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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Table Cards (Sheets), State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC form, with handwritten conductor timetable or table sheet, 1940's
Yields information about the appearance of SEC single truck trams during 1938. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.Single sheet of paper, cut from an SEC form, with handwritten conductor timetable or table sheet. Written in black ink. Gives sign on time (5.59am), spare to 734, then details of trips, meal and runs to Sebastopol and Lydiard St with finish time of 2.30pm. Cut from form R2-5.47, about air-brake equipment, has part date of 194?trams, tramways, secv, forms, timetables -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Album, Eva Grant, Historic Buildings in Victoria & New South Wales, 1919-c.1962
One of three scrapbooks created by Eva Grant, a past member of the Kew Historical Society which were donated by her niece, Julie Thomson, in 2013. The scrapbook includes photographs and descriptions of the following sites. (Many of these are now demolished and so the photographs and descriptions may be rare records of a site.) Sites include: Abbotsford (Vic) - Abbotsford Convent, Mayfield (c.1962), prefabricated house - Church street Armadale (Vic) - church (c.1959) - Thomson & Wattletree Roads Arthur’s Seat (Vic) - McCrae homestead Ballarat (Vic) - Memorial plaque on site of Bentley’s Hotel, Memorial on site of Eureka Stockade, Early municipal buildings - East Ballarat, Adam Lindsay Gordon’s cottage - Botanical Gardens, View from Sovereign Hill, Shell house Broken Hill (NSW) - panorama (1963), Flying Doctor’s base (?1963) Eltham (Vic) - Hassell’s outdoor art gallery Essendon (Vic) - Niddrie Homestead and stables (1963) Geelong (Vic) - first Bishopscourt Hawthorn (Vic) - Convent (1930), The Hawthorns, Keilor plains (Vic) - pioneer homes, pioneer cemetery Kew (Vic) - Roseneath (1951), Tarring - Ruyton, Turinville, house - Foley street (c.1960). Malvern (Vic) - church Mount Ridley (Vic) - Summerhill Melbourne (Vic) - Old Brewery - Custom’s House Lane (1960), Customs House, Scott’s Hotel (1962), Western market (c.1960) Phillip Island (Vic) - Grave Toorak (Vic) - Mandeville Hall, Merna (sic) - Arthur Streeton’s house, Toorak House Wentworth (NSW) - Harvey’s Hotel, Sturt Memorial, Sturt’s Tree, Wentworth Gaol Williamstown (Vic) - Williamstown Dairy Yan Yean (Vic) - Bear’s Castle (c.1947) Beveridge/Big Hill (Vic) - Kelly’s cottageImportant photograph record (and notes) about historic buildings in Victoria.38-page scrapbook with additional text created by Eva Grant, a past member of the Kew Historical Society. In addition to the 68 photographs, there are two postcards and a number of publications/handouts.collected by Eva on her trips to heritage sites in Victoria and New South Wales. The pages of the album can be viewed in the image carousel above. Most of the photographs of heritage buildings were taken in the early 1960s.See imagesheritage sites - victoria - australia, eva grant, scrapbooks - 20th century -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Metlink, Metcard Fares and Zones posters, 2001
Set of two Metcard Fares and Zones posters, Zones 1, 2 and 3 giving details of 2 hours, 2 hour packs of 5, daily, weekly, monthly, Short trip, and 60+ tickets and the various zone combinations. Dated 1 Jan. 2001 Has a zone map. .1 - Landscape format - two copies, both laminated. .2 - Portrait formattrams, tramways, metcard, metlink, signs, tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Employee's Pass", 1970's?
Set of three MMTB Employee's Pass, or Employees Pass, allowing for one trip by an employee - required the month and date to be nipped. Not numbered. .1 and .2 - grey card, green ink - both used on the same day - April 30 .3 - dark grey card, purple ink - Sept. 19 See also Reg item 949 and 2599 for another examples.trams, tramways, tickets, employees pass, drivers, crews, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, The Met, "West Trip - Western Transit Improvement Program - Working paper No. 1 - Background", Dec. 1988
Report - approx. 84 pages - green card covers, green - comb binding, titled "West Trip - Western Transit Improvement Program - Working paper No. 1 - Background", prepared by Roger Gibbins of Econsult, 1/12/1988 for The Met. Has a table of contents. Outlines the characteristics of the study area, travel patters, scenarios for future development, existing public transport services.trams, tramways, the met, melbourne, public transport, planning -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, The Met, "The Met - Getting around Melbourne on trams, trains or buses.", Sep. . 1988
DL colour pamphlet on gloss paper - 7 fold - titled "The Met - Getting around Melbourne on trams, trains or buses." Explains the Neighbourhood ticket system, including weekly tickets, commuter pass, short trips, costs, including the tourist oriented Met Pass. Has maps of the train and tram systems and the Neighbourhood area. Effective August 1988. Two copies held.trams, tramways, the met, tickets, neighbourhood tickets, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, The Met, "New Met tickets - your guide to the new tickets for Melbourne's trams, trains or buses.", 1990
DL colour pamphlet on gloss paper - 3 fold - titled "New Met tickets - your guide to the new tickets for Melbourne's trams, trains or buses." Explains 3 hour paper and short trip tickets, 60 plus paper ticket and the "the new scratch ticket" with 10% off. Tickets in images printed from 1990/1991. Three copies held.trams, tramways, the met, tickets, scratch tickets, melbourne -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 1/09/1950
Allan described his shore leave in Capetown. He writes that on the return trip to Gothenburg the ship will be calling in at the Belgium Congo, Antwerp and Copenhagen. He expects to arrive in Gothenburg in mid October.Quinn CollectionA self-folding letter written in green ink (0846.a), headed M.S. Mongabarra, Durban and dated 1/09/1950. The letter is addressed to Mrs E. Quinn. Postmarked Durban the postage is sixpence.letters-from-abroad, quinn, m.s. mongabarra, capetown, south africa -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, The Royal Tour of Australia and New Zealand in pictures, 1954_
Following the death of King George VI, the Queen's trip to Australia and New Zealand was postponed until 1954. This book is a photographic story of their travels around Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands.A pictorial record of the first visit to Australia by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1954Hard cover, Illus. (some colour). Cover illustration of Australian flag with white writing over.queen elizabeth 2, house of windsor, duke of edinburgh, royal tour of australia 1954 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, 1970, 1970
From the records of the Glenelg Shire Council. The Queen and Prince Phillip visited Australia in 1970 and made the trip to Portland. The visit drew large crowds which were reported to be up to 30,000.Black and white photo. Queen Elizabeth II being presented with flowers, on tarmac near plane. Prince Phillip behind her.royal visit, 1970, queen elizabeth ii, prince phillip -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 108 May 1996
Contents: • Next meeting, guest speaker; Russell Yeoman: Hume and Hovell’s Victorian Trip • May Meeting and Autumn Excursion • Office Bearers 1996 • Furphy Festival • Subscriptions • Other Happenings The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Book- Photos, Australia - A Camera Study by / Frank / Hurley
Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in trips to Antartica and was an official photographer with the Australian forces during both world wars. This book was first published in 1955.Photographs include the Hume Reservoir, Mt Buffalo and the Alpine High Country of Mt Kosciusko. (pages 140-144) All are associated with the type of country at each end of the Kiewa River. The Kiewa River flows into the Murray River just below the Hume Dam and Mt Buffalo and Mt Kosciusko are part of the Alpine High country near the Bogong High Plains. Clare Roper lived on a farm in the Kiewa Valley.Blue hard cover, bound book with the title in gold at the top. 208 pages. Mostly Black & white photos but some coloured.Inside back of first page - written 'Clare Roper'frank hurley photographer, australian photography, clare roper -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Baxter & Stubbs, Print, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1921, 1921
A. F. Heseltine, Editorial, Fumes from the Lab, Trip to Mt Feathertop and Mt Buffalo, Trade Topics, Echoes of the Past - Past Students', Sport, Shun Military Notes, The Junior Techs.Green soft covered magazine..1) inside front cover signed "Harold Jolly"ballarat school of mines, magazine, harold jolly, h. v. lawson, g. munro, r. l. whitla, w. w. middleditch, d. whitehead, j. ellsworth, h. a. maddison, d. r. evans, v. gilchrist, h. jolly, p. a. trompf, n. hay,, e. mckissock, j. r. pound, c. h. beanland, e. j. t. tippett, j. ellsworth, w. j. paterson. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Book - Childrens, Mrs H C Craddock, Everyday Stories to tell to Children, January 1930
Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out. Olive green linen cover with embossing on edge and spine. Gold printing on spine. 256 pages. The front of the original dust cover has been attached to the inside of the book. It is colour picture of four children in a farmyard with chickens and two cats. Painted by Ettel Kate Burgess.Hand written inside: Else-Lore Oertel from the Red Cross, Christmas 1942, Tatura Internment Camp 3A. else lore hukins, children's books, camp 3, christmas, red cross, internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Cutout - Wooden, Moon Children “Mond Kinder”
Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out.toys, camp 3, camp 3 german internees, handmade, wall hanging, else lore hukins, else oertel, camp 3 toys -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Cutout - Wooden, Gold Stars "Sternthaler"
Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out. camp 3, internees, camp 3 german internees, toys, children's toys, wall hanging, else lore hukins, else oertel, handmade -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Ansett Correspondence Relating to Warwick Deacock's Tours to and From Indian Subcontinent, Warwick Deacock - Indian Tours
Warwick Deacock organised tourist trips to India and Nepal, and also organised for an Indian mountaineer to come to Australia on a speaking tour. Deacock was hoping to acquire an arrangement with Ansett regarding flights for these tours. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable - Sebastopol - Lydiard St North, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), 22/3/1965
Timetable dated 22/3/1965 gives details of the services on the Sebastopol - Lydiard St North line including short workings to Grey and Bell Streets. Includes depot only trips.Yields information about the Timetable - Sebastopol - Lydiard St North in 1965.Foolscap photocopied sheet, poor reproduction.trams, tramways, secv, timetables, sebastopol, grey st, lydiard st north -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - BTPS, Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS), "Trip Way-Bill", 1974
First issue of the BTPS Trip Way-Bill used to record tram operations and tickets sold by crews in 1974/75. Fares 20c Adult and 10c Children. Form T1-5M.Demonstrates a BTPS Trip Way Bill of 1974/75Form - foolscap sheet printed on white paper.btps, forms, trip waybills -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 40 January 1985
Contents: • Next meeting; Discussion Evening: Victoria’s 150th celebrations and other forthcoming activities • Public tour • Other 150th events • Heritage Week • Society trip • Eltham Court House The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Supplementary Trip Way Bill", early 1960's
Yields information about the form used in Ballarat and Bendigo by the SEC to enabling ticket checking by Inspectors on the trams.Single sheet of paper titled "Supplementary Trip Way Bill", form No. TYE 1-580, for filling in ticket starting numbers, for tickets from 2d (City Section) through to 1/- value. Also allows for parcel tickets, tram no, trip, route, inspector and punch marks. Has line for filling in date and signature at base of ticket. Used in early 1960's. Max. fare 1/- Item was on display in cabinet of 39 until 10/2004, ex filing cabinet 1992. Two copies held. See also Reg. Item 279. See also Reg. Item 3062 for another sample - 15c max value. See Also Reg Item 4144 for a MMTB version, very similar in style, SEC probably copied it. See Also Reg item 5692 for a pack of 250 of these.trams, tramways, secv rules, by laws, tickets, fares, ballarat, bendigo -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photographs, Kodak, c 1948
A collection of photographs donated by Rhonda McInnes (nee Closs) from her father, Don Closs 's collection. Taken whilst her parents were courting and had a trip to Phillip Island.327-01 - Black & White photograph of Westernport with Cowes Ferry and other ships in the background. 327-02 - Black & White photograph of Cowes Pier looking towards Cowes. 327-03 - Black & White photograph of the Hollydene Guest House with people standing at the front gate. 327-04 - Black & White photograph of the Cowes Vehicular Ferry arriving/departing from the Cowes Pier. 327-05 - Black & White photograph of the Proprietor of the Hollydene Guest House with Janet ? 327-06 - Black & White photograph of The Nobbies, Phillip Island. 327-07 - Black & White photograph of The Nobbies with Seal Rocks in the distance. 327-08 - Black & White photograph of The Nobbies with Janet ? in the foreground. 327-09 - Black & White photograph of Churchill Island from Phillip Island. 327-10 - Black & White photograph of the Phillip Island Suspension Bridge taken from San Remo. 327-11 - Black & White photograph of Bert West and his bus with two passengers getting onto the bus. the nobbies, cowes pier phillip island, westernport, cowes car ferry, hollydene guesthouse cowes phillip island, churchill island, phillip island suspension bridge, bert west -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine - Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1933, 1933
List of Full Course Students' 1933, Editorial, Obituary, Personal Column, Fumes from the Lab, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Sport, Echoes of the Past, Commercial Notes, Trip to Yallourn, The Junior Techs.Yellow soft covered magazine of 56 pages.Signed on front cover by "H. Darby".ballarat school of mines, magazine, dr. j. r. pound, g. netherway, s. allan, h. maddern, f. faram, j. elliott, k. jones, j. walters, e. george, c. mcgregor, j. hewitt, j. muntz, e. crossthwaite, m. wilson, r. elsworth, f. g. procter, m. brazil, l. molineaux, e. l. fidge, j. hopwood, f. longhurst, j. b. robinson, a. gray, k. keith, w. clift, a. collins, d. ferguson, r. nimon, s. hillman, w. selkirk, c. martin, j. capuano, p. mcgregor, d. flynne, g. berriman, t. lynch, r. warnock, k. windsor, m. patterson, k. p. jones, n. mckenzie, d. lakeland, o. lyons, j. king, e. curnow, a. bosher, a. watson, l. bailey, e. burnett, m. jenkins, claude creelman, n. gude, alex j. bell, r. s. russell, h. d. trezise, g. foster, robert h. davis, william t. dewart -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque - Plaque-HMAS Sydney
In 1965, HMAS Sydney sailed on the first of 25 trips to Vũng Tàu, transporting Australian soldiers and equipment to serve in the Vietnam War. This is how the ship became known by the nickname " the Vung Tau Ferry".Shield-shaped wooden plaque with a bronze attachment displaying a crown, anchor, boomerang, woomera and nulla nulla with the word Sydney. Emblem of he HMAS SydneySYDNEY / THOROUGH AND READYsydney, navy, vungtau ferry, hmas sydney, australian navy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1999 c
Site was important during tourism era of the 1880's to 1940's, when coachloads of passengers transferred to trips around Lake Tyers and up to Nowa Nowa. Also known as Bulmer's Landing.A colour photograph of the former tourist landing on Lake Tyers, showing remnant piles of a jetty, calm waters of lake and a high tree covered bank opposed the low jetty shore. Lake Tyers Beachtopography -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tram Milage Record", 1940s
Form used to record daily tramcar mileage on a Provincial tramway. Records the tram, times, route, run, no. of trip and Mileage along with the Motorman's signature. Has a space for each branch or system to be filled in.Demonstrates a form used to record the tramcar mileage on a daily basis.Preprinted form - No TYE1-153 on light card.tramways, forms, sec, secv, tramcars, mileage, records, reports -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 68 September 1989
Contents: • Next meeting, Slide Evening: Bridges and Waterways of the Shire • September Meeting • Daylesford Bus Trip • Genealogical Open Day • Requests for Information • Plenty Valley Community Radio • Other Happenings The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 24 May 1982
Contents: • Next meeting – Film night: Featuring Board of Works films of local and historical interest • Subscriptions • Annual General Meeting • Williamstown trip • Former Falkiner House, Ely Street, Eltham The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph - Junior legatee outing, Camp, 1990s
Legacy have many programs to send young junior legatees on activities, camps and outings. The photo shows a junior legatee, Declan Deasy with a sack on his shoulder. It was used in an newspaper article in 1990. It said Declan was going to be part of a pilgrimage to Gallipoli to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Anzac landing with surviving veterans. He was the Junior Legatee chosen as Victorian Representative for the trip. The Federal Government-funded $1 million 11-day trip included a dawn service on Anzac Day. It was stored with other photos of Junior Legatees at camps from the 1980s and 1990s. A record of a Legacy providing experiences for the junior legatees.Colour photo of a young man with a sack and a dog.Hand written on the back 'Pic 6' in black ink and '900204/418' in blue ink.junior legatee outing, camps -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph - Widows outing, Walking group, 2005?
Colour photos of a trip by the Walking for Pleasure group for a walk to the countryside. Participants would meet at Legacy House and make their way to a destination, sometimes by bus, or train or even ferry in the case of trips to Williamstown. Walks were generally on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. The sessions were a fun way to exercise and enjoy the company of others. The events were advertised in the Answer and anyone was welcome to join. Legacy organises outings and events for the widows to participate in. Names are not known. Location and date is unknown, probably about 2005 due to then other photos they were stored with. A record of the type of activities Legacy provided as a social outlet for widows.Colour photo x 5 of a walking group outing to the countryside.widows, widows outing, walking