Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Yarra 2500 [base map] 14.23. Diamond Creek, Sutherland Homes. Parish of Morang 3183 and Nillumbik 3310. Municipality of Diamond Valley 257. Prominent streets Aqueduct Road, Diamond Creek Road, Yan Yean Road and McLaughlans Lane. Features include the abandoned Maroondah aqueduct and Sutherland Cottages.MMBW Map in 1:2500 [scale] series. Cream parchment with green tape reinforcing on edges and punched holes on left edge.mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, shire of diamond valley, plenty - maps, sutherland homes, maroondah aqueduct

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Yarra 2500 [base map] 13.28. Mernda, Wilton Vale. Municipality of Diamond Valley 257 and Whittlesea 239. Prominent streets: Wilton Vale Road. Features include Yan Yean Pipe Track and SEC Transmission Lines. The abandoned rail line (old Whittlesea line) is in the top left corner.MMBW Map in 1:2500 [scale] series. Cream parchment with green tape reinforcing on edges and punched holes on left edge.mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, shire of diamond valley, mernda - maps

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Yarra 2500 [base map] 15.24. Diamond Creek, Grassy Flat Road. Parish of Nillumbik 3310. Municipality of Diamond Valley 257. Prominent streets include: Everleigh Drive, Broad Gully Road and Clyde Street. Features include the Diamond Creek, Nillumbik Park and Diamond Creek Reservoir.MMBW Map in 1:2500 [scale] series. Cream parchment with green tape reinforcing on edges and punched holes on left edge.mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, diamond creek - maps, shire of diamond valley

MEDIUM: Photograph / Silver bromide DESCRIPTION: Black and white photograph, silver bromide Black outer frame with glass front Image and white board inner frame under glassSigned and dated on on white board inner frame, proper left corner - under photographphotograph, silver, gibb, stone, angel, carlton, bromide

"Tally Hi" crutching - Australian Wool Board."Tally Hi" crutching - Australian Wool Board.shearing animal health crutching, australian wool board, shearing, animal health, crutching

Administrative record - "Superintendent of cable running sheds daily return" for MMTB dated 21/2/1938 - form 21A of 11/37. Give details of the weather, traffic conditions, depot tram cars - cars and dummies, and their availability. Lists 2 cars taken out of service - issues or accidents. Would have been compiled from individual depot reports. The rear of the sheet has been used to prepare a report by K L Mackenzie on applicants for the Compressed Gas Plant attendant at Clifton Hill depot. The Compressed Gas plant was part of the equipment installed to provide gas for the buses during the early stage of the Second World War. Names listed are: Hence, Wrigly, Maynard, Fay, Coates, Stephens, Lyons, Langton, and C J M Campbell. See item 7521, 7517 and 7518 for similar reports. Yields information the mmtb cable tram allocation and events at cable tram running sheds - 1938.Completed preprinted quarto form with typed information with hand writing on rear.tramways, trams, mmtb, depots, daily reports, cable trams, clifton hill, compressed gas, buses

Administrative record - "Superintendent electric running sheds' daily return" for MMTB dated 4/5/1925 - form 71. Give details of the weather, traffic conditions, depot tram cars - bogie and single truckers Lists 1 car taken out of service - defective or accidents, provides detail of the status of fire services at depots, and watchmen's tell tales. Would have been compiled from individual depot reports. The rear of the sheet has been used to prepare a report by K L Mackenzie on applicants for the Compressed Gas Plant attendant at Clifton Hill depot. The Compressed Gas plant was part of the equipment installed to provide gas for the buses during the early stage of the Second World War. Names listed are: Hence, Wrigly, Maynard, Fay, Coates, Stephens, Lyons, and Langton. See item 7521, 7516 and 7518 for similar reports. Yields information the mmtb cable tram allocation and events at electric tram running sheds - 1925 and the compressed gas system attendants.Completed preprinted foolscap form with typed information and hand writing on the rear.tramways, trams, mmtb, depots, daily reports, cable trams, clifton hill, compressed gas, buses

This was the second honour board created by Ballarat College to honour the school captain for each year. The first award was given in 1914. Prior to the time the captain of the football first was recognised as captain of the school. At amalgamation (1974) and because the Senior students moved to the Mair Street campus) this board was co-opted to honour Junior School captains. In 2012 the school undertook a major project and created three new boards. One board honours Ballarat College Dux (1868 - 1973) and School Captains (1914 - 1973); another board honours Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies' College Dux and Head Prefect (1919 - 1973). These boards resemble the 1950 re-creation. A third board was instituted in 2012 to honour Ballarat Clarendon College Dux and School Captains (1974 - ) This board emphasizes the value placed on leadership by the school from its earliest beginnings. That the boards have been maintained and consistently displayed in significant places of honour within the school only further emphasizes the historial and social significance of the award 'school captain'. Large varnished wooden board with wood frame, four rectangular relief boards and one heading relief board. Gold leaf lettering on relief boards.ballarat-college, school-captains, honour-boards, memorial-hall, junior-school-captain,

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Yarra 2500 [base map] 13-19. Lower Plenty, Montmorency, Yallambie. Parishes of Keelbundora 2856 and Nillumbik 3310. Municipalities of Heidelberg 228, Diamond Valley 257 and Eltham 238. Prominent streets include: Elder Street, Para Road, and Main Road Lower Plenty. Includes Watsonia Army Barracks.MMBW Map in 1:2500 [scale] series. Cream parchment with green tape reinforcing on edges and punched holes on left edge.mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, shire of diamond valley, montmorency - maps, yallambie - maps, lower plenty - maps

Letter addressed to Mrs B Bartley of Carlton dated 6/6/1965 regarding the possibility of rejoining the Board as a conductress. Details the wages average earnings, and leave etc. Signed by the Secretary W Aird. The photograph shows a lady conductress on a tram step of W2 258, presumably Mrs. Bartley. Not known whether she took up the offer.Has a close association with Mrs Bartley and demonstrates MMTB recruiting at the time of a shortage of staff.Letter on a sheet of quarto MMTB Letterhead with a black and white photograph taped to the bottom right hand corner.tramways, tramcars, conductress, w2 class, tram 258, job offer, mmtb

Report - duplicated - 12 foolscap sheets pinned with a brass clip in the top left hand corner, titled "Statement by the Chairman (MMTB) to the Committee of Public Accounts of the Parliament of the State of Victoria", not formally dated, but c1927. Report looks at the establishment of the Board, operation of the cable tram system, failures, accidents, comparison with the electric system, costs, conversion of the cable car routes, a summary of the cable stoppages, issues with cable trams, shunting, ropes, accidents and operational matters.trams, tramways, mmtb, parliament, victorian government, finances, buses, cable trams, conversion, accidents

Packaged Set of eight of printed illustrations - postcard size of Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Tramcars produced in 1978. Separate card for each class of tramcar featured, with notes, statistics, MMTB name. Each card also has printers name and date on back. Not a formal postcard, no place for a stamp. Packaged with light weight plastic. See Reg Item 446 for details of the tramcars involved. Has Z7 on front and cable car set on rear.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, tramcars

Long coffee coloured wool lace evening gown with long sleeves and train. According to the donor (see correspondence in supp. file), this gown was made from Australian wool woven in Bradford and made up in Paris. It was given to the Melbourne Legacy Wives Association by Mr Ken Clarke (former head of the Wool Board and a Legatee) for use in a parade of garments by the Legacy Wives Association. This particular gown won an award (Wool Award/Gown of the Year?) in c.1957 and was on display in the window of the Georges department store in Melbourne.Long coffee coloured wool lace evening gown with long sleeves and train. Slip under coffee coloured lace dress. Detail of bodice of coffee coloured lace dress. Photograph from C of A: Ministry of Post War Construction Report c1945 "Wool"AC / AUST WOOL BOARDfashion, australian wool board, lace

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Yarra 2500 [base map] 14.22. St Helena, St Katherine's Church. Parish of Nillumbik 3310. Municipality of Diamond Valley 257. Prominent streets St Helena Road, Weidlich Road, Yan Yean Road and Allumba Drive. Features include St Katherine's Church of England and the St Helena Secondary College site.MMBW Map in 1:2500 [scale] series. Cream parchment with green tape reinforcing on edges and punched holes on left edge.mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, shire of diamond valley, st helena - maps, st katherines church st helena

Passengers on board the SS CasinoGreeting card depicting passengers on Board the SS CasinoA Merry Christmasship, boat, sea, river, ss casino, passengers

By 1910 it had become apparent that there was a need for a central roads authority to take over responsibility from the Board of Lands and Works for the care and management of the main roads of the state of Victoria. Because there was no consistent and systematic policy for road maintenance Victorian roads were in a deplorable condition. At this time the use of the motor car accentuated the demands for better roads. As a result of these needs the Country Roads Act 1912 was proclaimed in 1913 providing for the establishment of the Country Roads Board as a central road authority with responsibility for those roads within the State considered to be main roads. the C.R.B. was responsible for the construction of roads and bridges including the Snowy River road bridges in Orbost. This was a major project involving not only a new bridge over the Snowy River (including Lochiel Lagoon), but other bridges over Ashby’s Gulch and Watt’s Gulch. These new bridges were opened in November 1976 with the unveiling of a plaque on the eastern end of the $2.4M Snowy River Bridge. (ref. May Leatch) This is a useful reference tool on the history of the construction of the Snowy River road bridges.A journal, titled "CRB News" . On the front cover the title is in orange print with No. 33 August 1976 above a coloured photo of a truck carrying two tiers of new vehicles along a main sealed road. It contains information and photos of the construction of the Snowy River road bridges.on front cover - handwritten in black - "M. I. Gilbert"crb-news country-roads-board snowy-river-road-bridges

Timber notice board used at the booking office for the SS Time to indicate sailing informationSailing Notice Board made of timberSS Time; Will Sail; At; For ss time, corsair rock, notice board

The Municipality of Kew (1860-1863), the Borough of Kew (1863-1910), the Town of Kew (1910-1921) and the City of Kew (1921-1994) were local government instrumentalities in the State of Victoria. In 1994, the City of Kew was amalgamated, together with the former Cities of Camberwell and Hawthorn, into the new City of Boroondara (1994- ). Like other local government entities of the period, Kew was administered by town clerks. The two notable town clerks in Kew's history were H. H. (Henry Hirst) Harrison (1868-1955) and W. D. (William Dickie) Birrell (1899-1974). Harrison was appointed to the position in 1901 and retired in 1938 after 37 years. Birrell, appointed Acting Town Clerk in 1921, became Town Clerk in 1938, following Harrison's retirement. He continued in this role until his retirement in 1966.This card is part of an historically significant civic collection, containing hundreds of separate invitations, documents, greeting cards, programmes and tickets issued and/or collected by successive town clerks. Items in the collection illuminate the political, social and cultural history of the district. As a continuous record, ranging across most decades of the Twentieth Century, they reveal changing tastes in design, values and relationships in the history of local government in Victoria.THE CHAIRMEN AND COMMISSIONERS / OF THE MELBOURNE AND METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS / REQUEST THE / PLEASURE OF THE COMPANY OF / Mr W D Birrell / AT THE / OPENING OF THE UPPER YARRA RESERVOIR / BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA / GENERAL SIR DALLAS BROOKS KCB KCMG KCVO DSO KStJ / ON TUESDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1957, AT 2 O'CLOCK P.M. / RSVP TO THE SECRETARY, 110 SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE, C1, BEFORE 8TH NOVEMBER, 1957civic invitations -- kew (vic), melbourne & metropolitan board of works, upper yarra reservoir

Demonstrates aspects of the Melbourne Tramways fare system as a comparison to their use at Ballarat.Fare tokens - 1 1/2d - 22mm diameter - dark brown celluloid - with words "Melbourne & Metropolitan" on circumference and "Tramways Board" in centre of token. On reverse in large font "1 1/2" and a small font "D" at to the right - indicating token had a value of one and a half pence. Both sides have a edge lining border about 1mm from the outer edge. See image. Details of use, date of manufacture and manufacturer not known at time of cataloguing. trams, tramways, tickets, tokens, mmtb, melbourne

Typed document with pencil changes for retyping headed: From - Committee of Inquiry To - Chairman and Members of the Board Interim Report" - (conversion of existing tramway system to bus" Four foolscap pages reporting on the scope of investigation, initial steps taken, information requested, information outstanding, other matters investigate, time required to complete the report. Report based on use of 41 seat underfloor engined bus with a combination of one or two man operation - pencil date of March 1960.trams, tramways, mmtb, conversion, buses

Sign, painted onto a MMTB auxiliary destination board of the type that could hang on the front of a Melbourne tram car with the words "Direct to Velodrome", black letters on yellow painted background. The reverse side has had a number of paper signs glue to it, only partly readable. The Velodrome is now part of the Olympic Park in Swan St. Metal sign, fitted with metal hanging brackets, riveted to sign on both sides. Manufactured by rolling the outer edges over a 4mm diameter steel rod.trams, tramways, signs, auxiliary board, swan st, olympics

Report - four foolscap sheets, clipped in top left hand corner titled "Yoke Frames for Supporting line pulleys in tunnel", dated 18/10/1916 by Mr. P. J. Pringle for the Tramway Board. Report on issues with the cable tramway yokes looking at the problems with wear, cracking, dimensions, and depth that the grip could run. Noted differences between the south and north sides of the system. Work done by Mr Blackwell and Mr. Watt. Has two sheets of tables listing the problems.trams, tramways, cable trams, cable grip, cables, maintenance, track repairs

Report, 14 foolscap, duplicated sheets, titled "Confidential - The Chairman, Conference of Victorian Tramways Undertakings", dated 5/2/1919 and signed by W. Strangward as Secretary to the Committee reporting on the conference between Mr. Wilcox (Tramway Board), Mr Dix (PMTT), Mr. Murdoch (Essendon), Mr Pringle (Ballarat and Bendigo - ESCo) considering the claims of the Union, "Log of Wages and Working conditions served upon most Tramway Undertakings" through the Commonwealth. Goes through each demand and makes a recommendation.trams, tramways, unions, pmtt, tramway board, wages, nmetl, esco

Set of correspondence pinned together with a brass clip from Dec 1919 to October 1920 regarding the issuing of free passes to employees. Written on early MMTB, Tramway Board, MMTB Eastern System, PMTT letterhead. Includes samples of the tickets and also a solicitors letter regarding the issuing of them. Includes instructions regarding their use and who may issue them with a list of names. Includes letters and memos to Mr Strangward, Mr Dix, Only sample pages scanned to the pdf file.trams, tramways, employees, tickets, passes, pmtt, mmtb, tramway board, eastern system

Set of four black and white prints of W2 221 derailed at South Melbourne tram depot, late 1960's? This tram was used a training vehicle for recovery crews to re-rail trams. Again possibly an early use of this vehicle as such - has "Kenric Best for Boys wear" sign on one end, and a "Collision not to be moved" Auxiliary board on the other end. In the background are AEC Meal Bus, Works vehicle No. 6, mobile crane used in track relaying and South Melbourne depot buildings.trams, tramways, training, emergency, accidents, recovery, mmtb, south melbourne depot, derailments, tram 221, tram 6, aec, track cleaner, works cars

MEDIUM: Oil pastel on paper DESCRIPTION: Red oil and pastel painting Cream outer frame with glass front Image and white board inner frame under glassSigned and dated; bottom proper left corner Signed and dated on backing board - geographical referencecorner, store, goldberg, pastel

Three copies of the Annual report of the MMTB for the years end 1977 to 1979. 3952.1 - "MMTB Annual Report 1977", brown card cover with a drawing of Z24 on the front cover, 24 pages, white paper, giving details of the MMTB Board, Officers, Introduction, Financial, Engineering, Industrial, Balance sheet, Summary of Income and Expenditure, Schedule of Debentures and Inscribed stock, auditors report, Schedule of tram and bus routes, and record of annual traffic receipts, passengers etc.. Photos include Z's in Bourke ST, after a heavy storm, new Volvo bus, display/advertising tram, Dandenong Rd, Route map board and Cathy Pacific advertisement. Printed by McCarron Bird. 3952.2 - "MMTB Annual Report 1978", gloss cover with a photo of Z18 in Wellington Parade on the front cover, 24 pages, white paper, giving details of the MMTB Board, Officers, Introduction, Financial, Engineering, Industrial, historical highlights, Balance sheet, Summary of Income and Expenditure, Schedule of Debentures and Inscribed stock, auditors report, Service Statistics, Schedule of tram and bus routes, and on inside back cover, route map. On back cover is a photo of Z20 in Wellington Parade. Photos include bus lane on Eastern Freeway, construction of Burwood Extension, first tram to Warragul Road, opening of Burwood tramway (1916), Volvo bus Bell St, upgraded computer installation, Volvo bus chassis, Z class bogie. Printed by McCarron Bird. 3952.3 - "MMTB Annual Report 1978-79", gloss card cover with a photo of Z 116 on the front cover, 24 pages, white paper, giving details of the MMTB Board, Officers, Introduction, Financial, Engineering, Industrial, historical highlights, Balance sheet, Summary of Income and Expenditure, Schedule of Debentures and Inscribed stock, auditors report, Service Statistics, Schedule of tram and bus routes, and on inside back cover, route map. On back cover is a photo of Z73, Nicholson St, Fitzroy. Photos include first tram on Burwood Extension, Volvo bus Westgate freeway, K. J. Brennan, map of Bundoora extension, Box Hill tram, V214, vintage trams day 1979, MAN Bus, Swanston St at dusk and montage of painted W2's. Printed by McCarron Bird.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, annual reports, operations, trackwork

To recognise the funds donated to help set up the Baringa Centre in Shepparton, this donor board was displayed in the foyer. It contains names of major donors.Wooden board with vinyl letteringbaringa (shepparton), fundraising

Chairman of the Victorian Railways, Harold Clapp, established The Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board as part of a campaign to launch the Spirit of Progress – the first new train constructed during the Depression era. Clapp was an aggressive Chairman of Railway Commissioners who was determined to keep Victorian Railways prospering. This book was a promotion book for "The Gippslander". The Gippslander name has been used for trains in the Bairnsdale corridor since 1954This book is a useful research tool.A 28 pp paper back book, titled Gippsland and its Lakes and Caves Victoria Australia. The front cover has orange and black print with yellow, green and blue motifs on a white and yellow background. The book has a stapled spine. It contains a short description of each of Gippsland's towns, a centre, double page maap of the region and many b/w photographs.railway-transport gippsland clapp-harold