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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Ballarat tram no.35 at cnr of Barkly & Main Sts, 1950s
Ballarat tram no. 35 on the Mt Pleasant line, seen turning from Barkly St into Main St, returning to the City. See also item 5293.Provides information on how people travelled and from the Mt pleasant district in particular.Ballarat tram no.35 at cnr of Barkly & Main Sts"No 35", "91", "KEN MAGOR" Neg. No 1901"ballarat, ballarat tramways, barkly st, main st, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, E. R. Courtney, "Save Our Trams", May. 1970
Poster advertising to the Citizens of Ballarat and Sebastopol to "Save our Trams". Ballarat Trammies ask that on 30 May (1970 - see Reference page 87) people vote Labor. Provided names of the Labor candidates. Authorised by E. R. Courtney, Secretary of the Tramway Employees' Association (Ballarat Division). Printed by R. Fletcher & Sons. See also item 3327 - for a similar poster and Page 87 of The Golden City and its Tramways. Demonstrates a poster to try and save the tram system - in reference to the 1970 election which Bolte one both houses and led to the demise of the tram system in 1971.Quarto size printed poster, printed on slightly pink paper. Three copies held. trams, tramways, closure, ballarat, protest, meetings -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
document - Correspondence, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Agreement between the SEC, City of Ballaarat and Borough of Sebastopol" re tramways, Oct. 1960
The SEC made this agreement with respect to the operation of tramways in Ballarat and Sebastopol in 1929, though the SEC did not formally take over operation until 1934. See item 7604 for a signed copy of the original agreement. This copy is a retyped version for reference.Yields information about the 1929 agreement between the SEC, The City of Ballaarat and the Borough of Sebastopol about the operation of tramways in Ballarat.Carbon copy of SEC made 26/10/1960 of the "Agreement between the SEC, City of Ballaarat and Borough of Sebastopol" re tramways at the time of the operation transfer of the tramways from ESCo to the SEC. Five pages, foolscap, white paper stapled in top left hand corner. Outlines the conditions of operations, track maintenance, tramcars, responsibilities, buildings, bus services. On page 5 has the names of the parties who signed the agreement, including John Monash. Agreement dated 17/11/1929. Two copies held. See Reg Item 7604 for another version, more readable - photocopy. tram, trams, agreements, sec, city of ballaarat, borough of sebastopol, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Ballarat to continue fight to keep trams", 17/12/1962
Newspaper cutting from The Courier, 17/12/1962 titled "Ballarat to continue fight to keep trams". Reports that no closure considerations until next year. Quotes W E Roff of the Save the Trams Committee and City of Ballaarat Mayor Cr. A Mills.Yields information about the on-going closure proposals for Ballarat trams.Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, taped to a quarto sheet with rounded corners.In ink "Courier 17/12/1962"secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, closure