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Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image - Opening group PMTT, 1910s
Digital image of an opening group of men standing alongside a four wheel tram at the time of an unknown opening of a PMTT tram line. Actual event unknown - possibly later in the life of the PMTT before the takeover by the MMTB.Digital image scanned from a framed photograph.pmtt, tramway opening, new tramway -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Malcolm the Movie - Brunswick Depot - set of 2, Norm Cross, 1986
Set of two photographs taken during the filming of Malcolm at Brunswick Depot - see also item 7934 for another photograph. Illustrates the lighting arrangements and the four wheel "tram'. Tram W5 765 also in the view.Yields information about well known Australian film MalcolmColour print with plain back - set of two.trams, tramways, malcolm, movie, brunswick depot, tram 765 -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - George Bass Motel Restaurant, Lakes Post Newspaper
Also black and white photograph of Kevin Brearly Proprietor of George Bass Motel standing in front of ships wheel Welcome Aboard sign holding a jar. Number 03801.3 size 15 x 12 cmBlack and white photograph of Chef Dean Snyder of George Bass Motel Restaurant with Managers Kevin and Kerryn Brearly Kalimna Victoriabusinesses, restaurant, commerce -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Sensory motor skills
1. A young boy stands with the aid of a wooden board, leaning against a table with a metal rail around the edge. 2. A toddler is assisted to hold a metal scoop to lift pasta shells from the tray table he sits at. On the floor in front of him rests a metal tin and an audio toy (The Farmer Says). An adult holds his fingers to help him lift the scoop and steady it with the alternate hand. 3. A young boy sits in a chair with a wooden wheel in front of him, that is clamped to a makeshift table, so that the boy can use his hands to turn the wheel.3 digital images of childrenrvib burwood school, occuapational therapy -
Orbost & District Historical Society
draw bar
Vehicles pulled by a pair have a pole which attaches between the wheel pair. This draw bar belonged to a wagon or coach pulled by two horses. It would have been used in the Orbost district before modern transport.This item is an example of transport in Orbost before more moderrn road transport. This item is associated with that time.A wooden draw bar / pulling pole painted red. It was used for a wagon or coach and has a cross bar for attaching two horses.transport wagon-draw-bar pulling-bar -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Steam locomotives J-547 and J-512 in the locomotive shed, Bendigo Railway Station, 1962
"J547 undergoes maintenance that required removal of its motion gear, axle box and wheel set. The dome cover has also been removed to facilitate a boiler inspection and/or work on the regularor valve. November 1962" - NewsrailDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white negative transparencybendigo, bendigo railway station, george coop collection, j-512, j-547, j-class steam locomotive (vulcan foundry), railway turntable, railway workshop -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, 100 years of the Dethridge Wheel 1910 - 2010, 2010
Reprinted from a power point presentation by Peter Fitzgerald, a former director of Goulburn Murray Water, The Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority and is a local irrigator and dairy farmer, on the Dethridge Wheel - 199 years of faithful serviceBlue plastic front and back cover. black spinedethridge wheel, goulburn murray water, fitzgerald -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
In 1965, 8th/`3th Victorian Mounted Rifles was equipped with wheeled armoured vehicles and undertook its own driver instruction training. Weekend training so as to have trained crewmen available for tactical training at Annual Exercises.Collection of photographs showing an armoured regiment of the Citizen Forces in the 1960s as it transitioned from wheeled armoured vehicles to tanks to M113 armoured personal carriers.Coloured photograph of three Ferret Scout Cars on bush road. Vehicles have " L " plates displayed." Ferret Driving Course around Granya ( Victoria ) area. Cpl. Halliday in overcoat. " -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOUNDRY
sepia print mounted on grey board. Adult males (some in working clothes) assembled in lean to of engineering machine shop. Some machinery - pumps, lathe etc. Vertical wall of main building in background. Lorry wheel in right lower foreground.organization, business, foundry -
Friends of Kurth Kiln
Ratchet Assembly
Ratchet Assembly on a flat surface cast bearing; one side broken off. 10cm dia ratchet wheel held in position by a locating pin. Captive handle 1.2cm round steel 35cm long. A 15cm piece of chain is attached to the shaft. -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Vehicle, motor, Ambulance, Holden Commodore VS, 1998, 1998
This vehicle is known as a Light Ambulance Vehicle (LAV) and is used for long distance , single patient transport. It provides a better ride and greater comfort for the patient. This vehicle was based at Sale-Lakes Entrance, Victoria and was operated by the Rural Ambulance Service.Four-wheeled motor vehicle fitted out as an ambulance. Bodywork painted white with strips of red and silver diagonal stripes along the sides of the bonnet and side panels. A red/white/blue light strip is attached to the roof above the front windscreen.Registration number PIH229ambulance, motor vehicle, holden, holden commodore vs 1998, light ambulance vehicle (lav), sale, lakes entrance -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Bruce Hedderwick's Shooting Car, c.1920
Bruce P. Hedderwick was the son of the Kew lawyer and politician Henry Hedderwick and lived with his family at 'Garoopna' on the corner of A'Beckett and Barry Streets, Kew. This photograph is part of a larger donation of items relating to the Hedderwick family of Kew.Monochrome, Black and white print copy of Bruce Hedderwick's 'shooting car' in A'Beckett Street, Kew. Bruce Pitcairn Hedderwick is shown at the wheel of the. car. His children on the cart are from left to right: Betty, Peter, Gary (at back), Bruce and Margie. garoopna -- a'beckett street, shooting cars, bruce pitcairn hedderwick -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Tip Dray, Late 19th century
Used for carting rock to crushing batteries, road making, railway track building.Single horse drawn tip dray, restored by G & S Little in 1999. Made of timber with metal fittings and wheel rims. Enclosed sides with hinged front and rear panels. Chassis and wheels painted dark red, body in dark blue.Rectangular brass plaque on LHS looking forward detailing restoration and possible usage.transport ..... horse-drawn -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Falk Family, 1935c
Black and white photograph of Frederick Louis Falk standing beside a horse harnessed into a wheeled vehicle. He is dressed in dark trousers and waistcoat, white shirt and felt hat and has neatly trimmed white beard and moustache. Kalimna West Victoriagenealogy, fashion -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Ellis Collection, c1950?
Negative (120) of the traverser that ran between the body shop and paint shop at Preston Workshops. Shows the detail of the cabin and wheel arrangements. In the background is a W2 fitted with a reflective red T lamp. The tram is showing route 9A, Thornbury. Date 1950?trams, tramways, preston workshops, traverser, w2 class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), " Motor Bus Data", Jul. 1954
Dyeline print of Drawing R8906 - Motor Bus Data, dated 19/7/1954. Gives bus numbers, make and type number of vehicles in service, capacity, turning circle, wheel bases, Tare weight, overall length, width and height.trams, tramways, buses, mmtb, lists -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
8/13 VMR was equipped with M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers in 1970 for reconnaissance training.Collection of photographs showing an armoured regiment of the Citizen Forces in the 1960s as it transitioned from wheeled armoured vehicles to tanks to M113 armoured personal carriers.Black and White photograph of M113 armoured vehicles of 8/13 VMR in street of Wodonga, Victoria leading ANZAC Day march." Anzac Day Wodonga ". Crews are named. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Solid 28" dia tram wheels for conversion to wheel centres", 24/7/1964
Typed report on the possibility of converting solid steel wheels to wheel centres after they were worn out and then placing a tire or tyre onto them. Looks at the costs, and mileages. Understood this was not proceeded with. Report dated 24/7/1964.Yields information about the examination of costs and methods of recycling solid wheels as wheel centres.Document or report 1 foolscap sheet - carbon copytramways, technical information, preston workshops, costs, wheels, tyres -
Mont De Lancey
Container - Pottery Bottle, Unknown
Stoneware bottles were used for storage and transport. The bottles were handmade using either a potter's wheel or in moulds such as a plaster mould, which gave the bottles uniformity in size and shape. The bottle would then be fired and glazed in a hot kiln.A medium sized vintage cream coloured glazed stoneware bottle with a pouring lip and broken cork stopper.bottles, cooking equipment, food storage containers, beverage bottles -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Sewing Machine
Sewing machines were used by some ladies to mend and make clothes for the family as shops were some distance away and bought clothes were much more expensive. The sewing machines were also used to sew items for fund raising e.g.. Church and School fetes.Used in the Kiewa Valley.The machine has a brown wood veneer base and a lid with a metal handle in the centre of the top. There is a long screw that fits in a hole at the top of the lid. The screw can be lifted out and used to open and take off the lid. Inside there is a black metal machine which is fitted onto the wooden base. There is a compartment in the base, right of the wheel of the machine, which holds an instruction manual and a tube of ""Singer" lubricant for electric machines". The light, above the needle is covered by bakelite. A leather belt runs around the wheel on the right to enable the machine to run. There is a foot pedal and an electric cord attached."Singer Manufacturing Company" - gold embossed "No. EL 249 355" - oval disc "99K" - disc "Singer Manfg. Co. - discsewing machine; singer manufacturing company; kiewa valley -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Piston Pump - Water
Pumps were used to move water from one place to another. This one was connected by a belt to an engine that would drive it. Electricity is used to drive pumps nowadays.This pump was used in the original Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Blue steel and brass water pump bolted onto a wooden base. The stand of the pump is rectangular at one end and round at the other. The rectangular end has a hollow brass cylinder extending up. Inside the brass cylinder is a steel piece with a wide brass cylinder attached at right angles at the top. This is attached at the top to a blue steel 'T' at which the other end has a blue (on the inside) wheel with four curved spokes. When the wheel is turned the steel piece inside the cylinder moves from side to side. On either side of the cylinder, at its base are outlets with screw on fittings. Embossed "Simplex" along the stem of the 'T' and "Model / D" on the opposite side.piston water pump; simplex -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INNER WHEEL CLUB SOUTH BENDIGO COLLECTION: RED PHOTO ALBUM 1979 - 1985
Large photo album with a red mottled cover with a large grey embossed area on the front cover. A sticker at the top has Inner Wheel Club of Bendigo South History 1979 - 1985. Written inside the front cover is: Donated to the Inner Wheel Club of Bendigo South for their first historian book from the President of the Bendigo South Rotary Club. Tom Johnson 1980 - 81. Contained in the album is: First meeting, Monthly Bulletins, photos (black & white and colour, newspaper cuttings, Annual Reports, Presidents Reports, Club Symbol - Flame of Friendship, blue and gold banner and Christmas cards.bendigo, clubs, inner wheel club south bendigo, inner wheel club south bendigo: red photo album 1979 - 1985, tom johnson -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, British Engineering Standards Association, "Cast Steel Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars", "Wrought Iron Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars", 1922
.1 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "Cast Steel Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars". Dated April 1922. Has standard Number 150-1922. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. .2 - Book - 16 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "Wrought Iron Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars". Dated April 1922. Has standard Number 149-1922. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. Both copies has the stamp of the "Tait Book Co. 90 William St. Melbourne" on the lower edge and in the top right corner, the ESCo Ballarat company stamp and the date "14 September 1923". trams, tramways, tramways, electrical equipment, wheels -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - KANGAROO HYDRAULIC COMPANY OPENING 25TH JANUARY 1894
4 page typed document, typed copy of article in Bendigo Advertiser 25th January, 1894. The Kangaroo Hydraulic Company had its plant south of Diamond Hill and 'a couple of miles from Kangaroo Flat'. The company had a Pelton Wheel to drive the crushing battery, 'one of the first in the colony'. Extensive detail on the operation. John Delbridge mechanical engineer was the engineer under who 'the plant has been erected' Mrs McGowan broke a bottle of champagne over the wheel. Thompson and Co., Castlemainer were involved in the build of the plant. Mr. C. Jorgensen was commended for his work.Bendigo Advertiserbendigo, mining, kangaroo hydraulic company -
Puffing Billy Railway
Sugar Cane Truck No. "1076" - Gauge 2'0"
Sugar Cane Truck "1076" Gauge 2'0" A four wheel truck of simple construction typical of many hundreds used on the canefield tramways of Queensland and Northern New South Wales. Donated by Moreton Sugar Mill, Nambour, Queensland in 1965Historic - Industrial narrow Gauge railway - sugar cane truck used at Moreton Sugar Mill, Nambour, QueenslandWooden Truck with Winch 1076 puffing billy, sugar cane truck, industrial narrow gauge railway, moreton sugar mill -
The Paynesville Maritime Museum
Tool, Oilstone
After a chisel has its cutting point ground (on the grinding wheel) the edge is honed on an oilstone. The wooden box is to prevent dirt getting onto the stone and to keep the stone moist with oil. Also used for plane blades and knives etc.oil stone, oilstone, sharpening -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Maximum Traction Tramcars - Weight Distribution", 3/1959
Typed note, dated 5/3/1959, regarding measuring the weight distribution on a Maximum Traction tramcar, pony wheel, using a jack with a pressure gauge. Appears to be a theoretical document. Has the initials JRP in the top right-hand corner.Yields information about a method of measuring the weight distribution of a Brill 22E or maximum traction bogie.Document - foolscap typed sheet with hand written note.On front in ink "S/S Lacks"? and on rear "Depot Foreman"tramways, secv, tramcars, maximum traction, pony axles, brill 22e -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Cloth Badge - Nelson Endeavour River Cruise, n.d
Cloth badge, oval, Nelson Endeavour River Cruise; light blue map of Australia, red arrow identifying Nelson; red ship's wheel either side, dark blue lettering, white background; white embroidered border on badge; white backing.Front: 'Nelson Endeavour' - above map "River Cruise' - below mapsouvenir, nelson river cruise -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Snowy River Mail as "Mail" Print, The Cann River Collection, March 1985
This book was produced by Ron Anderson, a resident of Cann River in 1985 - 159 years following the establishment of Victoria. It contains a collection of photographs as well as a brief history of the Cann River District. This book is a pictorial record of Cann River and as such is a useful research tool.A large format black covered book, titled, "The Cann River Collection Volume 1". On the front cover is a black and white photograph of a four-wheeled buggy pulled by four horses standing outside a hotel. It contains a collection of photographs of the Cann River district. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INNER WHEEL CLUB SOUTH BENDIGO COLLECTION: PHOTO ALBUM 2011-2013
Blue photo album with a white sticker with Inner Wheel Club of Bendigo South History 2011-2013. In the bottom left corner is another sticker with 7. and 2011-2013 written on it. The album contains photos of members at various functions, newspaper articles and obituaries.bendigo, clubs, inner wheel club south bendigo