Item authored by Mal Rowe for the Geelong 2 tram day at the Ballarat Tramway Museum 25 and 26 March 2023. Gives an overview of the history of the Geelong tramway system and its tramcars. Yields information about Geelong tramwaysPdf file of a PowerPoint presentation titled "The Tramways of Geelong" geelong, tramways, history, tram 2, mal rowe

Yields information about a Australian Electric Traction Association tour to Ballarat, Golden Jubilee Tour, August 1955 and Ballarat tramcars.An 8 page, duplicated souvenir brochure for AETA tour of Ballarat Trams, on 20/8/55 with brief history, itinerary, map, tram car notes. Gives details of the itinerary for the trip using a 280HP Rail car trip with the forward portion via North Geelong. Duplicated using the Gestetner process. Note the knowledge of the time, with horse tram bodies being reused to form some of the early ESCo. trams. Second copy from donation of the Tom Murray Estate added 25-11-2016 and 3rd copy from Keith Kings papers added 19-3-2017. A copy of this document ex Charles Craig collection was replaced by a better condition one ex Tom Murray - 25-11-2016. Record revised and updated for this replacement. Handle with care - both copies.secv, ballarat tramways, 1955, 50 years of electric trams, aeta

Yields information about a Australian Electric Traction Association tour to Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong Tour, Easter 1958 tramcars with maps.A eight page booklet tour notes for AETA's 4th Annual Easter Convention in Melbourne and tour to Ballarat, Sat. 5/4/1958 with brief history, itinerary, map, Geelong map, tram car notes and Bendigo. Duplicated by Gestener process. Copy to be provided if loaned.secv, ballarat, geelong, aeta, bendigo, provincial tramways

Demonstrates making a document strongly associated with a tram tour to Geelong by the AETA and the level of detail made in producing a document that was printed by a duplication process.Part (cover - missing 1 sheet) of a duplicated brochure, titled AETA "Souvenir brochure, Geelong and Queenscliff" - 1955 issued for the AETA tour to Geelong and Queenscliff, 2/4/1955 - part of itinerary, map of Geelong trams and list of tramcars. Printed using a Gestetner Duplicator. geelong trams, aeta, map, geelong, list

Duncan and Fraser tramcar No 3 at the depot bedecked with large Australian flags and small Red Cross flags and seeking donations to the Red Cross. It is most likely the date is during WW1, probably 1916-1918.Black and white print on paper.12/1 and No. 1 in a circle written in pen on the reverse. GRS170/12/1/1 written in pencil on the reverse.geelong trams, duncan and fraser tramcar, ww1 decorations on trams

Photograph shows Geelong power station after completion. Power house building on the SW corner of Corio Tce. and Yarra Sts, Geelong, with new furnace room on the left, turret removed from the corner of the building, a third floor added on the Corio Tce. side but offices and concreted company name above where the trams entered the depot from the street not yet built. Date between 1924 and 1928 (based on photograph of Pengelly tramcar arriving and recently received, secondhand Melbourne tramcar). The ground floor offices facing Corio Tce. appear to be boarded up.Yields information about the Geelong Power station c1926Black and white print on paper.Plate number 1-8 in ink on back of photo.tramways, geelong, mesco, power station

"Summer Car" 11 outside Mac's Hotel in Corio Tce. To the right is Strachan, Murray and Shannon's wool store whose facade still stands. The tramcar, shown in pristine condition was one of the two trailers motorised in 1913 with equipment identical to that of the Duncan & Fraser cars. They were built for use mainly on the new South route to the Barwon River. The coloured destination lights were from left: Red for GEELONG WEST, blank (later blue for the East route), white for SOUTH GEELONG and green for NEWTOWN. Side destination boxes have been added. Late 1913.Black and white print on paperNo. 1 inside a circle, and 13-7 written in ink on reverse. GSR7109/13/1/7 written on reverse in pencil.geelong tramway summer car 11, geelong streetscape, geelong tramway motorised trailer, geelong tram destination lights

Tram line up at the depot with the same personnel (Item 9235), in formal poses in each photo. They are attired in the MESCo uniform that suggests that the photographs were taken before the State Electricity Commission of Victoria takeover on 1 September 1930. The ex-Melbourne Meadowbank cars 27 and 28 first ran in Geelong in 1928. Date of the photos would therefore be restricted to 1928-30, but it is possible that they were taken close to or on the handover date as a final record. See associated item 9235.Black and white print on paper12-10 and No. 1 written on the back in ink. GRS710/12/1/10 written on the back in pencil.geelong tram depot, geelong tramways tramcars, geelong tramways personnel, state electricity commission of victoria

Tram line up at the depot with the same personnel (Item 9234) in formal poses in each photo., They are attired in the MESCo uniform that suggests that the photographs were taken before the State Electricity Commission of Victoria takeover on 1 September, 1930. The ex-Melbourne Meadowbank cars 27 and 29 first ran in Geelong in 1928. Date of the photos would therefore be restricted to 1928-1930 but it is possible that they were taken close to or on the handover date as a final record. See Item 9234.Black and white print on paper.12-11 and No. 1 written on the reverse in ink. GRS710/12/1/11 written on the reverse in pencil.geelong tram depot, geelong tramways tramcars and personnel, mesco tramway uniform

The photograph shows SEC Geelong 3 at Eastern Park terminus, with a return destination of Newtown Received in an envelope dated 25-5-1954 with a handwritten note, photo by Hugh Ballment. See item 2664 for a colour slide of this photograph.Yields information about Geelong No. 3 in 1954.Colour print with plain back on Agfa paper. Two copies held.tramcars, trams, geelong, eastern park

The photograph shows SEC Geelong 38 at the Belmont terminus with the conductor talking to the driver. Received in an envelope dated 25-5-1954. Based on a note on item 9580 of the same date, photo by Hugh Ballment. See item 2681 for a colour slide of this photograph.Yields information about Geelong No. 38 in 1954.Colour print with plain back on Agfa paper. Two copies held.tramcars, trams, geelong, belmon

Set of photographs taken of the first women employed on SEC tramways in Geelong; as conductresses in 1942 (Also see Item 9258 and 9261). They are standing in front of a Duncan & Fraser tramcar that, perversely, was modified for 'one man' operation about ten years previous. On the tram saloon window behind then, people are being encouraged to lend to the war effort through War Savings Certificates. Note the four button jackets.Black and white print on paper.GRS710/21/1/4 and 21-4 Repeat, written on the reverse in pencil. Spare written on reverse in ink.geelong tramways conductresses, sec tramways geelong, duncan and frazer tramcar

Set of photographs taken of the first women employed on SEC tramways in Geelong; as conductresses in 1942. (See also Item 9260 and 9261). They are standing in front of a Duncan and Fraser tramcar that, perversely, was modified for 'one man' operation about ten years previously. On the tram saloon window behind them, people are being encouraged to lend to the war effort through War Savings Certificates. Note the four button coats.Black and white print on paper.The No. 2 inside a circle and 21-1 printed in ink on the reverse. GSR710/21/1/1 printed on the reverse in pencil.geelong tramways, duncan and fraser tramcar, first geelong female conductresses, tramway four button uniform jacket

Photograph of the Geelong scrubber tram turning from Brougham St into Moorabool St with the Geelong Customs house in the background. The small building on the left hand side of the building has since been removed. The worker is cleaning the points for the wharf line which can be seen the foreground. The wharf line was closed and the rails used to extend the depot line to Beach during Oct. 1940. Photo c1939.Yields information about the Geelong scrubber tram and the line to Geelong wharf.Black and white photograph printed on plain paper.tramcars, geelong, scrubber tram, geelong scrubber, moorabool st, geelong wharf, beach

Photograph of a Geelong Birney tram in Ryrie St. Note the large bag the conductor is carrying around his shoulder, and who is speaking to two people. Tram has the destination of Eastern Park. Behind is the Mayfair School of Dancing, Gurr Frier & Collins Auctioneer, and a shop showing it as Agents for Tri-Cleaning and Art Dyers. Photo c1940.Yields information about the Geelong Birney trams and their use.Black and white photograph printed on plain paper.tramcars, geelong, birney tramcars, ryrie st, conductors, eastern park

Photograph shows Moorabool St looking south from near Corio St Geelong. Shows the track junction with Malop St. Has Pengelley built tram 22 southbound with a Birney tram in front. The two trams are going from the Wharf to Newtown and South respectively. In the background is the State Savings Bank, The Geelong Library, Solomons store, and a building advert sign for Dr Morses Indian Root Pills. There are many motor cars, some horse-drawn vehicles, and one bus in the view. Photo, late 1920s, sourced from the La Trobe Library Melbourne.Yields information about Moorabool St Geelong late 1920s.Publish Black and white photograph with caption and source printed along bottom edge.ballarat, trams, tramways, geelong, tram 22, birney tramcars, moorabool st

Destination roll used to indicate to passengers the destination or route of the tram. At night the roll was back lit by two light bulbs fitted to the destination box on the tram. Item used in Geelong until 1956. Based on the hand written marking, used on bogie tram 39. See Reg Item 2906 and 9619 for a smaller side destination roll and 9618 for a roll fitted to a Pengelley-type tramcar.Yields information and demonstrates aspects about Geelong's destination rolls used in trams up to 1956 when the system closed.Destination roll - white lettering on black background - using black paint leaving the lettering transparent at night. Uses a book binders cloth. Top edge “R.E. Fluck” stamped in black ink – twice In pencil words “Dulux” – has been crossed out Alongside “B.A.L.M. Flat Black 18-3-52” and a set of initials “Off No. 39” all in pencil Bottom edge; Initials “R E F” in black pencil? – along outside of roll. tram, trams, geelong, destination roll, tram 39

Photo shows Geelong tram 10 in the depot showing a destination of East with 6 wheelsets in front of it and other tramcars alongside. Wheel flanges appear to be worn and may have been readied to go to Ballarat or Bendigo for further use after turning.Yields information about the Geelong operations toward the closure of the tram system.Black and white Negative - 120 sizetramways, geelong, depot, tram 10, wheels

Book published by Topmill, featuring images and background information on tram types including horse, cable, steam and electric trams. Has photos of Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Rockhampton and Kalgoorlie. Many in colour. Includes photographs of tram museums. Includes Melbourne trams 670, 611, 613, 106, 469, 25, 389, 214, 1008, 234, 975, 814, 279, 2112, 812, 442, 917, 2027. Melbourne photographs by Ray Marsh and Ken Smith.Book - 40 full colour A4 pages + card cover, centre stapled, titled "Trams of Australia Vol. 1" revised and expanded.trams, tramcars, melbourne, sydney, brisbane, adelaide, tram museums, ballarat, bendigo

Set of three ""Supplementary Running Journal", used by Conductors to enable the checking of tickets by Examiners. Was to be filled out prior to the commencement of journey and placed in the clip provided. Has space for date, punch mark, each fare value or type, time Signature and Number. All have punch marks. All sheets recovered from trams 66 and 64 (became Geelong 28 and 26 respectively) by the donor when recovering seats for use in Geelong 2. .1 - has been used, but undated. .2 - date 26-7-1926 - has been filled out .3 - best example - dated - 11-11-26 for use on tram 66 Both trams were sold to Geelong in 1928.Demonstrates the methods of advising Ticket Examiner or Inspectors tickets sold by a previous conductor on the tram."Supplementary Running Journal" - printed - Form 22 - set of 3.tramways, tramcars, tickets, conductors, revenue journal, inspectors

Photo shows the Tramcar allocation board - in the Geelong depot. Shows the four bogie cars in operation or available on the day the photograph was taken. Shows that some of the Meadowbank-built trams and bogie trams had already left the depot. 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 depot allocation board that showed the location and use of the tramcars on the day.Black and white Negative - 120 sizetramways, geelong, depot, depot allocation, tramcar allocation

The set of three colour prints shows various stages housing Geelong trams 2 and 28 by their donor when he was living in Canberra. 1 - tram 2 being winched into position with the frame of the shed to house them being built - 20/6/1991 2 - Temporary truck for Geelong 2 before unloaded - 25/5/2004 3 - Showing the "shed" housing the two trams - 26/5/2004.Yields information the reconstruction of two Geelong trams in Canberra before being gifted to the BTM.Set of three colour prints on Kodak paper with dates on rear.Two have the date and details on rear.tramcars, tram 28, geelong 2, geelong 28, tram 2

The photograph shows SEC Geelong 16 in Pakington St at the junction with the Newtown line. Tram is coming from Chilwell and has the destination of Station. Tracks from Newtown at bottom of photograph See item 2673 for a colour slide of this photograph.Yields information about Geelong No. 3 in 1954.Colour print with plain back on Agfa paper with notes on rear.In ink "Geelong 25-5-1954, c Hugh Ballment"tramcars, trams, geelong, pakington st, chilwell, tram 16

The photograph shows SEC Geelong 23. Envelope photo received in dated "25-3-56", the last day of Geelong trams between the City and Belmont. Has a Geelong Towing Services advert in the background. Photographer unknown.Yields information about Geelong tram 23 on the last day of services.Colour print with plain back on Agfa paper. tramcars, trams, geelong, last day, tram 23

The photograph shows SEC Geelong 38 in Moorabool St looking north to Corio Bay. Has the T&G and the Bank of NSW in the view. Photo possibly a reproduction from a postcard.Yields information about Moorabool St Geelong in the early 1950s.Colour print with plain back on Agfa paper. tramcars, trams, geelong, moorabool st

The photograph shows former SEC Geelong 17 after closure and disposal at a farm in deteriorating condition. Based on item 6747, in Anakie. Photographer and date unknown, c1970Yields information about Geelong No. 17 following sale after the system closed.Colour print with plain back on Agfa paper tramcars, trams, geelong, sale of trams, scrapped trams

The remaining trailers 2 and 3 (after Nos 1 and 4 had been motorised) and a line of Duncan & Fraser tramcars in the depot. The broken paving and heaps of sand suggest that the tram shed is being extended to add roads 3 and 4 to the west. That would date the photo as 1914. Regattas were held on the Barwon River at the terminus of the South tramline which was linked directly to the other suburban destinations, Newtown and West Geelong. The standard fare was 3d cash or, for some shorter "sectional" journeys, pre-paid 2d tickets. The sign advertising an event on the river indicates that no matter where passengers alighted, the concession fare was 2d, to be paid in cash rather than by ticket whose detailed sections were irrelevant.Black and white print on paper.No. 3 inside a circle written on reverse in pen. 13-13 and GRS710/17/1/13 written on the reverse in pencil.geelong tramway trailers no. 2 & 3, tram fares in geelong 1914

Geelong Tramways Car No. 23 decorated or the City of Geelong West's diamond jubilee in 1935. The Pengelly car has two poles. Location unknown.Black and white print on paper.The No. 1 inside a circle and 13-11 written on the reverse in ink. GSR710/13/1/11 written on the reverse in pencil.geelong tramways car no. 23, geelong tramways decorated car no. 23, geelong west diamond jubilee, pengelly tramcar

The photograph shows at least 6 six trams at Eastern Park after a football match and the Garden St junction for the East line. Tram No. 5 with a destination of West Geelong is leaving the junction. Another tram is arriving with at least four parked on the Eastern Park line. Yields information about the use of trams after a football match in Geelong.Black and white photograph with some details on rear.In ink "Cr Ryrie & Garden Sts, this type of tramcar also in service 1947" and hand date stamp of "15 Sep 1923"tramways, trams, geelong, ryrie st, garden st, eastern park, football, tram 5