Set of 3 digital images of the construction of the shed extensions to the BTPS depot on 13/1/1979. .1 - showing the structure at the time the steelwork contractor went under or bankrupt and the pits. .2 - the 4 road inspection pit. .3 - as for .1trams, tramways, btps, depot, buildings

Photocopy of an A4 page with hand written headings, titled "Survey of Passengers April 1974 - first Z3 tram in service", giving response to the questionnaire completed by 110 passengers and comments received. Signed R. Dunning? 25-9-1979.trams, tramways, z3 class, surveys, new trams

Typed letter on MMTB letterhead, as a letter of introduction to Ronald William Wearne, District Traffic Inspector, dated 4 June 1979, signed by R. C. Drummond, as Traffic Manager. Ron was visiting Europe. Typed on a watermarked bond paper.trams, tramways, mmtb, inspectors, letters

Set of 12 MMTB 60c tickets, printed on off white paper, details printed with in red ink, some different styles, with the bus number, date and bus type written in ink on the back of the ticket. Used between 1979 and 1980.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, tickets

George Milford, a long term staff member of Thompsons Foundry Castlemaine, remembers discussing Alexander Sinclair with this son, Alex Sinclair Jnr. "When Alex Jnr was a boy, his father, a senior design engineer, was sent to Malaya to oversee the erection on site of a suction cutter dredge for Thompsons. This was an adaptation of the idea of a bucket-dredge, where gold is won from alluvial gravels. In the 1915-1920 era, the Thompsons Engineering Department designed a suction-cutter dredge, by which hydraulic suction with a revolving cutter at the end of a long proboscis would collect the alluvial soil and deliver it into the dredge for recovery of the precious metals. Export marketing was then ‘all the go’, and the tin dredges were ordered from Thompsons, using the new cutter design. The dredges were, of course, shipped to Malaya in pieces, ready to be assembled on site. A number of Thompsons employees were selected to travel to Malaya to assemble the dredges. There were fourteen men in the gang. These men sailed on 1st July 1925, their number including Delmenico, McKay and Charles Albert Hauser, an engine driver. C A Hauser died of malaria in Malaya shortly after arrival. Components for a further three of these dredges were in transit or on site when the first suction-cutter dredge was assembled and tested. The designers had failed to take into account the fact that, in the jungle floor in Malaya, many trees grow up, and fall down, in tropical conditions, and become submerged still waterlogged in the floor of the jungle, and in the tin-bearing gravels. The suction-cutter dredge was found to be inefficient in these circumstances, the price of tin had fallen and the Malayan client reneged on the contract. Faced with an outlay of over £4,000 on which no money would be received, the company went bankrupt on 25th August 1925. Alex Sinclair Snr was at that stage in Malaya, and received the news of the bankruptcy by telegram. Upon telegraphing his employers for funds to return home, he received the reply that there were no such funds available. Alex Sinclair Jnr told the story of how his father worked as a labourer in Malaya for two years, while his mother took in washing and ironing during the same period, until together they had assembled enough money to pay for his father’s return Anyone who talks about “the good old days” is talking nonsense!"Large blue printed paper plan outlining the conditions of contract for the making of a steel boiler. The Blueprint includes design drawings and written contract specifying materials, time frame and costs. Signed on front 'Alec Sinclair Consulting Engineer, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne'. Stamped on verso 'Printed by Paterson & Co, Colonial Mutual Chambers, Collins St, Melbourne'. blueprint, designs and plans, yarrawee suction dredge, conditions of contract, thompsons foundry castlemaine, george milford

The 125th Anniversary of the Eureka Stockade was held in 1979,Blue cloth Eureka Flag with wooden stick used during the 125th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade,On sticker " 125th Anniversary - This flag made available by the generosity of Ballarat Permanent Building Society - 11 Grenville St Nth Ballarateureka, eureka stockade, eureka rebellion, eureka aniversary, eureka 125, diggers march, southern cross, eureka flag, ballarat permanent building society

Series of A4 copy photos given to the collection by Judy Faram, Illustrating the evolution of the 1856 building (see also #1516, 1522). The prints have been marked with dates. .09 - Faram Bros after upper stories removed approx 1979In ink, various information dates etc on surface of prints.business and traders - hardware, built environment - commercial, faram brothers hardware

Paper back booklet with sepia illustration on cover page, the title is in bold black writing with a cross in the foreground. The cross has a first aid arm band with the red cross in colour standing out from the sepia background. 'Memoirs free to any country 1979-80. Lest we forget'booklet, world war two, lara r.s.l.the 1000th cross.

Fictional account of London in the Blitz of WW2Hard Cover with dust cover Author's name, 'David Fraser', on dust coverPublisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City New York: 1979ww2 london blitz

Cricket Club Photograph. Early 1900's.black and white photographSt Kilda Historical Society, 14 October 1979 M. McDay

Notices on the leadlight doors of teh Old Colinsts Hall with conditions for entrance after the 2020 Covid19 Lockdown/ballarat old colonists' club, ballarat old colonists' hall, leadlight, covid19, pandemic

21a Notice of meeting of The Federation of Poultry Farmers' Associations of Australia to be held friday, 28 Septrember 1979 at the Launceston Hotel, Launceston, Tas. 7250, sent 3 August 1978 21b Additional notice re Accommodation - General Meeting of 28 September 1979

WWII Historical significanceCivilian Identity Card from WWII belonging to Stuart Harold Simpson.Form C.R.3. Civilian Registration (British Subjects). Card also contains conditions of use and relevant signatures.

Coloured Photograph of Cr. John Donal Madden, Mayor, City of Nunawading, August 1979 to August 1980madden, john, city of nunawading

Coloured Photograph of Cr. Keith Reginald Harding , Mayor, City of Nunawading, August 1978 to August 1979harding, keith reginald, city of nunawading, mayor

Book: 'ARTHUR ASHE'S TENNIS CLINIC'. Hardcover.Copyrighted 1979, 1980 & 1981. Materials: Ink, Paper, Cardboardtennis

Report prepared by John Charles Winterbottom on the 2nd March 1979 on the Gas Industry in the City of Bendigo. Starting from July 1859 when the Bendigo gas company was established the report outlines the major milestones achieved by the company trough the years till the 1970'John Charles Winterbottombendigo, industry, bendigo gas company