Coloured photograph of Walker Park, Whitehorse Road, Mitcham showing Cricket match in progress with the grandstand in background. Photographed from Dunlavin Road wing (eastern side) looking towards the city. The grandstand is the second on the site which was previously by a timber grandstand - burned down in late 1940's. Photograph also shows location of Nunawading Youth Club now known as Nunawading Gymnastics and Sports Club inc.walker park, cricket, grandstands

The Australian Service Medal 1939-1945 was awarded to armed Australian forces and volunteer defence corps for their service during WWII. Created by King Geroge IV, this was the first distinctive Australian medal in the British system of honours and awards.Medallion attached to a navy blue, light blue, red and beige striped ribbon. The medallion depicts an effigy of King George IV of Great Britain and the commonwealth with the words: "GEORGE IV S VI (obscured component) G. BR. OMN. REX ET INDIAE IMP" in relief on one side. The others side depicts the Australian Coat of Arms and the words: "The AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945".medallion, medal, australian service medal, service medal, ww2, world war two

Szabolics, Coward, and Haydon were members of Light Aid Detachment, attached to 8/13 VMR to carry out vehicle repairs.Black and white photograph of nine soldiers 0f 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles posed casually outside a building. Left to right, back row: S/Sgt L. Szabolics, unknown,WO2 E Roberts, WO 2 L. Coward, WO 2 R Haydon. Front row: Sgt T TerHaar, Lt J Horsley, Capt D Short , Sgt G. Cole.

Set of two colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn. .1 - Armstrong Street from the Town Hall tower - shows the street view, car parking arrangements prior to the construction of the Ballarat City Hall, c1955. The new Civic Hall was opened in 1956. Shows the railway timber yard. .2 - Sturt St showing Town Hall and the Myers building late 1950's? trams, tramways, armstrong st, railway, town hall, myers

Yields information about the appearance through a drawing of Sturt St in the mid 1920's and yields information about the manufacture of china items with images on the outside of the vase.Black colour external china vase with handles, white interior with a gold rim, three small legs at base with a transferred image of Sturt St from Grenville St early 1910's with an ESCo tram arriving at the Grenville St terminus and with another tram in the view. Looks west along Sturt St. Produced by Devon Ware Fieldings, Stoke on Trent England - marked on the base of the object. tramways, trams, crockery, sturt st, esco

Newspaper Clipping from a Melbourne newspaper, 24/3/1973 about the construction of a new trams for Melbourne. Has a photo of the Minister for Transport, Mr. Wilcox and Mr. S. Bramich, an electrical engineer at Preston with a model of the prototype and 1041 under construction in the background. Quotes Mr. Kirby that the Board would like to recruit women drivers, the recent approval to call tenders for the construction of 100 new trams."24/3/73" in red ink in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, women drivers, new trams, preston workshops

Colour postcard of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne with Melbourne skyline in background and Fitzroy Gardens in background. Would appear works for the underground are in progress. Has W2 509, outbound on route 29 to 'Kew Depot' and a tram (wide body car) in bound on route 74. Has on rear caption, "National View" by Murfett Pty Ltd. Australia, place for address and stamp. Taken early 70's.trams, tramways, melbourne, wellington parade, postcards, tram 484, tram 229, tram 364

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a street scene in Swanston St. Melbourne on the Princes bridge with St Paul's Cathedral in the background. Has two W2's in the photo, a number of motor cars, also the Princes Bridge Station building. Photo taken 13-8-1950. Image i1 high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, melbourne, swanston st., princes bridge

Twelve page book printed on heavy light brown paper, stapled with an oversize folded card cover titled "The Perfect System of Fare Collection and Control - The Automaticket Bell Punch System". Describes the Automaticket system, has samples of traffic tickets pasted in the book, diagrams, drawings, gives details of the components and method of operation. Published by the Bell Punch Company of London early to mid 1930's. On top right hand corner in pencil "Mr Turner 17-11-36" and bottom of cover "Bell Punch (A/Sia) Limited" and on bottom of page 1 "Bell Punch (A/Sia) Limited / 340 Collins Street / F2218 Melbourne".trams, tramways, tickets, ticket machines, buses

Yields information about the demolition or removal of the track along the Sebastopol line and how it was done.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - published 19/10/1971of Rail being removed from Albert St, Sebastopol, looking south and how it was done - not sure who was doing the work. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.tramways, trams, sebastopol, track removal, closure, rails

Yields information about the demolition or removal of the track in Drummond St, near Urquhart St and how it was done.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 18/6/1985, published 19/6/1985 of rail being removed from Drummond St South, at Urquhart St. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier mid 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, drummond st sth, track removal, closure, rails, urquhart st

Yields information about a tramway employee and has a strong association with Frank BowdenSeries of letters/e-mails regarding Frank Bowden, motorman, depot worker with ESCo 1924 to 1940's and Kath McLennan. Attached papers: - typed letter 94/2009 - Extract from ESCo Employees Register - 2nd page of above - Extract from ESCo Wages book - Extract from ESCo Employees Register for November 1933 - various notes ESCo Employee Register and BTM Collection.trams, tramways, motormen, esco, depot, personnel

Black and White Photograph of Bendigo No. 2 at the Eagle Hawk terminus, Jan. 1971, night photograph. Tram has the destination of Quarry Hill. In the background is the Foodland Store, a Milk bar. The tram has arrived at the terminus, the trolley pole has been turned, but the headlights and dash canopy lights have yet to be turned. Tram has the destination of Quarry Hill. Photo Chris Wurr, early 1970's. "Photo by Chris Wurr" stamped on the rear. In top left hand corner, in ink "71)" and "Bendigo (SEC) Tramways / 1.1971 / Eaglehawk Terminus"trams, tramways, bendigo, eaglehawk, night photo, tram 2

Yields information about the Bridge St landscape looking east.Digital image of a view looking east along Barkly St from Grenville St showing a tram a the intersection of the Mt Pleasant and Victoria St lines (Stones Corner). Has the shops on both side of the street in view. In the far distance is the Caltex service station. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "Bridge St"trams, tramways, ballarat, bridge st

Yields information about the City tramway centre, corner of Sturt and Lydiard St and passengers changing or leaving trams.Digital image of two single truckers (31 and another) off loading passengers at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St, City centre, with the ANZ bank in the background. No. 31 has a SEC roof advertisement and the other tram, an Eureka Roofing Tiles roof Advert. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "Change here"trams, tramways, sturt st, city, anz, tram 31

Yields information about Sturt St and the intersection with Grenville St.Digital image, black and white, two images of No. 21 at the base of the Sturt St hill before crossing Grenville St, going to Victoria St. Roof advert appears in other photos, but very hard to work out. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 21 bottom Sturt St" and "No. 21 Sturt and Grenville".trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, tram 21

Yields information about the Mt Pleasant route and Barkly St.Digital image, black and white, of No. 30 in bound along Barkly St, Mt Pleasant. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign and destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth. Tram picking up passenger at rear door, while a Vanguard motor car waits. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 31 and Vanguard"trams, tramways, barkly st, mt pleasant, tram 31

Black and white photographs (2 copies of same ) : image shows Bendigo Advertiser building, two storey white building, verandah, simple post construction. Flagpole either side of verandah 1st storey. Arched windows. Cars parked outside, appear to be from 1960's. On back of photo: 'Advertiser building 1961, year before fire. On bottom at back, details of photo: 4 flash, 15.1.bendigo, newspapers, bendigo advertiser

Diggers & Mining: Diggers & Mining. Slide reads: Thereafter, with the working out of surface deposits, and the resultant development of mining - especially, in the late 1850's, alluvial mining - the number of independent diggers gradually decreased, till by 1866 there were possibly only 25,00 of them, as against 17,000 quartz miners and about 37,000 employed in alluvial mines. Markings: 52/ 994:LIF 1. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, diggers & miners

Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative file of Geelong 9 at the junction in Pakington St between the Newtown and Chilwell lines. Note the two tram stops on either side of the line, one a compulsory stop and the other a request stop. On the right hand side is a horse drawn vehicle, possibly delivering bread given the basket in his hand. Photo possibly late 1940's. trams, tramways, geelong, pakington st, tram 9

A Spalding Woodstar, "Interclub" model tennis racquet with whipping on shoulders, leather hand grip and white plastic butt cap. Manufacturer's name features along shaft. 'S' symbol on butt cap; model name across base of head. Star symbol spray-painted across net. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Nylon, Paint, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Stringtennis

A Spalding 'Davis Cup' tennis racquet, with whipping around shoulders, fibre reinforced shoulders, leather handle grip with patterned perforations, and plastic butt cap. Model name features across base of head. Manufacturer's name features along shaft. Spalding 'S' trademark features on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Fibretennis

A Spalding 'Davis Cup' tennis racquet, with whipping around shoulders, fibre reinforced shoulders, leather handle grip with patterned perforations, and plastic butt cap. Model name features across base of head. Manufacturer's name features along shaft. Spalding 'S' trademark features on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Fibretennis

A Spalding metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, rounded head; metal throat bridges; black plastic shaft casing; and handle wrapped in black perforated leather. Black plastic butt cap has adhesive label featuring wreathed 'S' logo. Strip of brown leather used under throat as string buffer. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive label, Nylontennis

Photo Negative enclosed in Air Mail envelope. Written on front of envelope: ' Gt Extended Hustlers in 1870's (negs). Crossed out text says: ' Lansells 222 etc, negative Lansell's Big 180, Also Ballerstedts open cut etc. Devonshire Valley, A. Richardson'. On back of envelope: Hustlers Mine Bendigo Courtesy Royal Historical Society Miss J. Parry Wills Street Bendigo.bendigo, gold mining, great extended hustlers gold mine

Wooden model, painted white with brown roof. Model depicts the old Bendigo Hospital, Lucan Street , Bendigo in 1950's. Written on bottom on wooden 'icypole stick' "Bendigo Hospital 1956 era." Model is 2 storey, with central, tall rectangular entry and flagpole on top. Original Hospital was demolished in 1989. Listing and Statement of Significance on Heritage Victoria data base ( see historical details field )bendigo, buildings, old bendigo base hospital, lucan street, heritage victoria database

Pamphlet - 2 fold DL printed on light card with a fawn colour, titled "Travel back in Time - Vintage Trams", giving details of the Vintage Tram services, mid 1990's using the L class trams. Has map and timetables for route 68 to the Zoo, Route 16 to St Kilda Beach and Route 69 to Kew from the City. Has The Met logo and contact details.trams, tramways, ptc, vintage trams, the met, route 68, route 16, route 69, l class

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of S158 and S 157 turning from Ballarat Road into Gordon St, while running a SPECIAL E or Explosives factory service. Note the paper boy on the step of S158 with many papers (appears to be a few people on the tram) and a solider in uniform walking across the street. Photo dated 20-4-1945 in the Wal Jack album along with details of the location and the tramcar.trams, tramways, ballarat road, gordon st, footscray, world war 2, special e, s class, tram 158, tram 157

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of S 169, Williamstown Road turning from Irving St into Nicholson St over the railway line. In the background are Malvern Cycles, a frock shop, Footscray Fish Shop, Bancroft's Dry cleaners, Moran and Cato, Miss Webb Milliner, Crofts Grocery, A I Brown delivery truck, tram stop sign, fire alarm and a road "Major Stop Road".trams, tramways, footscray, nicholson st, irving st, williamstown road, s class, tram 169