Yields information about the storage of SEC tram 36 at South Melbourne depot when it visited Melbourne following the closure of the SEC system and the advertising of Ballarat Tourism.Set of two black and white photographs of SEC tram No. 36 in Melbourne advertising Ballarat Tourism Week, September 1971. Both photos by Dave Macartney. .1 - No. 36 and W2 257 out bound St Kilda Road near Domain Road. No. 257 has destination of Malvern Bourke Rd, route 5. Tram 36 has destination of Sebastopol. .2 - No. 36 in bound passing Victoria Barracks in the background. trams, tramways, st kilda road, melbourne, melbourne, tourism, mmtb, tram 36

Yields information about trams in the lower section of Sturt St at Grenville St and the buildings during 1968.Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mount, colour slide of tram 20 passing the Grenville St shelter in Sturt St, about to enter Bridge St, with the destination of Mt Pleasant. There is a tram in the City Loop. Taken 5/68. In the photo are signs for T&G, Patersons, Thomas Jewellers, Bill Valpied and a Susan Day cakes truck. In the photo are the Ballarat Mechanics Institute building, the Ballarat Gas Company and Town Hall."5/68" in ink.tramways, trams, mt pleasant, grenville st, sturt st, city loop, tram 20

Set of 2 Kodak Ready-mount with slides made from the Association of Railway Enthusiast Provincial Tramways film strip. 1166.1 - No. 31 at the View Point terminus, corner of Wendouree Parade and Macarthur St., shows tram and section arrangements on poles. Also has SEC tramway shelter alongside stop. Tram has destination of "View Point" 1166.2 - No. 38 crossing Albert St. en route to Sebastopol.1166.1 - "No. 21 at View Point terminus. Line of left is that for cars on "Gardens via Drummond St. Nth" route." 1166.2 - "No. 38 crossing Albert St. near Sebastopol terminus" All have date stamp of "Nov. 1970" in blue ink. Writing in blue ink.tramways, trams, view point, wendouree parade, albert st, sebastopol, tram 21, tram 38

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 31 July 2001, Eureka Column, page 3, written by David Ellery about a swan who paused in the middle of the tram track and held up the Museum tram service. The swan would not move, until coaxed by a cream biscuit from a passing school boy. Reported by a conductor (thought to be Austin Brehaut) to the columnist. See Also see Sept. 2001 issue of Fares Please!btm, swans, wendouree parade

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of decorated SEC tram 23 for the centenary of the discovery of gold in Ballarat. Tram has destination of Lydiard St. North, has Town Hall in Background. Shows detail of decoration. Taken on 26-3-1951. Shows arrangement for mirrors on a single truck - rare? High Res scan of copy negative added 17/1/2019tramways, trams, gold tram, gold centenary, ballarat, decorated trams, tram 23

Black and white photograph of L 104 in Dandenong Road Prahran, at tram stop 35 while on a special tour with a signalised intersection behind - Melway shows it as Orrong Road, Prahran. Tram showing destination of "SPECIAL". Possibly taken during the mid 1970's - see also item 1314, possibly on the same tour given the hair styles and skirt lengths. See Melway Melbourne Street Directory, 21st edition.trams, tramways, l class, dandenong road, melbourne, mmtb, tram 104

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of No. 43 on Sebastopol, at Grey St. loop, c1960. Photo taken during winter period. Note tram stop pole appears to be freshly painted. Houses in rear. Tram has destination of Sebastopol. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 1" in penciltramways, trams, sebastopol, grey st. loop, albert st., tram 43

Newspaper clipping from The Courier Ballarat, Thursday 20/9/2001, page 15, titled "Trams may return to streets", about the 30th anniversary of the closure of Ballarat Tramways, the possible return, and the feasibility study also being undertaken. Also has a paragraph giving a very potted history of the tramway, "History of Ballarat's trams". Photo with article is of 31 at Main and Victoria streets, in Bridge St. Written by Leonie Barlow,closure, ballarat, tram revival

Photo of No. 42 waiting to turn from Lydiard St. North to Sturt St. on 21/8/1971, while running the ARHS/TMSV special trams. Has National Mutual, Town Hall and Craigs Hotel in the background. Tram is showing "Special" and is fitted with SEC roof advertisement "Everything's is under control in my all electric kitchen". Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses 21 August 1971.On the rear of the slide in black ink "Ballarat / ARHS special from Lydiard St into Sturt St." and "P. Moses" in the bottom right hand corner.tramways, trams, arhs, lydiard st north, sturt st.

Copy photograph of a small photograph contained within item Reg. No. 587. Photograph shows the relaying of tram tracks at the lower end of Sturt St., on south side, also has a trench on the north side of the tram tracks. Caption for 587 is "Lower Sturt St. - S. side", also on right hand side of photo within 587 is "Note tra..." covered over by another small photo. 1937 photograph.trams, tramways, ballarat, rehabilitation, sturt st.

Negative No. N392 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder) of Ballarat tram No. 40 at the City terminus in Sturt St. on the south side. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol. Has the National Mutual Life Association building in the background, the Commonwealth Bank building and Prouds Jewellers. Date of photo on folder - 5/9/1959. Original negative rescanned 24/5/2020 and image file updated.Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR6A" in red ink, "BA20" in pencil, date stamp of "5/9/1959" on front, and on rear date stamps "26 Sep 1962" and "26 Sep 1962".trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, signals, safeworking, tram 40

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 37 turning from Lydiard St. North, into Sturt St. north side by the Post Office with the destination City. Tram has the SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". In the background is the ANZ bank, a single truck tram at the City terminus and two buses east bound in Sturt St. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/15" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.lydiard st nth, sturt st, anz, tram 37

Colour print, possibly from a Geoff Grant negative or slide, of VR tram No. 50 at Sandringham Railway Station, prior to departure. Destination set for "Sandringham". Photo taken 12/1955. Has the corner of a VR bus on the right hand side Tram has three individual Robur Tea advertisements mounted on the roof. Printed on Fujicolour paper. See also Reg Item 478.3 for the black and white image.vr, sandringham, tram 50

Yields information Bridge Street and the buildings at the junction with Main and Victoria St / Stones corner. Tram parked for some particular reason - see 3802 and 3803 for a similar set of photographs. Shows shops and cars.Set of three Black and White photographs, of No. 17 at Stone Corner, intersection of Bridge and Main Streets Ballarat. The tram is parked in a number of slightly different positions with the same gent in an overcoat behind the tram - reason unknown. See also Reg Item 3802 and 3803 for a two similar photographs but without the gent. Possibility of an accident investigation. In the background are RE BROS fruit shop, Bank of New South Wales and Lancashires. tramways, trams, bridge st, stones corner, tram 17

35mm Agfa colour blue and white plastic mount slide - photo of a Ballarat trams No. 30 turning from Drummond St North into Sturt St (has the destination of Sebastopol) with No. 41 (has the destination of Depot) crossing from the Sebastopol route in the background. Location known as Hospital Corner. Possibly a tram type change. Has the Southern Cross Hotel in the background. Taken 8 or 9/1971. Photos Eldon Hogan. tramways, trams, sturt st, hospital corner, drummond st, tram 41, tram 30

Black and White photograph of No. 14 during the filming of the "Getting of Wisdom" on 27/1/1977. Tram has been partially repainted on the front to hide the tiger stripes. Photographed in Wendouree Parade. See March 1977 issue of Fares Please! for a detailed report on the event and the changes to tram 14. See also Reg. Item 1981 for another photo of No. 14 and March 1980 Fares Please, Dec. 1979 Trolley Wire tramways, trams, btps, films, getting of wisdom, tram 14

Printed full colour postcard titled "The Victorian Goldfields" / "Ballarat / restored trams at Lake Wendouree". Features BTM tramcars 661, 28 (being repainted), 671 on the depot fan and No. 45, Gold tram in Wendouree Parade during winter. Photo taken c2001, No. 28 returned to service Oct. 2002. On rear is places for correspondence, stamp, barcode, address. Has the name of the publisher "Givenworks" and name of photographer "Mal Austin". trams, tramways, btm, wendouree parade, depot, tram 661

Yields information about the North Bendigo terminus, the level crossing and roof advertisements on the tramcar.Black and white print on heavy matt photographic paper of Bendigo 19 at the North Bendigo terminus, with the conductor walking back to the tram, c1963. The tram has an "Electric Cook" roof advertisement and "Cohns Drinks" advertisement on the front dash panel. 2nd copy - laser print - with date etc on rear - added 22/2/2010, copy from Ron Hann. Printed on Fujifilm, Fujicolour Crystal Archive for Frontier"On rear in pencil "North Bendigo 1963" 2nd copy has label "Reference 6/212/30" Photo by Ron Hann" and another label "Bendigo North 01.63"tramways, trams, bendigo, north bendigo, tram 19

Yields information about the operation of the tram system when a delayed occurred at the Lydiard St Level crossing, how it was overcome. Also gives information about the Councils view of the level crossing itself.Photocopy, of an item in the Ballarat Courier, 5/5/1951 titled "Train Astride Crossing Trams Delayed Hour", following the delay in the crossing when a rail broke under a goods train. Held up trams and others for about an hour and half. Notes the SEC used a replacement bus service. Gave the City of Ballaarat space to complain about the crossing and its need to be replaced. Quotes the Town Clerk, Mr, Maddern.trams, tramways, railway crossing, lydiard st nth, railways, city of ballarat

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in England" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 4/1956. Photo of Ballarat No. 32 at the Sebastopol terminus, with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background, with the tram waiting for departure. The tram has the destination of Lydiard St. North. Image2828ia - cleaned image of 9/2021. "Sebastopol Ballarat" "1/54"tramways, trams, sebastopol, royal mail hotel, tram 32

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 5 at Charing Cross near the end of the double line with the Cenotaph in the background. Tram has the destination of Golden Square, a Cohns Drinks advertisement on the front panel and a R.J. Conroy roof advertisement. Three SEC Tramway personnel standing by the side of the tram. Many people standing in the background - Easter Fair or similar event. Photo taken c1962."BES 26" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, charing cross, celebrations, tram 5

Colour Negative No. N404, of Bendigo Birney No. 11, bound to Golden Square. Actual location not known. Tram has the destination of Golden Square. Has passenger boarding tram and the conductor (same as Reg. Item 2751) looking at the photographer. Photo possibly 17/6/1962. Colour laser printed copy of image stored in box 73. Original negative hires scan and image updated 28/5/2020.In red pen on folder that contained negative, "NR89B" and "5 Aug 62". trams, tramways, bendigo, golden square, tram 11

Yields information about the form and style of the early Geelong trams and in particular one of the cross bench trams.Black and white photograph, printed onto card (inkjet printer?) of the front of the Geelong depot soon after the opening of the tramway, four roads - 1915. Has trams 2, 8, 4 and 1 on front of the track and alongside is a small motor bus and a motorcycles. Each tram has a person vehicle in the front. Shows depot arrangements. Two copies held. Dave O'Neil advised 20/7/2009 - agree with date.Copy 1 - " Depot view about 1915 - Geelong Hist Soc / W F S Collection." Copy 2 on rear "Depot view about 1915. Note bus in right road. Buses were housed there until 1922" in Bill Scot's handwriting and in bottom right hand corner "William F. Scott" address label. and "20" in top left hand corner. Also "Geelong Trys" "C1915" and "W.F. Scott Collection." trams, tramways, geelong, depot, buses, tram 1, tram 2, tram 8, tram 4

Black and White copy print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photograph of looking west along High St Eaglehawk, Dec 1896, shows steam tram track, buildings and vehicles. A steam tram and trailer is parked at the terminus. Copied by Keith Kings from The Bendigonian 24/12/1896. See Reg Item 5735 for a similar photograph.On rear in ink " S-A962, Bendigo, Steam Motor and 4 wheel (?) trailer at Eaglehawk terminus. Copied ex "The Bendigonian 24/12/1896."trams, tramways, bendigo, steam trams, eaglehawk

Yields information about a Ballarat bogie tram prior to its sale to the SEC Ballarat and its appearance at the time.Digital image of MMTB No. 42 stored at Coburg Depot with route number boxes, prior to sale to the SEC, became Ballarat 39. See photo Reg item 5327. Note the white bumper strips. Behind the tram is an ex Hawthorn bogie tram and T class 179. Photo provided by Mal Rowe 29/1/2016 by e-mail - who thought it came from the collection of the Sydney Tramway Museum. trams, tramways, coburg, sale of trams, stored trams

Yields information about the closure of the SEC operated Ballarat tram system and the people involved.Set of two photographs of the last tram leaving the Borough of Sebastopol where the tram keys were handed over to to Cr. J. Chisholm , at the town boundary. Cr. N. Donald, Mr. L. J. Denmead (behind Lew Walker), L. Walker, Cr. Walker, Mrs. Chisholm and Mrs Donald. Photo taken 19/9/1971. For The Courier newspaper photographs of the event see Reg Item 3335.On rear is the Photography stamp - "N.L. Harvey & Son - Photographers - 131 Sturt St, Ballarat" with phone numbertrams, tramways, closure, sebastopol, last tram, city of ballaarat, borough of sebastopol, closure, tram 40

Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St west and the trams in 1951.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of Ballarat No. 30 in bound to the City in Sturt St West at Durham St. Photo by Wal Jack 2-2-1951. Passengers are boarding the tram. Tram has the auxiliary board of "Main Road". See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeIn ink on rear "Ballarat Tramway No. 30 in Sturt St at Durham St 2-2-51" and Wal Jack stamp in bottom right hand corner with number "T690" written in .trams, tramways, sturt st west, tram 30

Yields information about Ballarat 's No. 23 operating as the Gold Tram in 1951 and prior to commencement of operation.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 23, as the Gold tram being prepared for operation, in the depot 1-1-1951. Photo by Wal Jack. Tram yet to have the years on the side, front dash lighting completed and the pick and shovel added. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeWritten on rear in ink "SEC Ballarat, No.23 painted gold for "Gold Centenary 1851-1951" at depot 1 Jan. 1951" and the Wal Jack stamp in the bottom right hand corner with the number "T687" written in.trams, tramways, gold tram, depot, conversion, tram 23

Yields information about the progress of the demolition of the old tram depot in Wendouree Parade and an incident in Lydiard St north after the closure of the tramway in that street.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, Tues 8 August 1972 - pages 1 and 2 Page 1 - has a story about an oil spill in Lydiard St North near the railway station and featured a photograph showing the tram tracks. Page 2 - has a photograph and short update story about the demolition of the old SEC tram depot and the future use of the land. Only the rear portion of the building remains.depot, sec depot, demolition, lydiard st north