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

ill, maps, p.51.non-fictionA lineside guide to the Victorian Railway's North East Railway from Melbourne to Wodonga in Victoria, for the North East Railway Centenary Special Train Tour on the 24th November 1973.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

index, ill, maps, p.133.non-fictionA history of the Victorian Railway's North East Railway from Melbourne to Wodonga in Victoria from 1873 to 1973.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

Three typed and one handwritten copies of notes on the Victoria Quartz Mine. Notes include Size of Lease, Depth of Shaft, Locality, P;lant, Early History, Leading & Prominent, Best Gold and Gold Yield.document, gold, victoria quartz, victoria quartz, notes on the victoria quartz mine, goldmines hotel, mr william rae, lansell's 180, mr e j dunn, geological branch of the mines department, new chum railway mine, new chum drainage association, mines dept special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, annals of bendigo, a richardson

Book - "Destination City" - paper covers - 20 pages - centre stapled - with sub title "A Pictorial Review of Melbourne's Tramcars", priced at 2/-, published by Traction Publications of Brighton Beach in 1954. Reproduced from the Australian Tramway Album 2nd Edition, (revised). Two colour cover - green with black. Describes Melbourne s tram car fleet, including Victorian Railways tramcars, cable cars and the Doncaster and Box Hill tramway. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover, has PCC 980 with green banding and price. On back cover is a map of Melbourne tramways drawn in 1948. See image i4 for a pdf copy.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb, vr

Book - "Destination City" with subtitle "Melbourne's Electric Trams" - 128 A4 pages + card , printed on gloss paper - 7 sections, perfect bound, describes Melbourne's tram car fleet. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history, including the Victorian Railway's trams. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover is a photo of Z3 at the Burwood terminus. Written by Norm Cross, Dale Budd and Randall Wilson as editors, published by Transit Australia Publishing. Has two maps, north and south of Melbourne, printed on the inside card covers. Photo of B2 2111 at corner of Spencer and Bourke Streets. See Reg Item 1986 for notes on the VR trams by Lloyd Rogers.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb, vr trams

Book, 64 pages, gloss art paper, in black ink with a yellow card cover in green ink, centre stapled, titled "The Ballarat Tramways" Details history of Ballarat tramways, its tramcars and the involvement of the various operators. Has maps and photographs. Written by Keith Kings and published by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society and others at the time of the closure of the Ballarat system. Has details of the various organisations that published the book on the rear cover. 1345.2 - 2nd Edition Oct. 1971 - see image i4. For a complete image of the book see pdf files i1 to i3.'1345.2 - has the "Technical Book * Mag Co." yellow name label on the front cover and "75c" in pencil in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, history, tramcars of ballarat

Book, 80 pages, gloss art paper, in black ink with a yellow card cover in green ink, centre stapled, titled "The Bendigo Tramways" Details history of Bendigo tramways, its tramcars and the involvement of the various operators. Has maps and photographs. Written by Keith Kings and published by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society and others at the time of the closure of the Bendigo system. Has details of the various organisations that published the book on the rear cover.trams, tramways, bendigo, battery trams, steam trams, history

1986.1 - Book - "Destination City" with subtitle "Melbourne's Electric Trams" - 128 A4 pages + card , printed on gloss paper - 7 sections, perfect bound, describes Melbourne's tram car fleet. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history, including the Victorian Railway's trams. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover is a photo of Z3 at the Burwood terminus. Written by Norm Cross, Dale Budd and Randall Wilson as editors, published by Transit Australia Publishing. Has two maps, north and south of Melbourne, printed on the inside card covers. Pages 92, 93, 96, 98 - 103 have been annotated by Lloyd Rogers - see htd1986i1.pdf - red and blue ink. - giving corrections and notes. 1986.2 - 8 pages of typed and handwritten notes - photocopied with "Comments by Lloyd Rogers Jan. 1 1994" on bottom of each sheet - giving page by page notes - see htd1986i2.pdf for a scan of these notes. Includes notes on the paint scheme for VR. 53 and a copy of a memo from the Rolling Stock Engineers Office, dated 22/6/1942 titled "Construction 3 - 45 feet tram cars" giving instructions re the paint colour schemes.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb, vr trams

A series of four reports regarding the implementation and work done by the Metropolitan Transportation Committee completed in 1969. Prepared by Australian Railways Union, Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society, Tramway Employees' Association and the Amalgamated Engineering Union. .1 - Bulletin No. 1 - 18 white sheets duplicated - looks at the plan, results, services, motor vehicles and public transport. .2 - Bulletin No. 2 - 14 - yellow sheets duplicated - The Press and the Plan. .3 - Bulletin No. 3 - 10 pink sheets duplicated - The Underground loop - to be or not to be. .4 - Report on the Teach-in held on 15/5/1970 - 3 green sheets stapled - refers to the above documents and the 4th - The MMTB - its past and present - what of its future (that was in course of preparation)trams, tramways, public transport, history, mmtb, transportation plan, unions, melbourne, railways

Report - approx. 55 A4 photocopied sheets - bound with white comb binding, with embossed leather imitation grey card covers, titled "Symposium 'Electric Traction Systems' ", presented by the Institution of Engineers Australia, Vic Div, Tues 6/5/1975. Contains three papers: 1 - "Electricity of Transportation" - R. G. Chapman, SEC 2 - "Electric vehicles for Street Transport:" - F. D. Snell - MMTB 3 - "Electric Railways" - A. Firth - VR Paper 2 looks at the history of the MMTB system, the W class tram, control systems, lack of new trams in the 1960's, ordering of the Z class tram, its specification and manufacture, 980, 1041 and other forms of public transport on roads - trolley buses, gadgetbahns, and lots of possibilities of new systems including battery vehicles.On rear in ink in top right hand corner "D. W. Lees"trams, tramways, reports, mmtb, tramcars, pcc class, z class, melbourne, history, trolley buses, electrical engineering, controllers

Magazine - 28 pages - "Transit Australia - May 1996", celebrating 50 years of publication with gold cover and some gold printing inside. Has an article on the history of Transit Australia, commencing with Tram Tracks in 1946, Electric Traction and then to Transit Australia. Lists the various editors, publishing methods and other key changes. Has features on the way we have changed (historical photographs), Sydney City Rail timetable review, Adelaide bus contracts, Gold Coast railway, Melbourne Grand Prix and news items from around Australia. Scanned pdf copy of cover and article on the Grand Prix added 28/9/17trams, tramways, tramways, 50th anniversary, transit australia, grand prix

Australian Railway Enthusiast Magazine - March 1990, colour front cover containing an article titled "Australia's First electric Tramway", written by William F Scott - reviewing the Box Hill to Doncaster Tramway. Looks at its development, the Centennial exhibition, construction, service, closure, memorials, the centenary. Has a number of photographs. On the rear cover is the timetable poster of the tramway.trams, tramways, box hill, doncaster, history

Series of Black & White Photos Total 8 Hill Family & Friends during the final years of World War I and into the touring boom of the 1920s. Lady dressed in all white, with dark coloured scarf over her shoulder, parasol in her right hand, in conversation with The Dean January 28th 1918.Oval photo of young girl dressed in dark skirt and white blouse in bush setting with trees in background, photo not very clear, 'Durvol' Kyneton 1918. Mollie & Babe Railway Reserve Kyneton, girl in light coloured dress reclining on the ground, other girl in kneeling position wears dark skirt and white blouse, palm tree to the left background, further back is paling fence, shrubbery to the right background, 1918. Horse & 4 wheeled Gig, man seated wears a dark suit with white shirt and dark tie, horse appears to be a grey colour, background shows bull nose veranda roof and part of a house gable, tree in framework on nature strip. Nell wearing a dark skirt and white top, right hand touching a shrub, white structure in the background, 'The Ranch' Eppalock November 1918. Botanical Gardens group photo, six young ladies, one wearing a vertical striped dress, three wear dark dresses with white blouses, two wear white blouses and dark skirts, one black hat and three light coloured, light hat in right foreground, January 1919. Jack & Mick in dark suits, white shirts, striped ties, shrubbery in the background, long trousers 'The Ranch' Eppalock January 14th 1917. two young ladies in all white, one holding a hat, young boy in dark clothing white shirt and dark tie, holding long stick, large shrub in the background, 'The Pines' Kyneton January 1919.Hilda Hill Personal Collectionaustralia, history, post war life

Men of Faith and Vision. Archdeacon Archibald Crawford, Dean John Christian MacCullagh. Publisher Keith Cole Publication. Printed by D G Walker Pty Ltd, Railway Place, Bendigo Victoria 3550. 52 pages. Photographs and illustrations. Signed by Keith Cole. With Indexchurch, history, anglican church, archdeacon archibald crawford, 1815-1890, ministry in ireland, migration to australia, castlemaine, john maccullagh

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

Hand written document of 15 pages - photocopiedh a phillips, mt blowhard railway station, ascot, coghill's creek, "the rose", the rose hotel, rose of australia hotel, coghill's creek state school, mrs cantwell, john gottlobb phillips, dowling forest estate, jim mcrae, sir alexander james peacock, nuriootpa farm, mount cavern, education act (1850s) certificatae, australian natives association, bright and hitchcocks geelong, iris woodhouse, duncan phillips, james mcrae, john lester, elizabeth roberts, alice may telford, leongatha, john phillips, george phillips, douglas west, dorothy bagnall

index, maps, p.33.non-fictionRailway and tramway maps of Tasmania both government and private railwaysrailway and tramway maps - tasmania, railway operations - tasmania - history

ill, p.6.non-fictionTour notes for a train trip to Katamatite branch line from Shepparton in Victoria. A trip run by the Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division on Saturday 10th July 1971railroad construction - victoria - history, katamatite tramway - railway - history

ill, maps, p.8.non-fictionTour notes for a train trip to Katamatite branch line from Shepparton in Victoria. A trip run by the Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division on Saturday 21th August 1965railroad construction - victoria - history, katamatite tramway - railway - history

ill, maps, p14.non-fictionA brief history of the Maryborough to Avoca and Ararat railway in Victoria as part of Tour notes for a train trip run by the Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division on Saturday 11th November 1972.railroad construction - victoria - history, maryborough to ararat railway - history

ill, maps, p16.non-fictionA brief history of the Maryborough to Avoca and Ararat railway in Victoria as part of Tour notes for a train trip run by the Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division on Saturday 11th November 1972.railroad construction - victoria - history, maryborough to ararat railway - history

ill, maps, p.39.non-fictionA reprint of 'A Century of Railways at Echuca' with a brief history of the Melbourne to Echuca railway in Victoria from 1864 to 1964 to commemorate the centenary of the railway opening.railroad construction - victoria - history, railways - echuca - history

ill, maps, p.39.non-fictionA brief history of the Melbourne to Echuca railway in Victoria from 1864 to 1964 to commemorate the centenary of the railway opening.railroad construction - victoria - history, railways - echuca - history

Printed bifold menu of Trans Australian Railways Dining Car Service with signatures of the Ballarat bandsmen travelling to Western Australia to compete in the national band titles 1929 at Perth.Early record of Trans Australian Rail travel and Australian brass band history and activities.bifold card printed menuFront of menu printed Trans Australian Railways Dining Car Service with signatures of the Ballarat bandsmen travelling to Perth for the national band titles in 1929. ballarat, trans continental, railway, menu, bandsmen, national band competitions, perth

ill, maps, p.22.non-fictionA history of the Victorian Railway's Gheringhap to Maroona Railway in western Victoria, complied to coincide with the Australian Railway Historical Society, Victorian Division's special train tour to Ararat via Cressy on the 15th September 1973.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads -- victoria -- history

ill, maps, p.179.non-fictionA history of the rail network based on Portland that was developed from the 1870s to transport goods between its port and the growing inland settlements of Western Victoria and Southeast South Australiarailroad construction - victoria - history, railroads -- victoria -- history

ill, maps, p.9.non-fictionA history of the Victorian Railway's branch line from Lubeck to Bolangum in western Victoria, complied to coincide with the Australian Railway Historical Society, Victorian Division's special train tour from Melbourne to Bolangum on Saturday the 9th May 1964.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroads -- victoria -- history