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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Geelong Forest City signal lights, Keith Kings, Oct. 1955
Photo shows a Forest City style signal light on a pole at the corner of Pakington St and Retreat Road Geelong, Newtown 17/10/1955. Photo by Keith Kings, Number Q(m)(3). In the background are two ladies, a young boy and pram with a young child.Yields information about the Forest City signals in Geelong on the Newtown Route.Black and white photograph with notes on rear.See Contexttrams, tramways, secv, forest city signals, signals, pakington st, retreat road -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Geelong - Aberdeen and Pakington Streets, Keith Kings, 17/12/1955
Photograph shows the intersection of Aberdeen St (looking east) at Pakington St Geelong with No. 38 running "bang road" to turn to West route; and No. 16 to Chilwell. Note the trolley wire arrangement. Photo by Keith Kings, 17/12/1955, Photo No. Q(m)(6)Yields information about the intersection of Aberdeen and Pakington Streets Geelong and tram operations.Black and White photograph with photographers notes on the rear.See Contexttrams, tramways, geelong, aberdeen st, chilwell, west, tram 38, tram 16 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "1970 Royal Visit", 1970
Set of instructions or Administrative document prepared by the MMTB for the 1970 Royal Visit to Melbourne by HM Queen Elizabeth II and family during April 1970. Instructions for Traffic Officers regarding the Royal Progress, holding tram and bus services while the motorcade passed. Details the arrangements for each day, timing, locations, Traffic Officer's responsibilities, and Inspector table numbers. Dated 17-3-1970.Yields information about the arrangements for the 1970 Royal Visit and tram and bus planning.Administrative Record or booklet - 14 typed foolscap pages stapled within a manila folder.tramcars, tramways, royal visit, royal progress, inspectors, traffic officers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: RECOLLECTIONS PICTORIAL LIFTOUT
Historical liftout. Newspaper. Titled RECOLLECTIONS Pictorial Liftout 1990.1 looking down Mitchell st from Railway Bridge. 2 Original railway station viewed from Mitchell st bridge. 3 The great extended Hustlers mine. 4 1873 photo recently extended town hall with corn exchange at front left. 5 looking north westerly from city rec reserve at royal hustlers. 6 children play on mullock heap in front of a view of westerly quarter of Sandhurst. 7 Bank of Victoria, Mitchell st left is Bendigo's original post office. 8 Looking down from what is now Rosalind Park. Shamrock Hotel can be seen on corner of Williamson st and Pall Mall. This photo predates the construction of post office and law courts. 9 girl eating fairy floss. 10 4 kids on 1 horse in procession. 11 monkey and pedal car, a novelty attraction 1940's. 12 pony rides. 13 flying horses (ride). 14 procession past city hall. 15 Original ANZ bank corner Williamson st & Pall Mall. 16 Chinese Dragons Bendigo Easter Fair 1940's. 17 City Hall viewed from Bull st. 18 City hall original ceiling. 19 new town hall 1861. Mike Butcher, local historian. 21 Interior plan of city hall (groundfloor) 22 circa 1920's 23 Tattered fragment original architect's drawing. 24 original assembly room. 25 Camp Hill PS Shamrock hotel without top storeys. 27 shop with signage advertising Bushells, Bex and Swallow's Biscuits. 28 View from where fountain is now. 29 Hargreaves st looking south, now Hargreaves mall. Horse drawn water tank watering down road. 30 Central Deborah Gold mine poppet head. 31 Borough town hall, tram ways. 32 Original ANZ Bank corner Williamson st and Pall Mall, demolished in mid 1960's. 33 Bush's store corner Williamson and Myer streets.34 Men on boat, don't know what or where. 35 Shearers. 36 man on a three wheeled bike. 37 4 Gold miners with shovels. 38 6pm closing, no trade Sundays, no women in main bar. 39 Peaceful scene Castlemaine 1940's Photographer Alan Doney. 40 Qantas Jet The City of Bendigo Tullamarine Airport. BCV-8 camera man & Advertiser photographer. 41 Ladies. 42 Tennis -> men and women (women in hats). 43 Sandhurst footy team. 44 Early school photo.Alan Doneybendigo, history, photographic history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ''THE BENDIGO TRAMWAYS: A HISTORY''
''The Bendigo Tramways - A History'' (author, not named, but last page indicates that writer was 17 years of age). Eight handwritten pages; 4 pages of photo reproductions; loose sheet - broad description of 'Bendigo''; loose sheet showing ''S.E.C. Bendigo Tramways Track Diagram as at closure of system, April 1972''. Early moves to have tramway system in 1880s; battery trams operation; steam tram motors; Bendigo Tramway Company; Electric Supply Company; Route maps (''in the appendices at the end of this report'' ???); State Electricity Commission of Victoria; list of the major purchases made by the SEC from the MMB to add to the Bendigo fleet (1930 -1960) closure of tramways; Bendigo 'talking' tourist tram (Dec. 1972); Writer's notes - acknowledgementtramways, history, bendigotramway history., bendigo tramways, electric supply company, talking tourist tram. tramsways track diagram. battery trams, ellsen and co., the sandhurst and eaglehawke tramways company. mollison street. arnold street. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MITCHELL STREET, BENDIGO
Photo, colored. Looking up Mitchell towards Railway line. Tram lines in centre of road, ornate power lines up centre of street. On GH corner two storey building, verandah, Peters Ice Cream sign and Cozy Corner Care sign on verandah. On bottom of photo ' Mitchell Street, Bendigo, No. 17' Appears to be in 1940'sbendigo, streetscape, mitchell street, bendigo, mitchell street, plaza theatre, cozy corner -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOOK - MAY 1937. VICTORIA TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
A copy of the Victoria Telephone Directory which is dated in May 1937. It features the telephone numbers for Bendigo, Castlemaine, Echuca, St. Arnaud, Sea Lakes, Swan hill Districts. The front cover also features an ad for the Bendigo moving Business Buckell and Jeffry which has a picture of a black truck with its back open and has the text "Buckell and Jeffry PTY. LTD BENDIGO Local & Interstate FURNITURE, BRICK REMOVALS, STORAGE, Office Railway Place PHONE 17 Bendigo, Special Equipment available also for MOVING HOUSES and HEAVY MACHINERY" The back cover also features two ads, one for the Hotel Ritz which details "Country Visitors to Melbourne will find the HOTEL RITZ, FITZROY STREET ST. KILDA, Conveniently situated to Beaches (3 minutes) and City (10 minutes). Electric Trams pass the door. equipped with Central heating. Hot and Cold water and House Phone in every Bedroom. Luxuriously Furnished. Execellent Cuisine. The Ritz offers the Finest in Hotel Accommodation." and the other ad for the Colonial Scale Repair Co. in Melbournebook, rural -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - TRAM, PALL MALL
... Colonial Bank, former National Bank. Then Beehive Building, Tram ...Black and white photograph, (not mounted), of Pall Mall with Myer store, Allan's Walk. Former Colonial Bank, former National Bank. Then Beehive Building, Tram No. 6. Tram - single truck, dropend saloon car No. 6. Built for Melbourne metropolitan Tramways Board. Converted for one person operation in Ballarat before coming to Bendigo. James Lerk 17/12/1999.place, streetscape, pall mall -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - TRAM, CHARING CROSS, c.1965
Black and white photograph of tram at Charing Cross, Bendigo, Colonial Mutual Life Building in background, people (passengers) in foreground.Inscriptions: in photo. Various advertisements plus 'Colonial Mutual Life Building'.Notes of James Lerk: (17/12/1999). Maximum traction car No. 2 at Charing Cross, Bendigo. For details of this tram see 'Bendigo's Talking Trams' - Alan Doney, Photo c.1965Alan Doneyplace, streetscape, charing cross -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS
Black and white photo of service/maintenance vehicle. Inscription on reverse: Written in blue ink top left corner (17). Stamped in purple ink L. B. Manny collection Photo. No. 768(written in blue ink).person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: CORONATION TRAM, 1937
Black and white photo of tram decorated for Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 1937. On back '17 May 1937' stamped in green, also and inscription in circle that is severely blurred.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: BENDIGO ADVERTISER VARIOUS ARTICLES
1) Bendigo the Golden Heart of Victoria 2) News from Bendigo May, 1973 3) Some Scenes of Bendigo Yesteryear 4) Cover Bendigo Advertiser Souvenir of the Shamrock Hotel 5) Saving the Shamrock - Doug McClure 6) Farewell Bendigo's Trams April, 1972 7) 100 Years of Trams 8) Gold Mine a Popular Attraction 9) Tomorrow the end (Trams) April 1972 10) Trams 1890-1903-1972/ Photo New Chum 11) Vintage Talking Trams 12) In Search of a Home for Sun Loong 13) Bendigo Dragon City 14) History Indicates that Dragons is not as Silly 15) Bendigo's Dragon is Something to be Proud of 16) Unravelling the Dragon's Mysteries 17) Reputation Precede it 18) Tourism 19) Haunted by the Ghosts of the Gold Rush 20) Bendigo Undertaking Firm Installs Complete Motor Funeral Equipment 21) Built on the Foundations of Gold 22) Photos: Bridge Street - Oakley's Establishment 23) A City Built on reefs of Fabulous Wealth 24) Bendigo Company Has High Hopes for Old Mine 25) The Central Deborah 26) Central Deborah Reaches New Depths 27) WMC Prepares the Way for Bendigo Mining Revival 28) Historical Background of Fortuna 29) Opening of TAFE College 30) 60 Protesting Nurses Greet the Premier 31) A History Written in Bricks 32) The Golden Age of Bendigo Theatre Part 1 33) The Golden Age of Bendigo Theatre Part 2 34) J.H. Curnow is Back Home 35) Fortuna Historical Background 36) Photos of Fortuna. Folder 110 now in Box 417. AV 03/11/2022 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS TICKETS
Three sheets of paper stapled together showing specimen checks and tickets issued on 15th September 1949, when revised fares were introduced. A has 14 examples, b, and c, have 17 examples each. All have been issued by State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Provincial Tramways.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS TICKETS
Five(5) State Electricity Commission of Victoria Provincial Tramways Scholars Monthly tickets. No.B02369 5/-(Five shillings), Red stamped across the front with the word Cancelled in red ink. No.A03910 11/-(eleven shillings) Unused. No.A24951 8/6(eight shillings and sixpence) Unused No.A000250 12/6(Twelve shillings and sixpence)Has the word Cancelled and two diagonal lines,one long and one short with an initial in green biro.No.A000250 17/6(seventeen shillings and sixpence) with the word Cancelled and two diagonal lines,one long and one short with an initial in green ink. Three of the tickets are printed in black ink on the lighter side and two on the yellow side. Reverse: One, 5/-, is red. Two 11/- and 8/6 are yellow, Two 12/6 and 17/6 are light coloured.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS TICKETS
Five (5) Provincial Tramways Scholar's Monthly Tickets: One(1) 5/-(Five shillings) No. B 02369 off white. One(1) 11/-(eleven shillings) No. A03910 off white. One(1) 8/6d(eight shillings and sixpence) No. 024951 white. One(1) 12/6d(twelve shillings and sixpence) No. A000250 yellow. One(1) 17/6d(seventeen shilling and sixpence No. A000250 yellow. Two of these cards have been cancelled by use of a green biro showing a diagonal line and the words cancelled written out and underlined there also appears to be an initial below the line.One has been cancelled by the use of red ink stamp. Two have no such markings. Two have yellow o the reverse side, one has red, Two have yellow on the printed side and an off-white reverse.document, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS TICKETS
One (1) Tourist tram ticket for 1/-(one shilling) No. Ba208402, printed in Blue ink. Years 1944, 1945, and 1946,have been crossed out and replaced in red ink 1947, 1948, and 1949. Reverse : Adult Tourist Ticket 1/- , Tye 2-17 see other side, not transferable to another person.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - 'BENDIGO TRAMS GO'
... Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser Monday April 17... Advertiser Monday April 17, 1972. 'Bendigo Trams Go - thousands say ...Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser Monday April 17, 1972. 'Bendigo Trams Go - thousands say farewell'.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - 'BIRNEY TRAM FOR BRIDE AND GROOM'
... Newspaper clipping from Bendigo Advertiser Monday April 17... Advertiser Monday April 17, 1972. Birney Tram for Bride and Groom ...Newspaper clipping from Bendigo Advertiser Monday April 17, 1972. Birney Tram for Bride and Groom. Margaret Louisa White and Laurence John Fitzgerald.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - LAST DAY OF TRAMS
Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser Monday April 17 1972. All of front page. Photos and description of last day of tram services in Bendigo 16 April 1972.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - TRIBUTE TO BENDIGO TRAMS
Newspaper clipping - The sun April 17 1972. 'A Place in the Sun' by Keith dunstan. Tribute to the history of Trams in Bendigo.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - ENVELOPES
Three (3) buff envelopes. 1. Addressed 'Mr Miller'. 5/- written in top right corner. 2. Addressed 'Mr Miller' King Street Bendigo. 26x4s, 16x8s, 17/6 in top right corner. 3. Addressed 'Mr B Miller' tramways, SEC, Hargreaves Street. Reverse of 3. Remnants of adhesive tape on closing flap.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - STOCK LIST OF BENDIGO TRAMS - PHOTOCOPY, c.1985
Trams. Two page photocopy of article headed 'Bendigo Trust' listing 22 trams in the fleet with a brief description of each. Includes images of trams Nos. 28, 19, 302, 44, 17, 26. (not very clear)Bendigo Trustorganization, business, trams, bendigo trust, bendigo trams