoria (image b46977) Town Pier, Sandridge approx 1876-1894. A competitor to Railway Pier but without the rail facility. In the 20th Century it became limited to timber or collier ships. Pier demolished in 1950s. This image shows horse-drawn wagons being loaded and many sailing ships docked in the background. Image used in PMHPS calendar 2015 (July)piers and wharves - town pier, transport - horse, transport - shipping -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - BENDIGO BRANCH HISTORICAL SOCIETY - MINE TOUR
Typed notes for a tour of the area. Areas mentioned are: Hospital Hill, The Central Deborah Mine, New Chum Railway Mine, The Rocks, New Chum Hill, Victoria Hill, Central Nell Gwynne, Rae's Open Cut, Housing Commission Homes and Latham and Watson's. Description of machinery at the Central Deborah Mine, yields, dividends, depth of shafts and directions to get ot the various places is included.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, bendigo branch historical society mine tour, all saints church, joseph la trobe, bendigo's first hospital, sacred heart cathedral, the central deborah mine, city council, londonderry west shaft, new red, white and blue consolidated (big blue), a roberts & sons, big deborah, the new golden fleece, new chum goldfields, central wattle gully mine chewton, virginia consols, black's quarries coldstream, thompson's engineering and pipe co ltd castlemaine, new chum railway mine, golden square methodist church, the rocks, e j dunn, gold monument, shamrock mine, mt alvernia hospital, j b lazarus, john brown knitwear factory, gold fmines hotel, david sterry, new chum hill, fortuna villa, geo lansell, theodore ballerstedt, a h q survey regiment headquarters, old chum mine, central nell gwynne, rae's open cut, theodore ballerstedt, new chum syncline, little 180 mine, victoria quartz, wittcheibe's 'jeweller's shop', adventure, advance, cinderella, j n macartney, bendigo goldfields registry 1870, wm rae, johnson's devonshire mine, snobs hill mine, ellenborough mullock heap, belmont mullock heap, sadowa, st mungo, united devonshire, mechanic's institute, log lock-up, court house, j b watson, housing commission homes, hustlers hill, latham and watsons', the great extended hustlers, a richardson -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Furniture - Safe, Metal Safe
Historical - well used - heavy metal. Inside strongly reinforced - lockable - fluted front handle. One smaller top section. Large bottom section .Ornamented front in central area. BRANX- comb springs in the locks. WAs commonly used as a bank safe & the railways used them in 1880's (from Chris Daniels) Originally green, handle is brass which would clean up. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Australian Tesselated Tile Co - Works
Black and white photo of Australian Tesselated Tile Co. Works c1940. Situated on south side of railway line. Founded 1885- ceased operation 1965. Certainly not Mitcham's most favourable aspect but key to its early development. Residents of the time can well remember vast quantities of black smoke when the kilns were fired up on Monday morning for the week's production.australian tesselated tile co. pty ltd -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Calendar, Bartell Calendars NSW, 2015
Wall Calendar - heavy card covers, 12 gloss art pages inside, titled "Ballarat", calendar for 2016, featuring various Ballarat photographs. Includes the Gardens, BTM No. 33, Lydiard St and Sturt St, Arch of Victory, Lake Wendouree, Botanical Gardens, Railway Station, Craigs Hotel, Conservatory and Statuary Pavilion. Photo of No. 33 in Wendouree Parade. Produced by Bartell Calendars.tramways, trams, ballarat, btm, botanical gardens, arch of victory, ex australian prisoners of war memorial, craig s hotel -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, J.C.Radcliffe & C.J.M.Steele, "Adelaide Road Passenger Transport 1836-1958", 1974
A4, 208 page book, soft cover bound, on public road transport in Adelaide, 1836 to 1958. Contents include Adelaide history, railways, horse buses and trams, electric trams, buses, trolley buses, social history and tram closure. Has 23 pages of photographs. Also has contents, references, maps and an index. Bound with red card covers. Written by J.C.Radcliffe and C.J.M.Steele.Inside front cover in black ink "Neville M.Gower / Greenacres / Sth. Australia"trams, tramways, adelaide, tramways, transit systems -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, J. Parkin and Oakbank and Bungaree, "Modern City or a museum?", 22/02/1997 12:00:00 AM
Letter to the Editor of The Courier Ballarat, page 26, 22/2/1997 written by J. Parkin "Oakbank" Bungaree concerning the recent newspaper space given to the Lydiard St. railway gates issue and the return of trams to Ballarat. Refers to a previous possibility of reviving the Buninyong Line for tourist purposes. No objection to trams around the lake. Has newspaper details stapled along left hand edge."Sat 22/297" in top left hand corner.lydiard st. gates, ballarat revival, buninyong railway -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - Last tram from Sebastopol, Greg Triplett, Sep. 1971
Black and white reproduction of photographs used to illustrate the closure of the SEC Ballarat System, published in Association of Railway Enthusiast's (ARE) Dec 1971 issue of their magazine. Centre page photo shows tram 40 at Hospital corner, prior to running into the depot, while on rear pages are night photos of tram 35 at Sebastopol terminus (Royal Mail Hotel in background) and No. 41? at the Lydiard St. north terminus. trams, tramways, ballarat, closure, last tram , tram 40, 35 and 41? -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Leon Marshall Wood, Mar. 1947
Black and white photograph of Geelong No. 23 at the Geelong Railway Statin with one of the crew leaning on the bumper bar of the tram. Appears the tram has the destination of Depot. Photographer - Leon Marshall-Wood, March 1947. .1 - Copy small format print from Lloyd Rogers collection via Robert Green 2/2014. Added 4-4-2019 - two copies added. On rear in pencil "March 1947, S/S, L M-W" and in ink within a red ink stamp "Traction 5566" Also cropping marks along top edge. On rear of small copy print 4194.1 - "Geelong" in top left hand corner.tramways, trams, geelong, railway station, tram 23 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Ministry of Transport, "Transport - Victoria", c1980
Sixteen page, full cover book titled "Transport - Victoria", published by the Ministry of Transport c1980 - Robert Maclellan as Minister soon after the establishment of the Ministry, combining VicRail, MMTB, TRB, CRB, MURLA, Westgate Bridge Authority, and the Railway Construction Board. Gives details of each of the component authorities, maps, their work, with the part of the Spencer St Station History of Transport Mural on the front cover.trams, tramways, mmtb, vr, vicrail, crb, transport regulation board, map -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Travis Jeffrey, 17/06/1962 12:00:00 AM
Colour Negative No. N395, of Bendigo Birney No. 29 at North Bendigo terminus. Trolley pole yet to be turned. Has railway level crossing lights in the background. Tram has a Briquettes roof advertisement. Photo possibly 17/6/1962. Colour laser printed copy of image stored in box 73. Image scanned at hi res 27/5/2020 and image updated.In red pen on folder that contained negative, "NR70B" and "17 Jun 62". trams, tramways, bendigo, north bendigo, tram 29 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, John Buckland, 10/11/1959 12:00:00 AM
Typed letter on plain paper from John Buckland to Wal Jack, dated 10 Nov 1959, apologising for not seeing Wal last Saturday, on the ARHS Ballarat Spring Picnic trip. Discusses railway locomotives, the trip to Ballarat and forwarding slides and photographs. Contained originally within Reg Item 5623 at the front of this note book. For items see btm5623 loose items list.pdf.Has John Buckland address stamp in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, arhs, special trains, ballarat -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Map, Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Moorabbin, County of Bourke, c. 1918
The cadastral map of the Parish of Moorabbin in Victoria (L.6104) shows parish boundaries and land ownership c. 1918 when Sandringham was a Borough.moorabbin, county of bourke, map, plan, land subdivision, land titles, foreshores, sndringham, hampton, beaumaris, highett, cheltenham, department of lands and survey, land owners, cartographic material, borough of sandringham, brighton -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Guide Book/notes, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), "Guide for Delegates interested in trams", 1970
Demonstrates notes prepared by the TMSV for tours of the Ballarat and Melbourne systems and the nature of the notes.Five page spirit duplicated notes to act as a guide to visitors to the International Convention of Railway Modellers, Melb. 1970. Index, history of TMSV, map of Malvern depot, model trams, exhibition notes, place of Melb. Tram interest, notes and map on Ballaarat. Missing is pages 6, 7, and 8 - noted in index on page 1. Pdf image of document added 31/10/2013.trams, tramways, melbourne, ballarat, tmsv, model tramways -
Australian Racing Museum
Racebook, Victoria Racing Club, 1946
Un-numbered page race programme for the Victoria Racing Club Autumn Meeting First Day Saturday 2 March 1946. Front cover has a white background with green and white writing, and a green and yellow 1930s art deco design with the VRC insignia in the middle top. Back cover has a white background with green writing, and a yellow border, explaining the railway arrangements. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Minister of Transport, "Melbourne's Pollution Free Public Transport", "Modern Trams", 1973
Pamphlet, full colour of semi gloss quarto paper, folded into three, providing an image and details and features of new trams (Z class trams) and new Hitachi Silver trains. Issued by the Ministry of Transport. Printed by the Victorian Railways with the VR Print number of 374-73. Features Tram 1041 and a Silver train with a Show Grounds destination. Second copy added 28/11/2016.trams, tramways, public transport, prototype tramcar, z class, hitachi silver train -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV), "Melbourne", c2012
Postcard - printed on gloss paper of an illustration of Collins St Melbourne, a Victorian Railways Poster, c1950, titled "Melbourne Victoria Australia", reproduced by the Public Records Office of Victoria. The rear, divided back, details the function of the PRO, gives the locations of the PRO offices, contact details, logos and details of the poster. "Poster No. 220 Artist Trompf" and the PRO filing details. Three copies held.trams, tramways, posters, victorian railways, public records office, illustrations, collins st, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Association of Railway Enthusiasts (ARE), D 5001 in the early M Tram colour scheme, 2006
Colour postcard of Melbourne tram D 5001 in the early M Tram colour scheme, with the Melbourne City baths in the Background, Swanston Sth 2006. Photo Ray Marsh, possibly late March 2004 after formal commissioning. Postcard produced by Railcard for the Association of Railway Enthusiasts, ARE No.11/06. Has ARE logo, shop details and hours, space for small message, address and stamp.trams, tramways, melbourne, d class, m>tram, swanston st, tram 5001