The Ordnance QF 25-pounder was the major British field gun and howitzer during the Second World War. Many Commonwealth countries used them during WW2 and Australia produced the guns at General Motors Holden. They were renowned for their rapid rate of fire and when firing at maximum range (12,253m -13,400yds) one gun could have up to 5 shells in the air at once. In North Africa during WW2, they were sometimes called upon to act as anti-tank guns. A shortened and lightened version of the gun was made in Australia and used in jungle operations.Steel conical projectile25 PR MK 1 L35 ME 11/54

A black and white photograph of one of the accommodation flats at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville.A black and white photograph of one of the accommodation flats at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville.Flat 2. Fruit Salad Farm, Gilbert's Gully/ MARysville. JAN 54 Kitchen/ Dining. Room/ Two bed.rooms/ Bathroom (Kero. HOT Shower)/ Woodshed Two. double beds./ Two single beds/ Use of Simpson Washing/ Machine + Hot./ Water Service Four flats 1 1 double 1 single/ 2 as above/ 3 1 double 2 singles/ 4 1 " 2 " V.L. KING. Propmarysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

1308.1 - Book - 20 pages including cover, printed on semi gloss paper, centre stapled, with two colour covers (blue and black) titled "Destination Brisbane", providing details of the Brisbane tramcars or rolling stock. Published by Traction Publications, in 1956, edited by Jack Richardson with A. J. Antcliff and K.S Kings. Provides details on the trams that operated in the city. Has a map of the city tramways on the rear. See image htd1308i1.pdf 1307.2 - Book - 48 pages + card cover, printed on semi gloss paper, centre stapled, with two colour covers - as for .1. Printed 1964. See image htd1308i2.pdf.2 - has "Technical Books and Magazine Co. Swanston St Melbourne" stamp on page 3.trams, tramways, brisbane, tramcars, depots

Brown coloured file folder marked "Tramway Acts" containing hand written and type written notes on the various MMTB Acts, generally c1945 to 1948 - multiple copies of the same document involving Land Acquisition, Appeals Board, powers under the Act, WW2 National Security Act (under which the Essendon Airport and Maribyrnong or Munitions tramways were built) repeal, buses, and orders in council.trams, tramways, mmtb, acts of parliament, world war 2, appeals, unions, essendon airport, west maribyrnong, munitions factory

Act of Victorian Parliament, 76 pages (was printed as 96), 6 sections, stapled on the left hand side , No. 3732 - "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Metropolitan Tramways", dated 12 Feb. 1929. Reprint version 7237/54. Consolidates the various MMTB Acts to 1929. See Reg Item 2112 for the 1958 Consolidation. Two copies held.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, construction

Set pf personal papers concerning tramway / railway level crossings in Melbourne. Consist of .1 - letter to Ross dated 19/3/1984, carbon copy from Jack McLean, printed on computer paper perforated computer paper torn into strips - has hand written notes. Three separate sheets. Covers Market St Melbourne (Queensbridge) South Melbourne (City Road) St George Road - North Fitzroy Queens Parade Clifton Hill Epsom Road Showgrounds Glenferrie Road Hawthorn Glenferrie Road Malvern Burke Road Camberwell, Glenferrie Rd Kooyong, Burke Road Gardiner Glenhuntly Road Glenhuntly Glenhuntly Road Elsternwick, Whitehorse Road (Deepdene), Riversdale Road, Riversdale Lygon St North Carlton Nicholson St Footscray Nicholson St North Fitzroy, .2 - six pages - retype of above document on A4 computer printing paper - covers the same material. .3 - Hand drawing of the Melbourne rail system with crossing dates including bridges noted on it for cable and electric tramways. Has initials KK 12/54 in bottom right hand corner. drawn on lined double width foolscap paper.trams, tramways, level crossings, railway squares, tramway square, cable trams

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of T 179 at the Russell St West Footscray terminus in Barkly St. The building facade in the background remains at entry date. Tram has the destination of Russell St.trams, tramways, footscray, t class, barkly st, russell st, tram 179

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of W2 343 (Essendon Aerodrome Route 59) and SW6 860 (City Route 19) southbound in Elizabeth St, c1955 near to Franklin St Note the Moomba decorations in the overhead. In the background is Disney's (at 416 Elizabeth St a Holden dealer) with flags under the verandah) Rod Atkins advised 7/9/2020: "He was born in Ballarat to Arthur Disney and Isabella Christina Hill. During World War I he served with the Australian Flying Corps and was at Gallipoli. He then became a motor dealer, running his own company. In June 1924 he married Ruby Chapman. From 1935 to 1952 he served on Melbourne City Council. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1940 as a United Australia Party member, representing Higginbotham Province; at this time his father still represented Melbourne West for the Labor Party. Disney was a supporter of Ian MacFarlane, and served in his brief ministry in October–November 1945 as Minister of Transport and Mines. He consequently lost Liberal endorsement in 1946 and was defeated. In 1948 he was elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne, serving until 1951; during this period he was closely involved with securing the 1956 Olympic Games for Melbourne. Knighted in 1951, Disney died in 1952 at Auburn.[1] The ones at Swanston street are taken on different days. Yes there is one of those under powered Jaguars parked across the road .... Did you notice the tram signal on the pole? An interesting thing I did not know looking at all three photos is that the flag pole holder on the route number box is on the inside. So when did it move to the outside of the box? On the photo of the RAAF tram, there is one employee wearing a cap but appears to be wearing overalls? I wonder what that is all about? "trams, tramways, sw6 class, w2 class, route 59, route 19, elizabeth st, moomba, tram 343, tram 860

Poster - white sheet of paper, titled "Time table of Sunday Morning Tram and Bus Services", providing details of the tram and bus services for September 1953, from first tram (about 8am through to about 2pm). Signed by F. G. Wraith as Manager. Poster has been adhered to a sheet of glass that was backed with a sheet of brown paper. The glass was used in the driver's bulkhead of a W class tram.trams, tramways, timetables, sunday services, mmtb

Report, or Memorandum on SECV internal paper, from the Acting Engineer Manager to the Commerical Manager, dated 18/2/1955, titled "Tramways - Provincial City Operations". Looks at various ways of cutting the loss on tramway operations in all the three Provincial cities. Includes discussions on Fares and the income, headways, one-man operation, route abandonments, including parallel bus operations, Geelong branch lines, payloads, feeder buses in Geelong, Rosters in particular broken time or broken shifts, light traffic economics. Signed by K L Murray.Yields information about the internal discussions and considerations of the SECV to cut the tramway losses in all three Provincial cities,Document or report, 5 foolscap sheets, carbon copy, stapled in top left hand corner. Draft copy (7 pages) also held.tramways, state electricity commission of victoria, geelong, tramcars, secv, operations, passenger services, ballarat, bendigo, rosters, closure, buses

Diagrams created by the Victorian Railways with detailed information including weight of rails, distance of points/switches from the datum point, etc.Scanned copy of 'single line diagram' for 'Princes Pier'victorian railways, piers and wharves - princes pier

Black and white photograph showing possibly W2 class tram No. 510 (Kew Depot, route 47) east bound in Collins St at Exhibition St. Has the T&G building in the background. The photo appeared in The Age centenary supplement on page 22. Yields information about Collins St and tram 510.Photograph with hand written notes on rear.Page 22 in pencil and "Collins Street East 16-10-54, The Age Centenary paper"trams, tramways, tram 510, collins st, w2 class

Six photographs showing traffic congestion that detains progress of trams in city streets. Road traffic congestion that detained tramcars in the city centre and on selected suburban roads had been a major concern to tramway operators dating back to the early 1900s. During the 1960s, and perhaps earlier, the Tramways Board regularly proposed ways of keeping motor traffic off the trams tracks, but little progress was achieved.Yields information about the perennial issue of motor traffic detaining trams. Incomplete series of photographs showing street traffic congestion in Flinders Street and Spencer Street5. Date 10/9/54, Time 1355 hrs, Flinders St, from Railway Buildings looking West over Degraves St. General traffic clear of tram tracks. 7. Date 17/9/54, Time 1355 hrs, Flinders St, from Railway Buildings looking West near Degraves St. 2 cars, 1 truck & 1 van parked & unattended. All moved within ten minutes. 8. Date 17/9/54, Time 1359 hrs, Flinders St, from Railway Buildings looking East towards Swanston St. Two utilities parked & unattended outside SEC. (Note policeman directing traffic.) See also Photo No 9. 9. Date 17/9/54, Time 1417 hrs, Flinders St, from Railway Buildings looking East towards Swanston St. Progressive view to No 8, two utilities in same position after 18 minutes. 12. Date 17/9/54, Time 1431 hrs, Flinders St, from Railway Building, Safety Zone at Swanston St. Progressive view to No 11 (missing from this album). Front truck about to leave after 10 minutes, rear truck remained parked. 11. Date 28/9/54, Time 0910 hrs, Spencer St, from roof of J S Gordon's near Flinders Lane, looking South. Three Northbound & 2 Southbound tramcars held up by truck caught in Southbound traffic when turning into lane. congestion, flinders st, spencer st, motor traffic

Black and white photographs of plants at Burnley and in the Biology and PSL Departments. Publicity Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture 1960, handwritten annotations: (1)Ref. No. C.1768.C. "Thuja plicata aurea, Golden Willow, Pinus radiata." (3) A485 "Garden notes Sep Jul. The Chrysanthemum is a popular garden perennial." (4) A500 a rose in winter. (5) C.1767.F "Eucalyptus torquata." (7) C.1768.G, 2 copies, "Rex Begonia." (8) C.1767.E, "Angophora 5-6 years." (9) C.1767.D, "Seedling beds in Nursery." (C.1769.C, 2 copies, "Ginko." Department of Agriculture Victoria Biology Branch: (2) Neg. Number ORN.2 Date 30.4.54, "Nandina domestica a very useful plant for ?." (6) Neg Number ORN.1 Date 30.4.54, "Adiantum. Maidenhair. Fern. Grows well in a glassed in verandah." (13) Neg. No. P3006 Date 9.5.57, ?. (14) Neg. No. 0.3 date 4.6.57, ? Department of Agriculture Victoria Plant Research Institute: (11) Neg. No. M197 date 24.6.66, 2 copies, ? (12) Fern? (15) Colour negative of an azalea in a pot.handwritten annotationsplants, burnley, willow, chrysanthemum, perennials, roses, eucalyptus, begonia, seedling, nursery, fern, azalea, ginkgo, biology branch, cuttings, colchicum

Image of an accident involving Ballarat Tram No. 37 which collided with a semi trailer, resulting in the semi trailer being overturned and severe damage to the front cabin of the tram. Has a photo of a workman cleaning the scene up. At the intersection of Drummond St South and South St. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See Reg Item 6313 and 5589 for a copy of the newspaper story. See Reg Item 7734 for a photo of the tram in the depot after the accident.Yields information about the damage as a result of a collision between a semi trailer and bogie tram.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.Written on rear in ink "Ballarat tram No. 37 with smashed cabin, semi trailer overturned, Drummond St South at South St intersection 8AM 15-4-54"trams, tramways, accidents, ballarat, drummond st, collision, tram 37

ill, p.44.non-fictionA brief history of the locomotives operating on the Victorian government railways between the years 1854 and 1954.locomotives - victoria - history, steam locomotives - victoria- history

ill, p.23.non-fictionA brief history of the rollingstock of the State Rail Authority of New South Waleslocomotives - new south wales - history, railway rollingstock - new south wales

The slide rule was used for less accurate quick mathematical calculations. It was light weight and easy to use in the field. This slide rule was used by members of 4 Fd Svy Sqn circa 1960 for quick Survey calculations..1 12 Inch Slide Rule, multi-function Calculator .2 Protective box and carry case for Slide Rule. Green cardboard box.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, 4 fd svy sqn

BHS CollectionNorth Bendigo Terminus of Tramlines, tram driver and conductor visible in uniform. Basil Miller, second from left in the group on the right. Tram No 27. Written in blue ink on back 'State Electricity Commission Bendigo Victoria, Birney Safety Car No 27 at North Bendigo Terminus (AETA Tour)' written in black ink '3'' x 5'' page 80, 100%'. Stamped in purple ink, 'Mr Basil Miller from N.F Reed, Sydney, No 816/8 Date 3-10-54.person, individual, basil miller

Used by crews to report accidents to the MMTB Claims section using a standard form process. Crews were trained how to use these as part of the initial training. Has a printing date of 9/54. See item 6998 for a 1960s example.Demonstrates the forms used to report accidents.Admin record or note book - card covers, with 8 remaining tear off or perforated forms stapled to the inside - number 22583 to 22590. tramways, mmtb, accidents, reports, crews

Soldiers in training at Puckapunyal Circa 1955.Collage of four small black and white photos of soldiers in training at Puckapunyal in National Service around 1955. Photos are stuck on A.4 paper.All photos have captions.photographic collage, puckapunyal, training

Ill, p.192.non-fictionPersonal recollections of James Meyrich Edward Clifton)world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - britain, world war 1939-1945 - secret service - britain

Ill, p.303.non-fictionPersonal recollections of a French resistance fighterworld war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - france, world war 1939-1945 - resistance movements

Sewing kit khaki colour with various items included in.White tag attached inside top flap with "Regimental No. 3/728561 - Name - Parsons. G." in black texta.accessory, kit, sewing