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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Tram 21 Seymour St loop - Lydiard St North, late 1960s or early 1970s
Photograph shows Ballarat 21 descending the Lydiard St Hill at the Seymour St intersection, about the enter the loop. On the left can be seen a Forest City signal, and on the right part of the North Star Hotel, The tram has the destination of Sebastopol. In the background is a milk bar advertising The Sun, Herald and Peter's Ice-cream. Photographer unknown. Late 1960's or early 1970s.Yields information about tram 21 and tram services in Lydiard St North.Black and white print on paper.tramways, ballarat, lydiard st nth, seymour st, tram 21, north star hotel -
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Photograph - Tram 21 - Sturt St with Town Hall, late 1960s or early 1970s
The photograph shows Ballarat 21 at the City tram terminus, Sturt and Lydiard St with the Town Hall in the background. Has an SEC roof advertisement promoting electric cooking. All the weather blinds on the tram are drawn. Photo late 1960s or early 1970s.Yields information about tram 21 and tram services to Lydiard St North.Black and white print on paper.tramways, ballarat, tram 21, sturt st, ballarat town hall -
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Photograph - Tram 42, Wendouree Parade, late 1960s or early 1970s
The photograph shows Ballarat 42 in Wendouree Parade, possibly near St Aidans Drive. The tram has many passengers. Photo late 1960s or early 1970s.Yields information about tram 21 and tram services to Lydiard St North.Black and white print on paper.tramways, ballarat, tram 21, sturt st, ballarat town hall -
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Model - Model Melbourne SW5 tram and presentation case, Cooee Concepts Pty Ltd, 2008
Detailed in The Met colour scheme of the 1980s with the logo of the early 1980s. Demonstrates an operable model of a Melbourne SW5 class tram.Model of Melbourne Melbourne tram W5 (actually an SW5) No. 812, electric model, made by Cooee Concepts Pty Ltd in China. The model is packaged in a wooden packing case with a blue felt base, contained within a cardboard outer case. The cardboard cover or case has a printed sheet giving details of the model and the history of the W5 Class tramcar. The wooden case has a brass plate detailing the contents. Scale 00 or 1:76. Model made from plastic and metal, with operable lights and motors with operable trolley poles, swiveling bogies, the destination of St Kilda, showing route 16. Headlights function in the direction of travel. The package has a manufacturing date of 2008 printed on it. Contains a plastic cover strip, a plastic holder for the tram, a plastic lift-out strip, a printed Certificate of Authenticity, No. 553 of 700, and a folded sheet giving instructions for the use of the tram on a model tramway - up to 15V DC.models, the met, tramcars, w5 class, sw5 class, tram 812, cooee, cooee collectables -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Supplementary Trip Way Bill", early 1960's
Yields information about the form used in Ballarat and Bendigo by the SEC to enabling ticket checking by Inspectors on the trams.Single sheet of paper titled "Supplementary Trip Way Bill", form No. TYE 1-580, for filling in ticket starting numbers, for tickets from 2d (City Section) through to 1/- value. Also allows for parcel tickets, tram no, trip, route, inspector and punch marks. Has line for filling in date and signature at base of ticket. Used in early 1960's. Max. fare 1/- Item was on display in cabinet of 39 until 10/2004, ex filing cabinet 1992. Two copies held. See also Reg. Item 279. See also Reg. Item 3062 for another sample - 15c max value. See Also Reg Item 4144 for a MMTB version, very similar in style, SEC probably copied it. See Also Reg item 5692 for a pack of 250 of these.trams, tramways, secv rules, by laws, tickets, fares, ballarat, bendigo -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Tramcar, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Scrubber Tram No. 8, 1934
One of a few service vehicles built from almost new by the MMTB rather than being a converted vehicle. Donated to the BTM in 1999 and has been an operational tram 2001.Single truck (4 wheels), special purpose tram fitted with two cabs, control equipment, air brakes, track scrubber or cleaning equipment, pump, water and air lines to clean track. Carries approx. 4 cubic metres of water. The tram was built by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1934 using the cabs from a C class tram (No. 32). It was transported to the isolated Footscray system a number of times to clean the rails there. In 1961 it received additional body bracing and repainted in the diagonal black and string (light cream) stripes. The tram became 8W during 1975 as the then new Z class trams came into service. By the early 1990's the need for the tram and the other similar cars used to "scrub" the surface of the rails was no longer. The tram was stored at Malvern depot for many years before being donated to the Ballarat Tramway Museum by the Public Transport Commission in September 1999. It has been scrubbing the rails in Ballarat since March 2001. For a detailed article see April 2008 issue of Fares Please. Photo Warren Doubleday 20/9/2008 after painting completed See Destination CityMMTBtrams, scrubber tram -
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Photograph - Illustration/s, News and Information Bureau - Photo, Ballarat view from Town Hall, Oct. 1958
Yields information about the Sturt and Lydiard St streetscape from the Town Hall, c1958.Photograph of intersection of Sturt St and Lydiard St from Town Hall. Looking north east to Black Hill. See also item with Reg. No. 667 of similar but earlier view. Photo is inside cover of ANZ quarterly survey, dated Oct. 1958. Shows four trams in City Loop and good photo of trackwork and motor cars of period. Not to be displayed - before copy neg made.Ballarat - important Provincial Citytrams, tramways, sturt st, black hill, aerial views, trackwork -
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Magazine, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 6, "The Trolley Wire", Vol 3, No. 5, Jul. 1952
... Sydney trams in the early 1950s and demonstrates means ...Yields information about Sydney trams in the early 1950s and demonstrates means of publishing information of the era.105.1 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 8 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 6, July 1952, stapled down along the left hand side. Has items on Brisbane, with map, Brisbane news, Sydney news, Gladesville to Lane Cove proposed tramway and Western Suburbs Destination Roll, 1947 - 1950. 105.2 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 9 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 3, No. 5, 20th May 1954, stapled down along the left hand side. Has notes on association matters, map of tramways in the Moore Park area, Drummoyne Bridge and Iron Cove tram lines, Easter workings, Sydney news. See Reg Item 5685 for other Vol 1 issues and Reg Item 5686 for Vol. 2 issues. Scan with care.Vol 3, No. 5 has pencil inscription of "H.Matthews"trams, tramways, tramway news, history, sydney, brisbane -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign - Pay As You Enter Sign, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Pay As You Enter", c1935
Demonstrates the signage used on the trams to indicate to passengers when the trams were operating as a one-man tram. Yields information about the construction of the sign and paintwork.Pay As You Enter sign once fitted to side of SEC tramcar by door - with pins, - Sign writing gold leaf, black shading, green background paint. See original catalogue sheet for more details including sketch. See photo in use on No. 14 in an accident with a Ford Truck when in SEC early colour scheme. Has actual paint used at the time. See photo of No. 14 and a collision with a Ford Truck. To be kept in light controlled areatrams, tramways, advisory sign, passenger signs, one man trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, South Pacific Electric Railway, SPER - invitation and information, 1960
A folder pamphlet inviting inspection and participation to South Pacific Electric Railway Museum at National Park - 4 photos, outlining future plans, etc. folds into 3 portions - gives list of trams held at the time - early 60's.trams, tramways, tramway museums, sydney, tramcars, preservation -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration/s, Sydney tram 751
... tram passing. Caption says early 1888, soon after cable tram... Streets Melb. Has cable tram passing. Caption says early 1888 ...Cutting from a magazine, illustration of Old Melbourne City Court on corner of Russell and LaTrobe Streets Melb. Has cable tram passing. Caption says early 1888, soon after cable tram line opened.trams, tramways, cable trams, city court, russell st. -
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Document - Graph, Warren Doubleday, SEC Passenger graphs - Ballarat Trams, 1995
Demonstrates an important part of Ballarat's tramway operations during the Second World War passenger traffic was very high and the tramways actually turned profitable for a short period.245.1 - A4 reproduction from a microfiche of SEC drawing No. VB4/41 - dated 8/11/62 of SECV's Ballarat tramway operational statistics for period 1935 to 1962 - showing passengers, average fare, expenditure and revenue. 245.2 - Colour graph showing passenger numbers for period 1935 to 1950. Produced using data from 245.1 using Microsoft Excel on Canon BJC 4000 Printer. 245.3 - Colour graph Ballarat Tramway finances for period 1935-1951, income, expenditure, profit loss - produced as for 245.2. 245.4 - As for 245.2, earlier version with notes on production on rear. 245.1 - copying photo, 245.2 to 245.4 - coated bubblejet paper. Images added 29/9/2013. See SEC Drawing No. V84/41trams, tramways, secv, ballarat, passengers, finances, world war ii -
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Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramcar Emergency Braking", Jul. 1961
Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for the tramcar braking system, emergency braking, what to do if things went wrong. Relates to the driver training system at the time. An earlier version to that of Reg item 271.Two foolscap sheets duplicated giving instructions for emergency braking of tramcars for Ballarat. Gives description of system, the various means of what to do if the system fails - dated 20 July 1961. See Reg Item 3457 for a later issue, 3520 for a 1950 instruction on the same issue, and 5370 for an undated version. Image of document added 22/10/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, secv instructions, braking, operations -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopies, Copy by Robin Clark, "Ballarat: An Australian Streetcar Preservation Project", c1992
... the early 1990's. Trams tramways Ballarat trams BTPS Preservation ...Yields information about the history of Ballarat's trams, the BTPS and its activities during the early 1990's.Three page photocopy of an article on the history of Ballarat trams and their preservation. Features summary of history and the Society. Six photos, black and white. Written by Robin Clark for the Sept - Oct 1991 issue of "Electric Lines", pages 29 to 31. Image of item added 30/10/2013On rear of page 31, some arithmetic calculationstrams, tramways, ballarat trams, btps, preservation -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1940s
Yields information and history of the Western Hotel through photographs, in the form of a laminated table mat.Plastic placement with a reproduction of a Post War II(?1946 colour scheme),of tram No.13 turning into Ripon Street North travelling to View Point. Street scene highlights Western Hotel on a wet afternoon, by clothing on street walkers & bare branched trees, late Autumn to early spring. Reverse of side of plastic placemat portrays Western Hotel in Victorian Centenary year of 1938. Images rescanned 29/10/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat trams, secv, sturt st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, p8/9 of 12/62 Electric Traction, 1970s
... Ballarat Horse Trams and early ESCo operations through a magazine ...Yields information about Ballarat Horse Trams and early ESCo operations through a magazine that featured electric traction operations and information in Australia.Photocopy of p8 & p9 of December 1962 "Electric Traction" fearing map of Ballarat trams in 1904 and 1962 (by Ken McCarthy) and notes on horse trams and the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria. Image of item added 2/11/13trams, tramways, horse trams, esco, map -
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Book, State Transport Authority - SA, "The Adelaide Tramways", Nov. 1979
Facsimile reproduction of an early Adelaide Tramways publication and part of June 13 1918 issue of Tramway & Railway World (London), article on Adelaide's tramways. 20 pages, printed on glossy paper, brown ink, sepia with many photos. Produced for the 50th anniversary of the Glenelg tram - 1979. Image of cover added 2/11/13, item updated for damage. See Gives sources on rear page.trams, tramways, adelaide, mtt, sta -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Wal Jack
Black & white photo of 'Red Lion Hotel', Main Road, Ballarat East, c1940's to 1950's(early). 'Mrs. A. Mong' on rear of photo. From the Mong family (Paul a member of the Museum) a relative was the proprietor of the hotel until the early 50's. On Kodak print paper, Velox. Reference: Mr. Albert Mong, Norman St. Ballarat. Reimaged 17/7/2017 both front and back.in machine stamp '6320'trams, tramways, ballarat hotels, mong family, hotels -
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Banner - BTPS open for inspection, c1972
Painted on white linen, banner used during early days of BTPS at new depot site. Has words "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society" in red paint, "OPEN" in red paint & "For inspection" in black paint. Also has yellow paint areas, has cloth loops in corners.tramways, trams, btps, banner, depot -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Chris Phillips, early 1970's
Side on view of No. 13 turning from Barkly St into Main St. Tram fitted with twin lakes sign under headlight. Taken early 1970's. Image not quite square in photographic paper.trams, tramways, ballarat, mt pleasant , tram 13 -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 3, Chris Phillips, 28/12/1967 12:00:00 AM
Photo of two trams crossing each other at Carlton St loop, out of sequence running, normally crossed at Gardens loop Typical of the operation and the street scene at the time. The background trees were later removed.Bogie tram 36 and single trucker (20) crossing at Carlton St. Loop, early 1970's. View looking down track, towards south. No. 36 with Mt Pleasant destination, and No. 20 with Gardens via Sturt St. West on western track. Trees full with leaves. Note V crossing of frog, one made up by SEC? No. 20 has Twin Lakes sign under headlight. Image not square onto photo paper. 358.1 - duplicate copy from William F Scott, smaller print. 358.2 - as above - but mid size print.358.1 - On rear in ink "SEC Ballarat Tramways. Cars on Carlton Street loop, just outside the southern entrance to the Botanical Gardens" and in pencil "Christopher D Phillips, 113 Windermere Street Ballarat (053) 31 6075" and "12/1967" 358.2 - "44)" in top left hand corner, William F Scott address label in bottom right hand corner, trimming marks top and bottom. Label centrally, "photo page 40, Reduce to 5 1/2" and 3 1/4" " and along bottom :Ballarat Tramways (SEC) Christopher D Phillips "28.12.1967"trams, tramways, ballarat, carlton st., wendouree parade , tram 36, 20 -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, John Phillips, early 1970s
Night photograph of single truckers 26 (front) and 28 parked in City Loop, with lights on. Taken early 1970's. Two cars parked kerb, Holden and a Morris Minor, with parking meters. In rear is the buildings of Edments Hartleys, and Patersons.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st., city loop , tram 26, 28 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, c1962
Tram 28 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, with destination Gardens via Sturt St. West, two inspectors by tram, many people sitting on park benches in centre median strip. Tram with lights, but small white strip, has early 'Twin Lakes' sign on front of tram.'F' in blue inktramways, trams, sturt st, tramway centre, lydiard st, tram 28 -
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Photograph - Black and White photograph - laminated, Jim Parker, early 1960s
Photograph of SEC No. 12, with dash canopy lighting, but small white stripe, at Victoria St. terminus in early 1960's. Conductor turning pole, with a large number of passengers about to board, including one pram. On a Sunday afternoon? Tram has a 'Twin Lakes, every Sunday' sign on front. Large trees in background. Image on data base file, made from digital photo of photo 22/6/02, replaced with hi res scan of neg 9-5-2020. trams, tramways, ballarat, secv, victoria st., tram 12 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Kings, 3/11/1953 12:00:00 AM
Geelong No. 37 at Corner of Ryrie and Moorabool Streets 3/11/1953, showing 'East' on destination. Tram not well exposed. Stopped by a centre of the road pole marked as a tram stop, with 'Safety Zone' sign in foreground. Outside Mayfair School of Dancing building. Photo by Keith Kings.In Blue ink 'Geelong was closed early 1956' in top left hand corner. In base 'Geelong No. 37, on 'EAST' Cr Ryrie &b Moorabool Sts City, 3/11/53, Maximum traction 1/50 f11' Stamped on top edge, 'K.S.Kings No. K(a)(7)'tramways, trams, geelong, ryrie st, maximum traction, tram 37 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, early 60's
Bendigo Birneys 28 and 29 in Pall Mall at Charing Cross, no date. Safety zone for passengers has been provided and both trams have been fitted with dash canopy lighting and full striping. Both trams have 'Briquettes' roof advertisements. Early 1960'sniltramways, trams, bendigo, birney, charing cross, tram 28, tram 29 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, early 1960's
Bendigo Charing Cross, looking east towards railway station, with SEC No. 7 about to depart for Eaglehawk. A Birney tram in background heading for Quarry Hill. Photo shows 'Ezywalkin' and 'Fountain Plaza' buildings, has large white with black lettering road signs on left. On centre pole in front of tram is smaller road direction signs (yellow with black letters) for Echuca, Heathcote and Melbourne. Tram has dash canopy lights, early 1960's.niltramways, trams, bendigo, charing cross, quarry hill, eaglehawk, tram 7 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Horse Tram, Boroondara General (Kew) Cemetery, 1910
The Kew Historical Society's postcard collection includes views of Kew, Melbourne and Greater Melbourne as well as those including overseas scenes sent or received from Europe or the Middle East. They date from the 1890s to the 2000s. These postcards may or may not include the name of the publisher or printer. A number of the cards were published as parts of popular series. A way of dating early postcards is to identify whether the reverse was divided by a central line which became the norm after 1902 in the United Kingdom. However, other postcards produced after this date do not always conform to this print layout.The item forms part of the Laurie Bennett collection of thirty-six postcards and photographs of Kew and early Melbourne, donated to the Kew Historical Society in 1980. The postcards in the Bennett collection, like other images in the Society's holdings date from the 1890s to the present and comprehensively indicate points-of-view or scenes considered historically, aesthetically or socially significant in the period in which they were produced.Black and white photograph of the horse tram in High Street, Kew, outside the Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery. The horse tram was a form of public transport linking the Cemetery with Victoria Bridge.The reverse of the photo identifies the year as 1910. The photo is one of a series of postcards / photographs donated to the Kew Historical Society by L. Bennett in 1980.Reverse: "1910. Donated by L. Bennett 1980. Reg No. KH-402"horse tram -- kew (vic.), boroondara general (kew) cemetery, public transport -- kew (vic.) -
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Photograph, J F C Farquhar, The Post Office, 1891
At the beginning of the 1890s, the Kew businessman and Town Councillor, Henry Kellett, commissioned J.F.C. Farquhar to photograph scenes of Kew. These scenes included panoramas as well as pastoral scenes. The resulting set of twelve photographs was assembled in an album, Kew Where We Live, from which customers could select images for purchase.The preamble to the album describes that the photographs used the ‘argentic bromide’ process, now more commonly known as the gelatine silver process. This form of dry plate photography allowed for the negatives to be kept for weeks before processing, hence its value in landscape photography. The resulting images were considered to be finely grained and everlasting. Evidence of the success of Henry Kellett’s venture can be seen today, in that some of the photographs are held in national collections.It is believed that the Kew Historical Society’s copy of the Kellett album is unique and that the photographs in the book were the first copies taken from the original plates. It is the first and most important series of images produced about Kew. The individual images have proved essential in identifying buildings and places of heritage value in the district.A panoramic photograph of the junction of High Street and Cotham Road. The photographer centres the point-of-view on the Kew Post Office and adjacent Court House. These were designed in the Queen Anne style by the Public Works Department's architect J Harvey and completed in 1888. The complex is important because it demonstrates a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings. The earlier Jubilee Fountain in front of the Post Office was erected by the Kew Borough Council to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. It was created to a design of the architects Reed, Henderson and Smart. The fountain was later relocated to the Alexandra Gardens to make way for the Kew War Memorial. The tram tracks in High Street were used by the horse tram, which ran from the Victoria Street Bridge to the Boroondara General Cemetery. The tram was replaced by an electrified service in 1915.The Post Officekew post office, kew illustrated, kew where we live, photographic books, henry kellett -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : November 1991
The Horse Tram returns to Kew [Kew Depot Open Day] / p1. Chief Executive's Comment [Kew Junction] / Malcolm Hutchinson p2. Mayor's Comment [Kew Junction Strategy Plan] / Cr Daryl Oldaker p3. Diary Dates for November / p4. Diary Dates for December / p5. The Lioness Club of Kew / p5. Market [Kew Community House] / p5. Invitation to Lawn Bowls [Auburn Heights Bowling Club] / p5. Leader Sports Challenge Camp / p6. New face [Heather Crichton] / p7. New Way Theatre [Company][Kew Cottages] / p7. Safe disposal of chemicals around the home [Disposal options - Waste type by location] / p8. Insects / Marlowe p9. Bothered by pests? [Improved and cheap pest control for Kew residents] / p9. Kewriosity advertising rates / p10. City of Kew Waste Disposal Services for 1991/92 / Malcolm Hutchinson p11. New mum presentation [Nursing Mothers' Association; St George's Hospital] / p12. Kew Auxiliary - Royal Women's Hospital / p12. L.Bear [Library Bear] / p13. Arthritis self help / p14. Mural [by Bill Wood] / p14. Old Trams [request for photos] / p14. Kew Info Youth / p15. Local Artist [Mary McQueen] / p15. Golden putter golf [Studley Park Golf Course] / p15. City of Kew Residential Policies Review Committee [update] / p16. Apology [Kew Community House program] / p16.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionThe Horse Tram returns to Kew [Kew Depot Open Day] / p1. Chief Executive's Comment [Kew Junction] / Malcolm Hutchinson p2. Mayor's Comment [Kew Junction Strategy Plan] / Cr Daryl Oldaker p3. Diary Dates for November / p4. Diary Dates for December / p5. The Lioness Club of Kew / p5. Market [Kew Community House] / p5. Invitation to Lawn Bowls [Auburn Heights Bowling Club] / p5. Leader Sports Challenge Camp / p6. New face [Heather Crichton] / p7. New Way Theatre [Company][Kew Cottages] / p7. Safe disposal of chemicals around the home [Disposal options - Waste type by location] / p8. Insects / Marlowe p9. Bothered by pests? [Improved and cheap pest control for Kew residents] / p9. Kewriosity advertising rates / p10. City of Kew Waste Disposal Services for 1991/92 / Malcolm Hutchinson p11. New mum presentation [Nursing Mothers' Association; St George's Hospital] / p12. Kew Auxiliary - Royal Women's Hospital / p12. L.Bear [Library Bear] / p13. Arthritis self help / p14. Mural [by Bill Wood] / p14. Old Trams [request for photos] / p14. Kew Info Youth / p15. Local Artist [Mary McQueen] / p15. Golden putter golf [Studley Park Golf Course] / p15. City of Kew Residential Policies Review Committee [update] / p16. Apology [Kew Community House program] / p16.publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters