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Greensborough Historical Society
Book, John Meredith et al, Ned Kelly: after a century of acrimony, by John Meredith and Bill Scott, 1980_
Story of Ned Kelly and his associates, and the second progress report of the Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Kelly Outbreak, and songs and tales from the Kelly country.Hardback, 183 p. illus.ned kelly, bushrangers -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report, 1971
The President in 1971 was M.B. JohnYellow soft covered, stapled annual report with an image of the first building on the Mount Helen campus. Contents include: E.A. Bald, Centenary Medallion, Centenary medal, Greenhalgh, Stokes and Son, Centenary Booklet, plaques, opening of the Mount Helen Campus, Centenary appeal, Mt Helen Master Plan, Metallurgy, fourth University Enquiry,bald, biddington, olive rattray, andrew berry, harrison, greenhalgh, annual report -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, Public Transport Corporation, c. 1959
Black and white photograph of Moorabbin railway station, at the completion of works to relocate it to below street level. There are two "red rattler" trains pulled in to the station, utilising each of its two tracks and two of its three platforms. A third platform is visible to the left of the image, but no tracks have been laid to allow for an additional train. This image is part of a larger collection of images from the Public Transport Corporation displaying train stations and streetscapes in what is now the City of Kingston.Black and white photograph of Moorabbin railway station, at the completion of works to relocate it to below street level. There are two "red rattler" trains pulled in to the station, utilising each of its two tracks and two of its three platforms. A third platform is visible to the left of the image, but no tracks have been laid to allow for an additional train. Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No M6859 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111moorabbin, railway station, red rattler, public transport -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1958
Moorabbin station sits on the Frankston line which first opened in 1882 when the line was extended from Mordialloc. Moorabbin station opened in 1881 and was originally called South Brighton station. It was renamed Moorabbin station in 1907. In 1958 the station was relocated below street level which coincided with other construction works on Nepean Highway and South Road. This image is part of a larger collection of images from the Public Transport Corporation displaying train stations and streetscapes in what is now the City of Kingston.Black and white photograph showing excavations for Moorabbin station to be moved below street level. Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No M6004 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111moorabbin, railway station, construction works, suburbs, nepean highway -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, Public Transport Corporation, c. 1960
This image is part of a larger collection of images from the Public Transport Corporation displaying train stations and streetscapes in what is now the City of Kingston.Black and white photograph depicting the run in to the level crossing at Cheltenham railway station, along Charman Road. The image also depicts a streetscape which includes a shopping strip. The level gates are closed and two cars can be seen stopping and waiting, while several more cars are parked on each side of the road.Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No H3378 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111cheltenham, railway station, streetscape, surburb -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1960
This image is part of a larger collection of images from the Public Transport Corporation displaying train stations and streetscapes in what is now the City of Kingston.Black and white photograph depicting the level crossing at Highett, with the shopping street visible in the foreground. There are several cars parked on both sides of the road and a bus has just crossed the crossing (on the left hand side).Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No H3983 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111highett, railway station, suburbs, streetscape -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, Public Transport Corporation, c. 1960
This image is part of a larger collection of images from the Public Transport Corporation displaying train stations and streetscapes in what is now the City of Kingston.Black and white photograph of level crossing at McKinnon railway station with crossing gates open. The image also provides a streetscape which includes businesses and signage.Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No PR4762 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111mckinnon, suburbs, railway station, streetscape, shopping strip -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1960
One image from a collection of images produced by Public Transportation Corporation showing train stations and other public transport options around the (now) City of KingstonBlack and white photograph of Highett railway station and nearby shops, Highett Road, Highett.Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No H3986 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111highett, railway station, strip shopping -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1960
This image is part of a larger collection of images from the Public Transport Corporation displaying train stations and streetscapes in what is now the City of Kingston.Black and white photograph of crossed level crossing gates at McKinnon railway station. The image also affords a street view which includes the shopping strip where advertising signs abound.Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No PR4764 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111mckinnon, railway station, streetscape, shopping strip, suburbs -
National Wool Museum
Letter
Letter, on "Onkaparinga Woollen Company Limited" letterhead,27th Mqrch 1946, regarding employment enquiries by W R Lang on behalf of a New Zealand weaver.textile mills - staff, gordon institute of technology onkaparinga woollen company limited, lang, dr w. roy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LETTER TO BHS: GWYNNE AND FOX FAMILIES
Letter ro BHS re Gwynne and Fox families from Mrs M S Low , Brisbane (no date). Enquiry re family in Bendiigo or district in 1809s. Names: Gwynne family; jane Hannah; William Barwick Fox; Fox family; Alfred Gwynne; Annie Barwick Fox (grandparerents of author). Answer from BHS - no knowledge of these families.person, family, gwynne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Parliament of Victoria, "Transcript of Evidence Public Works Committee - Melbourne - Eastern Railway Enquiry", 1972
... Enquiries ...Foolscap duplicated - Report from the Parliamentary Public Works Committee - 11/12/1972 - 18 pages, stapled in the top left hand corner.Stamped "AETA Public Transport Committee" on the front sheet and date "11/12/72" written in ink on top right hand corner.trams, tramways, victorian government, parliament, enquiries, mmtb, tramways, railways, doncaster -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Argus, "Railway to Edenhope, Demand for Redgum, use for Road Blocking", 20-1-1927
Provides information on the cost of wood blocking tram tracks in Melbourne with wood blocks - Red gum and Jarrah - part of a Parliamentary enquiry into the construction of a railway to Edenhope. The line was authorised but not built.Yields information about the cost of wood blocks for use in tram tracks.Extract via Trove - 3A4 sheets when printed - Railway to Edenhope, Demand for Redgum, use for Road Blocking" - The Argus 20-1-1927tramways, tram tracks, wood blocks, parliament, edenhope, new railways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Poster - FORTUNA COLLECTION: OPEN DAY AT FORTUNA POSTER
Black and white advertising poster for an open day at Lansell's Fortuna. Poster has image of main entrance to Fortuna in centre of poster. Underneath 'by arrangement with the Bendigo Trust entrance by ticket only. Tickets for sale at tour information centre, Charing Cross Bendigo. All enquiries to Bendigo Trust: Phone 438117. Tours conducted 2.30 Wednesday, 2.30 Saturday and 2.30 Sunday'.bendigo, house, fortuna villa -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) and The Courier Ballarat, Tram Inquiry likely, Mar. 1962
Yields information about the view of The Courier, and locals about the mooted closure of the tramway system and reporting on the proposal in particular local views and the setting up of the Save the Tramway Committee.Foolscap sheet of plain paper, with rounded corners, with 4 newspaper cuttings, concerning the mooted closure of the Ballarat Tram system March 1962. All from The Courier, unless noted otherwise. 1 - "Tram Protests" - 4 letters - 10/3/62 - aged people, lack of a car, Council operated, buses not as good, alternatives 2 - "Tram Enquiry Likely"- Editorial - 12/3/1962 - reporting - government supporting an enquiry, alternatives, Geelong residents, bus operators and private enterprise. 3 - "Tram Questions" - 13-3-62 - set of 2 longer letters - one from an ex Tramwaymen - gives alternative control / operator system and one about political control. 4 - "Tram Fares" - 14/3/62 - would bus operators support the current fare system, pensioners etc - at the time it was an expense to the SEC.closure, letter to the editor, editorial, sec, parliament, fares -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - STUDIO PHOTOGRAPH, Post 1914
The soldier is believed to be Charles Francis Ross No 1948, enlisted 18.2.1915, embarked for Egypt 26.8 1915, then to France 1916, reported wounded and missing 27.7.1916, Confirmed KIA by Court of enquiry on 26.11.1917 as being 4.8.1916Photo, B & W, soldier in uniform with peak cap with studio back groundOn the rear in reddish pen, “ Charles Ross KIA France ........ “ Photo Kalma 37 - 39 Pall Mall”photograph, studio photograph, aif -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Income Tax 1971/72", 1972
Instruction or notice titled "Income Tax 1971/72" printed on foolscap size off white paper. Gives instructions re Group Certificate, Tax returns, which offices to make enquiries for, details on what items, or contributions could be claimed by employees and dependents' allowance claim forms. Signed by J.L. Pepperell, Chief Finance Officer. Headed "State Electricity Commission of Victoria".trams, tramways, employees, tax -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Met Tram, "Chart a Tram - Customer information", c1995
Pamphlet produced by Met Tram Marketing about the hiring of trams - gives rates, seating capacity, depots and tram types. Has a list of depots and the contact details. Not dated, c1995. Has an enquiry form attached.Yields information about hiring a tram c1995.Pamphlet, 3 fold DLfull colour.met tram, tramways, tram hire, charters -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document, Geoffrey Ingram, Australian Arts Inquiry
Geoffrey Ingram worked on the Australian Arts Enquiry in 1959, and became the founding administrator of the Australian Ballet, 1963-1965. A letter was sent in 1959 to influential people actively engaged in or professionally associated with the creative and interpretative arts. It recommended that a request be made to the Federal Government for a commission of enquiry into the state of the arts and letters in Australia. This letter was signed by Eric Westbrook, Robin Boyd, Hector Crawford and Andrew Fabinyi. This is a summary of excerpts from responses, including those from Arthur Boyd, Peter McIntyre, Mary Gilmore, Patrick White, Frank Dalby Davison and Katharine S. Prichard.Typewritten, foolscap, pagesgeoffrey ingram, eric westbrook, robin boyd, hector crawford, andrew fabinyi, arts enquiry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE UPON THE CLAIMS OF HENRY FRENCHAM, 1890
( x ref 5673 , 8235 , Box 83 , 9077 ) Reports from the Gold Enquiry Select Committee from September 4th 1890 - 23rd October, including a list of witnesses, Minutes of Evidence 11th September 1890, 18th September 1890 and 25th September 1890; also, Appendices A - T, and also a location map drawn from memory by W. (William) Sandbach 18th Sep 1890 and Lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey Melbourne by S. B. Bonney 28th October 1890. This enquiry covers the opinions of Robert Atkinson, Henry Frencham and Robert Francis Walker in relation to who was the first person to locate gold in the Bendigo field. Members of the Committee were Mr Bailes, in the chair, Mr Burrowes, Mr Cameron, Mr A, Young, Mr Gordon, and Mr Foster. Other name at the enquiry were, David Dunlop, John Paton, William Steward, Christian Asquith, James Graham, Ben. Bannister, Mr Fenton, T. J. Rossiter, P. P. Farrell, Thomas Robinson. Other persons who had made claims were; Patrick Peter Farrell, Frederich Fenton, Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, William Henry Johnson, Edward Pepperell, Henry Byass, William Sandbach, William Steward, Mrs John Barnett, widow of Christian Asquith's son, Robert Francis Walker, David Dunlop, John Paton.organization, government, gold enquiry -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Legislative Council, "Inquiry into expanding Melbourne's Free Tram Zone", Dec. 2020
... Enquiries ...Digital image of a 152 page report, titled "Inquiry into expanding Melbourne's Free Tram Zone", prepared by the Legislative Council Dec. 2020. Has table of contents, terms of reference, Committee participants. Looked at extending the free tram zone, providing free travel for full time students, senior card holders, new technologies for network performance improving and dynamic public transport pricing. Notes the most of the evidence was taken prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 which had a dramatic impact on the use of public transport. Has extensive recommendations and a Minority report, including ticket technology and traffic light prioritisation.trams, tramways, enquiries, parliament, tickets, free tram, seniors card, students, traffic lights, priority -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Contact sheet, "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" protest, Aug 1987
This was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. Contact sheet of 15 photographs taken for one of three "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" series protest posters. These shots taken at Station Pier luxury condominiums to suggest exclusive enclave proposed for Bayside development (and meet sponsor's theme of 'Equity and Access')public action campaigns, port melbourne picket group -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - Pooley Family
Printed history with research from Margaret Dunbar, in return for enquiry from Murray Ellwood about the Pooley and Ellis families of Normanby Road, Caulfield, with associated correspondence, dated 11/08/2010 and 22/07/2010.pooley margaret, normanby avenue, caulfield, dandenong road, inkerman road, towonga, house names, graziers, pooley john, normanby road, malvern, glen eira, ellis margaret, pooley bessie, pooley john ellis, pooley percy charles, pooley edith gwyn, pooley ethel margaret, ellwood murray, glen eira historical society -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - SCDC Bayside Development protest, 1987
This object was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. Information poster re SCDC Bayside Development, black and yellow on white - Port Melbourne motifs on sides.public action campaigns -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - "Our Choice?", "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" protest, Pat Grainger, Sep 1987
This object was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. "Our Choice?" One of three "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" series protest posters. Below photograph - "For Port's sake, speak up! Keep Port free of traffic jams and increased pollution. Objections to major development due by 8 September" Photograph B+W Graphics red, blue, white. (3 copies)public action campaigns -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - "Our City?", "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" protest, Sep 1987
This object was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. "Our City?" One of three "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" series protest posters. Below photograph - Photo shot in Melbourne to suggest the high rise office blocks proposed for Bayside. (4 copies)[date altered with white sticker, 1 cm diameter, on which is written] 21public action campaigns, nell thackruth -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - "Our Life?", "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" protest, Pat Grainger, Sep 1987
This object was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. "Our Life?" One of three "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" series protest posters. This shot in front of Station Pier luxury condominiums to suggest exclusive enclave proposed for Bayside development (and meet sponsor's theme of 'Equity and Access')public action campaigns -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Bumper Sticker, "For Port's sake, listen!, Our city, our life, our choice", Pat Grainger, 1987
This object was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. Red, white and blue bumper sticker: "For Port's sake, listen! - Our city, our life, our choice" 1987town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Report, Ewan Ogilvy's Bayside Papers, Bayside EES Inquiry, Ewan Ogilvy's Bayside Papers, Box One, 1988
Ewan Ogilvy, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan Ogilvy's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: EES Inquiry report to the Minister for Planning and Environment 7 April 1988, included in bound black file. appendix 1 Terms of Reference Kennan to Lethlean 1.09.1987; Appendix 2 contains names of 1003 persons and organisations submitting to enquiry, and analysis of those submissionsAll items signed 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, public housing, ewan ogilvy, centre for urban research and action, sandridge city development co pty ltd, scdc, linton r lethlean, judy arndt, francis b barnes -
Melbourne Legacy
Document, Reference President's Secret Committee on Candidates for membership, 1966
A note for the President's folder about recruiting a secret committee of advisers to help with proposed new members. The second page is a draft of a letter thanking the candidate for agreeing to be on the committee. The third page talks about the committee and is crossed out in blue pen and a note saying 'No longer operative'. Was in a binder of documents that is passed from an outgoing President to the incoming President. It is primarily from the 1930s to 1990s. Most documents are being catalogued separately.A record of a defunct committee once used by the President of Legacy.White A4 paper x 3 pages with black type about a Secret Committee appointed by the President, written in 1966.Handwritten note on bottom of page 1 'see notes 1972. This was not accepted in 1972 when the President made enquiry of people in Legacy whom the secret committee could not approach. He also took advice from the 'College of Cardinals' and approved ...'secret committee, membership