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Kew Historical Society Inc
Map - Map of Kew and Hawthorn Districts
... Kew Station to the former Outer Circle Railway. ... such as a planned railway link from Kew Station to the former Outer Circle ...Map of Kew, East Kew and Hawthorn produced for a Kew Real Estate Agent, RW Perry. The map is undated.Two-colour map of Kew and Hawthorn Districts produced for by R.L. Jarrett for RW Perry, Real Estate & Insurance Agent. The map has unusual features such as a planned railway link from Kew Station to the former Outer Circle Railway. RW Perry / Real Estate & Insurance Agent, 602 High Street, East Kewmaps - kew (vic), maps - hawthorn (vic), r.w. perry, real estate agents -- kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Construction of the electric tram line in Glenferrie Road, Glenferrie, E.J. Dower, 1914
One of a series of photographs, taken by Edgar James Dower in the second decade of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Olinda, his family later moved to Surrey Hills. He worked as an adult as a clerk in the city office of the Metropolitan Gas Company, and in his role as a 'collector', he was able to photograph scenes including the construction of tramlines and associated buildings in Kew, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Later he established a real estate agency with his brother - the E.J. Dower Real Estate Agency, Dandenong Office.The image is an historically significant record of the development of transport infrastructure which was used to connect Victorians in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This development resulted from increases in population and the consequent extension of Melbourne's suburbs. The photographs, both individually and collectively, richly detail the labour of workers and the tools and machinery used to create and extend Melbourne's public transport network in the years preceding and during World War 1.Digital copy of an original mounted photograph showing a worker standing on a ladder in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, working on the overhead electric cables that would be used to power trams on the New Kew tramline.Other railway workers are working on platforms or viewing the man on the ladder. The ladder appears to be only supported by one other worker. "The Don Store" at left is immediately behind the old railway level crossing which can be seen in the distance to the south.Annotated verso: "Preparing for electric trams in Glenferrie Road, near Glenferrie Station, showing railway gates / Taken by E.J. Dower 1914"theme --- travelling by tram, theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, glenferrie road -- hawthorn (vic.), railways -- hawthorn -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Electric tram line construction in Cotham Road, Kew, E.J. Dower, 1913
One of a series of photographs, taken by Edgar James Dower in the second decade of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Olinda, his family later moved to Surrey Hills. He worked as an adult as a clerk in the city office of the Metropolitan Gas Company, and in his role as a 'collector', he was able to photograph scenes including the construction of tramlines and associated buildings in Kew, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Later he established a real estate agency with his brother - the E.J. Dower Real Estate Agency, Dandenong Office.The image is an historically significant record of the development of transport infrastructure which was used to connect Victorians in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This development resulted from increases in population and the consequent extension of Melbourne's suburbs. The photographs, both individually and collectively, richly detail the labour of workers and the tools and machinery used to create and extend Melbourne's tram network in the years preceding and during World War 1.Digital copy of an original mounted photograph depicting construction of a new electric tramline in Cotham Road, Kew. The photo shows a pair of horse drawn drays with workers posed beside them. An annotation on the reverse of the photo notes that the drays were used to transport the steel tram tracks from the Hawthorn Railway Station siding. Annotated verso: "1913 / Preparing for Electric Tram Cotham Road Kew / Metal [tracks] transported by horse and dray from Hawthorn Railway siding"theme --- travelling by tram, theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, cotham road -- kew (vic.), trams -- kew (vic.) -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Bruce Herbert, "Melbourne Trams - Hawthorn and Dandenong Road", 18/07/1976 12:00:00 AM
Negative folder - made by SAGA Japan, containing 11 no. 120 film negatives 60mm x 60mm of Melbourne Trams at the intersection of Hawthorn and Dandenong Road 18 Jul 1976, stamped "359". .1 - Harris train at Malvern station area. .2 - Neerim Road Caulfield level crossing .3 - Caulfield - Glenhuntly sidings .4 - 899, route 69, Kew Cotham Road, with an Army advert. .5 - ditto, out of focused. .6 - 905 route 64 .7 - 1021 - route 64 - has a Kodak advert. .8 - 805, Dandenong Road, route 64 .9 - 904 route 64 .10 - W2 331? running a special Three megs not scanned.trams, tramways, sw6 class, dandenong rd, hawthorn rd, route 64, route 69, w2 class, railways, tram 899, tram 905, tram 1021, tram 904, w7 class, w5 class, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Tender Document, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Engineering Department - Planning Branch - Modal Interchange Investigations 1974 - 1975", 1975
Comb bound (brown plastic) report, manila card covers, approx. 10 pages, plus yellow sheets plus four folded drawings titled "Engineering Department - Planning Branch - Modal Interchange Investigations 1974 - 1975". Study looks at five possible modal interchanges: 1. - Box Hill Railway Station 2. - High St / Harp Road, Kew 3. - St Kilda Road / Park St / Domain Road 4 - Swanston St and Flinders St station 5 - Blackburn Railway station.In red felt pen on top right hand corner "(118)". Has stamp "Discarded from PTC Library 22 Oct. 1989" on front cover and the first sheet.trams, tramways, mmtb, tram stops, railways, domain junction, swanston st, flinders st station, blackburn -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Set of 29 MMTB tram timetables, Jul. 1969
Set of 29 MMTB tram timetables, folded sheets, 4 fold, providing timetables for specific routes, day of week giving information on tram times at the terminus, sections and fares, running times. Some signed by W. J. Richards as Acting Traffic Manager, or R. C. Drummond as Traffic Manager. Route Numbers not given on cover, generally given on inside. Where a All night service was applicable, shown as well. .1 - Burwood - City - 9/1962 .2 - Camberwell - City - 9/1962 .3 - Carnegie - City - 6/1962 .4 - Domain Rd - City - 10/1962 .5 - East Brighton - City - 6/1962 .6 - East Coburg - city - 9/1962 .7 - East Malvern - Darling Rd - City 27/5/1962 .8 - East Preston - City - 11/1962 .9 - Essendon Aerodrome - City - July 1962 .10 - Essendon (Matthews Ave) - City - 7/1962 .11 - Glen Iris - City - 8/1962 .12 - Hawthorn - Spencer St - 7/1962 .13 - Kew Cotham Rd - St Kilda Beach - 8/1962 .14 - Malvern Burke Rd - City - 8/1962 .15 - Mont Albert - City - 7/1962 .16 - Moreland - City - 9/1962 .17 - number not used. .18 - North Balwyn - Spencer St - 7/1962 .19 - North Coburg - City - 6/1962 - has Sunday only Fawkner Railway station service on rear - 6/1962 .20 - North Richmond - Prahran and St Kilda Beach - 7/1962 .21 - Northcote (via St Georges Rd) - City - 7/1962 .22 - Prahran - City - 7/1962 .23 - South Melbourne and St Kilda Beach - City - 6/1962 .24 - St Kilda Beach - City - - 9/1962 .25 - Toorak - City - 8/1962 .26 - Wattle Park - Elgar Rd - City - 9/1962 .27 - West Maribyrnong - City - 7/1962 .28 - West Preston - City - 6/1962 .29 - West Coburg - City - 10/1962Some have "Robert Wilson" stamp on the covers.trams, tramways, timetables, tickets, fares, mmtb, all night services -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge, Come Back to God, 1915-1920
Most of the civic and sporting ephemera assembled by Francis Rigg were patriotic buttons. The use of these buttons as a means of raising revenue through patriotic sentiment occurred soon after Australia pledged allegiance to Empire. Buttons reflected ‘public sentiment, courage, patriotism, generosity and several [un- named] virtues’ such as the martyred mother of a ‘fallen’ hero. Attention was paid to attractiveness of design, encoded symbolism and high quality of production. Expressing ‘loyalty’, they were tokens to be kept for perpetuity. Female labour was used to operate the die that compressed the tin backing, photographic print and celluloid cover together. The pin was applied by hand. Women, of all ages, entered into the spirit of voluntary sales. Often they were sold at the entry and exit points of major pedestrian thoroughfares. The women of Kew set up a kiosk in front of the Post Office and the Railway Station to solicit their round, oval and square shaped wares. Pride in salesmanship was affected by publishing the name of the woman and her fiscal achievement in the major newspapers of the day. The badges form part of a collection of ephemera originally purchased by Francis Horace Rigg (19/10/1882-05/03/1946) of 50 Belford Road, Kew (Vic.). Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, ultimately managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street, Kew from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and badges was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (14/11/1922-19/01/2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by his grandson Adrian Rigg during the Gallipoli and Beyond Commemoration.The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the badges are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after World War 1 to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.The use of common symbols for a range of purposes is sometimes a feature of wartime and post-war fundraising buttons. Like the ‘Hospital Day 1919’ badge, the ‘Come Back to God’ badge is within a seven pointed star on a dark blue ground with sprays of wattle; attempting to harness nationalism with religion.Come back to Godbutton -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Fundraising Button, Hospital Day, 1914-1918
Most of the civic and sporting ephemera assembled by Francis Rigg were patriotic buttons. The use of these buttons as a means of raising revenue through patriotic sentiment occurred soon after Australia pledged allegiance to Empire. Buttons reflected ‘public sentiment, courage, patriotism, generosity and several [un- named] virtues’ such as the martyred mother of a ‘fallen’ hero. Attention was paid to attractiveness of design, encoded symbolism and high quality of production. Expressing ‘loyalty’, they were tokens to be kept for perpetuity. Female labour was used to operate the die that compressed the tin backing, photographic print and celluloid cover together. The pin was applied by hand. Women, of all ages, entered into the spirit of voluntary sales. Often they were sold at the entry and exit points of major pedestrian thoroughfares. The women of Kew set up a kiosk in front of the Post Office and the Railway Station to solicit their round, oval and square shaped wares. Pride in salesmanship was affected by publishing the name of the woman and her fiscal achievement in the major newspapers of the day. The button forms part of a collection of ephemera originally purchased by Francis Horace Rigg (19/10/1882-05/03/1946) of 50 Belford Road, Kew (Vic.). Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, ultimately managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street, Kew from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and badges was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (14/11/1922-19/01/2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by his grandson Adrian Rigg during the Gallipoli and Beyond Commemoration. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the badges are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after World War 1 to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Round metal button in red, white, blue and gold showing a sun setting over the sea with words printed in red around border and on lower outer rim.hospital day, patriotic buttons, first world war (1914-18) -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Prahran & Malvern Tramway Trust (PMTT), Proposed New Tramway Lines, Original 1915
Photocopy - 16 sheets report - "Proposed New Tramway Lines - upon which the Trust has been asked to Report With a View of Constructing and Operating the Same in Connection with its Undertaking" by the Prahran Malvern Tramways Trust - dated August 1915. Reports on possible tramways: Toorak Road - Prahran to Burke Road Hawthorn - 1.85miles Glen Eira Road - Murrumbeena Railway station to Barkly St St Kilda - 5 miles Brighton and Moorabbin - Glen Huntly Road to Sandringham - 7.4 miles South Melbourne and St Kilda - Princes Bridge - 4.85 miles Princess St and Willsmere Road Kew - 1 mile. Tooronga Road Malvern - 1 mile Brighton Road St Kilda - .83 miles Looks at the population required to justify tramways, income per head, cost of construction and operation, each line and how it fits with the necessary criteria for a profitable operation. Appendix looks at existing tramways, population statistics, and tramways performance in other cities. Photocopy made from original documents. .1 - Original copy from donation of Norm Cross added 10-9-2018 - complete with stapled blue cover, and fold out appendix sheet.Has the stamp on the rear of the first page "The property of the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Ltd." On the top right hand corner of the second page, has the stamp "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board"trams, tramways, pmtt, new tramway, toorak rd, glen eira, south melbourne, st kilda, kew, moorabbin, sandringham -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "MMTB Bus Timetables", 1984
Set of 5 Metropolitan Transit Bus timetables, folded sheets, generally 8 or 10 sections, providing timetables for specific routes, day of week giving information on tram times at specific time points, route map, sections and fares and organisation address - 616 Little Collins St. Melbourne. All printed on yellow paper unless noted otherwise. .1 - Route 203, 204, 205, 206, 208. 209 - Bulleen, North Kew, Belford Road, Kew, Collingwood and Nicholson and Johnson St - City - April 1984 .2 - Route 223 - Williamstown Road, Footscray Railway Station, Ballarat Road and Highpoint West - July 1984 .3 - Route 246, 247, 248 - Clifton Hill, Elsternwick, Point Ormond and St Kilda Junction - July 1984 .4 - Route 256, 251, 253, 254, 252, 255 - Latrobe University, Northland, West Heidelberg - City - Aug./ 1984 .5 - Route 277, 280, 299. 281 and 268 - services via East Doncaster, North Balwyn and Kew - Warrandyte, Donvale, Shoppingtown - August 1984trams, tramways, metropolitan transit, timetables, melbourne, fares, buses, footscray, latrobe university, northland, heidelberg, warrandyte, doncaster, donvale, bulleen, north kew, williamstown rd, highpoint, clifton hill, elsternwick, point ormond, st kilda junction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Victorian Parliament, "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Proposed Kew to Doncaster Electric Railway Extension", Dec. 1930
Printed - 12 page foolscap, stapled on left hand side, 2 sections, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Proposed Kew to Doncaster Electric Railway Extension", together with minutes of evidence, book of reference, plan and map, dated 4/12/1930. References a 1928 document, looks at construction costs, sites for railway stations, estimated revenue and expenditure, existing Kew line financials, town planning, bus services, MMTB input, tram services, alternatives, committee views, recommendations and a map of proposed routes, showing roads and tram services. Includes references to the Kodak estate and APM proposals at Fairfield. See Reg Item 2102.3 for the 1928 report.trams, tramways, doncaster, railways, public transport, kew -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "Met Lines", 1986
Magazine, published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Victoria "Met Lines" (Metlines) - A4, printed on white gloss paper, with the MTA logo or symbol. Issued under the name of Kevin Shea as Chairman. References to Minister Tom Roper. Continues from Reg Item 1059 "Met Lines" - printed in an A4 version. Major tram and bus items listed. Tramway and bus names only listed, not railway. .1 - Vol 2 No. 1 - Feb. 1986 - front cover - Flagstaff station, St Kilda/Port Melbourne light rail system announced, police at Hawthorn learning about trams, Chinese delegation looking at Melbourne's trams, Elwood depot article with photos by Lloyd Rogers at time of Elwood depot coming part of The Met, promotional posters for tramcars, Tram cards, tram power supply upgraded (photo of Z129) - Brown Boveri equipment to Kew and Ascot Vale, memoirs of a tram conductress Nancy Scutt, item with photo of Conductor Jeff Harvey, employment notes, Preston Workshops Christmas party and presentation to Essendon depot tramway soccer champs by Norm Maddock. .2 - Vol 2, No. 2 - March 1986 - Jolimont workshops, modal interchange at Bundoora, Transport Information Centre, memoirs of a tram conductress continued, tram cricket matches, tramway bowls - photos and players listed, Harris trains to be phased out. .3 - Vol 2, No. 3 - April 1986 - front cover of a Met Tram overhead maintenance, linesmen training, new super scheme (old gratuity scheme), visit from ATMOEA NSW visit, Elwood bus depot 12 months with The Met, flying flags on trams, tramway bowls, cricket. .4 - Vol 2, No. 4, May 1986 - 20 pages - Met Information Centre - "Dreams of trams become a reality - driver Peter Gamble", tram tour for American visitors to the zoo, Harris trains, article and photos on Camberwell depot, pantographs on trams, face lift for trams (758) and new buses (182). .5 - Vol 2, No. 5, June/July 1986 - 40 pages - Clock shop, materials testing, lost property, chemical analysis - Preston Workshops, Bus Driving School, Munitions bus 301 at Hawthorn, AVM on trams (223), tram track repairs, relaying Preston workshops entrance for LRV's, new type of safety zones (967 and 871), Preston Workshops redevelopment for LRV's, tram shelters, transporting arts - new series, Michael Leunig, mentions Clifton Pugh tram 504, federal funding for trams, fitting air conditioners to trams. .6 - Vol 2, No. 6, August 1986 - 20 pages - front cover - rotary converter at Carlton, Doncaster bus depot celebrates 25 years, the day the rains came - Ray Marsh - 1972 floods, substations power tram network, Carlton, tram art of a different kind, launch of Leunig's tram. Doncaster party. .7 - Vol 2, No. 7, October 1986, 20 pages, artic buses start rolling (articulated), vandals, Robert Jacks tram launched, Peace tram 829,. .8 - Vol 2, No. 8, November 1986, 20 pages, MTA Annual report, Debbie Bateman Conductor thanked by passengers, Papal tour planning, MTA Ball, Frankston Neighbourhood launched, Essendon depot Soccer report. .9 - Vol. 2, No. 9, December 1986, 20 pages, Christmas issue, (has a $1.50 sticker on it), Met Lines year in review, Federal funding for more A class trams, Bundoora - La Trobe Uni bus interchanged opened, Domain Interchange opened, For next year 1987 - see Reg Item 1141 - Announced in December issue, Met Lines quarterly next year.trams, tramways, mta, the met, elwood depot, light rail, posters, power supply, kew, ascot vale, conductresses, sports, essendon depot, bundoora, jolimont workshops, tower truck, overhead, superannuation, flags, camberwell depot, drivers, trolley poles, pantographs, clocks, buses, avm, automatic vehicle monitoring, shelters, flooding, substation, carlton, transporting art, federal funding, a class, domain interchange, tram 2001, tram 129, tram 234, tram 50, tram 504, tram 871, tram 967, tram 223, tram 758 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Yarra Trams, "Yarra trams calendar 2007", 2006
... of electric trams St Kilda Railway Station Victorian Railways Kew ....1 - Wall Calendar - 2007 - wire spiral bound along top edge, semi gloss paper, with cover and each month featuring various Yarra Trams employees and with tram and other photographs by employees. Names listed in key Associations. Has a hole in the top edge. Features trams 909 (100 years of electric trams), 5016, 210, 881, VR 53 and 40 at St Kilda, model trams at Kew Depot 75th, 2071, 3012, Power control room in 1938, City Circle car at Tram It, 2006. See Reg item 3017 for the photograph of VR53 donated by Ian Bryant. Two copies held. .2 - A4 photocopied sheet - "Yarra Tram Calendar Tram Photo Entry Form" for the calendar, giving entry conditions, closing date and address entries to be sent to. .3 - Pamphlet DL full colour advertising the calendar event and the prizes associated with the contest. See htd1171i2.pdf for full copy of calendar.trams, tramways, yarra trams, calendar, employees, drivers, 100 years of electric trams, st kilda railway station, victorian railways, kew depot, carlton control, tram 909, tram 5016, tram 210, tram 881, tram 53, tram 40, tram 2071, tram 3012 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 5 Black and White photograph, Bruce Tilley, 1972
Set of 5 back and white photographs of MMTB Buses .1 - MAN Bus Nop. 105 at Doncaster Depot - 4/2/1980 .2 - Leyland OPS1 bus No. 372 (Preston Workshops body) on a Bus and Coach Society Victoria Special in Alfred Crescent, North Fitzroy 10/1/1975 .3 - AEC Mk III bus No. 433 (Comeng Body) at new loading bay in Princess St at Kew Junction 5/2/1972 .4 - AEC Mike IV bus 606 with a J A Lawton body, departing Brunswick tram depot after a meal break. The photographer notes that it running the replacement rail service to Upfield on Sundays. Note the Upfield auxiliary board on the front of the bus. 20/2/1972 .5 - Leyland "National:" bus No. 817 at Heidelberg Railway Station 9/8/1975. 20/2/1972 All photos by Bruce TilleyHas extensive details of the photograph written on the rear,trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, doncaster depot, man, leyland, aec, kew junction, bscv, brunswick depot, upfield, tram 105, tram 372, tram 433, tram 606, tram 817 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Series) - Railways - Kew Branch Line
... .) Barker Station – Kew (Vic.) Railways – Kew (Vic.) Archive ...Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationArranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)The Kew Branch line existed between the years of 1887 and 1957 and served as a railway line that split off from Hawthorn station and went through Barker station and terminated at Kew station. It ran along a single track and was proposed to extend all the way out to Doncaster, and perhaps further. It was decommissioned for passenger rail in 1952, and after serving another five years for freight trains, would be demolished come the next year. The file includes: Copies of the magazine ‘Newsrail’, a copy of ‘The Railway Comes to Kew: 1884-1887’ by Andrew Frost, multiple magazine, and newspaper articles with information regarding the Kew Railway and its history, a poem published in 1882 talking of the trains on the line, pictures of the line, and a collection of old tickets and timetables from the 1940s-50s.kew branch line – kew (vic.), kew station – kew (vic.), barker station – kew (vic.), railways – kew (vic.)kew branch line – kew (vic.), kew station – kew (vic.), barker station – kew (vic.), railways – kew (vic.)