Contains the following tickets showing the style of tickets issued by various public transport operators. 3 pages of MMTB Imperial currency tickets 1 page of Pensioner concessions 3 pages of decimal currency tickets including dual currency type 1 page of Ultimate tickets - type sold at safety zones by Zone sellers 1 page of PMG prepaid tickets, special supplementary journal, machine bus ticket 1 page of PMG prepaid Section tickets, 1 page of incapacitated section tickets 2 pages of Hospital tickets Scholar's Concession ticket issued to the donor, Swimming class tickets and a Police ticket. 2 pages of unidentified tickets SPER National Park line 1 page of Adelaide tickets 4 pages of Provincial tramway tickets, dual currency including a Bendigo battery tram ticket. 3 pages of Brisbane tram and bus tickets 2 pages of Launceston bus tickets - 1968 1 page of Hobart tickets VR motor coach (bus) ticket 1 page of Perth tram tickets A TAA ground transport ticket San Francisco ticket, Hong Kong tickets, 2 pages of recovered MMTB tickets from behind tramcar seats - imperial currency and one MMTB Supplementary Running Journal.Yields information about the style of tickets issued by Australian Public Transport systems.Album - heavy black/green card covers containing 35 ruled quarto sheets secured with an Arnos metal binder with the title "Tickets" taped to the front of the object.tramways, melbourne, tickets, ballarat, bendigo, adelaide, launceston, hobart, brisbane, hong kong, taa airlines, perth, san francsico, sper, pmg

Set two SEC memos that were clipped together with item 9824. 1 - titled "Tramways - Extensions" from the Engineer Manager of Electricity supply department (Melbourne) to the Ballarat manager, dated 7-10-1953 - asking for survey information about housing numbers along each route and the possibility of extending the Victoria St and Mt Pleasant routes. 2 - titled "Tramways -Public Passenger transport" - from the Engineer Manager of Electricity supply department (Melbourne) to the Ballarat manager, dated 12-10-1953 - regarding the recent inquiry in Geelong and that data regarding passenger density per hour and passengers per route would be desirable. See item 9806 for this type of materials. Demonstrates SEC Head office correspondence with the Ballarat Branch office re tramways.Set of two typed memos on SECV letterhead.tramways, trams, ballarat, new tramways, passenger services, statistics, enquiry

Document of agenda for the "Enquiry into Public Passenger Transport Facilities - in the Ballarat Urban District", held April 1968. Gives the terms of reference, location, and dates, lists organisations represented, and statements of heads of the evidence in Chief by the various bodies, including Councils, SECV, ATOMEA, Trades and Labour, Murray Byrne, Chamber of Commerce, Bridge St traders, Davis Motor Services and Wilkins Busways - both by the same person.Yields information about the 1968 TRB Enquiry into the closure of Ballarat Tramways.Document - 22 quarto pages, stapled on left hand edge with blue card covers and blue tape.tramways, trb, enquiries, enquiry, ballarat, closure, davis buses, wilkins busways

ticketDemonstrates the Fare Concession Certificate provided by the State of Victoria for eligible passengers on the Victorian Public transport networks.PENSIONER'S FARE CONCESSION CERTIFICATE - Three tickets indicating that the holder of the ticket is entitled to a concession on Victorian Railways, Melbourne and Metropolitan tramways board buses and the Provincial Tramways of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. The certificates, printed on colored cared with black ink, show the regulations for use and restrictions on the time of travel. The reverse has a space to record the details of the user, and their signature. The tickets are printed with an individual number.Ticket 2 has "PROOF COPY ONLY" hand written on the reverse, and " No ______________________ " hand written on the face.tickets, tramways, esco

Newspaper clipping with an article written by Basil Silcove titled "What you always wanted to know about Trams" featuring a photo of Ballarat 36 in Melbourne after the close of the Ballarat system, and a European (Tatra?) PCC type tram. Article looks at the history of trams around the world, Melbourne, tramcar production in Europe and public transport in General. On the rear has the Melbourne TV programmes.Yields information about the history of trams around the world.Newspaper sheet - torn from the Sunday News 3/10/1971.tramways, closure, europe, tram 36, new tramcars

Details the history of the Bendigo system, take over by the SEC and the conditions of that take over by the SEC, reconstruction, financial losses incurred by the SEC, decline in passengers, its suitability, condition of the infrastructure and rolling stock. Its unsuitability to extend, effectiveness of the Geelong conversion, ability of private bus operators, tramway employees, methods of abandonment, tram tracks, overhead and impact on the electricity supply system. Has a table showing the income and losses and population from 1935 to 1967, a coloured graphical presentation of tramway statistics, sheet of Fares and Charges for Ballarat. Attached to the rear of the document was an advertisement for Ballarat Tramways fare sections (See Reg Item 8039) See item 9835 for the Ballarat report dated April 1968. At the rear of the second copy is drawing VX4/2/1 showing bus and tram routes in Bendigo and VD6/144A for Geelong. See Reg Item 8046 for a separate map which may have been part of this report.Yield information and demonstrates the SEC's attitude to trams in Bendigo and their finances.Report 15 Foolscap sheets, duplicated and three attachments, was stapled in the top left hand corner, titled "Evidence to be given at the inquiry into Public Transport Facilities at Bendigo" Presented 28/5/1968. Two copies held.trams, tramways, reports, closure, bendigo, history, buses, submissions

Provides information about the two-day enquiry held by the Victorian Transport Regulation board into the SEC operated Ballarat Tramway system. Enquiry held at the Ballarat Court House, by Messrs J Bolster, E V Field (Chairman) and J O Mactier of the TRB. Two photos show the Board and some of the attendees. Page 2 of the 3 April report; the acting assistant manager of the SEC advised that the tramway was unsafe, deaths due to collisions with trams, costs of refurbishing the tracks and tramcars and employment issues. Evidence was also given by the Mayor of Ballarat, Cr. Nicholson, Ballarat Town Clerk Mr Maddern, Barry Wilkins, H A Davis local bus operators. The Board considered whether the existing services could be replaced by private operators, or a publicly operated service, including the cost of operators. Also submissions from Mr O'Shea of the ATOMEA, Ballarat Trams and Labor Council, and Chamber of Manufacturers. At the time, the Government did not have the numbers in the upper house to close the system. Yields information about an 1968 enquiry into the closure of the Ballarat Tramway system. Set of two newspaper cuttings from The Courier, Ballarat 3 and 4 April 1968 about a Transport Regulation enquiry.trams, tramways, ballarat, closure, transport regulation board, trb, enquiry, atomea, sec, secv