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St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Program, Broadway Theatre Elwood, 1956
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 29 March - 24 April 1956. Includes advertising by local businesses.Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately on one side cream and orange, and the other side cream and green, and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Program, Broadway Theatre Elwood, 1956
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 11 May - 6 June 1956. Includes advertising by local businesses.Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled. elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood -
Vision Australia
Text, RVIB Loch Auxiliary, 1956 - 1988
The Loch RVIB Auxiliary was formed in 1956. This small collection contains correspondence to and from RVIB head office ranging between 1980 - 1988. Letters -- and various loose papers royal victorian institute for the blind -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: THE AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 1956, 1956
Railways Collection - Article from Pages 160-161 of The Australian Railway Historical Society November 1956 Bulletin No. 229. There is a photo of opening day of the Port Darwin -Pine Creek Railway on 1.10.1889. An A Class train is shown. Page 161 has an article Victorian Rail Services now and then by John D. Keating.John D. Keatingrailways, bendigo to melbourne, opening day of the port darwin -pine creek railway -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Photograph, Framed, Councillor Richard Nutter Scott OBE, 1956
Framed B & W photograph featuring Korumburra Shire Councillor Richard Nutter Scott. Set in cream card window mount with hand written descriptive text and statement of service below the image. A cut-out panel below this text features a copy of a hand written resignation signed by Councillor Scott in 1956. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: BENDIGO EAST SWIMMING CLUB, 1956-1974
Documents, Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Swimming Club, membership details, including names, addresses, dates.a--1956-7-8; b--1950-1960; c--1960-1961; d--1969-1970; e--1970-1971; f--1971-1972; g--1972-1973; h--1973-1974.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - 'Australian Gold Fields' an Australian Historical Monograph Series Volume VII, January 31 1956
BHS Collection52-page soft cover lime coloured booklet. Australian Gold Fields their Discovery, Progress and Prospects, Edited by George Mackaness and printed January 31, 1956 by D.S.Ford , Printers, Sydney. Illustration by R.S.Anderson of the Mount Alexander Gold Diggings. Includes a section 'Advice to Emigrants'. Australian Historical Monographs Volume VIIgold, australia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - FRIENDLY SOCIETIES IN BENDIGO 1856-1916
92 page soft cover booklet 'Friendly Societies in Bendigo 1856 - 1916' Compiled by Rita Hull Published by The Australian Instituteof Genealogical Studies Inc. 2017 History of about 20 Friendly Societies with photos of people and places.Rita Hull -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Back stairs before demolition, Faram Bros, Bay Street, Port Melbourne, 1970
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. .10 - Back stairs before 1970 demolition (annotated)In ink, various information dates etc on surface of prints.business and traders - hardware, built environment - commercial, faram brothers hardware -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - A Bracks in yard, Faram Bros, Bay Street, Port Melbourne, 1920
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. .04 - A Bracks (employee) in yard . A4 portrait 1920In ink, various information dates etc on surface of prints.business and traders - hardware, built environment - commercial, a bracks, faram brothers hardware -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sailing canoe in yard built by Allen Faram, Faram Bros, Bay Street, Port Melbourne
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. .11 - sailing canoe in yard, built by Allen FaramIn ink, various information dates etc on surface of prints.business and traders - hardware, built environment - commercial, faram brothers hardware, allen faram -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Gates, Lying in Hospital, c1856
Salvaged during the building's demolition by Dr Frank Forster.Cast iron Hospital Gates from the first Lying-In hospital, a leased two storey terrace building at 41 Albert Street Eastern Hill (East Melbourne) which operated from 1856-8 before relocating to Carlton.hospital, lying-in hospital, melbourne -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Harry Allen, Australia : William Blandowski's illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, 2010
William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. This is the first publication in English of his nineteenth century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life.Maps, b&w illustrationsaboriginal australian history, pictorial histories, william blandowski -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Harry Allen, Australia : William Blandowski's illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, 2010
William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. This is the first publication in English of his nineteenth century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life.b&w illustrations, mapswilliam blandowski, pictorial works -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative - Tram 40 - Mercer St, city end, early 1956
Photo shows Geelong tram 40 Mercer St, city end. The tram has the destination of North. In the background is a typewriter shop, R J Reynolds? Shell service station and S G Winkler Service station with a Neptune sign. The driver has his hand on the air brake and the controller with the front driver's window open. One of a set of photos was taken between 15/2/1956 and 3/3/1956 when services operated only between Belmont and North before the final closure of the Belmont route on 25/31956 and that bogie tram 31 is not shown on the board, having gone to Ballarat on 15/2/1956 - see item 5554. See item 8213 for an article on the Geelong system by Keith Kings. Yields information about the Geelong operations toward the closure of the tram system.Black and white Negative - 120 sizetramways, geelong, tram 40, north, mercer st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s Geelong 18 at West terminus, 8/01/1956
Photo of No. 18 at West, 2.30pm, last day of operations 8-1-1956. Photographer unknown - same as 5854. Tram has the destination of East. Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Two copies held. Has written in ink on the rear "No 18 at top of Packingham St (terminus) 2.30pm 8/1/56, Geelong"trams, tramways, geelong, pakington st, west, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 8/01/1956 12:00:00 AM
Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of No. 18 turning out of Pakington St into Aberdeen St, last day of operations 8-1-1956. Photographer unknown - same as 5854. Shows the arrangement of the overhead and curves at this intersection. Has written in ink on the rear "No. 18 city bound from West to East, turning from Packington St into Aberdeen St 8/1/56. Next day was buses."trams, tramways, geelong, east, west, pakington st, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 15/02/1956 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about how bogie trams were transported to Ballarat from Geelong.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of Geelong No. 39 being delivered to Ballarat, later became Ballarat 41 - see Reg Item 5343 also. Photographed by Wal Jack 15-2-1956. Has destination of Newtown. See also Reg Item 5341 for another photograph of the event. trams, tramways, delivery of tramcars, bogie trams, depot, tram 39 tram 41 -
Federation University Art Collection
Watercolour, 'Valley Farm' by E. Vogel, 1956
This item was acquired for the Ballarat Teachers' College Collection in 1956. The Federation University Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed watercolour landscape showing building structures surrounded by paddocks.art, artwork, vogel, e. vogel, available, landscape, farm -
Vision Australia
Text, RVIB Garfield Auxiliary papers, 1956-7
The Garfiled RVIB Auxiliary formed on August 2, 1955. This small collection contains correspondence to and from RVIB head office ranging between 1956 -1957. Various loose papers royal victorian institute for the blind -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Set of 4 - Timetables - Geelong bus, Trans Otway, 1956
Set of 4 - Timetables - Geelong buses that were introduced following the closure of the Geelong tram system. 1 - Trans Otway - Eastern Park and West Geelong dated 23/1/1956 - gives route and times. Printed - 111x142mm 2 - Benders Busways - Chillwell - gives times, fares, bus stop locations and route details - tri fold foolscap - 210 x 111 3 - ditto - for Newtown 4 - Corio bus lines - Belmon - City from 26/3/1956 - gives sections, fares, routes, times and route details - folded quarto - 205 x 164 All note that folded pushers carried at any times, unfolded between 9.30 and 3.30, no prams. See item 6812 for the Transport Regulation Board poster of 1956 and two other bus operators.Yields information about the bus timetables following the closure of the Geelong tram system.Set of four printed or duplicated documentstramways, geelong, closure, bus, buses, bus replacement, timeables, trans otway, corio bus lines, benders busways -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph, J.A. McDonald, Eltham-Greensborough Road, 18 Oct. 1956
Bridge Street Bridge Flood level on Greensborough pier 18th October 1956 View looking west across the Diamond Creek and tempoary walking access bridge towards intersection of Susan Street. The building visible on centreeline is the present-day SES facility. Beware!.. our rivers are rising (1956, October 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved August 24, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84392304Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, road construction, shire of eltham, bridge construction, bridge street bridge, eltham, eltham-greensborough road, 1956-10-18, diamond creek (creek), floods, floodwater, silver street bridge -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 3, Geoff Grant, 8/01/1956 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of Geelong's trams in particular ex Melbourne J class trams after receipt in Geelong. This tram later became Ballarat No. 11.Black and white print from a Geoff Grant negative of a Geelong bogie tram entering Corio Terrace from the Geelong depot on 8/1/1956, while Pengelley 19 waits in the siding. The bogie tram (37) has destination of "Special", 19 - "Chilwell". Has the Geelong SEC depot/powerhouse building in the background with part of the Blakistons' sign visible. Photo used in Trolley Wire, Feb. 1999, page 11, article on Geelong tramways. Pencil marks on the rear of the photo indicate proposed used of the photo in the article. 2472.2 - As above but with the rear of the motor vehicle edited from the photograph. Produced by William Scott for his book, 2008. Two copies. Added 21/7/2009. 2472.3 - large format print from Lloyd Rogers collection via Robert Green 2/2014. Added 4-4-20192472 - On rear in red ink "Geelong Depot 8-1-56" in top left hand corner and in bottom left hand corner "G.A. Grant" 2472.1 - on rear of copy 1 in ink in top left hand corner "40) Geelong 8.1.1956 / G. Grant pic / modified image (background only). Last day of Chilwell Route in 1st closures. Single truck car being changed over about mid afternoon for a bogie car to cater for increased traffic / Cars 19 and 37." copy 2 - "Geelong 8.1.1956 / G. Grant pic / cars 19 & 37." copy 3 - "Geelong tram depot / 8th Jan 1956"trams, tramways, geelong, geelong depot, corio terrace, chilwell, tram 19, tram 37 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ''CITY OF BENDIGO'': A DOCUMENT ''DISTRIBUTED FROM CIVIC OFFICES ON APPLICATION'' 1978
''City of Bendigo'' a document ''Distributed from Civic Offices on application'' 1978. two copies, a. and b. with different handwritten annotations. Contents - Historical Information 1840-1891; ''How Bendigo got its name''; ''Discovery of Gold''; ''Bendigo's Big Year, 1871; a history of Bendigo - in three pages; ''Education in Bendigo''; ''Information on mining in Bendigo''; Bendigo Council incl. elections, officers, revenue, ward boundaries, Mayoral Roll 1856 - 1977; Town Clerk Roll - 1856 - 1977; Town Hall details; 1891 Plebiscite; Coat of Arms details.bendigo, council, bendigo history, coat of arms, town clerk roll, mayoral roll, mining in bendigo, council elections. town hall details. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Victorian Government Statistics of Progress 1956 - 1906, 'The First Fifty Years of Responsible Government of Victoria', 1906
Maroon hard cover book'. Affixed to inside of back cover: 'T.J. Anderson, Printer and Bookbinder, Eaglehawk.' On first page:' 1906 Victoria, Proof. The First Fifty Years of Responsible Government of Victoria. The roll of Parliament and some statistics of progress from 1856 to 1906. Compiled from official sources by Thomas Greenlees Watson, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.' Content includes list of the Speakers, the Presidents and the Premiers of Victoria from 1856-1906 , members of the Legislative Assembly, clerks of the House, Ministeries of Victoria and 'some statistics of the progress of Victoria - prepared by the Government Statist. statistics, victorian parliament, t j anderson -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, Aug. 1956
Has strong association with the retirement event of SEC Inspector Arthur Hugo in 1956. Photos used in SEC News.Two photos of the retirement ceremony of Arthur Peter Hugo, in Senior Inspectors Uniform at his retirement ceremony on 15/8/1956. Note hat or cap badge "Senior Traffic Inspector". 3523.1 - Mrs Pat Stephens adjusting the watch on Mr Hugos hand - note the protective cuffs on her wrists. .2 - in a reflective mood.3523.1 - in ink "Mrs. Pat Stephens adjusting watch on Mr Hugo's wrists". tramways, trams, inspectors, secv, retirements, uniforms -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1955 or 1956
Black and white photograph of Geelong Pengelley tram No. 18 or 19 in Railway Terrace, changing ends at the station terminus. See also Reg. Item 2792 for a photo of the tram inbound to the city in Railway Terrace. Photo taken 1955 or 1956 and shows a number of buses in the station forecourt. Note the phone box in the right hand side of the photograph.tramways, trams, geelong, railway station, railway terrace, tram 19, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Handwritten Notes, Wal Jack, "Geelong Tramways State Electricity Commission - April 1939", 1939-1956
Yields information about the history of electric tramcars in Geelong and their backgrounds.Eight pages of notes, listings of Electric tram stock in Geelong - dated 1939, detailing builders, providing details, scrapping dates, updated to 1956 in relation to bogie trams. Contained within Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems". trams, tramways, geelong, sec, tramcars -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Handwritten Notes, Wal Jack, "Bendigo Tramways State Electricity Commission - April 1939", 1939-1956
Yields information about the history of electric tramcars in Bendigo and their backgrounds.Eight pages of notes, listings of Electric tram stock in Bendigo - dated 1939, detailing builders, providing details, scrapping dates, updated to 1956 in relation to bogie trams. Contained within Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems". trams, tramways, bendigo, sec, tramcars -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 8/01/1956 12:00:00 AM
Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Geelong 35 in front of No. 5, from the Beach terminus, in Corio Terrace, last day of Service 8-1-1956 outside the depot. No. 35 has the destination of Chilwell No details on photographer. On rear in ink "No. 35 in front of No. 5 at depot enroute from Eastn Beach terminus 8/1/56"trams, tramways, geelong, depot, corio terrace, tram 35, tram 5