The husband of the donor of this mast collar chanced to be staying a night at a motel in Peterborough, along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. He had a keen interest in maritime items and recognise the mast collar at the motel’s back fence line. The motel owner told his guest the story of a customer, a doctor, who had organised and paid for divers to raise the mast collar from a local shipwreck, the Falls of Halladale. Shortly afterwards the doctor passed away, so the mast collar had remained at the motel site. The owner was leaving the motel the following week and wasn’t at all interested in the artefact. He was very happy for his guest to remove it. It took five men to load the mast collar up for the trip to the new owner’s two storey shed in Ballarat. It stayed there undercover, in the company of his collection of 5 buggies, for the next 40 or so years until the property was for sale. A friend, who realised the significance of the mast collar, suggested that it be donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village where other artefacts from the Falls of Halladale, such as the slate tiles, were on display. This mast collar, or masthead, from the Falls of Halladale would have been used to join two sections of one of the tall masts. As sailing ships became larger there was a need for taller masts or spars, which became difficult or impossible to find. To overcome this problem mast was divided into sections; lower and top or upper mast (on some of the ‘tall ships’ a mast could be divided into three or even four sections). The Falls of Halladale was a four-masted British barque built-in 1886. On what turned out to be her fatal journey, she had left New York for Melbourne in late 1908. She ran aground on a reef close to the shore west of Peterborough, South West Victoria, on November 14th. All 29 crew eventually landed safely onshore. The wrecked ship stayed on the reef for several months as locals watched the sails slowly deteriorate. The salvaged cargo included slate tiles, as mentioned above, and many of these have been used on the roof of buildings at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The iron-hulled, four-masted barque, the Falls of Halladale, was a bulk carrier of general cargo. She left New York in August 1908 on her way to Melbourne and Sydney. In her hold, along with 56,763 tiles of unusual beautiful green American slates (roofing tiles), 5,673 coils of barbed wire, 600 stoves, 500 sewing machines, 6500 gallons of oil, 14400 gallons of benzene, and many other manufactured items, were 117 cases of crockery and glassware. Three months later and close to her destination, a navigational error caused the Falls of Halladale to be wrecked on a reef off the Peterborough headland at 3 am on the morning of the 15th of November, 1908. The captain and 29 crew members all survived, but her valuable cargo was largely lost, despite two salvage attempts in 1908-09 and 1910. ABOUT THE ‘FALLS OF HALLADALE’ (1886 - 1908) Built: in1886 by Russell & Co., Greenock shipyards, River Clyde, Scotland, UK. The company was founded in 1870 (or 1873) as a partnership between Joseph Russell (1834-1917), Anderson Rodger and William Todd Lithgow. During the period 1882-92 Russell & Co., standardised designs, which sped up their building process so much that they were able to build 271 ships over that time. In 1886 they introduced a 3000 ton class of sailing vessel with auxiliary engines and brace halyard winches. In 1890 they broke the world output record. Owner: Falls Line, Wright, Breakenridge & Co, 111 Union Street, Glasgow, Scotland. Configuration: Four masted sailing ship; iron-hulled barque; iron masts, wire rigging, fore & aft lifting bridges. Size: Length 83.87m x Breadth 12.6m x Depth 7.23m, Gross tonnage 2085 ton Wrecked: the night of 14th November 1908, Curdies Inlet, Peterborough south west Victoria Crew: 29 The Falls of Halladale was a four-masted sailing ship built-in 1886 in Glasgow, Scotland, for the long-distance cargo trade and was mostly used for Pacific grain trade. She was owned by Wright, Breakenridge & Co of Glasgow and was one of several Falls Line ships, all of which were named after waterfalls in Scotland. The lines flag was of red, blue and white vertical stripes. The Falls of Halladale had a sturdy construction built to carry maximum cargo and able to maintain full sail in heavy gales, one of the last of the ‘windjammers’ that sailed the Trade Route. She and her sister ship, the Falls of Garry, were the first ships in the world to include fore and aft lifting bridges. Previous to this, heavily loaded vessels could have heavy seas break along the full length of the deck, causing serious injury or even death to those on deck. The new, raised catwalk-type decking allowed the crew to move above the deck stormy conditions. This idea is still used today on the most modern tankers and cargo vessels and has proved to be an important step forward in the safety of men at sea. On 4th August 1908, with new sails, 29 crew, and 2800 tons of cargo, the Falls of Halladale left New York, bound for Melbourne and Sydney via the Cape of Good Hope. The cargo on board was valued at £35,000 and included 56,763 tiles of American slate roofing tiles (roof slates), 5,673 coils of barbed wire, 600 stoves, 500 sewing machines, 6,500 gallons of oil, 14,400 gallons of benzene, plumbing iron, 117 cases of crockery and glassware and many other manufactured items. The Falls of Halladale had been at sail for 102 days when, at 3 am on the night of 14th November 1908, under full sail in calm seas with a six knots breeze behind and misleading fog along the coast, the great vessel rose upon an ocean swell and settled on top of a submerged reef near Peterborough on the south-west Victoria’s coast. The ship was jammed on the rocks and began filling with water. The crew launched the two lifeboats and all 29 crew landed safely on the beach over 4 miles away at the Bay of Islands. The postmistress at Peterborough, who kept a watch for vessels in distress, saw the stranding and sent out an alert to the local people. A rescue party went to the aid of the sailors and the Port Campbell rocket crew was dispatched, but the crew had all managed to reach shore safely by the time help arrived. The ship stayed in full sail on the rocky shelf for nearly two months, attracting hundreds of sightseers who watched her slowly disintegrate until the pounding seas and dynamiting by salvagers finally broke her back, and her remains disappeared back into deeper water. The valuable cargo was largely lost, despite two salvage attempts in 1908-09 and 1910. Further salvage operations were made from 1974-1986, during which time 22,000 slate tiles were recovered with the help of 14 oil drums to float them, plus personal artefacts, ship fittings, reams of paper and other items. The Court of Marine Inquiry in Melbourne ruled that the foundering of the ship was entirely due to Captain David Wood Thomson’s navigational error, not too technical failure of the Clyde-built ship. The shipwreck is a popular site for divers, about 300m offshore and in 3 – 15m of water. Some of the original cargo can be seen at the site, including pieces of roof slate and coils of barbed wire. This mast collar is significant due to its association with the ship FALLS OF HALLADALE, which is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, VHR S255 The Falls of Halladale shipwreck is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register (No. S255). She was one of the last ships to sail the Trade Routes. She is one of the first vessels to have fore and aft lifting bridges. She is an example of the remains of an International Cargo Ship and also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping industry. The wreck is protected as a Historic Shipwreck under the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976). Mast collar, steel, salvaged from the shipwreck FALLS OF HALLADALE, wrecked off the coast of Peterborough, South West Victoria. Oval shaped a band of metal with a straight band of same heights attached between the long sides. Two metal loops are attached to the outside of the oval shape, next to the crossing band. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, falls of halladale, shipwreck peterborough vic, sailing ship mast collar, masthead of sailing ship, falls of halladale mast collar, masthead, mast collar, ship rigging 1908, russell & co.

Photographic coloured postcard. Image depicts a busy city street with tram tracks down the centre, horse and carts travelling along and people walking along or crossing the road. Many buildings line both sides of the street. The words King Street Sydney are printed in red on the top left hand side.95717postcard

Yields information about depot activities of the BTPS in building the depot fan and access track.Set of 3 Kodachrome white cardboard slides mounts 27mm sq slides of various works at the BTPS depot during 1973 prior to the commencement of the construction of 1 road. .1 - scene at the level crossing area. .2 - Looking back at the depot with 27 on 2 road. .3 - ditto with track materials.Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, depot, track construction, trams, tram 27

Yields information about the use of the use of the Sebastopol line and the Grey St loop during the last days of the SEC operated system when a number of Special trams were operated.Black and White photograph of three bogie trams at the Grey St Crossing loop, Albert St Sebastopol. Has a lady passenger waiting at the stop. Tram 41 is running a Special to Sebastopol. Photographer in Albert St, probably just before closure. Photo by Charles Craig possibly early 1970's. trams, tramways, albert st, gray st, sebastopol, tram 41

Yields information about the Lydiard St North services.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell on 8/3/1960 of: Tram 40 with destination of Lydiard St at the corner of ??? and >?>>>/ Tram has two Admiral TV roof advertisements. Would appear that three ladies have just got of the tram and crossing the road behind the tram.Stamped on bottom of slide "8 Mar 60". In ink "Ballarat"tramways, trams, lydiard st, tram stops, passengers, tram 40

Yields information about trams 40 and 35 at the Martin Ave Loop.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during 1963 of: Trams 35 and 40 crossing at the Martin Ave, both trams have a Dancing at Civic Hall dash panel adverts. 35 has the destination of Victoria St and No. 40 Gardens via Sturt St West.In ink "1963"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, martin ave, tram 35, tram 40

Photo of Albert St. Sebastopol, looking towards the Sebastopol terminus. Taken from the front of the tram. Shows the nature of the track construction, long grass in front of some of the houses, private driveway crossings and pole mounted telephone lines. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses January 1966.On back of slide in blue ink "Jan. 1966, Tram line to Sebastopol" and bottom right hand corner "P. Moses".tramways, trams, albert st, track construction, sebastopol

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 24 in the crossing loop at Myrtle St. loop. Tram has destination of North Bendigo. On the front dash panel is advertisement for Cohns Soft drinks and Streets Ice Cream. Roof advertisements for SEC, Electric Cooking and another one."BES 23" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, golden square, myrtle st, tram 24

Yields information about tram services in Sturt St and Grenville St and the building structures.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of tram 39 entering Bridge St, crossing Grenville St after leaving Sturt St. In the background is the Bucks Head Hotel. a Jeweller and Handbags Novelties shop. Note the Forest City signal on the pole and a letter (receiving pillar) box.trams, tramways, bridge st, grenville st, sturt st, signals, forest city signals, tram 39

Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Bendigo Negative file of Bendigo Birney No. 29 at the North Bendigo terminus with the railway level crossing in the background. Tram has the destination of Golden Square and a Briquettes roof advertisement. Based on the cars in the photo and Reg Item 452, date could be 6-1-1963trams, tramways, bendigo, north bendigo, level crossings, tram 29

Nine foolscap sheets, 7 pinned together - track layout and general notes on the Northcote Cable tramway showing track layouts, depot location, railway crossings, Queens Parade, Dundas St. Items 2053 to 2057 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Northcote CC" in red pencil.trams, tramways, northcote, cable trams, railways, queens parade, dundas st

Agfa Colour slide, cardboard mount, by Keith Caldwell dated 16 March 1962 of W6 951 in Elizabeth St crossing Bourke St, showing Brunswick route 18. Has the State Savings Bank of Victoria building in the background. IN the side is a VW Kombi lettered Chartres doing a hook turn.In ink:"Bourke - Eliz Mar 62"trams, tramways, elizabeth st, bourke st, brunswick, route 18, tram 951

Drawing - hand coloured titled "Footscray and Maribyrnong Tramway Construction - Act 1953 - Showing the type of track for the electric tramway jointing the Footscray and Maribyrnong Tramways", dated 13/11/53. Details the streets, land types, road crossings, track types and has a reference to the Order in Council for the tramway construction.Has a ink note along the bottom edge "13/11/53 Sample copy"trams, tramways, footscray, maribyrnong, new tramway, order in council, acts of parliament

Letter, carbon copy, quarto sheet - to the Secretary of the Victorian Railways titled "Transmission Line - Footscray Tramways" dated 1/3/1921, regarding the crossing of the electrified railway at Footscray by the Boards 6000V transmission line to approved plans. Signed by H. S. Dix Chief Manager and Acting Chief Engineer.trams, tramways, mmtb, vr, footscray, new tramway, power supply, electrical engineering

Set of 22 digital images of Bendigo Tramways, of the last running day of the Eaglehawk to Quarry Hill line 16 April 1972, .1 - No. 3 and 24 crossing at Long Gully .2 - No. 3 turning at the Cricket ground, Barnard and View Sts, inbound to the City and Quarry Hill .3 - No. 3 in bound to the City and Quarry Hill, Long Gully area .4 - No. 18 inbound to the City and Quarry Hill crossing the railway bridge from Eaglehawk. .5 - Manchester Loop .6 - No. 18 inbound to the City and Quarry Hill crossing the railway bridge from Eaglehawk. .7 - No. 18 about to enter Jobs Gully Loop .8 - No. 3 about to turn at the Cricket ground, Barnard and View Sts inbound to the City and Quarry Hill .9 - No. 3 turning at the Cricket ground, Barnard and View Sts, inbound to the City and Quarry Hill .10 - No. 18 at Eaglehawk terminus with the Mechanics Institute in the background. .11 - No. 3 in bound, Ironbark area. .12 - No. 3 at Long Gully Loop .13 - No. 3 outbound to Eaglehawk. .14 - No. 18 at Eaglehawk with German circus banner on tram .15 - No. 18 on the Eaglehawk line at Jobs Gully Loop .16 - No. 24 outbound to Eaglehawk at Taylor St .17 - No. 18 inbound to the City and Quarry Hill crossing the railway bridge from Eaglehawk. .18 - No. 3 at Manchester Loop .19 - No. 18 at Eaglehawk terminus .20 - No. 18 at Eaglehawk with German circus banner on tram .21 - bogie tram at Long Gully Loop. .22 - No. 24 outbound to Eaglehawk at Taylor Sttrams, tramways, bendigo, eaglehawk, long gully, jobs gully, manchester loop, tram 24, tram 18, tram 3

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 10 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. .1 - 35 and 43 crossing at Urquhart St, Drummond St Sth. 35 outbound to Sebastopol, 43 to Lydiard St Nth. .2 - 35 in Lydiard St North, about to turn into Sturt St, with the Commonwealth Bank and National Mutual, Craig's Hotel in the background. Note the tram stop signs on the pole nearest to the Post Office. Tram has destination of Sebastopol. .3 - 39 and 41 at Grey St Loop, on a wet day. 39 showing Lydiard St Nth, 41 Special. .4 - two bogie trams (35?) and 41? Albert St, south of Grey St Loop. .5 - two bogies trams (41 and 35?) and a single trucker at the Sebastopol terminus. 41 showing Special. .6 - two bogies trams (41, 35?) and single trucker at the Grey St Loop, waiting for another bogie tram to arrive. Has a "Bounds" running alongside the tram. On a wet muddy day. .7 - two single truckers crossing at Gregory St loop, Lydiard St. Nth. - photo out of focus. .8 - 35 and single trucker crossing at ditto. .9 - 39 and another bogie tram waiting for two other trams to meet at Gregory St. loop. .10 - two single truckers crossing at the King St loop, Victoria St - out of focus and over exposed.trams, tramways, urquhart st, drummond st sth, lydiard st nth, sturt st, albert st, sebastopol, grey st loop, gregory st, king st, tram 35, tram 43, tram 39, tram 41

Water drainage work undertaken by Eltham Shire Council in Bonds Road, Lower Plenty outside the Martin property opposite Montpelier Drive, July 1972 Pitchers in foreground were part of the end wall which was eroded out due to water crossing the road and not going through the culvert. 35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)Bonds Road (Martin property) 12.10 pm 18.7.72bonds road, drainage works, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lower plenty, martin property, montpelier drive

A 52 playing card set (plus two jokers) with large print numbers and suit types. A fact card is included about the death of Wild Bill Hickok during a game of poker. The Aviator brand of cards was released just after the first trans-Atlantic flight in commemoration of the crossing. Playing cards with with red and white design with numbers and suit in large print in paper packet. recreation equipment, games

The photograph shows SEC Ballarat trams 16 (Mt Pleasant) and 34 (Gardens via Sturt St West) crossing at the Carlton St loop. The conductor is standing in the rear door of No. 16. The grass alongside Wendouree Parade is overgrown. Photo by I K Winney of Sydney, 12/1949.Yields information about the use of Carlton St loop during 1934Black and white photograph with photographers details on rear."Car No. 16 and 34 on loop on west side of lake, Ballarat. 12/1949, I K Winney"tramcars, sturt st, wendouree parade, tram 16, tram 34, carlton st loop

Map of Melbourne's tramway system prepared for a German audience - as at 28-5-1992. Shows the track layout, crossovers, depots, route numbers, railway/tramway level crossings, terminus details, road names and a CBD insert. Prepared by P Sohns of Germany - dated 10-9-1992.Yields information Melbourne tramways and routes in 1992.Map - A2 sheet folded to A4.tramways, maps, melbourne, germany

The drawing shows the arrangement of the cables and associated equipment where two lines crossed each other at right angles. Details the cable grip check bar to release the cable from the grip, and how the cable was picked up automatically after crossing the other cable. Prepared by Jack Cranston.Yields information about the cable arrangements at points where two lines crossed each other.Card sheet with a printed sheet adhered to it.tramways, cable trams, cables, h crossing

Photograph shows visitors crossing the river to "Willis Vale" homestead, home of the Partington family. For many years this log bridge was the quickest way of reaching the Greensborough township from Willis Vale. [Thought to have been taken on or about 16/10/1903 during the funeral week of Ellen Partington.]Digital copy of black and white photograph.willis vale, partington family, plenty river

Photograph shows visitors crossing the river to "Willis Vale" homestead, home of the Partington family. For many years this log bridge was the quickest way of reaching the Greensborough township from Willis Vale. [Thought to have been taken on or about 16/10/1903 during the funeral week of Ellen Partington.]Digital copy of black and white photograph.willis vale, partington family, plenty river

This Field Survey was commissioned by the Melbourne Board of Works and was used to position the Maroondah Aqueduct bridge north of Greensborough at its crossing point on the Plenty River. It incorporated the use of wrought iron water pipes and therefore is of lighter construction than other similar bridges in the district. It features a traverse of the Plenty RiverThe Maroondah Aqueduct bridge is a significant example of late 19th century engineering. A 4 page reproduction of an Office of Titles document. Copy of handwritten report includes maps.maroondah aqueduct, watts river aqueduct, bridge, greensborough, office of titles, 1897, wrought iron water pipes, plenty river, melbourne board of works

Photo by Keith Caldwell on 8/3/1960 of tram 42 inbound in Sturt St crossing Doveton St. Has the central median planted with many flowers, In the background is Heinz Bros store. The tram has the destination of Lydiard St north and has roof adverts for Penfolds Sherry and Briquettes.Yields information about the tram 42 and the intersection with Doveton St.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount. Stamped on bottom of slide "8 Mar 60". tramways, trams, sturt st, doveton st, tram 42

Reproduction slide of a coloured postcard showing cable trams in Collins St Melbourne just to the west of Swanston St with the Town Hall in the background. The nearest cable tram has the destination of South Melbourne with a number of young ladies sitting on the front. There is another cable tram crossing Collins St in the background. Yields information about Collins St Melbourne and cable tram operations.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Colour slide - reproduction - Collins St Melbourne with Town Hall c1900 "CB21" in penciltrams, tramways, cable cars, cable trams, collins street, swanston street, town hall, melbourne town hall

Photo shows a line up of cable cars in Park St South Melbourne following a 3/4 hour delay when a steam roller broke an axle while crossing the cable track. Though date stamped, not possible to read the year fully. Could not find the cutting in Trove newspapers. Demonstrates a photo showing a cable tram delay in South Melbourne.Black and white print with plain back.tramways, cable trams, cables, delays, breakdowns, south melbourne

Photographs taken by Glen Stuart and donated to the Society(6) B&W photographs taken at Swallow St railway gates about 1975, of a special diesel railcar - excursion train - on a visit to Princes Pier. (.01-.03) passing through the gates (.04-.05) at Bridge St railway crossing Northbound (.06) 2 car electric train, city boundtransport - railways

Black and White Photo, completed S.E.C. Victoria building, Taken March 14 1941, workers putting finishing touches to exterior of the building. person in light coloured clothing crossing the street, two darke coloured vehicles in the background. Rear of photo has 14.3.41 printed in biro and number 53 written in pencil.organization, public utility, electricity company, s.e.c victoria building, sec victoria building