All the invitations are for the celebrations in Melbourne connected with the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, on the 9th of May 1901. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York were to be present.An invitation to attend the celebrations of the opening of the parliament. The card depicts the coats of arms of the states, nation and commonwealth. Two females figures representing Britain and the commoNwealth are depicted latter holding a scroll of the constitution of Australia. "Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth By his Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York. The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of Mr and Mrs L Jenner At the Celebrations in Melbourne in connection with the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia." "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA"rippon lea

PRESENTED TO THE FREE LIBRARY BY A.N.A. CLUNES BRANCHLARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OPENING COMMONWEALTH, PARLIAMENT 1901.H.R.H. DUKE OF CORNWALL AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.local history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, opening of parliament.

Act of Victorian Parliament, 76 pages (was printed as 96), 6 sections, stapled on the left hand side , No. 3732 - "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Metropolitan Tramways", dated 12 Feb. 1929. Reprint version 7237/54. Consolidates the various MMTB Acts to 1929. See Reg Item 2112 for the 1958 Consolidation. Two copies held.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, construction

Set of 10 + 4 unused sheets, hand written double foolscap folio (full foolscap sheet) ruled sheets which detail the various Acts, relating to Tramway Undertakings and Street Railways, that affected the MMTB from 1883 to 1956. Sheets have been pinned in to the top left hand corner. Set of 2 sheets - loose - the detail the Country Roads Act of 1928 and 1936. Set of 3 sheets - hand written notes regarding Acts.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, parliament, acts of parliament, order in council, regulations, mmtb, tramways

Extract Hansard, Legislative Council, 2/10/1968, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo Tramways - Proposed Abandonment". Sir Percy Byrnes moved that the proposed abandonment by the SEC be not made. Pages 471 to 494 reports on the speach by Sir Percy, I.A. Swinburne who seconded the motion, V.O. Dickie who opposed the motion for the Government. Others who spoke were , F. J. Granter, F.S. Grimwade, J.M. Tripovich. The Motion was supported by the Country and Labor parties who had the numbers in the upper house. Pages have been torn from Hansard and stapled together in the top left hand corner.trams, tramways, parliament, closure, sec, ballarat, bendigo

Foolscap duplicated reports or "Transcript of Evidence Public Works Committee - Melbourne - 27 Oct. 1976 - East Preston Tramway Enquiry". Each set stapled in top left hand corner. 688.1 - First day - 13 pages - 27/10/76 688.2 - Second day - 77 pages - 13/12/1976 688.3 - 3rd day - 20 pages - 2/2/1977 688.4 - 4th day - 39 pages - 30/3/1977 688.5 - 5th day - 24 pages - 20/4/1977 688.6 - 6th day - 31 pages - 22/6/1977 688.7 - 7th day - 21 pages - 6/7/1977 688.8 - Report from the Parliamentary Public Works Committee - 20/9/1977 - 24 pages See Reg Item 1354 for a report dated 7/7/1976.Each set of documents stamped "AETA" and "AETA Public Transport Committee" on the front sheet.trams, tramways, east preston, victorian government, parliament, enquiries, aeta

Rose Series postcard No. P 3497, titled "Bourke Street looking to Parliament House, Melbourne". Photo looking east from near Queen Street with one double decker bus at the Elizabeth Street stop with other buses in the distance. Two trams can be seen in Elizabeth Street on either side of Bourke Street. A horse drawn cart can be seen climbing the hill. On the northside of the Bourke Street can be seen, Warburton Franki & Co, Electrical Engineers; Coles & Garrard, Optometrist; General Post Office (GPO); Myer; Buckley and Nunn and Foy's department stores. Yields information about Bourke Street mid to late 1940s.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.tramways, trams, bourke st, buses, elizabeth st, mmtb buses, leyland, td5c class

Original and carbon copy of "Extracts from the Minutes of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust which was constituted under Act of Parliament No. 21030 in 1907", 10 foolscap sheets. Includes depot purchase, regrading of High St, extension to Burke Road, relocation of water mains, surveys, starting of construction, tenders for track and buildings, opening, extension, F. A. McCarty & Co., Dandenong Road lines, railway bridges, extension of High St to St Kilda Road, MMBW, finances. Items 2041 to 2052 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "PMTT" in red pencil.trams, tramways, pmtt, malvern, routes, track, surveys, malvern rd, tenders, construction, opening, dandenong rd, mmbw, finances

This is a book of 85 pages. It has a blue cover with gold lettering on the front cover and the spine. It contains printed text, reproductions of artistic works - sketches, lithographs and jottings. non-fictionReproduction of an early Victorian artist's workvictorian colonial art, william strutt

The Report recognizes a broad community acceptance that ANZAC Day is a solemn occasion of remembrance for the gallantry and sacrifices of Australians in wars and peace keeping effortsThis book is significant because it provides legislative guidance for the commemoration of ANZAC Day Medium size soft cover book with white background and two rows of medals featured on the front. Title in bold red writing. Back cover plain white with parliamentary logoanzac, parliament, victoria, commemoration, leglislation, world war 1, review, scrutiny of acts and regulations committee

Act of Victorian Parliament, 8 pages, No. 6594 - "An Act to provide for the Grant of certain Lands to the After Care Hospital, the Melbourne District Nursing Service, the Victorian Civil Ambulance Service, St Georges Hospital, the Royal Talbot Colony for Epileptics, the Ballarat Orphanage and the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board respectively. Page 4 and 7 detail a block of land that the Board could have purchased for a major bus depot in Footscray Road for 60,175 pounds.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, buses, depot, footscray rd, construction

Report - 10 pages - "Report from the Committee of Public Accounts (Accounts and Activities of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board)", dated 24-11-1927. Looks at the accounts, causes of past deficits, financial position of the Board, statutory obligations, reserve funds, employee's benefits, use of buses, burdens borne, operating costs, use of buses, roads, cable tram conversions and has recommendations. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website.trams, tramways, tramways, cable trams, finances, conversion, buses, costs

A Legacy function at Queens Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne. Geoff Webb is president and Ron Barassi is a guest. More photos at 00735. 00734.1 Ron Barassi with two others. 00734.2 Unknown lady with John So (Lord Mayor of Melbourne 2001-2008). 00734.3 President Geoff Ward with x and David Cull. 00734.4 Four elderly legatees with a young man (from left, Harold Ramsay, Trevor Parker, unknown and Dave Worrall). 00734.5 Ron Barassi with the young man and x. 00734.6 A large group with Ron Barassi, including Dulcie Cedaro on left, Legatee Denise Millic, Ron Barassi, a junior legatee, Bert Dennis (a former JL), Legatee Larraine Shea, plus two othersA record of a function for Legatees. Colour photo x 6 of guests at a Legacy function.Printing on the back "

Report - 16 pages - "Report from the Committee of Public Accounts of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board", dated 6/11/1958, centre stapled. Gives an outline history of the Board, Commonwealth Grants, Northcote Tramway, earnings invested, the board's submissions, expenditure on cable trams prior to being vested in the Board, accounting practices and the Act, balance sheets, the 1928 Act and suggested changes, conclusions and recommendations. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website.trams, tramways, tramways, cable trams, finances, conversion, costs

Foolscap duplicated reports or ""Transcript of Evidence Public Works Committee - Melbourne - 1974 - Eastern Railway Enquiry". Each set stapled in top left hand corner. 690.1 - First day - 46 pages - 14/8/1974 - includes evidence from Mr Kirby of MMTB 690.2 - Second day - 48 pages - 21/8/1974 - last page loose. 690.3 - 3rd day - 19 pages - 9/10/1974 690.4 - 4th day - 87 pages - 11/11/1974 - last three pages loose and damaged. 690.5 - 5th day - 27 pages - 27/11/1974 690.6 - 6th day - 66 pages - 9/12/1974 - last two pages loose 690.7 - 7th day - 34 pages - 5/2/1974 - first and last two pages loose and includes Mr. Kirby and others on trams. 690.8 - Report from the Parliamentary Public Works Committee - 25/6/1975 - 33 pages.Each set of documents stamped "AETA" and "AETA Public Transport Committee" on the front sheet.trams, tramways, victorian government, parliament, enquiries, mmtb, tramways, railways, doncaster

Foolscap duplicated - Report from the Parliamentary Public Works Committee - 11/12/1972 - 18 pages, stapled in the top left hand corner.Stamped "AETA Public Transport Committee" on the front sheet and date "11/12/72" written in ink on top right hand corner.trams, tramways, victorian government, parliament, enquiries, mmtb, tramways, railways, doncaster

Act of Victorian Parliament, 94 pages (was printed as 96), 3 sections, stapled on the left hand side , No. 6311 - "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Metropolitan Tramways", dated 30/9/1958. Consolidates the various MMTB Acts to 1958. Mr. McComb has kept the document up to date, and made changes to the document in red ink with notes and crossed out those sections which have been repealed in green pencil. See Reg Item 2120 for the 1929 reprint.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, construction

A Legacy function at Queen's Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne. Geoff Webb is president and Ron Barassi is a guest. (See also 00734) 00735.1 Robert Doyle, Legatee Geoff Webb, unknown and John So (Lord Mayor of Melbourne 2001-2008). 00735.2 President Geoff Webb with 3 others (far right is Legatee David McLachlan). 00735.3 Ron Barassi with two others. Ron Barassi was helped by Legacy after his father, Corporal Ronald James Barassi, was killed in action at Tobruk in 1941, aged 27 00735.4 A man making a speech. 00735.5 Legatee Geoff Webb making a speech. 00735.6 A man in uniform making a speech. 00735.7 Legatee Trevor Parker making a speech. 00735.8 The young man making a speech. 00735.9 A large group photo including legatees and some staff, Geoff Webb, Carmel, Dulcie Cedaro, Denis Millic, David Cull 00735.10 the young man and Legatee James Mulholland.A record of a function for Legatees. Colour photo x 10 of guests at a Legacy function.Printing on the back "

Colour postcard with of Bourke St. Melbourne from Parliament house with MMTB Z8 and about 6 W7's in photo, along with many motor vehicles. Also shown are the Safety Zones and stops. In image are buildings along either side of Bourke St., featuring the sign of the Salvation Army City Temple in the top left hand corner, Mittys, and a Kwikasair van by the outbound safety zone. Tram Z8 has destination of "CITY - SPENCER ST." and showing route 89. Mid 1970's. Card has a caption underneath the photo - "Melbourne's Trams in Bourke St, Victoria" Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Biscay Greetings, possibly mid to late 1980's. Card No. 2AUS 58 .1 - as above but without the caption on the bottom of the photograph. Biscay postcard No. 98, with a caption on the rear that it was a "New Z class tram". .2 - another version with caption and different wording on rear - has number 2AUS58.trams, tramways, postcards, bourke st, route 89, z class, w7 class, tram 8

Booklet - 8 pages, only 5 printed on, centre stapled - Victorian Government Act of Parliament, 1956 - "ACT 5977- discontinuance of service and dismantling of the St Kilda Bright Electric Railway which lies in the City of Brighton", dated 12 June 1956. Looks at the responsibility between the VR and City of Brighton for the dismantling of the railway, road works, payments, including the date for the discontinuance of the service. Second copy from the McComb Collection added 26-10-2016. Items 2062, 614 and 2063 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Brighton Electric Street Railway" in ink on the front cover.Has the AETA stamp on the front cover and the library number "J3" in red ink., Second copy - has no stamps.trams, tramways, st kilda brighton, victorian railways, closure, dismantling, city of brighton, road works

Book - dark green card stippled cover, bound with 9 Acts of the Victorian Parliament that involved the MMTB and other tramways. Acts have been sewn into the book with glued end papers. Contains the following Acts: 1. - Act 2920 - Purchase of Goods and Machinery of Materials for Works undertaken or on behalf of certain local authorities - 22/10/1917 - bound all the Trusts and other authorities to purchase items made in the Commonwealth over 250 pounds unless certified by the Minister. 2 - Act 2995 - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act 1918 - set up the MMTB - 7/1/1919 3 - Act 3074 - Act to amend the above Act - 28/9/1920 4 - Act 3023 - ditto - 16/12/1919 5 - Act 3243 - construction by the MMTB of an electric tramway from Melbourne to West Brunswick - 21/12/1922. 6 - Act 3247 - relating to the works and undertakings of The North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Company Limited in the Municipal District of the City of Melbourne and the City of Essendon - 21/12/1922 7 - Act 3308 - Act to amend the MMTB Act - 18/12/1923 8 - Act 3367 - ditto - 15/12/1924 9 - Act 3583 - authorise the construction by the MMTB of an Electric Tramway in Racecourse Road, Melbourne - 21/8/1928 Unknown who made the book - made for an MMTB officer. Binds the original Act's printed by the various Government Printers at the time. See also Reg Item 2121 for other Acts associated with the MMTB.Inside front cover on first page in ink "Mr. J. Cass" and in other locations as well.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, nmetl, west coburg, construction, racecourse rd

Report - 42 pages, 3 sections, stapled on the left hand edge, titled "Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the Railway and Tramway systems on Melbourne and Suburbs" - dated 1911. Looks at the state of the Suburban rail system, finances, electrification's, costs, evidence of Mr. Merz, advantages of the electrification, power supply and standards, whether AC or DC, duplication, Glen Iris line, conclusions and recommendations. Tramway - summarises the current tramways operating, cable system and operational stats, the current tramway systems, other cities, relative merits, future tramways for Melbourne, operational speeds, use of cable conduits for electric traction, conversion, municipal control , control of the tramways by the railways, a general scheme, formation of a larger tramway trust and its management, purchase of the cable tramways and recommendations. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website. 2nd copy added 2-1-2019 from donation of Norm Cross.In ink in the top right hand corner "TB"trams, tramways, tramways, cable trams, finances, conversion, railways, royal commission, costs

Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (VIOSH) Australia is the Asia-Pacific centre for teaching and research in occupational health and safety (OHS) and is known as one of Australia's leaders on the field. VIOSH has a global reputation for its innovative approach within the field of OHS management. VIOSH had its first intake of students in 1979. At that time the Institution was known as the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. In 1990 it became known as Ballarat University College, then in 1994 as University of Ballarat. It was 2014 that it became Federation University. VIOSH Australia students are safety managers, senior advisors and experienced OHS professionals. They come from all over Australia and industry. Students are taught active research and enquiry; rather than textbook learning and a one-size fits all approach. VIOSH accepts people into the Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hazard Management who have no undergraduate degree - on the basis of extensive work experience and knowledge. Photographs were posted to Ballarat College of Advanced Education from Melbourne. At this time VIOSH was in the planning stage and it was two years later that the first Intake of students started. People known in the photographs are: E.J. Barker, E.J. Tippett, Mr Jim Reid and Barry Jones. E.J. Barker (Jack) was the Principal of SMB from 1964-1976. He then became the Foundation Director of Ballarat Institute/College of Advanced Education from 1976-1987. The Library Building at Mount Helen Campus if named after him. E.J. Tippett was a member of SMB Council from 1934-1960. He was President of the Council from 1940-1960. He was a member of the Interim Council established to plan the development of the Victorian Institute of Colleges. He then became a member of the Council of the Victorian Institute of Colleges. The Library Building at SMB is named after him. In 1975 he was recognised by the State Government and awarded an MBE. Hon Barry Jones, Member of State Government from 1972 to 1977. He then entered Federal Parliament and was a member from 1977 to 1998. During his time he was Minister for Industry, Science and Technology from1983 to 1990. Ann Tippett - wife of E.J. Tippett. Jim Reid - Federal Director of the National Safety Council of Australia.Fourteen black and white photographs taken at a dinner - Ballarat College of Advanced Education.ballarat school of mines, ballarat college of advanced education, e j barker, principal of smb, foundation director of bcae, e j tippett, president of smb council, victorian institute of colleges, hon barry jones, member of state parliament, member of federal parliament, minister for industry science and technology, ann tippett, jim reid, national safety council of australia, federal director

Details a Petition to the Parliament of Victoria, Legislative Council from the Melbourne Tramways Trust, the owners of the cable tram infrastructure. The Municipalities that formed the Trust were concerned that the construction of electric tramways within their Municipalities would be in contrary to the Act that set up the cable trams and reduced revenue received from the cable tram operator, the MTOCo. They sought that Parliament would not sanction such tramways without the consent of the Trust's municipalities or members. Yields information about the concerns of the MTT about new electric tramways in 1905.Folded double foolscap sheet and then folded into four for presentation to the Victorian Parliament by the Melbourne Tramways Trust dated 16-8-1905. Paper has a MCC (Melbourne City Council) watermark - see image 3.mtt, cable tramways, petitions, parliament, electric tramways, melbourne tramways trust

Invitation to V.W.Bro. R.W.V. McCall G.Treasurer and Miss McCall to meet His Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at an evening reception at the Exhibition Building on 9th May 1901 in celebration of the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.Invitation to V.W.Bro. R.W.V. McCall G.Treasurer and Miss McCall to meet His Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at an evening reception at the Exhibition Building on 9th May 1901 in celebration of the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.federation, mccall, r.w.v.

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