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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HILDA HILL COLLECTION: BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS, 1918-1923
Series of Black & White Photos of Hill Family and Friends during the war and post war life. Total 8 Photos. Welcome Parade General Pa n Bendigo October 21, 1918, tram wiring post in street, large two storey building in the background named Stanley's Coffee palace at corner of Mitchell and Mollison streets, Large crowd on roadway, Covered wagon among crowd with Good Shepherd laundry written on the side, foreground shows General Pau being driven through the crowd, General Pan is wearing a Napoleon style hat. Doreen dressed in a light coloured dress with white collar standing before a hedge, at rear is part of a corrugated iron roof gable, S.H.L.C. 27 September 1918. Group of four ladies three dressed in white and other a darker colour all seated on the ground, distant background a row of trees along a fence line, tea time Hibernian picnic Axedale 13 November 1918. Three women and young boy all seated on the ground, the ladies are all in white and two wearing white hats, young boy is dressed in suit with white shirt and dark tie and his right hand is pointing to his open mouth, to their right is a wooden structure and distant background more people can be seen, dinner time Hibernian picnic Axedale 13 November 1918. Overdeveloped photo of two young men standing between two shrubs and in front of a full length external window blind, 'The Ranche' February 1918. Group of four males dressed in dark coats and grey trouser at the snow Mt. Buffalo July 1923. Baby Irene clothed in white with bonnet seated in an English style pram with large wheels, picket fence and shrubbery in background, may 1918. Gert dressed in white shirt dark cardigan and dark skirt standing in front of hedged garden and trees, a small part of a roof can be seen between the trees, Railway Reserve 1918.Hilda Hill Personal Collectionaustralia, history, post war life -
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Photograph - DILLON-SHALLARD COLLECTION: PHOTO OF PALL MALL LOOKING EAST
Photo of Pall Mall looking East. In the foreground the fountain, two trams can be seen, one on Pall Mall the other in View Street. A lot of people can be seen around the fountain and all along Pall Mallphotograph, streetscape, bendigo -
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Photograph - DILLON-SHALLARD COLLECTION: HARGREAVES STREET BENDIGO
An advertising Photo of Hargreaves Street Bendigo for Beehive Watch Coy. Jewellery & Watches 306 Hargreaves Street Bendigo, C.J.Kirby mgr. A postcard will find us. showing 3 horse drawn carriages a tram several people walking. Williams Shoemen shop, Cattran Golden Key Boot co.photograph, streetscape, bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO TRAMS
Colour photograph: image shows four trams at View Point. Trams livery is green and yellow. On rear: 'Bendigo trams 1972, copy by Malcolm 1989. retaken from photo belonging to Vicki' (on attached sticker) .bendigo, tramways, trams at view point 1972 -
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Document - R.S.L. BENDIGO COLLECTION: VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT TRAVEL MEDALLION WW1 VETERANS
White card titled Victorian Government Travel Medallion World War One Veterans. This Medallion, available to all Australian and Commonwealth World War one Veterans resident in Victoria, will on presentation entitle the Veteran to Free Travel in the Melbourne Urban Area (crossed out and Victoria inserted in red) on trains, trams and tramway buses. The Medallion is available for life and is not transferable. 1854 written in red and J W Swatton Bendigo written in blue.government, state, travel medallion ww1, r.s.l. bendigo collection - victorian government travel medallion world war one veterans, j w swatton -
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Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: TRAMWAYS ERA COSTUME BALL, 28th July, 1972
Yellow card with green printing. 'Tramways Era' Costume Ball held on Friday, 28th July, 1972. A photo on the card has eight trams parked close to each other. Five men are in front of the trams. Trams lined up outside the Grandstand at the QEO in View Street. They lined up waiting for the footy crowd.entertainment, dance, ball, peter ellis collection, tramways era costume ball 1972, bendigo advertiser -
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Document - BENDIGO VICTORIA'S GOLDEN CITY TOURISM BROCHURE ?1960S, ?1960s
Bendigo Victoria's Golden City Tourism Brochure Postcards 1960's. Charing Cross and Pall Mall looking north to the Post Office, Central Deborah Gold Mine and Vintage Tram, Chinese Joss House Emu Point Finn Street Bendigo, Charing Cross looking towards the Post Office Pall Mall Bendigo, Bendigo Vintage Tram Pall Mall Bendigo, Royal Tour Tram No. 30 Pall Mall Bendigo, Lake Eppalock at the Bendigo Yacht Club, Dusk Alexandra Fountain Pall Mall Bendigo, Sacred Heart Cathedral From High Street Bendigo, Central Deborah Gold Mine, Shamrock Hotel.bendigo, tourism, postcard -
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Document - Price Lists, 1922-24
James Moore and Sons had a timber and saw mill at City Rd., South Melbourne. They employed over 600 men with a wide range of skills, turning out milled timber for building, household items and other cabinetry, the wooden bodies of trams and even what is believed to be the first commercially produced airplane propeller. The site also included a nail making factory. These goods were sold throughout the state before the company went into voluntary liquidation in 1935. James Louis Moore was born in Ireland 12/8/1843 and died in London 3/2/1913 before his body was returned to Melbourne for burial in the family vault in April 1913. The business continued under his sons Walter, Louis and Arthur. Another son, William had disappeared in 1906.James Moore and Sons Timber Yard and Saw Mills Price List for September 1922 and April 1924 listing prices for floorings; Oregon; building hardwood; galvanised iron; linings etc. Four pages.history, bendigo, abbott collection, james moore and sons -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGERS, c1850
Diggers & Mining: The Diggers. Bendigo tram in Pall Mall. Markings: 24. Used as a teaching aid.Kodachromeeducation, tertiary, bendigo -
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Photograph - LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION: ALEXANDRA FOUNTAIN, 1940
Leslie John Bagust Collection. Black & White Photograph of Alexandra Fountain Bendigo in 1940. Image taken on the corner of Pall Mall and Mitchell Street looking north. Matthew Bros. Department store on the corner. Tram Line running all the way up Mitchell Street.bendigo, tourism, bendigo alexandra fountain -
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Photograph - JOHN JONES COLLECTION: PROCESSION AT THE FOUNTAIN
Photograph taken at Alexandra Fountain, Charing Cross. Photo shows a crowd of people watching a procession of soldiers? Which have come along Pall Mall and are turning up View Street. Some trams are in the picture. Three horse drawn vehicles are in the foreground. One building has Henderson & Doolsson ?? Furniture & Drapery painted on the side. The soldiers are marching with reversed arms indicating a Mourning event .place, bendigo, charing cross, john jones collection - procession at the fountain, alexandra fountain, henderson & doolisson -
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Photograph - JOHN JONES COLLECTION: GOLD MONUMENT
Photo with a brown tinge of the Gold Monument next to the Black Swan Hotel in McCrae Street. Street surface looks like gravel. There are horse drawn vehicles in the picture and on the right side of the photo is a tram with No. 6 painted on the back. Behind the statue is a poppet leg structure and a row of trees around the Hotel.bendigo, streetscape, general street views, john jones collection - gold monument, black swan hotel -
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Photograph - LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION: VALENTINE BENDIGO POSTCARDS, 1940
Leslie John Bagust Collection. Black & White Photograph View Point Bendigo From Mitchell Street Streetscape. Souvenir Postcard Collection ?Rose Series. 1940. Scene looking North up View Street Lucas Café, on the corner, Alexandra Fountain in the centre, Newsagent opposite fountain. To the right of the newsagent heading north the Australian Mutual Provident Society and Davies Store are prominent features. Underneath Davies Store signs advertising Macrow Better Furniture Stores. Observe the tram line runs the length of Mitchell Street all the way up View Street.Valentine Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. Melbournebendigo, tourism, view point from mitchell street -
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Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: CHINESE DRAGON
Black and white photo of the Chinese Dragon in front of the Shamrock Hotel. One man is walking beside the Dragon's head carrying a stool. Date on the back is c 1950. Sign on verandah reads 'Australian legion of ex servicemen and women'. Both signs on tram post in middle of road read, 'All Cars Stop Here', (indication of a tram stop)photo, group, easter procession, peter ellis collection, chinese dragon, bendigo chinese association -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: BENDIGO, c1950s
Diggers & Mining: Bendigo.Bendigo tram outside of former Post Office now Visitor Information Centre. Markings: 11 DEC74M10. Used as a teaching aid.Kodachromeeducation, tertiary, bendigo -
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Photograph - DAWN SMITH COLLECTION: PHOTOS OF BENDIGO, c1929
Dawn Smith Collection Black & White Photograph down Mitchell Street towards View Street Bendigo c1929. Looking South back towards the Morley Johnson Store. Single Bogey electric tram is travelling West, two pedestrians and one car travelling West past Railway Place.bendigo, tourism, mitchell street c1929. -
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Photograph - DAWN SMITH COLLECTION: PHOTOS OF BENDIGO, c1929
Dawn Smith Collection. Black & White Photograph Mitchell Street Bendigo, C. 1929. The No. 16 Single Bogey Electric Tram sitting beside Matthews Bros.. At the corner of Pall Mall and Mitchell Street Pedestrians in the street and sitting outside by Alexandra Fountain. A café on the corner ? Lucas Café where the future Bendigo Bank would stand offers afternoon teas & suppers specialising in ices and soda fountain drinks. The second power pole has a sign on it the right hand side pointing up past the café, with the words Golden Square on it.bendigo, streetscape, pall mall and mitchell street corne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Album, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Ballarat Tramways undertaking - Pictorial Record of the fleet", 1958
Photo album - with a photograph and typed details of a selection of the various trams in the fleet. Based on the date of the tram car mileages as at 31-3-1958, compiled during 1958. Not known who compiled it, but could have been the Tramway Superintendent Mr Denmead from SEC or other parties photos. All photos are common to the collection except for the one of tram 36 in Wendouree Parade at depot junction. Has sheets for: ESCo 2 - Power station - item 698 ESCo 2 - Sturt St advertising Jago boots - item 1710 ESC0 18 - Sturt St - Suttons advert - item 2490 ESCo 21 - Sebastopol type at depot - item 3002 ESCo 23 - Sebastopol type at depot - item 5142 SEC 17 - at depot junction - item 1714 SEC 19 - at depot - item 4525 SEC 21 - at depot - item 4526 SEC 22 - at depot - item 1360i7 SEC 23 - Gold tram at depot - item 1707i1 SEC 26 - at depot - item 4529 SEC 29 - at depot - item 541i1 SEC 30 - at depot - item 1706 SEC 36 - at depot junction - similar to item 4527, added as 9119 SEC 40 - at depot - 1355i1 Bendigo - silver star starch - item 1890. Demonstrates the history of the SEC Ballarat fleet through a selection of photographs.Album - 22 paper leaves, bound with grey end papers and grey plascticised cover with leather finish. Album produced by New Star. Photos secured with photo corners, typed sheets glued onto the leaf.photo album, secv, tramcars, car fleet, tram 2, tram 18, esco, tram 21, tram 22, tram 23, tram 26, tram 29, tram 30, tram 36, tram 40 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - Bendigo Trams and Trains, 1972
... . history bendigo bendigo trams Roy J Mitchell bendigo R766 Steam ...Roy J Mitchell was born in Williamstown in 1935 and grew up in Ballarat. He was the son of Horace Mitchell, a railway man, and Catherine Donovan whose father James Donovan was himself a railway man. Roy worked for the Victorian Railways also, until this era finished and worked into the MET era. Roy never lived in Bendigo but visited often, many times taking his daughter Rebekah with him, drawn in by the historical trams. His passions in life were his family, dogs, trains and trams and photography. His cousin Frank O'Meara, said "Roy always had his camera with him. He Took it everywhere". Roy's ancestors came from Maldon, Mt Edgerton, Trentham, Ballarat, Creswick, Berringa and Geelong.Eleven Coloured slides of Bendigo Trams and Trains taken by Roy J Mitchell. history, bendigo, bendigo trams, roy j mitchell, bendigo r766 steam engine -
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Mixed media - Bendigo Tramways 100th Anniversary National Trust DVD, 1990
... DVD. Content includes brief history of the Bendigo trams from... was an integral part of the deal. history bendigo bendigo trams Bendigo ...The Sandhurst and Electric Tramway Company was the first to blaze a trail when it introduced battery trams to Bendigo in June 1890. Unfortunately they had made a serious miscalculation, as the batteries quickly proved inadequate for the hilly terrain of Bendigo. After a couple of months battery trams ceased running and were later replaced by steam trams in February 1892. Steam trams were a reliable means of transport and successfully moved Bendigonians around for ten years, but the onset of the recession forced the Bendigo Tramways Company to sell up in 1899 to the Electric Supply Company of Victoria (ESCo) who continued to run steam trams until 1902. This turn-of-the-century sale led to the introduction of electric trams to Bendigo in April 1903. These were a success from the very beginning. During peak hour people would be standing in the aisles, in the doorways, even on the running boards on the outside of the tram. In addition, the trams were also the first option for deliveries. Parcels, newspapers, movie reels for the picture theatres and even mail bags found their way onto the trams; sent from outlying post offices to the GPO in the city centre. At the end of World War I the Victorian Government constituted the new semi-government instrumentality, the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC). The SEC was to take over all privately owned power generating companies in Victoria and operate as a state owned monopoly ... Bendigo's tramway system was an integral part of the deal.Bendigo Tramways 100th Anniversary National Trust 31 minute DVD. Content includes brief history of the Bendigo trams from 1890 to 1990; driver's view movies of each of the four Bendigo Lines; and the set up of the tourist trams after the closure of the lines by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.history, bendigo, bendigo trams -
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Souvenir - Medallion: Double sided
BHS CollectionDouble sided commemorative round gold medallion: - One side commemorates the re-opening in 1986 of the Central Deborah Gold Mine with image of Central Deborah Mine & Poppet Head. - Reverse side commemorates The Bendigo Talking Tram Tour with four images of Bendigo icons including Pall Mall Fountain, the Post Office, Talking Tram & Cathedral - Medallion is set into a cardboard cut-out with printed paper descriptions for each side of the medal. - Medallion is designed by Maiden Gully Medallions. memorabilia, central deborah, medallion -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Various passes and tickets
Sandhurst and Electric Tramways Company introduced the first trams to Bendigo in June 1890. These were battery operated trams but it soon became obvious that the battery life was unable to copy with Bendigo's hilly terrain. The trams were converted to steam in 1892. In 1899 the tramways were sold to the Electric Supply Company of Victoria and in 1903 the trams were converted to electricity. After WW1 the SEC was formed and took over the running of the trams. With the increased usage of cars, patronage of the trams began to drop off after WW2. In 1972 the tramways closed as a commuter service. The Bendigo trust then restored trams and infrastructure and began the tourist/talking trams.State Electricity Commission of Victoria Provincial Tramways: 2 x single parcel tickets Nos 024004 and 024005, 1 x single Scholars Monthly ticket, 1 x single Blind persons pass, 1 x transfer with image of by holding sign with quote "Electricity makes life easier!". Also stapled together 1 x Scholars Monthly ticket, 1 x Blind persons pass and 2 x parcel tickets. Parcel tickets have orange print on thin paper. Monthly ticket and Blind persons pass have black print on cardboard. Transfer is on original brown cardboard.provincial tramways, tramways, tickets, passes, electricity -
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Administrative record - Tramways student passes
Sandhurst and Electric Tramways Company introduced the first trams to Bendigo in June 1890. These were battery operated trams but it soon became obvious that the battery life was unable to copy with Bendigo's hilly terrain. The trams were converted to steam in 1892. In 1899 the tramways were sold to the Electric Supply Company of Victoria and in 1903 the trams were converted to electricity. After WW1 the SEC was formed and took over the running of the trams. With the increased usage of cars, patronage of the trams began to drop off after WW2. In 1972 the tramways closed as a commuter service. The Bendigo trust then restored trams and infrastructure and began the tourist/talking trams.State Electricity Commission of Victoria Provincial Tramways: student passes One box containing various types of tram tickets. Bottom of box is red. Top of box has a mottled pattern with a stripe across the length with the words "SAVON TWEED LENTHERIC". 1 separate bundle of 10c paper tickets with cardboard backing and whitestripe where tickets are stapled together. Tickets are a beige color with black print. Bottom of box has a blue sticker with white typeface - "JW Jones Chemist Hargreaves St. Bendigo" 13/6 is written in the middle of this sticker with pencil.On back of separate ticket bundle is blue pen with OCT 1972 crossed out and 16.4.1972 Trams Finishedprovincial tramways, tramways, tickets, passes, electricity -
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Memorabilia - Bendigo Tramways Badge
1 circular badge with cream background, red tram image, wording "Bendigo Tramways" red with blue highlight. Wording "The Bendigo Trust" and symbol in blue.provincial tramways, tramways, bendigo trust, bendigo tramways -
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Book - A TRAM SERVICE FOR TOURISTS, 1971
A soft cover booklet 'A Tram Service for Tourists' a submission to Bendigo City Council, August 1971. Prepared by a sub-committee of the BendigoTrust. Includes a history of the tram system and options for a tourist tram route. This came about because the SEC, then current owners, were going to close the tram system.Bendigo Trust -
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Postcard - POSTCARD. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Postcard. Young Men's Christian Association. Located at the corner of High and Short Streets Bendigo. NB. All verandahs have been removed from the building. Also the post at the left has a short T-Bar, which indicates that the tram track was a single line at the time. -
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Postcard - POSTCARD. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Postcard. Young Men's Christian Association. Location. At the corner of High and Short Streets, Bendigo. Note Well. This building does not now have any verandahs. The post that holds tram wiring only caters to a one track system. -
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Book - EAGLEHAWK DAHLIA AND ARTS FESTIVAL 1972, 1972
12 page soft cover booklet 'Destination - Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival' programme for March 25 to April 4 - 1972 Photo of tram on front cover.Festival Committee -
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Photograph - BENDIGO TRAMS CIRCA 1923
Black and white photograph of a tram with attached trailer both with large advertising signs on the roof one for Hutton's the other for Jago's English and American footwear. On the back Bendigo c. 1923bendigo, tramways, trams 1923 -
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Book - BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB BENDIGO, 1979
40 page soft cover booklet. 'Business & Professional Women's Club Bendigo 1929-1979.' Lists office bearers, meeting minutes, speakers and topics year by year. Golden Jubilee introduction by Dorothy Tonkin, President - Nov 1979 Yellow cover with a sketch of poppet head and tram by Ronda PascoeJune Parry