President Geoff Webb presented a plaque to the Victoria Barracks Melbourne Corps of Guides in acknowledgement of the contribution of the proceeds of the Victoria Barracks Public Tours donations over the past three year, a total of $11,000 to Legacy in that time. A portion of these proceeds was designated to be used for maintenance work on the Legacy statue of the Widow and her Children in the Garden of Appreciation at the Shrine of Remembrance. More than 1,500 people visit Victoria Barracks Melbourne (VBM) each year as part of the Public Tours program conducted by the VBM Corps of Guides. Guided tours of the Barracks in 2005 operated on Wednesdays and Sunday afternoons as required. The Entrance fees were $5 per adult and $3 for concession and pensioners.A record of where funds are raised and given to Legacy's work.Colour photo x 4 of President Geoff Webb awarding a plaque to a group from VBM and two pages of information.Printed on the back fundraising, donations

Newspaper clipping from The Daily Mirror, Sydney, 19/11/1945 titled "Melbourne Finds trams Museum Efficient than buses". Has an introduction by Mr. Bell, Chairman of the MMTB about the tram bus controversy. Notes that Sydney has decided to phase out trams. Looks at the cost of running trams compared to buses, Bourke St issues, bus defects vs tram defects. Has photos of SW6 850, inside of the tram and a photo of double deck buses lined up in Bourke St.Has a note in pencil about a typographical error on the bottom of the sheet.trams, tramways, buses, trams, bourke st, melbourne, maintenance, delays, sydney

Brass door roller from a former Melbourne cable car trailer - numbered 2 222 - probably No. 2 end of trailer No. 222. Consists of a large cast section for attachment to the top of the door, roller wheel and axle. Cable trams commenced in 1885 and by 1891 there were 350 sets. (see reference) See p79 of "Mind the Curve", John D.Keating re number of tram built by 1891.melbourne, cable trams, door roller, tramcar component

Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 Opening Ceremony. Green paperback Official Souvenir Programme. Soft cover with scene of Melbourne from the Yarra River. Olympic Rings at Top, yellow Opening Ceremony title. Olympic symbol: cities, altos, forties on the back cover.olympic games, booklets, olympic games 1956

A 128-page book of printed matter, photographs, engravings and drawings. The hard cover is white with the title in gold lettering on the front. The dust-cover is also white with black lettering. Along the lower half of the cover, front and back, is a strip of six photos, three coloured and three black and white. 128 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 22 x 25 cm.non-fictionWharves to the World: The Development of Melbourne's World Trade Centre is a photographic chronicle of the history of the World Trade Centre and its surrounds. The book traces the journey of land and the buildings that occupied it - from its beginnings with the Wurundjeri people to its role as a trading hub in early Melbourne, then as the site of the modern-day World Trade Centre, and now as part of a flourishing residential and commercial Precinct. As with any major project The World Trade Centre has face its share of fêlures, but despite thèse it has become an integral part of the City. So it goes that was once home to swampland and the City morgue has been transformer into a Diamond of the Yarra River.yarra yarra tribe, early melbourne, world trade centre, melbourne, southbank, northbank, australian wharf, siddeley street, waterfront, amy zurrer, wurundjeri, spencer street bridge, north wharf, riverlee, wtc, wharf, harbor trust, sir john coode, harbour trust, little dock, polly woodside, wharfies, divers

Six paged duplicated paper or report titled "Future Development of Tramways in the Melbourne Central Business District", by Graeme Breydon, presented to the AETA 1973 Convention, based on an article prepared for the August 1972 issue of Electric Traction. Has references, looks at proposals for underground part of the Swanston St tramway, alternatives for flinders St and a Yarra crossing, St Kilda Road issues, William St, CBD problems and travel issues, shortcomings of proposals, alternatives, Flinders Gate interchanges, associated track improvements, cost benefit ratios, comments and conclusions. 2nd copy contains within a brown manila quarto sized folded marked "Tramways in the Melbourne. Central Business District" G. Breydon (Aug. 1972). See also Reg Item 3069 and 2812 for further references. .2 - letter - c Jan 1973 - carbon copy of a Letter to the Editor for response to a letter in Electric Traction Dec. 1972 responding to H. Moses and making specific comments. .3 - letter - 29/1/1973 to Graeme Breydon from the Ian Cooper of the AETA responding and accepting an offer of Graeme to present on the Board's plan for the forthcoming AETA Canberra Conference in April 1972. .4 - Report - 17 Quarto pages, stapled on the left hand side titled "Future Development of Melbourne Tramway System, with particular reference to possible improvements to the fixed plant of the Central Business District", written by Graeme Breydon, dated Jan. 1972. Refers to the 1962 report of Risson, and scheme presented to Council, Has hand drawn maps of the central area of Melbourne, Looks at the background, traffic issues, proposed underground loop, employment distribution, an extension to Elisabeth St, reversing loops, St Kilda Road and comments on the MMTB proposals. Refers to a paper delivered by D Lees, MMTB Planning Engineer, Swanston St underground proposal,on outside of the 2nd copy, and on top right hand corner of paper AETA Library mark "4E11"trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, traffic control, swanston st, st kilda rd, elizabeth st, bourke st, aeta, transportation, underground tramways

Boyd discusses the influence and legacy of the work of Walter Burley Griffin on Melbourne's architecture. Boyd discusses the utopian tendencies of Griffin as well as his temperament and approach to practice. The text goes on to discuss Griffin's exemplary works including the Capitol Building and Leonard House and the ongoing legacy of Griffin's work. Griffin's patented construction system, 'Knitlock', is also discussed with exemplary projects using this system mentioned. Griffin's influence is concluded as initially controversial and jarring to the conservative nature of Melbourne suburbia, but later becomes exemplary work and essential to the progression of Melbourne's architecture.Typewritten, photocopy, 15 pages, A4, 210x297.Signature. Pencil mark up on page 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 14.walter burley griffin, chicago school, melbourne, sydney, canberra, a.s. eggleston, edward billson, marion griffin, knitlock, capitol theatre, leonard house.

This publication is the story of the Melbourne Legacy Club from the founding of Melbourne Legacy 1923, until 1932. It has photos of significant people and early activities.Significant in that the publication details the formation of Melbourne Legacy and the first nine years of the club.Printed hardcover book with red cloth over cardboard cover, white pages and black type with black and white photos. Handwritten note attached with paper clip to first page inside the cover.Front cover, Legacy. The Story of the Melbourne Legacy Club, Legacy logo, both embossed in gold. Spine, two horizontal straight lines at the top and the bottom of the spine, the word Legacy, Legacy logo, the word Blatchford, all embossed in gold.history, founding legatee

Copy of a document from an original source, handwritten and partly typed. Details the 104 Rules that applied to the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company grip men for cable tram operations. Gives rules for their personal behaviour, duties, operations, management of passengers, shunting, use of the gong, not converse with passengers, what to do if a flock of sheep on the line, use of the grip, stop and starting of the tram (known as a train), care of the rope, end of the shift duties and knowledge of the Rules and Regulations.Yields information about the rules that Melbourne cable tram grip men operated by.Set of two blue foolscap handwritten sheets consisting of five sheets each (Rules 1 to 76) and one typed sheet (Rules 77 to 104) titled Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co - abstracts of Rules for Gripmentramways, trams, cable trams, grip men, rules, mtoco

Metal badge - relief of a Melbourne cable tram set with the title "Melbourne Cable Tram" in the bottom right hand corner with a green enamel painted area. Has a pin clip on the rear, which is not able to be used.trams, tramways, badges, cable trams, souvenirs

Thirty two page book contained within a heavy card cover, saddle stapled. Printed on gloss paper with many black and white photos inside and colour cover. Book titled "Melbourne Tram Review" written by R.A. Birrell Details the formation of the MTA, The Met or the Metropolitan Transit Authority from the MMTB in 1983, the changing nature of the fleet, depots and allocations of tramcars, listing of tram classes, with various technical specifications, including tramcar numbers and photographs. For the B class, includes those which were not in service at the time of publication. Two separate allocation listings are given, the last one being that at 19/9/1988. Has contents pages, introduction by author and on rear cover, a listing of other publications produced by the publisher, Railmac. On the title page, (page 1) in green ink "Ex B.K."trams, tramways, melbourne, mta, metropolitan transit authority, tramways, tramcars

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

British Admiralty Navigation Chart - South Pacific Ocean - Melbourne to Cape Hornwarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, navigation chart, british admiralty navigation chart, melbourne to cape horn, south pacific ocean

The box, with the name "Melbourne Mechanics' Institution" appears to have been used to store documents. Pink wax residue on the top of the lid indicates that important documents would have been kept there. The gold lettering indicates the status of the institution in the community.Metal document box with "Melbourne Mechanics' Institution" written in gold lettering on the sideA metal document box; the lid has what appears to be spots of red wax; the box is lockable but the key is missing

6971-2 Dorothy Brumby, Liz Driscoll, Wendy Melbourne. in the Interior of museumstawell historical society, museum

Black and white photo of the Slovenian stand at the Royal melbourne Show Exhibition in 1960Traditional Slovenian craft items17 x 20.50 cmexhibition, royal melbourne show

One of a number of items owned by members of the Christian and Washfold families of Kew. It is part of a larger collection of photographs, postcards and publications donated to the collection in May 2021.Colour print reproduction of a view of Melbourne from an original Henry Burn paintingswanston street -- melbourne, henry burn, christian-washfold collection

6th Battalion, The Royal Melbourne Regiment Battle Dress Jacket C.1950,

Taken 1936, advertising the Talkies, Melbourne St fronting, "look up and laugh"Written on backing sheet, "Ringwood Hall - later demolished and replaced by the Town Hall. Taken in 1936." Advertising board at front reads- Talkies, 1936. "Look Up and Laugh".

Minute book of the Trust, scanned in 10 parts - 187 pages along with many typed pages of accounts, The minutes detail the various events, contracts and construction of the various tram lines and issues encountered such as trackwork problems. Part 1 - 21/3/1914 to 21/8/1914 Part 2 - 16/9/1914 to 29/1/1915 Part 3 - 12/2/1915 to 4/6/1915 Part 4 - 18/6/1915 to 1/10/1915 Part 5 - 8/10/1915 to 11/2/1916 Part 6 - 15/2/1916 to 23/5/1916 Part 7 - Yields information about the activities of the MBCTTDigital image - scan of the Melbourne & Brunswick Coburg Tramway Trust Minute Book. tramways, trams, mbctt, minutes, tramcars