A document dated June 1989 examines the then MTA tram substation network and its issues at the time, in particular the reliability of the aging rotary converters and mercury arc rectifiers. It also considers the need to upgrade the network, increase the power supply for B-class trams, and reduce voltage drop.Yields information about the status of the tram substation and electrical equipment in 1989Photocopy of a 38 page A4 document.tramways, substations, mta, the met, power supply, electrical engineering, rotary converters, mercury arc

58 pages, includes b & w photos, appendices, plus separate index documentnon-fictionCollection of recollections and photographs of early history of Surrey Hillssurrey hills, transport, empire day, churches, schools, recreation, reminiscences

This document tells of the separation of Melbourne District Nursing Society and After Care Hospital.The Melbourne District Nursing Society was founded in February 1885. It built the After-Care Home in 1926, and the Society became the 'Melbourne District Nursing Society and After-Care Home' until 1935 when the word 'Home' was replaced by the word 'Hospital'. In 1957 the two bodies separated, with one becoming the 'Melbourne District Nursing Service', and the other the 'After-Care Hospital'. This document from the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria shows the 'Closure of the Melbourne District Nursing Society and After Care Hospital' which took affect with dissolution on the 1st of September 1958.Black and white document: 'Closure of the Melbourne District Nursing Society and After Care Hospital' The document is bold black printing on a white background. It commences 'Hospital and Charities Act 1948 (No. 5300); follows are the names of those present being the Lieutenant Governor of Victoria and four other men. The body of the document contains twenty-four lines and finishes with ‘A. Mahlstedt Clerk of the Executive Council’.melbourne district nursing society, after-care home, after- care hospital, melbourne district nursing service, mdns, rdns, royal district nursing service

Our collection includes a number of documents on the history of the line including a film Heritage on the Line produced in 1992 and Down the line to Upfield by Jon Saul and Wendy Moore. 3rd edition 1994 and Northern Suburbs Transport Plan prepared by the Upgrade Upfield Coordinating Committee 1994. / The Upfield Line Heritage Study by Andrew Ward (1990) can be found on the Merri-bek Council website. / The Lonie Report prepared by the State Government in 1988 recommended conversion of all or part of the line to light rail. Some proposals involved replacing the Sydney Road trams with light rail, freeing up the rail reservation for a freeway, while others proposed installing the light rail on the rail reservation from Upfield to Park Street, where the line would divert to join the Royal Parade tram line. / Our collection includes documents on the community campaign to save the line from the Cain Government in 1989-90 and the Kennett Government in 1992-93. The Save the Upfield Line Campaign was set up and composed of local residents. We have a collection of their minutes and campaign materials. Brunswick Council was also actively involved in campaigning to save the line and set a Council and community committee to work on this. We also have minutes of its meetings and some Council reports on the issue. / In 1995 the State Government finally agreed to retain and upgrade the line. Document file"rail services, upfield railway line, community campaigns"

Document titled "A descriptive history of MMTB buses 1923 - 1983" compiled by Ross Baird for the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria. Presented in a date and event history format for bus services and routes operated by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board from 1923 to 1983 when services were taken over by The Met.Yields information about the MMTB Bus services.Document - 16 A4 sheets, printed.mmtb, buses, bscv

The name Melbourne District Nursing Society and After-Care Hospital came into being in 1935. In 1957 the two bodies separated and the Hospital and Charities Commission of Victoria received the document a 'Petition to Incorporate the After Care Hospital'The Melbourne District Nursing Society was founded in 1885 and in 1926 opened the After-Care Home. The Society then became the 'Melbourne District Nursing Society and After-Care Home' until 1935 when the word 'Home' was replaced b the word 'Hospital'. In 1957 the two bodies separated and the Hospital and Charities Commission of Victoria received a 'Petition to Incorporate the After Care Hospital'Black and white document 'Petition to Incorporate the After Care Hospital' The document is bold black printing on a white background. It commences; 'Hospital and Charities Act 1948 (No. 5300), Section 46. The body of the document contains nineteen lines and finishes with ‘'E. P. Cameron, Minister of Health’.melbourne district nursing society, after- care hospital, rdns, royal district nursing service

Photograph included with notebook sent in by W. R. Hearn. The notebook is for a subject he studied at Burnley College - Leaving Agricultural Science - in 1965 whilst he was a student at Scotch College "Please Quote No. ABC 1722 when ordering Laurie Richards JW 1528." students working outside, beverley hansen, ian belshaw, bill nicholls, beverley wilson, w r hearn, pumpkins

The Eltham Community Art & Craft Market was a long-standing weekend market in the Eltham area, offering, at first, arts and crafts of many types, made by local residents. It expanded to include produce in later years. Initially run by the Eltham Community Market Stallholders Association Incorporated, it is now run by Diamond Valley Community Support. These documents were collected by a long time stallholder, Dawn Bennetts.GHS member Dawn Bennetts was a stall holder at this market and donated her memorabilia.Collection of documents, newsletters and photographs..eltham community market, diamond valley community support, markets, eltham community art and craft market

A collection of documents and reports related to the NMIT library strategic plan 2006-2009. This plan recognises changes to library service and sets down the plan for NMIT libraries in the first decade of the 21st century. Includes 2 copies of Library Operational Plan August 2007The role of libraries and librarians changed in response to changing client expectations, and new and emerging technologies. This document is NMIT's strategic plan to deliver services relevant to the needs of its clientele.A collection of documents and reports, text printed on white paper. Each document stapled in top left corner, collection held together with large clip.Some passages highlighted with pencilled stars.libraries, student focus in libraries, library operational plan, library staff, nmit,

Training program "PTC - One person operation Training Program for Tram Depot Trainers" - outlining the training of the depot trainers for crews at individual depots. Has a course outline, ticketing instructions, zones, general driving, operational procedures, and working safely. Two additional documents - test questions for ticketing and general driving and safe workings procedures. Dated 11/2/1993.Yields information about training of tram depot trainers for one person operation.Document - comb bound with card and plastic covers, approx 30 A4 pages + two stapled document of test questions.driver training, one person, ticketing, safeworking

This document outlines a 3 month sea journey from England to Australia in 1859 on the sailing ship "Arabia".John Spence and his wife Jessie were pioneers of Victoria.An 11 page computer printed stapled document. It is double side printed in A4.Niljohn spence, jessie spence, mary spence, sailing ship arabia, immigration

This is a small pocketbook owned by Master Mariner John Budge Murray. It is 119 pages long and contains a mix of detailed navigational calculations and lessons, diary entries, drill commands for soldiers "On Parade" and personal jottings. The dates in the notebook span the years from 1881 to 1887 and mention trips from Hong Kong to Singapore, Galle, Colombo, the Suez Canal, Aden, Port Said, Malta, Gibraltar and London. Two of the ships mentioned include the S. S. Bangalore and the S. S. Assam - both belonged to the "Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company" (later known as the P&O Line). John Budge Murray was born in 1847 at Olrig, Caithness in Scotland. During the course of his career, he was a merchant marine employed by the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (better known as P&O) and also became a master mariner and Captain serving in the Chinese Naval Service. When he married in 1888, his marriage certificate listed his occupation as "Captain in the Chinese Naval Service". Family records show his sister describing him as "commanding three frigates in the South China Sea - allegedly chasing pirates!" His obituary in the "John O'Groat Journal" in 1910 said he was "one of the original contingent of Britons who served as officers in the Chinese Fleet ...it was they who cleared the Chinese seas of the pirates who infected them." It went on to say "Captain Murray was brave even to the most reckless exposure of his life and ... the Chinese crews had explicit faith in him." John Murray and his wife Jessie had four children and by 1901 were living on a farm at Aucorn in Caithness. One of his sons (also called John Budge Murray) immigrated to Australia and joined the 8th Battalion, AIF (Australia Imperial Force) in 1915 and was killed in France in August 1918. Captain Murray died at Olrig in 1910. In 1840 the Peninsula Steam Navigation Company won a contract for the mail service between the U.K. and Egypt. They expanded their operations to include mail contracts to Alexandria, from Suez to Ceylon, Madras and Calcutta and in 1845 further expanded their operations to Shanghai. Steam communication with Australia was inaugurated in 1852 and in 1854 the Bombay Mail Service passed from the East India Company to P&O. By 1884 P&O's fleet contained fifty ships including the S.S. Assam and S.S. Bangalore - both are mentioned in Captain Murray's pocketbook. In 1882 the S.S. Bangalore was operating in the Bombay / Far East mail service and had made several trips in 1876 between Bombay and Melbourne. In 1875, the Qing Dynasty began to establish a modern Imperial Navy. They ordered a series of warships from Britain and Germany. Two of these ships (the Chaoyong and the Yangwoi) were built at the Tyne shipyards and sailed to China in 1881. They also needed to improve the skills of their naval personnel, and some skilled officers were recruited from Britain. This pocketbook is a significant example of a Master Mariner's everyday working pocketbook. It is also an important object as it belonged to a Scottish Master Mariner who held the unusual position as an officer in the Chinese Naval Fleet.A Master Mariner's small pocket-sized notebook. It has a black cover, 119 pages and contains a mix of navigational records, personal addresses, diary type entries and personal jottings in ink and pencil.First page - "John Budge Murray/Aucorn /Bower/ J. B. Murray/John B/ John B Murray/ Aucorn"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, captain john budge murray, captain murray, master mariner, navigational calculations, ships log, pocketbook, peninsula and oriental steam navigation company, p&o, s.s. bangalore, s.s. assam, drill commands, chinese naval service, qing dynasty, south china sea

The Bundoora Pre-school started as the Bundoora Free Kindergarten in 1961. From its part-time inception in a leased hall, the Committee of the Bundoora Free Kindergarten worked toward obtaining its own premises and expanding the hours of the kinder in order to serve a growing population. This folder contains documents relating to the development of a new Kinder building between 1961 and 1967, including correspondence, grant material and fund-raising documents.A collection of administrative records from the Bundoora Free Kindergarten 1961-A collection of loose documents including letters. Moved to plastic folder for storage.bundoora pre-school, bundoora free kindergarten

Item in the collection re Frederick Ernest ADDLEM VX142253. Refer Cat No 432.2 for his service history and 937P.Light Brown notebook, "A.A Book 65" Australian Military Forces." revised July 1943. For use by Officers and NCO's.documents - notebook, military

Diary covers the period from 9 March 1917 to 10 February 1918 on the Western Front. Lowe was later (Aug 1918) to be awarded the Military Medal for his actions on the Somme. Military Medal 'On the 11th/12th August, 1918, during operations on the SOMME, near PROYART, this man, just previous to the attack showed great devotion to duty in laying and maintaining alternative routes up to the front line, and after the attack had commenced he acted as linesmen, and throughout the operation, during which the lines were cut on several occasions, he went out under heavy shell and machine gun fire and repair the lines thereby enabling communication to be maintained and valuable information reaching Headquarters without delay. His splendid example inspired his comrades to volunteer to continue this most important work should he become a casualty.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 Date: 23 May 1919Black, softcovered notebook. WW1 diary of Herbert Lowe (3rd Divisional Signal Company, Reinforcement 1 Wireless Section).ww1, western front, diaries, herbert newton lowe, 3 divisional signal company

Leather zip pocket for photographer's lens cleaning tissues and notebooks top opening with 200m zip Used excellent conditionphotography, doney

The document is titled "Local instructions issued in conjunction with Commission Rules governing employees," dated 1950. Comprises: 1 - Preparation and operation of trams 2 - Signalling apparatus 3 - tramcar braking 4 - Questions and Answers for Motormen 5 - Form for receipt of the document 6 - General working conditions, first aid, working on trams, electrical safety 7 - Start of employment forms See item 9874 for a Ballarat version and 9853 for the 1947 version. Yields information about the local instructions applicable to the Geelong depot and other matters.Document - 17 duplicated foolscap sheets, pinned into a manila file folder.tramways, geelong, rules, braking, first aid, forms, geelong depot, tramcar maintenance, instructions, air brake, emergencies

Typed note, dated 5/3/1959, regarding measuring the weight distribution on a Maximum Traction tramcar, pony wheel, using a jack with a pressure gauge. Appears to be a theoretical document. Has the initials JRP in the top right-hand corner.Yields information about a method of measuring the weight distribution of a Brill 22E or maximum traction bogie.Document - foolscap typed sheet with hand written note.On front in ink "S/S Lacks"? and on rear "Depot Foreman"tramways, secv, tramcars, maximum traction, pony axles, brill 22e

In 1858 a tramway was constructed to move goods between Warrnambool township and jetty on Lady Bay which was over a mile away The terminus was established on the southern side of Merri Street. and the track went around the edge of Lake Pertobe reserve. Large stores were also built near where the present railway station is situated to hold produce and carriages. These documents relate to contracts between Marion Gauley ,contractor of Warrnambool and the borough of Warrnambool for the operation of horse work with the tramway. John McDermid sadler,and William Stevens farmer of Russell's Creek are acting as surety for the contract.The tramway was an important part of Warrnambool's infrastructure and history and the documents also include names of local people. Of particular interest is the fact that the contract in this case was given to a woman which would have been a little uncommon at that time.001259.1 Pale blue lined paper with red lined outline.Hand written in black pen with names and some other words underlined in red. Two signatures on bottom right with red seal beside each. Witness signature below on left hand side. One page only 001259.2 Pale blue lined paper with red lined outline.Hand written in black pen with names and some other words underlined in red. Two signatures on bottom right with red seal beside each. Witness signature below on left hand side. Of the four pages of the document , only the first page is used. 001259.1 Signed Roady Carew and Moses Daly. Richard Daly is crossed out in the document and Marion Gauley is inserted in greylead. September 1878 001259.2 John McDermid saddler William Stevens, Marion Gauley. Ninth of December 1878. warrnambool, warrnambool tramway, marion gauley, john mcdermid, william stevens

Document titled "The Geelong Tramways, A Brief History" - by an unknown author, though the map is similar to the one provided in item 9810, in a paper published by the Geelong Historical Society, Investigator magazine, written by John Moore. The article or document looks at the early development of Geelong trams, the start of services, services and operations during the twenties, and thirties, and closure. Notes the appeal by the Barwon Apex Club for the display of a bogie tram. Has a diagrammatic map of the Geelong system on the last page.Yields information about Geelong tramway history and fund raising for the preservation of a bogie tram.Document - 7 quarto pages, stapled in the top left hand corner.tramways, geelong, maps, history, apex club

Original Specification documents for the erection of a house at 27 Good Governs Street, Mitcham for John Kift in 1960.non-fictionOriginal buisling Specification, land purchase and Board of Works documents for the house at 27 Good Governs Street, Mitcham for John Kift in 1960.good governs street mitcham no 27, kift john

Document or memo from the Director of Passenger Services Division to staff regarding the announcement by the Minister for Public Transport Alan Brown about the introduction of bus services to replace tram services on some routes after 8 pm. This caused considerable concern and industrial issues. Dated 6/1/1993. See also items 3049, 3052 (closure of route 82), and 5498.Yields information the 1993 proposal to replace trams with buses on some routes in the evening and weekends.Document or memo - single A4 sheetptc, tramways, buses, bus replacement, tram replacement, closure