ill, maps, p.60.non-fictionA history of the Ballarat to Ararat railway in western Victoria and a lineside guide to the stations on the line. The book was issued by the Australian Railway Historical Society, Victorian Division on the occasion of the Centenary Celebrations of the opening of the railway to Ararat on the 5th April 1875.railroad construction - victoria - history, railway services: ballarat-ararat railway. victoria. ararat region

index, ill, maps, p.238.non-fictionA comprehensive history of the Victorian Railway's branch line from Kyneton to Redesdale in Victoria from 1891 to 1954.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads -- victoria -- redesdale -- history

ill, maps, p.65.non-fictionA history of the Victorian Railway's line to Numurkah and its branch line to Picola in Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, numurkah -- railways -- history

ill, maps, p.122.non-fictionA history of the Victorian Railway's branch line from Wodonga to Cudgewa in Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads - victoria - cudgewa - history

ill, maps, p.104.non-fictionA short history of the Victorian Railway's branch line from Wodonga to Cudgewa in Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads - victoria - cudgewa - history

ill, maps, p.41.non-fictionA Pictorial history of the Victorian Railways narrow gauge 2'6" branch line from Wangaratta to Whitfield and a tribute to the late Edward A. Downs, Railway Historian.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads - victoria - whitfield - history

index, ill, maps, p.29.non-fictionA brief history of the Victorian Railway's branch line from Tallarook to Mansfield.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads - victoria - mansfield - history

index, ill, maps, p.100.non-fictionA history of the Victorian Railway's narrow gauge 2'6" branch line from Moe to Walhalla.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

One of a group of photographs, including three within a published photo collage , taken by Edgar James Dower in the second decade of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Olinda, Dower 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, railways 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, Mount Dandenong Office.The photo collage 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.Photo collage, published in The Leader newspaper in 1913, to commemorate the opening of the Malvern to Kew Tramway. The numbered photos are: 1. Kew Railway Gates at Glenferrie. 2. Burke Road Terminus. 3. Final Stages. 4. Ladies at the Official Opening. 5. The Acting Mayoress of Kew Cutting the Ribbon at the Kew Boundary. 6. Mayor and Councillors at the Kew Terminus. 7. The Cutting the First Ribbon. 8. Guests at the Hawthorn Town Hall.Inscribed in ink by Edgar J Dower top left: "The 3 top photographs were taken by E J Dower. No.3 Cotham Road Kew near Glenferrie Road"theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, theme -- travelling by tram

This plan is of great significance to the local history of Warrnambool, in particular the Breakwater and its impact on Warrnambool's maritime and trade history. The plan shows the existing jetties at the Port of Warrnambool, plus the partially erected Breakwater and proposed works to the Breakwater by both the Borough of Warrnambool Surveyor and Sir John Coode. The plan was signed 28th February 1879 by Sir John Coode. The legend at the bottom left describes the existing works and the proposed works. The Warrnambool Breakwater Sir John Coode was a British harbour engineer. He was brought to Melbourne by the Melbourne Harbour Trust to advise on works to improve the Port of Melbourne. The Victorian Government commissioned him to present a plan to complete the Warrnambool Breakwater. His original plan was too expensive so he prepared a revised plan for a shorter structure. The work was completed in 1890. The construction proved to be too short to protect adequately from the weather and didn't allow enough depth for larger vessels to come into port. The decreasing trade was further affected by siltation in the bay due to the breakwater, and the completion of the railway line. The situation of the harbour became a real problem that, by 1910, required continuous dredging. In 1914 the Breakwater was extended but proved to be a failure because the work began to subside and by 1920 about two thirds of the harbour was silted up. Alterations made in the 1920's increased the silting problem and by the 1940's the harbour was no longer used. More alterations were made in the 1950's and 1960's. The Warrnambool Breakwater is registered as a place of significance on the Victorian Heritage Database. This plan of the proposed works for the existing Warrnambool Breakwater is of great significance to the local history of Warrnambool, in particular the Breakwater and its impact on Warrnambool's maritime and trade history. The Warrnambool Breakwater is registered as a place of significance on the Victorian Heritage Database (VHR H2024). It is historically significant to Victoria as one of the most important maritime engineering projects in Victoria in the late 19th century. The Warrnambool Breakwater is of historical significance as one of the most important maritime engineering projects in Victoria in the late nineteenth century. It is evidence of Victoria's nineteenth century investment in regional port infrastructure and the development of Victorian coastal shipping. It is of significance for its association with the English civil engineer Sir John Coode, the most distinguished harbour engineer of the nineteenth century, who was brought to Victoria to advise on works to improve the Port of Melbourne, but was retained by the Government to advise on improvements to the harbours at Portland, Geelong, Port Fairy, and Lakes Entrance, as well as Warrnambool. His projects for Melbourne, Lakes Entrance and Warrnambool were major engineering projects of the nineteenth century. The breakwater is historically significant as a reminder of Warrnambool's early maritime history as a Western District port, and as one of Victoria's major 'outer ports'. While the Warrnambool Breakwater is a demonstration of the engineering skills of the nineteenth century, it also demonstrates the limitations of knowledge relating to sedimentology at the time and the confidence apparent in a number of nineteenth century plans which assumed that natural forces could be overcome or contained by engineering.Plan of Warrnambool Harbour, Port of Warrnambool, dated 28 Feb 1879. Plan shows existing Breakwater and work proposed by both Warrnambool Borough Surveyor and Sir John Coode. Plan has gold coloured quarter-dowel rods top and bottom and a metal ring at the top. Stamped with title. Signed by Sir John Coode.Stamped "VICTORIAN HARBOURS / WARRNAMBOOL / PLAN / to accompany / SIR JOHN GOODE'S REPORT / DATED 28 FEB 1879" Signature "John Coode"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, sir john coode, borough of warrnambool surveyor, plan of warrnambool, victorian harbours, warrnambool harbour, warrnambool breakwater, port of warrnambool, vhd vhr h2024, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, maritime village, map, chart, plan, lady bay, breakwater, jetty, pier, vhr h2024, proposed works, 1879

index, ill, maps, p.184.A history of the construction of the New South Wales Railways from 1848 to 1889.railroad construction - new south wales - history, new south wales - railways - history

index, ill, maps, p.130.A illustrated history of the building of the line in South Gippsland Victoria.south gippsland - railways - history, railroad construction - victoria - history

Alistair Knox Park, an oasis of peace and beauty. Covered under National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Landscape Significance and Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p173 It is hard to imagine that the Alistair Knox Park, an oasis of peace and beauty beside busy Main Road, Eltham, was once the township’s rubbish dump. It was only in the 1970s that the tip was transformed into this beautiful six hectare space, which later earned it a National Trust Landscape classification. Before its life as a dump, the area was used for small farms. Thanks largely to the foresight and efforts of local environmental builder Alistair Knox, the park was designed sympathetically with the character of the wider Eltham landscape. Then, appropriately, the park was named after Knox, who was an Eltham Shire Councillor from 1971 to 1975 and Shire President in 1975. The park designers were four major forces in the urban bush landscape garden –Knox, landscape designer Gordon Ford, artist Peter Glass and landscaper Ivan Stranger. The National Trust citation for the park, originally called Eltham Town Park, includes the Eltham railway trestle bridge and the Shillinglaw Cottage. The citation states ‘the semi-natural setting of the parkland provides a landscape which is evocative of the history of the area’. Manna Gums (Eucalyptus viminalis) and Candlebarks (Eucalyptus rubida) are significant features. Most of the park’s construction was directed by Bob Grant, Superintendent of the Parks and Gardens Department for the Eltham Shire Council. First plantings occurred in Arbour Week in 1973, then the lake and botanic area were completed in 1975, with Federal Government funding, and the toilet block in 1978. Bounded by the Eltham railway line, Panther Place, Main Road, Bridge and Susan Streets, the park is in a valley about a kilometre wide overlooked by steep hills at the east and west. The Diamond Creek flows through it and the picturesque historic timber trestle railway bridge edges the north. Informal plantings of Australian indigenous and native species in open and undulating grassed settings blend with the natural landscape of the Diamond Creek to the west. The bush-style plants, particularly around the creek, balance with open lawns, paths and a cascade flowing from a small lake to another below. A footbridge over the creek leads to the park’s west. The park includes an adventure playground and barbecue areas. The park stands on part of the land bought from the Crown in 1851 by Josiah Holloway, who subdivided it into allotments and which he called Little Eltham. Most of the land was subdivided into residential lots, but the creek valley, on which the park stands, was subdivided into farm-size lots, used mainly for orchards and grazing. One of the earliest owners was John Hicks Petty, who in 1874 bought a plot from Holloway. Other families who owned properties in that area, included Rees, Clark, Waterfall, Graham, Hill and Morant. In 1901 the railway was built through the area. Jock Read, an Eltham resident since around 1920, remembers several farms in the 1920s and ’30s that occupied the site of today’s park. A poultry farm, which extended from present day Panther Place, was owned by the Gahan family. Next to that farm was another for grazing cattle owned by Jack Carrucan. Beside this was land owned by John Lyon. A doctor lived beside this, and at the north-west corner of Bridge Street and Main Road stood a memorial to the soldiers who died in World War One, which was later moved to the RSL site. Mr Read also remembers other farms and orchards west of the creek In the early 1960s the Eltham Council began buying these farms and in the late 1960s turned the areas east of the Diamond Creek into a garbage tip. When this was filled above the creek’s flood plain, the tip was moved to the west of the creek.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, alistair knox park, eltham

ill, maps, p.23.non-fictionA brief history of the Rushworth, Colbinabbin & Girgarre Railway as part of tour notes for a trip by the Australian Railway Historical Society on the 21st July 1973.railroad construction - victoria - history, australian railway historical society - tours

index, ill, p.99.non-fictionA brief history of the railway to Lilydale in Melbourne Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, lilydale railway - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.16.non-fictionA brief history of the Otway Ridge in Victoria including its railways.railroad construction - victoria - history, logging railroads - victoria - otway range - history

ill, maps, p.96.non-fictionA pictorial history of railways in the Victorian Otway Ranges including the Victorian Railways lines to Wensleydale, Forrest and Timboon as well as the 2'6" narrow gauge railway to Crowes.railroad construction - victoria - history, logging railroads - victoria - otway range - history

index, ill, maps, p.262.non-fictionAn history of the rail stations on the Victorian Railways lines in the Colac Otway Shire including the lines to Forrest, Alvie, Cressy and the 2'6" narrow gauge railway to Crowes.railroad construction - victoria - history, logging railroads - victoria - otway range - history

ill, maps, p.16.non-fictionA brief historical guide to the West Otway Ridge in Victoria including its railways.railroad construction - victoria - history, logging railroads - victoria - otway range - history

index, ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionA brief history of the Victoria Railways cross country line from Ballarat to Skipton and Colac in the South West.railroad construction - victoria - history, railways - south west victoria - history

index, ill, p.203.non-fictionA descriptive history of the railways of Ballarat.railroad construction - victoria - history, railways - ballarat - history

index, ill, maps, p.150.non-fictionA history of the Koo-Wee-Rup to McDonald's Track (Strzelecki) Railway in South Gippsland Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads -- victoria -- gippsland -- history

ill, maps, p.65.non-fictionA lineside guide and history of the Morwell to Mirboo North Railway in Gippsland Victoria. Issued on the occasion of the running of the 'Last Train' between Morwell and Mirboo North prior to closure of the line on the 22nd June 1974.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads -- victoria -- gippsland -- history

index, ill, maps, p.40.non-fictionAn illustrated history narrative of Victorian Railways line from Bungaree to the Bungaree Racecourse near Ballarat.railroad construction - victoria - history, railways - bungaree racecourse - history

index, ill, maps, p.87.non-fictionAn illustrated history narrative of Victorian Railways line from Lal Lal to the Lal Lal Racecourse near Ballarat.railroad construction - victoria - history, railways - lal lal racecourse - history

index, ill, maps, p.56.non-fictionA history of the branch line from Moriac to Wensleydale in Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.20.non-fictionA brief history of the railway from Colac to Alvie in Victoria from 1923 to 1954.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

index, ill, maps, p.196.non-fictionA history of the Caulfield to Oakleigh railway line in Melbourne Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

ill, p.23.non-fictionA history of the railway from Ballan to Bacchus Marsh to celebrate the centenary of the opening in 1889.railroad construction - victoria - history, ballarat railway - victoria - history

index, ill, p.60.non-fictionA brief history of the railway to Williamstown in Melbourne Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, geelong railway - victoria - history