Accompanying typed sheet reads, "...shows the Croydon train in the north platform ready with signal off to leave for Melbourne".

Accompanying sheet reads as follows, "Shows a goods train arriving from either Croydon or Bayswater, probably the former. The Stationmaster is holding up his hand to take a large electric staff indicating that it was taken between 1899 and 1912. The signals also indicate that it was taken before 1912".

Catalogue card reads, 'City of Ringwood - 1960. Cobb & Co. Coach'. Written on backing sheet of photograph, 'City of Ringwood 1960. Cobb coach later smashed to pieces in accident. Bits purchased by Ron Mason (Ringwood).

Two Harris (Blue) trains can be seen in the Hurstbridge storage yard. Full seven coach trains would be stored here at weekends to permit rapid start of weekday services on a Monday. Meanwhile, Single Motor Carriage trains ran the Eltham-Hurstbridge service adequately at weekends. Two single carriages can be seen here. The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near Clayton.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencyharris (blue) train, hurstbridge line, red rattler, single motor carriage, tait train

Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencydiamond street, hurstbridge line, level crossing, red rattler, single motor carriage, tait train

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a steam train standing at Allendale Station. In the background is open countryside. The doors of the carriages are open and there are a few people standing on the platform.Written in pen on back - The 7.50 am train at Allendale R.S. Taken from foot bridge (overhead), 1/11/22, F.W. (au)frank wright, train, allendale, station, steam train, railway

ballarat east loco men, honour board, j.g. allen, a. bellisini, k.d. duncan, h. hicks, j. lord, t. cockerall, w.v. bottt, h.g. williams, l. upton, g.r. bowers, c.f. bowers, c.f. morris, r. o'shannessy, r.j. splatt, t.h.v. cook, l. coward, w. d'angri, r. buckingham, p. minifie, l. sells, r. borradale, r. horgan, j.r. wood, j. parkin, w.j. bruhn, t. bourke, j. harney, a. heathcote, j. quinn, w.j. cadzow

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Anniversary Train Visit Historic Army Vehicles. Army trucks. 1995stawell

1953 - Two photographs

1953 - Two photographs

1953 - Two photographs

1953 - Two photographs

1953 - Two B/W photographs

B/W photograph

People - "Young, Betty; Yelland, Mrs" Buildings - Station

ballarat station, bus depot

ballarat station, bus depot

ballarat station, bus depot

ballarat station

Looking west along a bluestone goods shed at the Ballarat Railway yard in 1960.ballarat railway, building, goods shed, ballrarat, railway

Photo of the Lydiard Street North Railway Crossing complete with the railway gates from the Ballarat Homecoming publication. Also seen in the photo is Reid's Coffee Palace and the electric tram line. railway gates, lydiard street north, ballarat, public, reid's coffee palace, railway crossing, streetscape, ballarat homecoming

Plate 215 Chuck Photo Series.north star hotel, lydiard street north, building, hotel

Jane Fitzgibbon, Proprietress. Cobb & Co. Booking Office. Plate 321 Chuck Photo Series.provincial hotel, jane fitzgibbon, lydiard street north, building, hotel, public, irwin's provincial hotel