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Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mount Dandenong Hotel with Blue Dandenongs Service Car
Front view of Mount Dandenong Hotel with Blue Dandenongs Service car in foreground. Travellers booked a seat for door to door service to the city. The hotel opened in 1935. The Olinda Garage was built by Sam Patterson to service 'Service Cars' but had no petrol.mount dandenong, mount dandenong hotel, service car, blue dandenongs service car, olinda garage, sam patterson -
National Wool Museum
Magazine - The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, The Office of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 6th September, 1834
Magazine has articles on the topics of Sheep, Snow Harvest, The Bank of England, Old Travellers, York Castle and Clifford’s Tower.Eight page paper booklet with graphics and text. Front cover shows image of two sheep.front: [printed] THE PENNY MAGAZINE / OF THE / Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. / 156. / PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY / SEPTEMBER 6, 1834 / MERINO SHEEPnaples, castles, sheep, towers, england, news, snow, banks, travel, york castle, clifford's tower -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Conrad, Joseph, The rescue : a romance of the shallows by Joseph Conrad, 1920
Captain Tom Lingard falls in love with a woman whose yacht he saves.416 p. fictionCaptain Tom Lingard falls in love with a woman whose yacht he saves.fiction, joseph conrad -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Portland, Victoria, n.d
Contemporary postcard of Portland. Full colour, 9 images of Portland 'Portland Victoria, Australia" in white, bottom edge, left. 'Traveller's notes logo - right. Reverse has descriptions of 9 images, outline map of Australia showing Melbourne and rectangle of Portland area. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HARRIS COLLECTION: MEMORIAL CARD FOR HARRIET HARRIS, December
Cardboard -black with gold lettering Memorial Card for Harriet Harris (''Mother''). - passed away Dec … 1910, Aged …Years (as printed on card!) Copyright Fine Art Company, 42 Elgin St Carlton (with advertisement. (A sample from traveller from the company?? TD).Fine Art Co., 42 Elgin St., Carlton Melb. The leading memorial supply house.person, individual, harriet harris -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Early hotels in Nunawading
Information copied from Cole Collection of Hotel records in La Trobe Library giving information on Blackburn Travellers rest, Mitcham Reserve Hotel, Emeries Hotel, Hill Hotel, Royal Hotel, Harvest Home, Harkaway Inn, Delaneys, Surrey Hill, Royal Hotel.alchard, mcstone, pearce, m.a., o'callaf, mary jane, mcglone, john, burrell, delaney, denis, humberstone, william, humberstone, c, hotels, travellers rest hotel, king george hotel, mitcham, reserve hotel, mitcham, emerie's hotel, mitcham, hill hotel, mitcham, royal hotel, harvest home hotel, harkaway inn, east burwood, delaney's hotel, surrey hills, royal hotel, surrey hills -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. Road to Mt. Alexander, 1852. Stores were carried to the diggings in bullock drays. Slide shows travellers with swags and drays pulled by ox, with stores also a horse pulling a dray with supplies. Markings: 37 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, c.1973-74
The Melbourne Airport was built at Tullamarine in the late 1960's and officially opened in 1970. The Travel Lodge Hotel was built opposite the main terminal building to accommodate air travellers.A black and white photograph of the Travel Lodge Hotel in the Melbourne Airport complex and the landscaped gardens in front of the building.hotels, melbourne airport, tullamarine, travelodge hotel, george evans collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Buggy Rug
Summer weight buggy rugs were used in the early part of the century in horse drawn vehicles to keep dust from earth roads from soiling traveller's clothing.White cotton rug with red stripes and fringing in red and white.personal effects, travel goods -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Teddy Bear, Koala Bear
Won at Street carnival, the Travellers' Gala in 1948 at Ballarat these bears were a popular post-war prize at such carnivals of the period when Australian motifs were seen as patriotic representations.. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Featuring Victorian Lighthouses, c. 2000
Contemporary postcard of Victorian lightbouses. 4 rectangular and one oval full coloured photos of lighthouses at Point Lonsdale, Aireys Inlet, Cape Nelson, Port Fairy and Cape Otway. 'Lighthouses Great Ocean Road, Victoria Australia' in white on black, bottom margin. Travellers notes logo on right. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Postcard, c. 2000
Contemporary postcard of Portland. 4 full colour views of Portland. 'Portland Victoria, Australia' in white on blue bottle margin, left. Traveller's Notes logo on right. Reverse has line map of Australia. Melbourne indicated, plus rectangular area Portland district. Valued $ 30.15 for 9 items -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document, 'Dynamite' Andrews, 1936-1949
Compilation of several newspaper articles 1936-1942 about Mr J. Andrews, Assistant Stationmaster at Greensborough Railway Station, nicknamed "Dynamite" owing to his behaviour towards railway travellers.2 pages,typescript.j. andrews, andrews family -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1855
Diggers & Mining. Gold. ''Mount Macedon from the Black Forest 1855'' shows. Writing on picture Mount Macedon from the Black Forest. Signed James ? Depicts Black? Store with travellers many of them Chinese. The slide has blue pen markings on it. Markings: 7 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph, C 1910s
This is a picture of Sentinal Peak, showing Delley's Bridge and Delley's house. This is the second bridge built over Fyans Creek in 1911. The house is Delley's Inn, which became a regular stop-off for thirsty travellers.The photo shows a rocky peak. In the middle distance, in front of the peak, is a house on the left and on the right a wooden bridge can be seen crossing a creek. In the foreground is the creek with a fenced paddock in front of it.access routes, roads, scenery, peaks -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Plenty Bridge Hotel Lower Plenty c1910, 1910s
Plenty Bridge Hotel Lower Plenty, 1910s. This photograph shows a group of travellers with a Victorian Railways bus outside the Plenty Bridge Hotel circa 1910. A day trip to the countryside was a popular pastime for city dwellers.Digital copy of black and white photographlower plenty, plenty bridge hotel, lower plenty hotel, victorian railways -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, c. 1980's
The original single storey hotel was built by the vigneron, F. F. Bubeck. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1901 and the present red brick building was built by George Millett. The hotel provided meals and accommodation for rail travellers.A coloured photograph of the Royal Hotel which is situated on the sw corner of Brook and Evans Streets. A grey car is angle parked on the LHS of the photograph and there is a line of plane treet around the curbside. The 2 storey hotel has red brick walls with cream trim around the windows and blue shutters on the windows on the upper storey. The roof is clad with terracotta tiles. Facing Brook and Evans Streets on the roof line are the parapets with the words 'Royal Hotel' on them.ROYAL HOTELevans street, brook street, bubeck, f.f., millett, george, royal hotel, george evans collection -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Dorothy Wickham, Sign at Alexandra Babies' Home, 2000
The plaque reads: This playground was equipped by a gracious donation from the Ballarat Travellers Club 1954. The plaque was on the wall of the Alexandra Babies' Home in Scott's Parade Ballarat. The home is adjacent to the building known as the Ballarat Female Refuge. Postcard size coloured photographellis, sarah ellis, ballarat female refuge, ballarat, welfare, town and city mission, women, alexandra babies home, baby, orphanage -
Vision Australia
Image, 1984
Holidays makers from Melbourne look over stock at Councillor David Baird's farm as part of their Ballarat weekend trip. With various centres around the region, different activities could be organised for travellers, through local connections.1 x col. photograph1984association for the blind -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - LANTERN
LANTERN USED AS ROAD SIDE WARNINGS BY C.R.B. DURING ROAD WORKS AND EXCAVATIONS. LANTERNS WERE LIT BY WORKMEN TO GIVE WARNINGS TO NIGHT TRAVELLERS. ALSO USED ON DULL FOGGY DAYS. BURNERS REMOVABLE . C.R.B. STAMPED ON CAGE.RED PAINTED LANTERN, FORMERLY OWNED BY C.R.B. (COUNTRY ROADS BOARD) METAL CAGE WITH FUEL BOWL AND RED GLASS ENCASED. HINGED LID.C.R.B.lighting, kerosene, oil, lighting, country roads board -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Thomas Kane, 2008 International White Cane Day at Flinders St Station and Southbank, 15/10/2008
To celebrate White Cane Day in 2008, a group of cane users met at the Travellers Aid office at Flinders Street station, before walking down the escalators, along the platform and along the Yarra River and St Kilda Road at Southbank.98 digital images of people participating in the 2008 White Cane Day eventvision australia, white cane day, cath caddis, tracy wright, kylie gerson, nicola misso, di seybold, flinders street station -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc
Photograph, Charlton High Street 1988, 1988
Photo taken by R. Brownjohn in 1988 of three shops in the centre of High St, Charlton. Arundell's shoe shop, former Stock & Station Agency and Williams Saddlery (later Bullocks Grocery). The buildings were later demolished to become the Traveller's RestColour photograph of Vic Arundell's Shoe Shop, and former W. Williams Saddlery shop. For Sale sign over centre building. car parked in left of photo. East Charlton Hotel in background on RH side of photo.arundell's shoe shop, williams saddlery, bullocks grocery -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Late 1970s
The Rupertswood Hotel was built on the NE corner at the intersection of Brook and Evans Streets. It was demolished in the late 1970s, in the dead of night, to make way for a modern retail area. In its heyday the two storey hotel was the pride of Sunbury and offered accommodation for rail travellers.A black and white photograph of a bluestone building which is being demolished. Three workmen are working from scaffolding which is on the RHS of the photograph.rupertswood hotel, hotels, evans street, brook street, cathie, james, goodby, norman, levvy, f.w., george evans collection -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Rattling through the years", 21/06/1983 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping - from the Melbourne Living section of The Age, 21/6/1983 titled "Rattling through the years", written by Robert Honeybun. Looks at the history of trams in Melbourne, W class trams, opinions of travellers, motorists, writers, Don Dunstan, heritage trams, tourism. Has a sketch by Horner of cable cars, VR 6 and and a new articulated tramcar.trams, tramways, trams, melbourne, passengers, tram stops, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter, Ministry of Transport, 60 plus travellers, Dec. 1989
Letter - photocopy printed on A4 sheet, to 60 plus travellers from the Minister for Transport advising that Scratch tickets could be bought from various shops or outlets, and staffed station from 1 Jan 1990. Advises of the introduction of the scratch ticket system, validation. Enclosed with the letter was a complimentary scratch ticket. Signed by Jim Kennan as Minister for Transport.trams, tramways, scratch tickets, tickets, minister for transport, fares -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Built with a heart of gold, 05/04/2017
Travellers bound for Victoria’s goldfields would stop at Farmers Arms Hotel, now known as the Greensborough Hotel, to put their feet up and enjoy a well-earned break. In this article, several Greensborough historical sites are discussed. Businesses occupying these sites today are identified.News article 2 page, black text, black and white images.farmers arms hotel, greensborough hotel, greensborough historical society -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc
Photograph, Charlton High Street 1988
Charlton High Street centre 1988. Vic Arundell's Shoe Shop, Stock & Station Agent and former W. Williams Saddlery (later Bullock's Grocery). Buildings latr demolished to become the Traveller's Rest. Williams St renamed John Curtin Drive.Colour photograph of Vic Arundell's shop and former W. Williams Saddlery on the corner of High St and Williams St. For Sale sign over the middle building. White ute parked in front of Arundell's. Another ute parked at side of buildings.high st, vic arundell's shoes, w.williams saddlery, bullocks grocery -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, V/Line, "Services for Cusomers with special needs", 12/1991
Booklet titled "Services for Customers with special needs", dated 1/12/1991 published by The Met and V/Line providing details of disability services at major railway stations, Travellers Aid, lifts, wheelchairs, vision impairment, hearing. Primarily rail focused.Yields information about the scope of disability services on Victorian Public Transport in 1991 - poor compared to now.Booklet - 24 pages finished to DL size, centre stapled.the met, disability services, v/line -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph - Digital Image, Old Greensborough Hotel Church Street 1910, 1910s
A photograph of the old Greensborough Hotel Church Street 1910. Licensee: V. Cannon. This photo was used for advertising, with available services hand written over the photo, on the roof of the hotel. The photo also shows a group of travellers standing outside the hotel with their car in pride of place.Digital copy of black and white photograph.greensborough hotel, church street greensborough, grimshaw street greensborough, hotels greensborough -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Western Port chronology 1798-1839 : exploration to settlement, 1984
Extracts from log books and journals of explorers and travellers from the time George Bass entered and sketched the harbour in 1798, combined with rare charts and plates. This compilation brings life to European activity at Western Port during the thirty-seven years that preceded Melbourne's founding. xiv, 110 p. : ill., facsims., maps ; 24 cm. ISBN 0959065202