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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
Chiltern Pharmacy, now called Dow's Pharmacy, opened in 1859 at a time when the township of Chiltern was experiencing a second-wave gold rush that redistributed the balance of commercial and social activity in the region. David McEwan, father of Prime Minister John McEwan, was one of the first pharmacists practicing at the business. It was purchased in 1929 by pharmacist Hilda Dow who ran the business with her apprentice and husband, Roy Dow, until they closed the business in 1968. In 1988, after founding the North East branch of the National Trust, the Dows donated the premises with its entire fittings and stock. Some of the more than 4,000 items in stock at the time of closure in 1968 were present in the shop when the Dows took charge in 1929 and date to the late Nineteenth Century (around the time this image was taken). Hilda Dow (nee Grey) was born in 1897, the daughter of a police magistrate. She enrolled to study at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1919 and worked initially for Poynton's Pharmacy in Morwell before purchasing the Chiltern Pharmacy that was later named after her. She was a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, a hospital committee and Board, the Red Cross and the Infant Welfare Association and held office for the Chiltern branch of the Country Women's Association. Her sister Helene Grey received an OBE for her work as Lady Superintendent of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Although Hilda Dow was not Australia's first female pharmacist (this was Caroline Copp in 1880) the preservation of the pharmacy and the stories it presents sheds light on the general issue of recognition for female medical pioneers in Australia. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This image is significant as it provides insight into social and commercial infrastructure available in the North-East region of Victoria in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. The business pictured is also associated with a Prime Minister of Victoria and some of Victoria's first female medical and pharmaceutical practitioners. Thin translucent sheet of glass with a circular image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metals strips to secure the edges of the slide.burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, hilda dow, roy dow, chiltern pharmacy, dow's pharmacy, chiltern, indigo shire, north east victoria, history of pharmacies, women in pharmacy, women in medicine, women in business, david mcewan, john mcewan, national trust, national trust victoria, north-east victoria national trust, heritage buildings, industrial heritage, helene grey, pharmaceutical society of victoria, victorian college of pharmacy, country women's association, caroline copp, royal melbourne hospital, red cross, infant welfare association -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Jill Barnard et al, Welcome and Farewell: The Story of Station Pier, 2004
... pier In the mid-nineteenth century, Victoria’s primitive ...In the mid-nineteenth century, Victoria’s primitive maritime infrastructure was not coping with the volume of passenger and cargo traffic arriving in and departing from the burgeoning gold-fevered colony. However, the opening of Railway Pier at Port Melbourne in 1854 greatly improved the situation. Railway Pier serviced the steamships, which plied Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian coastal waters beyond, and also offered berths for vessels on the regular runs to other Australian colonies and to overseas destinations. However, as the larger and more powerful steamships of the early twentieth century found berthing increasingly difficult at Railway Pier, the need for a more modern pier became apparent. By 1930, the new Station Pier had replaced its predecessor. Itself extended and upgraded several times including during the past decade, Station pier still offers every contemporary convenience to shipping services using its busy facilities, just as did its predecessor Railway Pier, 150 years ago. The Victorian Government commissioned Welcome & Farewell to celebrate the 150 years since the opening of the Railway Pier. In doing so, it was mindful that the story of the site is not limited to its contribution to national and state economies, or to its physical development. The Government wanted a history that would also speak to ordinary Victorians, and other Australians, of their own experiences of this significant place. For indeed the Station Pier site has played its part in almost every milestone or phase in our history: at moments of celebration and commemoration, during economic booms and depressions, during times of war and peace. It has also won a place in the hearts of ordinary individuals affected by the welcomes and farewells they have experienced there: those for visiting royalty and celebrities, for servicemen and medical personnel off to war or returning home, for migrants from distant countries and refugees from war zones, for friends and family travelling for personal, professional or cultural reasons. Welcome & Farewell thoughtfully examines Station Pier’s significance and offers a splendid visual panorama of the experiences lived out there between 1854 and 2004.Illustrated large-format book with 224 pages [36] p. of plates. : ill., maps, ports.Bibliography: p. 199-201non-fictionIn the mid-nineteenth century, Victoria’s primitive maritime infrastructure was not coping with the volume of passenger and cargo traffic arriving in and departing from the burgeoning gold-fevered colony. However, the opening of Railway Pier at Port Melbourne in 1854 greatly improved the situation. Railway Pier serviced the steamships, which plied Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian coastal waters beyond, and also offered berths for vessels on the regular runs to other Australian colonies and to overseas destinations. However, as the larger and more powerful steamships of the early twentieth century found berthing increasingly difficult at Railway Pier, the need for a more modern pier became apparent. By 1930, the new Station Pier had replaced its predecessor. Itself extended and upgraded several times including during the past decade, Station pier still offers every contemporary convenience to shipping services using its busy facilities, just as did its predecessor Railway Pier, 150 years ago. The Victorian Government commissioned Welcome & Farewell to celebrate the 150 years since the opening of the Railway Pier. In doing so, it was mindful that the story of the site is not limited to its contribution to national and state economies, or to its physical development. The Government wanted a history that would also speak to ordinary Victorians, and other Australians, of their own experiences of this significant place. For indeed the Station Pier site has played its part in almost every milestone or phase in our history: at moments of celebration and commemoration, during economic booms and depressions, during times of war and peace. It has also won a place in the hearts of ordinary individuals affected by the welcomes and farewells they have experienced there: those for visiting royalty and celebrities, for servicemen and medical personnel off to war or returning home, for migrants from distant countries and refugees from war zones, for friends and family travelling for personal, professional or cultural reasons. Welcome & Farewell thoughtfully examines Station Pier’s significance and offers a splendid visual panorama of the experiences lived out there between 1854 and 2004.port melbourne, station pier -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fay Bridge, Ancient Eel trap on the Yarra River at Laughing Waters, Eltham - pre-dating European settlement, 16 May 2015
Laughing Waters is the name for a stretch of the Yarra Valley Parklands consisting of river flats and hilly riparian bushland. With Birrarung (Yarra River) flowing through, Laughing Waters has been an important gathering place for thousands of years. For the Wurundjeri, ‘Garambi Baan’ (the name for Laughing Waters in Woi wurrung) is an important site for growing and harvesting food. Significantly, Wurundjeri iuk (eel) traps remain at Garambi Baan to this day. The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People take their name from the Woi wurrung language word ‘wurun’ meaning the Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) which is common along ‘Birrarung’ (Yarra River), and ‘djeri’, the grub which is found in or near the tree. Wurundjeri are the ‘Manna Gum People’ and their Ancestors have lived on this land for millennia. The site on the Yarra River near the former Morrison property Killeavey was given a language name in 2015 at the instigation of Wurundjeri Elder, Dave Wandin. Garambi Baan means “laughing waters” in the traditional language, Woi wurrung. The site at Warrandyte was rediscovered by Campbell Beardsell OAM in 2007 and is one of only a few known remaining iuk (eel) traps on Country once found the length of the Birrarung (Yarra) and the Maribyrnong. Original Indigenous aquacultural infrastructure was dismantled, taken away from sites and used to build houses, fords and roads by Europeans. The difficult and restricted access to this site is thought to be one of the reasons for its survival. The iuk trap is located within lands managed by Parks Victoria. The Narrap team in partnership with Parks Victoria and Acacia Land Management have been improving the native vegetation with a program of woody weed removal, exclusion fencing and revegetation. Importantly, the team have restored the trap’s infrastructure and have demonstrated its effectiveness.” References: Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation - Laughing Waters. (2023, September 3). Retrieved from https://inplace.org.au/laughing-waters/ GARAMBI BAAN LAUGHING WATERS RESIDENCY CENTRE 2020 2024 Strategic Plan, Nillumbik Shire Council (2023, September 3). Retrieved from https://www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/minutes-and-agendas/2020/09-sep/15-sep-cm/ocm.177-20-attachment-1-laughing-waters-arts-program_1.pdffay bridge collection, 2015-05-16, eel trap, laughing waters, yarra river, wurundjeri woi wurrung, garambi baan -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Film - Videotape, Eastern Freeway Extension, 1/10/2000 12:00:00 AM
... Victoria. Department of Infrastructure...Eastern Freeway Extension Victoria. Department ...Video tape of proposed Eastern Freeway extension produced by Department of Infrastructure.|Duration - 3 minutes - made October 2000eastern freeway extension, victoria. department of infrastructure -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - MTT Petition to Victorian Parliament, Melbourne Tramways Trust (MTT), August 1905
Details a Petition to the Parliament of Victoria, Legislative Council from the Melbourne Tramways Trust, the owners of the cable tram infrastructure. The Municipalities that formed the Trust were concerned that the construction of electric tramways within their Municipalities would be in contrary to the Act that set up the cable trams and reduced revenue received from the cable tram operator, the MTOCo. They sought that Parliament would not sanction such tramways without the consent of the Trust's municipalities or members. Yields information about the concerns of the MTT about new electric tramways in 1905.Folded double foolscap sheet and then folded into four for presentation to the Victorian Parliament by the Melbourne Tramways Trust dated 16-8-1905. Paper has a MCC (Melbourne City Council) watermark - see image 3.mtt, cable tramways, petitions, parliament, electric tramways, melbourne tramways trust -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Booklet, Victorian Government, "Moving Victoria - a world of experience in Light Rail", c1998
Booklet - "Moving Victoria - A World of experience in Light Rail" - produced by the Victorian Government to advertise and market its expertise in Light Rail manufacturing and operation. Notes Melbourne trams, track infrastructure, Electrical systems and Asset Management. Includes images of Sydney Light Rail and Hong Kong vehicles. Has a forward by Mark Birrell, Minister for Industry Science and Technology (Minister from 1996 to 1999). Includes an extensive list of contacts, companies and their products. See item 7206 for a similar document c2003.Yields information about Victorian Light Rail manufacturing capacity.Booklet - 24 pages, centre stapled titled "Moving Victoria - a world of experience in Light Rail"victoria, tramcar manufacture, sydney, hong kong, melbourne, light rail, tramways, marketing -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
This lantern slide shows the Ovens District Hospital (also called the Ovens Goldfields Hospital) in Beechworth in approximately 1900. The Hospital was built as part of a community push to develop the infrastructure needed for a permanent town in the 1850s. At the time there was no hospital located between Melbourne and the NSW town of Goulburn and it was recognised that the nature of mining and agricultural work predisposed people to serious injury. The community voted in 1853 to raise funds for a hospital and a voluntary committee elected from people who contributed £2 or more annually determined the organisation's management policies, which aimed to provide care for poor people at rates levied according to the person's means. Ongoing operations of the hospital were primarily supported by Government grants, however. The foundation stone was laid at a site in Church Street at a ceremony held 1st September 1856 which was attended by 2000 people using a locally crafted trowel with a tin ore handle and pure gold blade. The hospital, which was designed by J.H. Dobbyn, cost £2347. The hospital had two wards, a dispensary, apartments for a resident surgeon and the matron, an operating theatre and a board room. Further medical facilities including services to meet the cultural and health needs of the local Chinese community were later added, in addition to a Palladian-style cut-granite face built in 1862-63. It functioned as the region's primary hospital until surpassed by the Wangaratta Hospital in 1910. In the 1940s much of the building materials were salvaged and repurposed, with the exception of the facade which was restored in 1963 by the Beechworth Lions Club and still stands today. The facade featured on the covers of local history volume 'Beechworth: a Titan's Field' by Carole Woods and heritage-focused travel guide the 'Readers Digest Book of Historic Australian Towns'. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This glass slide is significant because it provides insight into Beechworth's built environment and infrastructure in the early Twentieth Century, around the time of Australia's Federation. It is also an example of an early photographic and film-making technology in use in regional Victoria in the time period.Thin translucent sheet of glass with a round-edged square image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metal strips to secure the edges of the slide.Obverse: Y /burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, ovens district hospital, indigo shire, north-east victoria, hospital, palladian architecture, granite, community fundraising, community infrastructure, j.h. dobbyn, beechworth lions club, ovens goldfields hospital, chinese community -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
Miners from Snake Valley lobbied the Victorian Government in 1855 to make land available for sale for farming purposes as an alternative occupation and income for people who wished to stay in the region but move away from gold mining. A secondary motivation was to increase the supply of fresh produce and decrease prices of items that otherwise needed to be transported from Melbourne or other regions. Forty-three country lots were initially offered in the Three Mile area, ranging in size from two to ninety acres and costing from £1 to £3 per acre. An additional eighty-five country lots were auctioned later in the year, in addition to many smaller suburban lots. More lots were offered than sold, initially, but this represented conditions of sale requiring the total purchase cost up front which many people interested in purchasing could not afford, especially as land purchased for farming would accrue substantial additional costs for clearing and labour before becoming productive. Further lobbying activities and the election of parliamentary members sympathetic to the cause took place through the 1850s. Ovens Parliamentary Member, Daniel Cameron, was re-elected in 1856 on a platform of surveying the land for public selection with deferred payment options. Land reform remained an issue in the area through the 1850s and early 1860s, impacting broader decisions in the new State of Victoria relating to voting rights, use of Crown land and the farming of land that wasn't always suitable for the purpose. This photograph depicts Beechworth in approximately 1900, after several waves of land sales resulted in increasingly levels of development. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This glass slide is significant because it provides insight into Beechworth's built environment and infrastructure in the early Twentieth Century, around the time of Australia's Federation. It is also an example of an early photographic and film-making technology in use in regional Victoria in the time period.Thin translucent sheet of glass with a square-edged image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metal strips to secure the edges of the slide.burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, indigo shire, north-east victoria, farming, squatters, miners, agriculture, land-clearing, land reform, daniel cameron, land sales, three mile, snake valley, tarrawingee -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Newspaper (Item) - Newspaper article, The Argus Newspaper et al, Overseas visitors are in love with Marysville, 06-12-1955
A digital copy of a newspaper article regarding the need for the government of the time to make improvements on roads and to infrastructure at tourist sites in the Marysville area.A digital copy of a newspaper article regarding the need for the government of the time to make improvements on roads and to infrastructure at tourist sites in the Marysville area.Souvenir/ written by/ GORDON/ WILLIAMS/ and/ PERCY/ TAYLOR/ Photography/ by/ JACK/ LAWRENCEmarysville, victoria, newspaper article, the argus, jack lawrence, gordon williams, percy taylor, marysville tourist and progress association, lake mountain, steavenson falls, talbot drive, keppel falls, taggerty river -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Department of Infrastructure (DOI), "Melbourne's Free City Circle Tram", 2005
Pamphlet - folded to DL size, 8 fold, titled "Melbourne's Free City Circle Tram" and on rear "Official Visitors Guide to Melbourne". Details the City Circle tram, c2005 - has route via Harbour Esplanade - map shows various points, the Golden Mile heritage walk. Has the Victoria government, City of Melbourne and Yarra Trams logos. Provides information on the points of interest and the Visitor Centre. Gives a short history of Melbourne's tram and has a photo of V214 See Reg Items 1199, 866 and 2993 for other versions.trams, tramways, city circle, yarra trams, docklands, tram 856, tram 888, tram 214, tram 3004 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Press Release, Heritage Victoria, "Roadworks reveal artefacts from Melbourne's cable tram era", 28/05/2007 12:00:00 AM
Press Release - single A4 page - from Heritage Victoria, titled "Roadworks reveal artefacts from Melbourne's cable tram era", dated 28 May (2007), about the discovery of cable tram infrastructure or track in Abbotsford St North Melbourne during Roadworks by the City of Melbourne. Heritage Victoria gave it an interim Protection Order at the time. Quotes the director Ray Tonkin. Written by Angie Phelan.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, north melbourne, trackwork, closure -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Department of Infrastructure (DOI), "Linking Victoria - issue 1 February 2002", Feb. 2002
Book - 20 A4 pages, centre stapled printed on gloss paper titled "Linking Victoria - issue 1 February 2002", published by the Victorian Department of Infrastructure. Includes a message from Steve Bracks Premier and Peter Batchelor Minister for Transport. Looks at Transport Planning, Spencer St Station redevelopment, Fast rail regional links, passenger services, new low floor trams, notes Yarra and M>Tram rollingstock, route 109 to Box Hill, buses and other transport projects underway or planned. Not known if there were further publications with this title.trams, tramways, planning, doi, m>tram, spencer st, public transport, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Department of Infrastructure (DOI), "A transport system that works for all Victorians", Apr. 2001
Report or Book - 28 A4 pages, full colour centre stapled printed on gloss paper titled "A transport system that works for all Victorians", published as a progress from the Bracks Government, April 2001. Includes a message from Peter Batchelor. Looks at the forward planning for transport in Victoria, including various public transport projects.trams, tramways, planning, doi, m>tram, spencer st, public transport, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Keolis Downer, "Experts in all stages of Infrastructure Life Cycle", c2015
Pamphlet - four fold A3, printed on heavy paper, titled "Experts in all stages of Infrastructure Life Cycle", advertising Keolis Downer abilities in tram track and other rail based work including light rail, key supplier international relationships, description of Yarra's network - statistics, photos of E 6001 and E 6005. Has centre page spread of the civil construction activities at tram stops, the rail bender and the reconstruction of the intersection of Nicholson and Victoria Parade intersection. Has Keolis Downer and Yarra Trams logos.trams, tramways, yarra trams, construction, keolis, victoria parade, nicholson st, trackwork, overhead, statistics -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Folder with papers, Yarra Trams, "M>Tram Q&A pack", Feb. 2004
Set of seven press releases and other information documents contained within a white card board folder marked ""M>Tram Q&A pack" issued at the time Yarra Trams entered into the new partnership arrangement to merge M>Tram operations into Yarra and operate a single tram network. Has a M>Tram logo on the front cover. All dated 19/2/2004 unless otherwise noted and all A4 size on white paper. .1 - folder with following papers: .2 - Single page letter from Des Davies Manager Human Resources Yarra Trams to all M>Tram staff. .3 - single page letter from Colin Nicol and Peter Anderson Receivers of M>Tram at KPMG to all M>Tram, M>Train and Bayside Maintenance staff. .4 - Media Release from Connex group, 2 pages, "Connex Awarded Melbourne Train Franchise" with Veolia and Connex logos. .5 - Media release from Yarra Trams, 4 sheets, 7 pages, from Yarra Trams "Yarra Trams services to expand across the entire Melbourne Tram network" .6 - Media release from the Premier of Victoria - 5 sheets including two fact sheets - "Stability returns to State's tram and train system" .7 - M>Tram "Staff Update - Refranchising Announcement" - two pages - signed by Bernie Carolan .8 - DL size three fold pamphlet, "New Public Transport Partnerships" published by Victorian Government Dept. of Infrastructure, with message from Peter Batchelor, Minister for Transport.trams, tramways, yarra trams, m>tram, victorian government, transport, press release, media release, connex -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Rail Tram & Bus Union (RTBU), “RTBU Handbook of Work Conditions and Union Rules”, 2007
Book - 28 pages including manila coloured light card cover, centre stapled, titled “RTBU Handbook of Work Conditions and Union Rules”, published by the Rail Tram and Bus Union, Tram & Bus Division in 2007. Gives details of the Union Management - (see Key associations), delegates, a brief history of the tramway union, full garment of uniforms for new members, male and female, tram crews, officers and infrastructure workers, the do's an don'ts and classifications. Has a photo of the Union Management and delegates in the then new conference room - new offices in Queen St. Sponsored by the Austral Credit Union, Transport Health, Holding and Redlich with adverts for these companies and the RTBU Tramway Holiday units at Rosebud, Mile Jolly & Associates (Accountants), Consultum financial advisors, and the Retired Tramway Employee's Association of Victoria with contact details. 2nd copy added 26/6/2017 from donation of Ron Scholten.trams, tramways, rtbu, unions, handbooks -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. Limited, mid 1880's?
Black and white photograph of a Cobb and Co. coach with four horses outside the Braybrook Hotel. Has the caption "Cobb & Co. Coach - Victoria's first public transport" along the top of the photograph. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H1. Note: this photo is now out of copyright and was not an original VR photograph, but one copied from another source and collected as their Heritage series.Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 1" in ink on rear and "5-1"trams, tramways, horse buses, horse drawn vehicle, coach building -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. Limited, c1900
Black and white photograph of a horse tram at the Kew Cemetery terminus with a uniformed MTOC. employee, two horses and the Cemetery buildings in the background. Has Victoria Bridge & Cemetery written on the side of the tram. 2nd copy added with different crop. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H1. Note: this photo is now out of copyright and was not an original VR photograph, but one copied from another source and collected as their Heritage series. From an email from Rod Atkins 29/7/2019: This Stevenson six widow saloon horse tram No 46 is fairly standard. The horse cars did not have wheel skirts like the cable trams 6 and 8 window cars. Sitting at the terminus in High Street at Parkhill Road at the gates of the Boroondara General Cemetery ready for its return trip to Richmond. The tram is being run one man. Note the location of gates, pay as you enter the front step. The driver has a conductors bag around his neck and waist. No conductor present in the photo. His uniform is classic Company issue. He is wearing a Tunic and vest! And early issue cap with a white band. Date: around circa 1900 as the clock tower, brick wall and cast iron fence are all in place and the car number is faded out. I have seen a photo of a tram there with no clock tower from around the opening of the line.Has part of the Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number in ink on rear and "1-5"trams, tramways, horse trams, kew, mto co, cemetery, uniforms -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Transport past gets $400,000 polish", 15/2/1995
Newspaper cutting from The Age, titled "Transport past gets $400,000 polish", about the expenditure on heritage transport infrastructure following a grant from Heritage Victoria. Includes the tramway poles in Dandenong Road, Peel St North Melbourne and railway station. Quotes Mr Brown, Transport Minister and Rohan Storey of the National Trust. Dated 15/2/1995.. Has a photo looking along Dandenong Road from an over bridge. Story by Bruce Tobin, Photo Michael Clayton-Jones.trams, tramways, overhead, heritage victoria, grants, poles, national trust -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Department of Infrastructure (DOI), "Metropolitan Tram Network", 1998
... Victoria or Department of Infrastructure, with a drawing of SW5 758... Victoria or Department of Infrastructure, with a drawing of SW5 758 ...Book - 33 sheets + covers, stapled and cloth binding - special size, two colour - printed on off white paper, titled "Metropolitan Tram Network" published by Public Transport Corporation Victoria or Department of Infrastructure, with a drawing of SW5 758 on the cover along with a The Met logo. Provides information in map form on each tram route in a large print format, contact numbers and some general information. Follows on from an earlier version - see Reg Item 1181.trams, tramways, ptc, the met, maps, disability services, tram routes, routes, doi -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Book, Bacchus Marsh centenary celebrations, 22nd to 27th October, 1936: Official souvenir and programme, 1936
A souvenir booklet produced in Bacchus Marsh to commemorate 100 years since the arrival of European colonists in the district Bacchus Marsh in 1836. It contains a brief history of European settlement in the area and a description of some of the major industries and infrastructure of the region. Also included are several black and white images of significant local buildings, parks, geographic features and a group portrait of shire councilors; Published by The Lady Publishing Company, Melbourne, 1936. Edited by F. C. McC Crisp; Online edition accessible from State Library of Victoria at: https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma99837471360763628 pages. 25cm.non-fictionA souvenir booklet produced in Bacchus Marsh to commemorate 100 years since the arrival of European colonists in the district Bacchus Marsh in 1836. It contains a brief history of European settlement in the area and a description of some of the major industries and infrastructure of the region. Also included are several black and white images of significant local buildings, parks, geographic features and a group portrait of shire councilors; Published by The Lady Publishing Company, Melbourne, 1936. Edited by F. C. McC Crisp; Online edition accessible from State Library of Victoria at: https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma998374713607636bacchus marsh history, centenaries bacchus marsh -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Department of Infrastructure, Regional Matters: An Atlas of Regional Victoria, C2003
Green soft covered book including chapers on population, jobs and industry, housing, road and rail transport, health services, education, and water resourcesvictoria, regional victoria, population, migration flow, jobs, industry, export, food production, housing, rail, roads, health, education, qualifications, water, irrigation -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Department of Infrastructure, "Fast Rail Links to Regional Centres", Feb. 2002
Pamphlet - 8 pages, centre stapled, full colour printed on heavy paper, titled "Fast Rail Links to Regional Centres", dated February 2002, outlining the Fast Rail to the regions, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Latrobe Valley by the Labour government as part of its "Linking Victoria" program. Has a image of the proposed Velocity of the front cover Has a forward by Steve Bracks, Peter Batchelor. Covers journey times, benefits, statement by David Vendy, Mayor of Ballarat, train services, benefits, land requirements safety and timetable for construction and contacts. Made by the Rail Projects Group of the Department of Infrastructure.trams, tramways, ballarat, railways, timetables, vline -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Various passes and tickets
Sandhurst and Electric Tramways Company introduced the first trams to Bendigo in June 1890. These were battery operated trams but it soon became obvious that the battery life was unable to copy with Bendigo's hilly terrain. The trams were converted to steam in 1892. In 1899 the tramways were sold to the Electric Supply Company of Victoria and in 1903 the trams were converted to electricity. After WW1 the SEC was formed and took over the running of the trams. With the increased usage of cars, patronage of the trams began to drop off after WW2. In 1972 the tramways closed as a commuter service. The Bendigo trust then restored trams and infrastructure and began the tourist/talking trams.State Electricity Commission of Victoria Provincial Tramways: 2 x single parcel tickets Nos 024004 and 024005, 1 x single Scholars Monthly ticket, 1 x single Blind persons pass, 1 x transfer with image of by holding sign with quote "Electricity makes life easier!". Also stapled together 1 x Scholars Monthly ticket, 1 x Blind persons pass and 2 x parcel tickets. Parcel tickets have orange print on thin paper. Monthly ticket and Blind persons pass have black print on cardboard. Transfer is on original brown cardboard.provincial tramways, tramways, tickets, passes, electricity -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Tramways student passes
Sandhurst and Electric Tramways Company introduced the first trams to Bendigo in June 1890. These were battery operated trams but it soon became obvious that the battery life was unable to copy with Bendigo's hilly terrain. The trams were converted to steam in 1892. In 1899 the tramways were sold to the Electric Supply Company of Victoria and in 1903 the trams were converted to electricity. After WW1 the SEC was formed and took over the running of the trams. With the increased usage of cars, patronage of the trams began to drop off after WW2. In 1972 the tramways closed as a commuter service. The Bendigo trust then restored trams and infrastructure and began the tourist/talking trams.State Electricity Commission of Victoria Provincial Tramways: student passes One box containing various types of tram tickets. Bottom of box is red. Top of box has a mottled pattern with a stripe across the length with the words "SAVON TWEED LENTHERIC". 1 separate bundle of 10c paper tickets with cardboard backing and whitestripe where tickets are stapled together. Tickets are a beige color with black print. Bottom of box has a blue sticker with white typeface - "JW Jones Chemist Hargreaves St. Bendigo" 13/6 is written in the middle of this sticker with pencil.On back of separate ticket bundle is blue pen with OCT 1972 crossed out and 16.4.1972 Trams Finishedprovincial tramways, tramways, tickets, passes, electricity -
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Book - BENDIGO - THE REGION TO LIVE, WORK & INVEST
Pale yellow 12 page book titled 'Bendigo the Region to Live Work & Invest'. On the front cover is a scenic view of Bendigo and on the back cover a picture of some quartz and gold nuggets on a green background. Sections in the book are: Live Work & Invest, Lifestyle, Access, Community, Infrastructure, Labour Force, Business, Opportunity, Successes and Information. Each page has a colour picture, they are:- Hargreaves Mall, Eaglehawk Golf Course, Map of Victoria, La Trobe University, Big Hill, Regional Office Department of Planning & Development, Sandhurst Farms, Construction Activity, Products of the Region, Dr. Ian Macbean, Mr Evan Jones and the Capital Theatre with information on each.book, bendigo, bendigo, bendigo - the region to live, work & invest, bendigo regional development board, dr ian macbean, mr evan jones, kate mildren, richard gibbs, express printers, hargreaves mall, eaglehawk golf course, map of victoria, la trobe university, big hill, regional office department of planning & development, sandhurst farms, construction activity, products of the region, capital theatre -
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Document - STATE RIVERS AND WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION VICTORIA : CENTRAL PLANT WORKSHOPS
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria. Brochure titled 'Central Plant Workshops'. Double-sided, three pages on each. Information about the workshops (CPW for short) and the setting up of the Bendigo site from 1946. There is a map of the layout of the site, and information given under the following headings - Central Plant Workshops, Work of the CPW, Meter Wheels, Pump Station Equipment, Steel Fabrication, Precast Concrete, and the Area and its Equipment. The brochure is dated June, 1968.state infrastructure, water supply, coliban system, state rivers and water supply commission of victoria. coliban system. central plant workshops. -
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Map - STATE RIVERS AND WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION : LAKE EPPALOCK
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria. Coliban System. Lake Eppalock. Map of Lake Eppalock foreshore area. Colour is used to delineate the areas of the Lake included in the three councils - McIvor Shire, Metcalf Shire and Strathfieldsaye Shire. Scale is 1 inch = 40 chains. Various notations in pencil have been added, with 'Coliban Office Plan' written and circled in the top right corner. A coloured (green) area is scaled as 'fore shore area in the charge of Derrinal Recreational Area Management Committee'. Individual leasing details have been added. The item referred to here HAS NOT BEEN SCANNED .state infrastructure, water supply, coliban system, state rivers and water supply commission of victoria. coliban system. lake eppalock. -
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Document - STATE RIVERS AND WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION : COLIBAN SYSTEM CRITICAL STORAGE CURVES
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria. Coliban System. Construction of Lake Eppalock. Chart titled 'Coliban System Critical Storage Curves'. Includes table headed ' Estimated requirements for various degrees of restricted consumption' related to the demand on the Coliban River. Figures on storages of Upper Coliban, Lauriston, Malmsbury, Barkers Creek, and Spring Gully. There are pencilled notations added. The information appears to be for the years 1957/58/59. The item referred to in this description HAS NOT BEEN SCANNED.state infrastructure, water supply, coliban system, state rivers and water supply commission of victoria. coliban system. lake eppalock. -
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Document - STATE RIVERS AND WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION : 1964-1965 A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT, 30/05/1965
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria. Small brochure titled '1964-1965 A Year of Achievement'. Contains information headed 'Rural Water Assets as at 30th June, 1965' and 'Highlights of 1964/5'. Also contains information about the purpose and work of the Commission as well as an answer to the question - Why do you pay rates? People mentioned in the brochure : The Minister - the Hon. T. A. Darcy, M.L.A.; The Commission - A.L. Tisdall, Chairman; R.A. Horsfall, Deputy Chairman; K.D. Green, Commissioner; The Secretary - G. W. V. Lewis.state infrastructure, water supply, coliban system, state rivers and water supply commission of victoria.