The Studebaker Victoria Police Canteen parked and serving several police members. There are two parked Ariel motorbikes parked to the front of the photograph and a third Ariel parked to the right. There are a number of police seated on benches on a platform eating and socialising. Circa 1960. police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle; victoria police canteen

Ariel motorbike, registration number CC-434, and rider parked near a number of empty livestock trucks. On the right hand side is a telephone pole and wooden telephone box. Circa 1960.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle

Ariel motorbike, registration number CU-366, from side view. Circa 1060police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle

Front view of a line of seven Ariel motorbikes. Circa 1960police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle

Ariel motorcycle, registration number BS-418, with a uniformed police officer standing to the left of the bike and a large group of plain clothed men standing around. To the right is Sir Henry Bolte, former Premier of Victoria, and to the left of him is Lord Mayor R Talbot. Circa 1957Lord Somers Camp 1957police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle; bolte, sir henry

Dick Askwith, wearing full uniform including helmet, tunic, elbow length gloves, jodphurs and riding boots, astride an Aerial motorcycle with a large palm tree in the background. Circa 1960police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle; askwith, richard

Row of ten Ariel motorcycles with riders standing beside the bikes, at the rear of Government House. Circa 1960police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle

Row of five Ariel motorcycles with riders standing beside the bikes in front of a monument on a median strip. Police are in full uniform including helmets, tunic coats, elbow length gloves. Circa 1960.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ariel motorcycle

BMW motorcycle, registration number CY-123, with rider astride in full uniform including helmet, tunic coat, gloves, jodphurs and boots. Circa 1960On back of photograph - Motor Traffic Section - A member on solo motor cycle duty controlling traffic through Victoria.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; bmw motorcycle

Frank Porter standing beside his parked BSA A10, registration number CR-016, with a Studebaker parked behind him, registration number HAH-043. The ground is charred and smouldering and heavy smoke fills the background of the photograph. Circa 1962St Andrews Bushfirespolice vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; bsa motorcycle; porter, frank

Frank Porter astride a BMW motorcycle, registration number CY-344, in front of a wooden garage. Circa 1962police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; bmw motorcycle; porter, frank

BMW 1100, registration number UI-062, with blue siren attached to the rear with a view from the side over the dashboard. Circa 1991police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; bmw motorcycle

Front view of BMW 1100 with blue siren attached to the rear. There is a set of stairs in the background and fire hydrant cover under the stairs. Circa 1991.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; bmw motorcycle

BMW 1100 with David Chamberlain standing behind it, in front of garden. Circa 1995police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; bmw motorcycle; chamberlain, david

Triumph Saint, registration number DJ-119, ridden by Ian Crompton. There is a creek in the background with a bridge spanning it and trees and paddocks. Circa 1966police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; triumph saint motorcycle; crompton, ian

Three Honda CB750s ridden by, L to R: Graeme Dovaston, Peter McGrath and Dick Campbell. Circa 1971police vehicles, wireless patrol, motor transport branch, motor cycle patrol, police motorcycles, motor transport section, honda motorcycle, dovaston graeme, mcgrath peter, campbell dick

Honda CB900 on display in the police stand at the Royal Melbourne Show. There are two display boards in the background featuring other photographs of police on motorbikes. Circa 1980police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; honda motorcycle; royal melbourne show

Honda 900 with Paul Martin riding wearing helmet, leather jacket, jodphur pants and riding boots. Circa 1981police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; honda motorcycle

Honda CB 750 F2 in a driveway with a high fence and number "8" on the fence. Rider is Warwick Lesson and he is wearing a helmet, leather jacket, elbow length gloves, jodphur pants and riding boots. Circa 1980police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; honda motorcycle; lesson, warwick

BMW 1100 in a paddock or park with a house or other structure in the background. Circa 1998police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; bmw motorcycle

Honda CB 900 parked on the street. Circa 1980.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; honda motorcycle

Group of twelve Honda 750 solos at Nunawading TOG. circa 1977 police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles

Five Victoria Police officers on motorcycles escort Cardinal Shehan in Melbourne for the 40th International Eucharistic Congress, February 1973Motorcycle police riding five abreast along a city road.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles

Victoria Police officers on motorcycles escort Cardinal Shehan in Melbourne for the 40th International Eucharistic Congress, February 1973.Four motorcycle police providing an escort for a line of cars on a street in Melbourne. The number 12 tram can be seen in the background.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles

Coach with flaps takes aboard passengers. It travelled between Kinglake and Hurstbridge. The vehicle has advertising on the side indicating: W. BODY. HURSTBRIDGE bread and pastry. The Advertiser on 15 Sep 1922 has a display advertisement on page 2 indicating that Hurstbridge bakery 'W. Body wishes to notify the Public of Hurstbridge and surrounding district that he has purchased Mr Oliver's business'. The Advertiser, Friday 10 November 1922, page 2: Mr J. D. Chalmers, who runs the motor service from Hurstbridge to Kinglake, has just had a large, body built on a two-ton motor, which will be serviceable for either 25 passengers or general goods. The work was entrusted to Mr. D.G. Graham, motor and coach builder, Hurstbridge, who completed it within a month, the finish, painting, etc.. being quite up to the standard of a city shop. The mail coach operated the route between Kinglake and Hurstbridge motor route, on which Mr. Sharpe had pioneered and run a motor mail route with a bus which carried 20 passengers, for many years but Sharpe's license for his motor bus was refused by the Country Roads Board mid 1930 as his bus was considered too large . In February 1935, Mr Sharpe was granted a license to carry passengers between Hurstbridge and Kinglake and Mr Kell between Kinglake and Hurstbridge. In 1936 the mail contract from Heidelberg to Knglake was via car and members of the community were concerned that there was no further any conveyance of passengers from Hurstbridge to Kinglake.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg 9 x 12.5 cm B&W printsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, mail coach, w. body, public transport, bus, bus travel, hurstbridge, pioneers and painters

Possibly a picnic for returned servicemen from Gallipoli. This photo was taken in front of the Police Paddocks with the police station on the left. Model T Fords parked with soldiers, drivers and locals resting on the police paddock in front of the Queenstown (St Andrews) station. The RACV Volunteer Motor Corps service during World War One was the reason the organisation was granted its Royal prefix. Automobile Club of Victoria members volunteered their time and vehicles to collect returning soldiers and nurses from ships at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne. Trips were also often arranged for convalescing soldiers to country areas for picnics and to “revive spirits”. The soldiers were also picked up from the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg and Mont Park Military Hospital in Macleod. Queenstown (St Andrews) was a common picnic spot. The Evelyn Observer reported on June 9. 1916 "Some 75 returned soldiers visited Queenstown on Sunday, 28th ult., and were hospitably entertained by local residents who had provided refreshments sufficient for 150. Mr. Milne in an appropriate speech welcomed the soldiers, and Mr. Robison suitably responded.” The photo was reproduced page 108 of “The Diamond Valley Story" by Diane H. Edwards.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image, 16 x 24 and 12.5 x 9 cm and 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg sepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, cars, police station, st andrews, soldiers, picnic, exhibition yprl 2019-12, gallipoli, model t ford, pioneers and painters, police paddocks, retuned soldiers

The photograph was taken (and donated) by George W. Bell during the period of fire, c.1963-c.1964. The actual fire station was built c.1930 and was in use till c.1964 when a new fire station was built on the opposite side of Main Road. The building, originally situated just south of Arthur Street, on Main Road was ultimately relocated in 1970 to Research Park for use by the 1st Research Scout group. The site is now part of the current Coles supermarket and Eltham Village complex. The Fire Trucks are an Austin STU (small town unit) on the left and an Austin urban pumper on the right. This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imageaustin stu fire truck, austin urban pumper, eltham, eltham fire brigade, fire station, fire truck, george w. bell, motor vehicles, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection

By 1941, the threat of Japanese invasion caused restrictions to daily life. Blackouts became the norm. To prevent identification from enemy planes all lights had to be turned down, including car headlights that had to be covered to minimize light exposure. In Australia more relaxed regulations led to the Australian air raid precautions being dubbed the “brownout”. These shields limited the amount of light emitted by a vehicle. To drive at night without them was an offence; however, the increase in road accidents led to the removal of headlight masks everywhere in Australia south of Rockhampton from 15 February 1943.These shields, though not rare, evoke a period of restrictions, fear, rationing and confinement.Pair of handmade car light blackout shields. Black round metal with scoop at front as well as small glass partition.shields-blackout ww11 transport-motor-vehicles

NVS series Morris Commercial chassis, built in MFB workshops, early 1950's. First enclosed cabin vehicle used by MFB. Fitted with 250 gallon per minute pump.First enclosed cabin vehicle used by MFB.NVS series Morris Commercial chassis, built in MFB workshops, early 1950's. First enclosed cabin vehicle used by MFB. Fitted with 250 gallon per minute pump.Registration number LHW 102, "Car 43".car, fire, morris, commercial, hose, carriage, pumper, 43, truck, 1950

1952 Austin, Series 11, front mounted Fire PumperRegistration XF 472, CFA logo on cabin doors, "Austin" badge on front of bonnet.front, 1952, fire, truck, pump, austin, country, authority, cfa, mounted