Newspaper clipping. Bendigo Advertiser. Saturday October 14, 1961. Early Railway Picnics Recalled. Article includes photo of souvenir tram ticket number 3588. Springtime, 1905 was Railway picnic time. And what a time it was - with packed trains from the metropolis and country towns, and Bendigo, thronged with the crowds of gay holiday-makers. Souvenir ticket belongs to rear Mrs. A. Bolitho, 5 Webster Street, Bendigo, issued by Electric Supply Coy. Of Victoria Ltd., Bendigo Tramways. Railway Picnic September 16, 1905. The ticket belong to Mrs Bolitho's father, the late Mr J H P Ellis, who lived in McIntyre Street. Post card size, printed in sepia on cream, bears photographs of the power house, engine room, a tram (we presume one of the first models) and the boiler room. Down the sides are listed cemetery, railway station, Rodney St, Charing Cross, through to California Gully Bridge and Eaglehawk. The fare was 2d. On the back a Beehive advertisement. 'Half-Century With Trams' is a history as remembered by Mr W J Evans of Mt. Korong Road, California Gully. 'Boisterous' is a history as remembered by Mr W Bolton of the firm of Bolton Bros. recalled the early picnics as 'boisterous' affairs. 'riff-raff' used to gather at Spencer St Station, arriving in Bendigo-after having spent the night drinking. The picnicers certainly had a right royal time in those early days. Railway Picnic was also boronia time, Mr Bolton said - and bunches of fragrant West Australian borania were sold on the streets. Bolton Bros always printed the tram tickets in Bendigo in those early years. A report in the 'Bendigonian' of the 1903 Railway Picnic period told that 20 special trams came to Bendigo on Saturday morning, September 15, 1903. Railway Picnic Committee: J Southern, Mrs Tait, Mrs Hudson, Mrs Fitzpatrick, Cr J H Curnow, Sir John Quick and many members of parliament. Fare from Melbourne costing 5/ for a day return, or 7/6 for the week.organization, business, bendigo trams

Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser 24 April 1953.First Conductor on Bendigo battery trams, Mr F. J. Hanson of Albert Street and driver Jack Taylor. Operators were Sandhurst - Eaglehawk Company.person, individual, basil miller

Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser, (date unknown). 'Trip Marks 75 Years'. Photograph of Birney Safety Car in background. People in front: Left to right: A Sandow, SEC Northern Branch; Mayor and mayoress of Eaglehawk, Councillor A. Roy and Mrs Roy; Basil Miller and tram diver Mr Gordon James.person, individual, basil miller

Amended timetable which is to operate as from Monday 23rd November 1942. Eaglehawk, Quarry Hill, Golden Square and Thunder Street routes. Two(2) copies.person, individual, basil miller

Journal of the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria. Ltd. Volume 7, No. 2. April 1970. Thirty cents, seventeen pages. Front cover (right) took by Mal Rowe. Showing maximum traction bogie car no. 25 of the S.E.C. Bendigo system rumbles over the stone pavement of Mitchell Street bound for the Borough of Eaglehawk. Built in 1917 for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust, the car saw service in Melbourne until 1947 when it was purchased by the S.E.C. History of document: Part of 'Basil Miller Tramways Collection'.document

Book 'Destination Eaglehawk' by K. S. Kingsperson, individual, basil miller

The Eaglehawk community enjoys a successful annual festival comprising of numerous separate activities to enjoy over a 5 day period. These include: Street Procession, Gala Fair, Art Exhibition, Flower Show, Folk Art, Literary Competition, Heritage displays, Sunday family Day to name a few.Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival Procession - Bendigo Historical Society boarding their tram Tram and assistant getting ready Eaglehawk Traders' tram Tram on the way Tram crossing Victoria Street Steam Engine Mens Highland Band Ladies Highland Band Old Cars Wedderburn Eucalyptus Float Horse and Donkey Drawn Vehicles Float Brass Band VIP's Highland Band Walkers and Tram Public Gardens and flowershistory, bendigo, eaglehawk dahlia and arts festival, processions, parades, highland bands, bendigo historical society, eaglehawk gardens, eaglehawk

The first Dahlia and Arts Festival was officially opened on 25th March 1972 by Sir Rohan Delacombe.A flyer advertising the Eaglehawk Dahlia and arts festival on the 23rd March - 4th April 1972. A small booklet (12 pages) describing the activities taken place, the booklet has a blue cover with a tram on it titled "Destination!! Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival March 25th to April 4th, 1972". eaglehawk, eaglehawk dahlia and arts festival

Coloured photo of tram 18 at Eaglehawk. Photo taken 07/04/1969 by Roy Mitchell.bendigo, tramways, tram 18

Bendigo tram at Alexandra Fountain, Charring Cross, Bendigo. Fountain Plaza in background. Quarry Hill No.26 and Eaglehawk tram No.2.slide, bendigo, bendigo trams., bendigo trams charring cross tram no 2 and no 26

Newspaper clipping: Bendigo Advertiser Feature, Thursday April 13, 1972. Bendigo Says Goodbye to the trams. Article details end of tramways in Bendigo, after 82 years of operation.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, tramways, bendigo, tramways, eaglehawk

Railways Collection -Black and white Photo of an old R Class Locomotive (R 766) and Birney tram on Mitchell St Bendigo 1970. The tram is bound for Eaglehawk.photo, r class locomotive and birney tram on mitchell st bendigo 1970

Souvenir tram ticket issued when Bendigo Tram service closed in 1972. Blue card depicting tram with Eaglehawk to Bendigo, started 1890 ended 1972 printed on front. Provincial Tramways, State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Not Transferable 5c printed on reverse.bendigo, tramways, tickets

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Upgrade: a workgang lays tram tracks near the corner of Hayes Street and Eaglehawk Road, Ironbark, about 1902.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Public transport: a Bendigo tram at the terminus in front of Eaglehawk Town Hall, circa 1910.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Photograph. Green tram no.26 parked under a roofed port, next to the old wooden lock-up, on Sailors Gully Road, Eaglehawk.tramways, history, bendigotramway