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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB News", 1966
Eight issues of "MMTB News" - The Magazine of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Two copies of issues 1 to 6 held. Second copy added 31/8/2004. All issues printed with an cream colour paper cover with the rest of the magazine white gloss paper. 2720.1 - Vol. 3, No. 1 - 16 pages, January 1966, with a photo of the Mark VI bus No. 702 on the front cover, notes on Traffic Congestion, motor cars and supermarkets, depot masters, engineering, bus maintenance, sports and social club news. On rear cover includes a photo of a Christmas function with past senior employees - left to right - H. R. Steains (architect), H. S. McComb (Chief Surveyor), Mr. Aird, Mr. P. M. Ireland (Rolling stock engineer), J Fisher (Civil Engineer) and H. A. Warner (Secretary) 2720.2 - Vol. 3, No. 2 - 16 pages, February 1966, with a photo of counting decimal coins, Tribute to the W2 class tram written by Norm Cross, (with photo), Hawthorn Clothing Depot, retirement of Harry Munroe, introduction of decimal currency, donation of 1B bogies to SPER, tramways band, death of Neil Olsen, sports and social club news. See btm2720i9.jpg for image of the Norm Cross photograph. 2720.3 - Vol. 3, No. 3 - 12 pages, March - April 1966, with a photo of Tramways Bowl Tournament presentation on the front cover, Recent developments in public transport in North America, Vera Cruz Mexico, cable cars at Rushworth, sports and social club news and photo of the Melbourne bogies under Sydney tram. 2720.4 - Vol. 3, No. 4 - 16 pages, May 1966, with a photo of W2 321being overhauled at Preston Workshops, change over to decimal currency for accounting machines, "Tram Driver Salutes the L class tram" - written by A. Bailey, Melbourne's New Trams, retirement of Gordon Wilson, sports and social club news. 2720.5 - Vol. 3, No. 5 - 16 pages, June 1966, with a photo of the track relaying in Camberwell Rd with Camberwell fire station in background, Melbourne cable tram routes, opening and closing dates, retirement of G. H. Box, visit of SPER members to Melbourne, memories of Malvern Depot, sports and social club news. 2720.6 - Vol. 3, No. 6 - 16 pages, July - August 1966 with a photo of the view from the St Kilda Junction signal box, more trams for Russia, retirements of 31 Employees, a contest to win an old W2, St Kilda Road Junction box - and how it works - signalling and interlocking, closure of Port Melbourne bus depot, sports and social club news. 2720.7 - Vol. 3, No. 7 - 16 pages, September - October 1966 with a photo of 610 on the Maribyrnong River Bridge, during the SPER tour, "Public Transport in Big Cities" - R. Risson - with photo - see image i10, MMTB Ambulance division, new trams, trams or buses, death of Harry Hood, Chas Samuels, retirement of Jack Ferguson, Reg Maxwell, manufacture of trackwork, cable tram working, sports and social club news. 2720.8 - Vol. 3, No. 8 - 16 pages, November - December 1966 with a photo of a wedding party on a tram (Richards / Fuller), apprenticeship training, Christmas message from the Chairman, tramway canteens, art of rostering by R. Drummond, Wattle Park Chalet, clock and instrument shop at North Fitzroy, tramways band, sports and social club news.Each issue has stamped on the front cover or inside "The Australian Railway Historical Society (S.A. Branch).trams, tramways, mmtb, sper, wattle park, port melbourne, st kilda junction, decimal currency, w2 class, l class, hawthorn -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s - set of 2, Carolyn Dean, 4/04/2004 12:00:00 AM
Set of two photographs during April 2004, of the tram track pavement reconstruction in Wendouree Parade - Photo taken at the old Crossing Loop. Photo by Carolyn Dean.On rear of each photo in ink, "04-04", "Photo by Carolyn Dean"road works, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s - set of 3, Carolyn Dean, 20/05/2004 12:00:00 AM
Set of three photographs taken on 20/05/2004 of the tram track pavement reconstruction in Wendouree Parade. Photo by Carolyn Dean. .1 - Depot junction, looking south, not the warning trams crossing and cyclist sign on the pole. .2 - To the south of depot junction. .3 - Preparing the road surface for the next pavement layer.On rear of each photo in ink, "20/05/04", "Photo by Carolyn Dean"road works, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Crossing Under Tramway Tracks", Aug. 1957
Yields information about the correspondence that was sent to the PMG from the SEC re the installation of services in Albert St.Carbon copy of letter back to PMG Divisional Engineer dated 30/8/1957 - authorising work to install a service under Albert St. Copy of letter typed in red ink "Copy for Works Superintendent" See Reg Item 4952 for original letter.Has initials in ink.trams, tramways, letters, sec, tram track, pmg -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 11, Peter Waugh, 21/07/2015 12:00:00 AM
... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Trams tramways Road Works BTM ...Track repairs in Wendouree Parade, June 2014. 6022.1 - Roger Gosney standing on track looking at damaged section 6022.2 - Close up of damaged section of track 6022.3 - Work crew including dog in safety vest 6022.4 - Work crew digging up road watched by the dog 6022.5 - Close up digging up road, Alan Snowball using jackhammer, Greg Robinson with spade, Roger Gosney on the far side with spade, and Barry Richardson with spade. 6022.6 - Greg Robinson in trench watched by Alan Roger, and Barry 6022.7 - Same group looking into the trench 6022.8 - Alan on hands and knees beside trench preparing for welding 6022.9 - preparing for welding, with safety screens in place. 6022.11 - Greg Robinson and Roger Gosney resting beside Wendouree Parade. (no. 10) Photo by Peter Waugh, collected for reference purposestrams, tramways, road works, btm, track repairs, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Peter Waugh, 11/06/2104 12:00:00 AM
... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Trams tramways Road Works BTM ...Track repairs in Wendouree Parade, June 2014. Distant view of concrete being poured, Wendouree Parade looking north. Photo by Peter Waugh, collected for reference purposestrams, tramways, road works, btm, track repairs, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 9, Peter Waugh, 10/06/2014 12:00:00 AM
... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Trams tramways Road Works BTM ...Track repairs in Wendouree Parade, June 2014. 6024.1 - Pouring concrete 6024.2 - ditto 6024.3 - ditto 6024.4 - the scene from Wendouree Parade 6024.5 - ditto 6024.6 - Barry Richardson trowelling off 6024.7 - Reece Carter inspecting 6024.8 - Richard checking the roadway out 6024.9 - Trowelling offPhoto by Peter Waugh, collected for reference purposestrams, tramways, road works, btm, track repairs, wendouree parade -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, R. Preston, Beech Forest: Track gang in snow, c.1940, c.1940
The railway track was maintained initially by seven three-man gangs headed by a ganger. The gangers tended to be promoted into the Otways but many of their subordinate staff of repairers were local recruits. There were two track gangs at Beech Forest until 1954, so a large number of gangers and repairers was present over the years. World War 2 with petrol and rubber rationing provided a boost to the line. The 1939 bushfire killed a great deal of timber which had to transported out of the Otways, and the commencement of a vigorous wartime pulp wood traffic from Beech Forest meant that only the railway could efficiently handle the volume of traffic. By early 1940 not only the Garratt was running a daily train to Beech Forest but an NA goods train was scheduled to run at night. As a result the track gangs were also particularly busy at the same time.B/W. In snow at Beech Forest, a track gang on a trolley at the entrance to the Way and Works shed, comprising G. Newland, Ned Hewing, Bill Taylor, Jim Gowty, and Buck.beech forest; railways; g. newland; ned hewing; bill taylor; jim gowty; snow; track gang; -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 12, Warren Doubleday, Wendouree Parade roadworks - April and May 2003, 27/4/2003 and 5/5/2003
Set of 12 Digital Images of the reconstruction of the roadway at the north end or near St Aidans drive that was part of the project to lift the road above flood level. Images show the work in progress and at the tram terminus itself. The gutter was moved to the north and later on the gate pillar was shifted to the north as well. Photos dated 27/4/2003 and 5/5/2003.trams, tramways, road works, st aidans drive, wendouree parade, tram track -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign, "Caution Tram Track Under Repair"
... works. tramways SECV Ballarat signs track work Metal sign, steel ...Prepared to advise pedestrians and motorists of tramway track work being undertaken in Ballarat.Demonstrates the methods the SEC used to advise of track works.Metal sign, steel, yellow background with black letters stating "Caution Tram Track Under Repair". Has four holes top and one centrally along the bottom edge. Shows on the rear that a stand was once fixed to the rear of the sign.tramways, secv, ballarat, signs, track work -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Annual report extracts, Extract from PWD Annual reports - Wellington, c1950
Three page type carbon copy on pink paper , blue carbon, listing of events for the Wellington NZ tramways for period 1906 to 1940, from Public Works Department Annual reports. Rear of page 3 has page 3 in reverse, carbon paper for the next copy, wrong way around, possibly indicating numerous copies.tramways, trams, wellington, tramway construction, track construction -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, J F C Farquhar, The Post Office, 1891
At the beginning of the 1890s, the Kew businessman and Town Councillor, Henry Kellett, commissioned J.F.C. Farquhar to photograph scenes of Kew. These scenes included panoramas as well as pastoral scenes. The resulting set of twelve photographs was assembled in an album, Kew Where We Live, from which customers could select images for purchase.The preamble to the album describes that the photographs used the ‘argentic bromide’ process, now more commonly known as the gelatine silver process. This form of dry plate photography allowed for the negatives to be kept for weeks before processing, hence its value in landscape photography. The resulting images were considered to be finely grained and everlasting. Evidence of the success of Henry Kellett’s venture can be seen today, in that some of the photographs are held in national collections.It is believed that the Kew Historical Society’s copy of the Kellett album is unique and that the photographs in the book were the first copies taken from the original plates. It is the first and most important series of images produced about Kew. The individual images have proved essential in identifying buildings and places of heritage value in the district.A panoramic photograph of the junction of High Street and Cotham Road. The photographer centres the point-of-view on the Kew Post Office and adjacent Court House. These were designed in the Queen Anne style by the Public Works Department's architect J Harvey and completed in 1888. The complex is important because it demonstrates a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings. The earlier Jubilee Fountain in front of the Post Office was erected by the Kew Borough Council to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. It was created to a design of the architects Reed, Henderson and Smart. The fountain was later relocated to the Alexandra Gardens to make way for the Kew War Memorial. The tram tracks in High Street were used by the horse tram, which ran from the Victoria Street Bridge to the Boroondara General Cemetery. The tram was replaced by an electrified service in 1915.The Post Officekew post office, kew illustrated, kew where we live, photographic books, henry kellett -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : August 1992
Kew Traffic School / p1. New Mayor for Kew [Cr Roger Streeton] / p1. Kindergarten open days / p1. Chief Executive's Column [Changes happening in Kew; Waste Management Strategy; Pakington Street Kindergarten and Maternal & Child Health Centre; New tennis and scout facility; Harp Junction works / Outer Circle Rail Reserve; Construction of new postal sorting facility for Kew] / Malcolm Hutchinson p2&3. Mayor's Comment / Cr Roger Streeton] / p3. Diary dates for August/Septemvber [1992] / p4. Young Achiever Awards / p4. Concerned about possums / p5. Medicine / p5. Music for children / p6. Cinders! [Track Players Children's Workshop] / p5. In Brief [Community radio for a 'tuned-in' community; Camberwell Music Society; Kew Philharmonic Society; Mega mushroom; Have you got a parking permit?; Free legal advice; Kew Croquet Club's 60th Birthday year; Do you worry about the air you breather?; Kew East Primary School Centenary celebrations / p7. Pictures of Kew [New Trinity Grammar classrooms; North kew Tennis Club and Scout Hall; Mrs Helen Telford, Head of Carey Grammar Junior School; North Kew Maternal & Child Health Centre] / p8. Be in the movies / p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionKew Traffic School / p1. New Mayor for Kew [Cr Roger Streeton] / p1. Kindergarten open days / p1. Chief Executive's Column [Changes happening in Kew; Waste Management Strategy; Pakington Street Kindergarten and Maternal & Child Health Centre; New tennis and scout facility; Harp Junction works / Outer Circle Rail Reserve; Construction of new postal sorting facility for Kew] / Malcolm Hutchinson p2&3. Mayor's Comment / Cr Roger Streeton] / p3. Diary dates for August/Septemvber [1992] / p4. Young Achiever Awards / p4. Concerned about possums / p5. Medicine / p5. Music for children / p6. Cinders! [Track Players Children's Workshop] / p5. In Brief [Community radio for a 'tuned-in' community; Camberwell Music Society; Kew Philharmonic Society; Mega mushroom; Have you got a parking permit?; Free legal advice; Kew Croquet Club's 60th Birthday year; Do you worry about the air you breather?; Kew East Primary School Centenary celebrations / p7. Pictures of Kew [New Trinity Grammar classrooms; North kew Tennis Club and Scout Hall; Mrs Helen Telford, Head of Carey Grammar Junior School; North Kew Maternal & Child Health Centre] / p8. Be in the movies / p8.publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : February 1990
Theatre group changes track [Track Players] / p1. Rates reminder / p1. People's Day / p2. Dates for February / p2. Children's Services Committee to re-convene / p2. Recycle your children's toys / p2. Senior Citizens' Week / p2. Cash-a-can centre for Kew / p2. Kindergarten places [Davis Street Kindergarten] / p2. Trill with the Phil [Kew Philharmonic Society] / p2. Commentary /Cr Michael Montalto p3. Council sets community reps [ Kew Recreation Centre] / p3. Due you have a hearing problem? / p3. Bluestone sales / p3. Council meetings resume / p3. CEO takes up the reins [Malcolm Hutchinson] / p3. Bushwalking provides photographic opportunities / p4. Notices / p4. Council building works complete [Civic Offices] / p4. Promise of brightest festival yet / p5. Meetings reminder / p5. Christmas gifts for HKC / p5. Spare room? Need help? / p5. Opposition leaders' new move / p5. Keri provides support for all / p5. Kew Community House / p6. War on waste slowed / p6. Council appeals for co-operation on rubbish days / p6. Traffic management update / p6. Historic bridge restored [Kane's Bridge] / p6. Time up for Kew Community House co-ordinator [Judy Price] / p7. Heritage advice / p7. Caption videos for the deaf / p7. Physiotherapy for children / p7. Memorial Walk [People Against Drink Driving, PADD] / p7. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8. Neighbourhood Watch / p8. Something for all at Seniors Centre / p8. Keeping you informed [Citizen's Advice Bureau] / p8. Rotarians entertain older citizens / p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionTheatre group changes track [Track Players] / p1. Rates reminder / p1. People's Day / p2. Dates for February / p2. Children's Services Committee to re-convene / p2. Recycle your children's toys / p2. Senior Citizens' Week / p2. Cash-a-can centre for Kew / p2. Kindergarten places [Davis Street Kindergarten] / p2. Trill with the Phil [Kew Philharmonic Society] / p2. Commentary /Cr Michael Montalto p3. Council sets community reps [ Kew Recreation Centre] / p3. Due you have a hearing problem? / p3. Bluestone sales / p3. Council meetings resume / p3. CEO takes up the reins [Malcolm Hutchinson] / p3. Bushwalking provides photographic opportunities / p4. Notices / p4. Council building works complete [Civic Offices] / p4. Promise of brightest festival yet / p5. Meetings reminder / p5. Christmas gifts for HKC / p5. Spare room? Need help? / p5. Opposition leaders' new move / p5. Keri provides support for all / p5. Kew Community House / p6. War on waste slowed / p6. Council appeals for co-operation on rubbish days / p6. Traffic management update / p6. Historic bridge restored [Kane's Bridge] / p6. Time up for Kew Community House co-ordinator [Judy Price] / p7. Heritage advice / p7. Caption videos for the deaf / p7. Physiotherapy for children / p7. Memorial Walk [People Against Drink Driving, PADD] / p7. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8. Neighbourhood Watch / p8. Something for all at Seniors Centre / p8. Keeping you informed [Citizen's Advice Bureau] / p8. Rotarians entertain older citizens / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Electric tram line construction in Cotham Road, Kew, E.J. Dower, 1913
One of a series of photographs, taken by Edgar James Dower in the second decade of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Olinda, his family later moved to Surrey Hills. He worked as an adult as a clerk in the city office of the Metropolitan Gas Company, and in his role as a 'collector', he was able to photograph scenes including the construction of tramlines and associated buildings in Kew, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Later he established a real estate agency with his brother - the E.J. Dower Real Estate Agency, Dandenong Office.The image is an historically significant record of the development of transport infrastructure which was used to connect Victorians in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This development resulted from increases in population and the consequent extension of Melbourne's suburbs. The photographs, both individually and collectively, richly detail the labour of workers and the tools and machinery used to create and extend Melbourne's tram network in the years preceding and during World War 1.Digital copy of an original mounted photograph depicting construction of a new electric tramline in Cotham Road, Kew. The photo shows both a horse drawn and steam roller. A works supervisor and two men on bikes stand on the road to the left of the horse drawn roller. Annotated recto: "Preparing electric tram track / Cotham Road Kew / Near Normanby Road x. Annotated verso: "Preparing for electric tram / Cotham Road Kew / Taken near Normanby Road.theme --- travelling by tram, theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, cotham road -- kew (vic.), trams -- kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Filling in the Outer Circle Railway cutting at East Kew, 1939
W.D. Vaughan (Kew's Civic Century, 1960, pp.195-6) quotes Council Minutes of 1938 and 1939 to record that: "After protracted negotiations between the Council, the Railways Department and the Tramways Board agreement was reached in June, 1938, for the filling of the railway cutting at the Harp Junction and shifting tram tracks to the High Street alignment ... The Outer Circle railway land from Princess Street to Park Crescent was purchased by the Kew Council in October, 1939, for 2,750 [pounds]. The land from Park Crescent to High Street was leased for 1 [pound] per annum. Considerable work was done in levelling the embankments to the original surface level."Important and rare photograph of the period, showing major works by Kew Council in Kew East working on a significant piece of urban infrastructure.Small, original black and white positive (photograph) showing workers and vehicles filling in the tracks of the former Outer Circle railway at East Kew. In the background is the metal bridge with brick piers, adjacent to the Harp Junction. The bridge crossed the cutting, linking the two parts of High Street. Behind the tip truck, painted on the side with the name 'Fowler Quarries' [located Keilor Road, North Essendon], one can see shops [including T.G. Garroway, Cash Grocer] in High Street. What appears to be the City of Kew Steamroller is immediately in front of the bridge. A group of passers-by watch from the bridge and from the road. Annotation in pencil on verso: "Filling in Outer Circle line at High St East Kew prior to straightening High St. (c. Feb 1930?)outer circle railway, railway cuttings, harp junction, high street -- kew east -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Anglo-Australasian Photographic Company, Junction of the River Watt and Contentment Creek, c. 1876
Nicholas Caire was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1837. He arrived in Adelaide with his parents in about 1860. In 1867, following photographic journeys in Gippsland, he opened a studio in Adelaide. From 1870 to 1876 he lived and worked in Talbot in Central Victoria. In 1876 he purchased T. F. Chuck's studios in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. In 1885, following the introduction of dry plate photography, he began a series of landscape series, which were commercially successful. As a photographer, he travelled extensively through Victoria, photographing places few of his contemporaries had previously seen. He died in 1918. Reference: Jack Cato, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography.An original, rare photograph from the series 'Views of Victoria: General Series' by the photographer, Nicholas Caire (1837-1918). The series of 60 photographs that comprise the series was issued c. 1876 and reinforced a neo-Romantic view of the Australian landscape to which a growing nationalist movement would respond. Nicholas Caire was active as a photographer in Australia from 1858 until his death in 1918. His vision of the Australian bush and pioneer life had a counterpart in the works of Henry Lawson and other nationalist poets, authors and painters.Albumen Silver Photograph, mounted on Board. printed in ink on support l.c.: JUNCTION OF THE RIVER WATT AND CONTENTMENT CREEK. / COPYRIGHT REGISTERED. printed in ink on support reverse c.: VIEWS OF VICTORIA. / (GENERAL SERIES.) / No. 1. / JUNCTION OF THE RIVER WATT AND CONTENTMENT CREEK. / This scene is situated about two miles to the westward of Fernshawe, a small but extremely romantic township. / The river, at this juncture, is crossed by a fallen tree, as may be seen in the illustration. The track which is seen on / the opposite side of the river leads to the summit of Mt. Munda (3,500 feet high), 4 miles distant, from which place / visitors can see the Australian Alps, in all their mighty grandeur, stretching for hundreds of miles on either side, / and, as far as the eye can reach, impressing a beholder with the appropriateness of their title, being that of the Great Dividing Range. printed in ink on support reverse l.c.l.: J.W. FORBES, Agent, printed in ink on support reverse l.c.: ANGLO-AUSTRALASIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, MELBOURNE. printed in ink on support reverse l.c.r.: 10 Temple Court, Collins Street West.nicholas caire, views of victoria - general series, landscape photography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Anglo-Australasian Photographic Company, Giant fern trees: Splitters' Track, Black Spur, c. 1876
Nicholas Caire was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1837. He arrived in Adelaide with his parents in about 1860. In 1867, following photographic journeys in Gippsland, he opened a studio in Adelaide. From 1870 to 1876 he lived and worked in Talbot in Central Victoria. In 1876 he purchased T. F. Chuck's studios in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. In 1885, following the introduction of dry plate photography, he began a series of landscape series, which were commercially successful. As a photographer, he travelled extensively through Victoria, photographing places few of his contemporaries had previously seen. He died in 1918. Reference: Jack Cato, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography.An original, rare photograph from the series 'Views of Victoria: General Series' by the photographer, Nicholas Caire (1837-1918). The series of 60 photographs that comprise the series was issued c. 1876 and reinforced a neo-Romantic view of the Australian landscape to which a growing nationalist movement would respond. Nicholas Caire was active as a photographer in Australia from 1858 until his death in 1918. His vision of the Australian bush and pioneer life had a counterpart in the works of Henry Lawson and other nationalist poets, authors and painters.Albumen silver photograph mounted on boardprinted in ink on support l.c.: GIANT FERN TREES: SPLITTERS' TRACK, BLACK SPUR. / COPYRIGHT REGISTERED. printed in ink (vertically) on support reverse u.c.l.: J.W. FORBES, Agent, printed in ink (vertically) on support reverse c.l.: ANGLO-AUSTRALASIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, MELBOURNE. printed in ink (vertically) on support reverse c.: VIEWS OF VICTORIA. / (GENERAL SERIES.) / No. 8. / GIANT FERN TREES: SPLITTERS' TRACK, BLACK SPUR. / The scene which this illustration represents is situated on Morley's Creek, at the foot of the Black Spur, and is / about a mile and a half from the Township of Fernshawe. The Fern Trees in this locality are of gigantic growth, / measuring 50 feet in height, the fronds of which are from 12 to 15 feet long. This excessive growth is attributable / to the great number of springs flowing into the creek, thereby causing the surrounding soil to be in a continual / state of moisture. printed in ink (vertically) on support reverse l.c.l.: 10 Temple Court, Collins Street West.landscape photography, nicholas caire, black spur - victoria -
Federation University Art Collection
Oil on board, 'Bush Track' by Neville Bunning
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Small scene depicting horse and cart on country road. Signed bottom right Neville M Bunning.art, artwork, framing required, neville bunning, horse -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, 'Helmet Bowl & Vessel' by Neville French, 2003
Neville FRENCH (1955- ) Born Maryborough, Victoria In 1977 Neville French graduated from Ballarat College of Advanced Education after studying a Diploma in Fine Art (Ceramics) between 1974 and 1976, and was a tutor there for six months in 1978. He holds a Master of Arts, Research (Ceramics) from RMIT Universiy, and was awarded the Vitrify Alcorso National Ceramics Award in 2012. Neville has an international reputation as a ceramics artists and educator. From 1982 to 2012 Neville French was teach and coordinator of the Ceramics department at the Ballarat School of Mines and University of Ballarat (now Federation University). From 1982 to 2012 Neville French taught Ceramics at the Ballarat School of Mines TAFE, which later merged with the University of Ballarat (now Federation University Australia). He completed a Graduate Diploma of Education at Hawthorn State College in 1980, a Certificate of Stoneware Glazes from Brisbane College of Advanced Education in 1983 and a Master of Arts Fine Art (Ceramics) at RMIT University in 2000. Between 2010 and 2012 Neville French taught post graduate honours and masters Ceramics students. During his time as a student at Ballarat Neville Bunning would collect clay from the Enfield clay pit. He described following white tyre tracks to find the location. He described the clay as silky smooth and and fired to a beautiful grey colour at stoneware tempreture. When blended with terracotta clay from Nerrina or fireclay from Bacchus Marsh a wide range of different bodies could be created. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Two vessels made as a sculptural pair. Statement: "My work involves an exploration of elemental vessels - extending porcelain to develop taut contours and spatial dynamics. I seek to distill an essence of purity to evoke notions of quietude and transendence through the expressive use of glaze and its relationship to form, tactility, weight and light. Forms are wheel-thrown, altered and slowly scraped to develip a soft line and solidity. Coloured matt glazes are layered and fused to the porcelain body through multiple firings to give expression and luminosity to the surface,. The iodosyncratice nature of glaze stimulates the imagination. It evokes associations with the natural environement and alludes to a meditative infinity."Signed on base 'f.'art, artwork, neville french, french, ceramics, porcelain, wheelthrown, thrown and altered, alumni -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Acrylic on Canvas, Driscoll, Kate, Banksia on Jacob's Track, 2005, 2005
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed painting of a close up view of a banksia cone. art, artwork, banksia, flora, flowers, kate driscoll, horsham campus art collection -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Postcard, Moyne River Port Fairy
This bridge was built in 1902, replacing a previous structure that crossed the Moyne River from 1857 and linked Belfast with Belfast East, as the two areas of Port Fairy were then known. Prior to that, passage over the river was via a ford (an underwater stone track that allowed wagons to cross when the river was low) located just north of where the current car bridge stands. The present bridge survived the great flood of 1946, but has been the subject of innumerable patch-up jobs over its 114 years. In 2012, the bridge underwent a detailed structural assessment and was given the OK for the next eight to 10 years, notwithstanding the need for regular maintenance works. At the time, it was estimated a new bridge would cost between $2-3 million. It was extensively refurbished in 2016Sole means for traffic to cross to the east side of Port FairyBlack and white photographMoyne River Port Fairyriver, moyne, bridge, road -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, Prose works of Henry Lawson, 1957
Two volumes of short stories by Henry Lawson (1867-1922) . Volume one organised into four sections: 'While the Billy Boils' (first series); 'While the Billy Boils' (second series); 'On the track'; 'Over the sliprails'. Volume two organised into five sections: 'Joe Wilson'; 'Joe Wilson's Mates'; 'The romance of the swag'; 'The rising of the court'; 'Send round the hat'.Index, p.684.Two volumes of short stories by Henry Lawson (1867-1922) . Volume one organised into four sections: 'While the Billy Boils' (first series); 'While the Billy Boils' (second series); 'On the track'; 'Over the sliprails'. Volume two organised into five sections: 'Joe Wilson'; 'Joe Wilson's Mates'; 'The romance of the swag'; 'The rising of the court'; 'Send round the hat'. australia - social life and customs, australia - literary works -
Parks Victoria - Wilsons Promontory Lightstation
Desk
This fairly substantial wooden desk with vinyl top was issued to Wilson’s Promontory Lightstation by the Department of Public Works in the 1960’s. Primarily the desk was used for correspondence purposes, and now has the Bureau of Meteorology computer stationed on it. Although the design and make of this desk is common to many lightstations across Victoria, it is a good example of the kind of furniture that was provided to Victorian lightstations in the 1960’s. The solidly constructed desk was used in the lightstation office. It is made of honeycoloured hardwood and has a green vinyl top and three drawers on the left side. The style suggests that it may date to the 1960s. Gabo Island Lightstation has two identical desks, and all were probably standard issue from the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service or Public Works Office. Another twentieth century vinyl topped desk at Gabo is manufactured with a steel frame. Cape Nelson, Cape Schanck, Point Hicks and Gabo Island retain nineteenth century cedar desks. The desk at Wilsons Promontory has second level significance as a good example of the style of office furnishing provided to lightstations in the 1960s.Wooden desk with square legs and green vinyl top. It has three drawers with wooden handles on the left . The top drawer has a keyhole. -
Parks Victoria - Point Hicks Lightstation
Cabinet
The two-door nineteenth century cabinet was purpose built with a curved back to fit the proportions of the lantern room interior and is likely to date from 1888-89 when the new lighthouse was fitted out and provided with furnishings and fixtures. The Public Works Department provided a range of lightstation furnishings including office desks and cabinets, and domestic settings for keepers’ quarters, with nineteenth century items often stamped with a crown motif and the PWD monogram. The curved cabinets installed in lantern rooms however do not appear to display this small feature. The cabinet needed to be custom made to fit the proportions of the room, and for this reason it was possibly made on site or perhaps even supplied by Chance Bros as part of the entire lantern room installation. The company usually provided timber panelling for their lantern room interiors (since removed from Point Hicks), and a cabinet may have been included in the assemblage. It may not have originally been painted; today doors area grey/silver colour and the rest of the cabinet is emerald green. It is not known whether it is freestanding or fixed to the wall. A similar cabinet with panelled doors remains in the Gabo Island lighthouse and evidence of green paint on the wood indicates that the cabinet frame was also formerly painted green but later stripped to reveal the wood finish. The Cape Nelson lantern room has a curved cabinet with the same door type but has a drawer above each door. It too was formerly painted emerald green before it was stripped back to its present wood finish. Cape Schanck’s lantern room cabinet is unique for its curved front as well as curved back, and it stands on a skirting. The two doors are in the same style, although they open with a brass knob. Further research into these distinctive cabinets may resolve the interesting question of their construction. The Point Hicks cabinet is a unique, original feature of the lighthouse lantern room and has first level contributory significance for its historic values and provenance. The Point Hicks cabinet has two doors, each framed and beaded around a central panel, and there is a simple door knob. The back is curved and the front is straight and the doors are painted a grey/silver colour and the rest of the cabinet is emerald green. -
Parks Victoria - Point Hicks Lightstation
Lid, Ship tank
The circular cast iron object is a lid that was originally fastened into a ship tank. This particular lid is cast with the name ‘Lancaster & Co Bow London E’ in capitals in a continuous circle on the outer edge of the lid face, and has the words ‘Bow Tank Works’ on the inner circle. It is the same type of round heavy lid that was made by tank manufacturer John Bellamy although it may be a younger example. According to Pearson, the Lancaster & Co firm produced tanks between 1910 and 1930 from their works in Bow, East London. It was possibly preceded by the company, Lancaster & Bawn, which ran between the 1870s and 1890s.Pearson has collected a list of Lancaster & Co tank lids that he and others have sighted at various locations in Australia including Coolgardie, WA; Gulgong Museum, NSW; the Quarantine Station, Sydney NSW; Blundell’s Cottage, NSW; and Woolmers homestead complex, TAS. In addition, Lewis has identified lids at Ayrdale, NSW, and the shearing shed at Murndal homestead, Western Victoria. It is most likely that more than three lids survive in Victoria and more will be identified, however, as noted by Pearson, ‘surviving lids are far less numerous than the tanks themselves, presumably because the uses to which the tanks were put did not require the lid to be retained’.Parks Victoria has identified five tank lids in the lightstation collections. There is another Lancaster & Co lid at Cape Otway and possibly a second example there as well. In addition there are Bellamy lids at Point Hicks and Cape Otway and an unidentified lid at Wilsons Promontory, and a tank without a lid at Wilsons Promontory. The Lancaster & Co ship tank lid has first level contributory significance for its historic values.Circular cast-iron disc, with raised outer ridge with inscription and inner depression with inscription. One metal section forms a handle over an inner depression.Around perimeter of outer edge "BOW LONDON.E LANCASTER & CO " Around inner area "BOW ANK WORK" -
Parks Victoria - Point Hicks Lightstation
Desk
The large cedar desk was formerly used by the head light keeper at Point Hicks. It was made in the nineteenth century, probably by the Victorian Public Works Department (PWD) as an item of standard issue for use in government offices. The PWD operated in Victoria from 1855 to 1987 and was responsible for the design of Victoria’s major public buildings and other infrastructure including the supply of stores, furniture and equipment.The desk has turned legs, leather top and two drawers each with a pair of wooden knob hand pulls and is identical to the large desk remaining at Cape Nelson. A smaller version is at Cape Schanck, and another desk formerly at Cape Schanck is not able to be located. Gabo Island has a small cedar desk or table in the same style. Two sides of the Cape Schanck desk are stamped with the crown motif and monogram of the PWD but it is not known if the Point Hicks desk and the other nineteenth century examples are stamped with these details. There are also c.mid-twentieth century desks remaining in the collections at Wilsons Promontory and Gabo Island. officeThe Point Hicks desk has first level contributory significance for its historic values as government issued furnishing that is original to lightstation’s head keeper’s. Early, large two drawer cedar desk. Each drawer has two wooden handles. Leather insert on top of desk is worn. Commonwealth of Australia, Dept of Transport stamp with stock number on side of desk.On label on side, "C. of A. / D. O. T. / 143581" -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, Public Transport Corporation, c. 1959
Black and white photograph of Moorabbin railway station, at the completion of works to relocate it to below street level. There are two "red rattler" trains pulled in to the station, utilising each of its two tracks and two of its three platforms. A third platform is visible to the left of the image, but no tracks have been laid to allow for an additional train. This image is part of a larger collection of images from the Public Transport Corporation displaying train stations and streetscapes in what is now the City of Kingston.Black and white photograph of Moorabbin railway station, at the completion of works to relocate it to below street level. There are two "red rattler" trains pulled in to the station, utilising each of its two tracks and two of its three platforms. A third platform is visible to the left of the image, but no tracks have been laid to allow for an additional train. Stamped in blue ink on reverse: COPYRIGHT / Public Transport Corporation / For re-ordering photographs / Please quote negative No M6859 / Enquiries C/- PTC Photographic Unit / Telephone switchboard 619 111moorabbin, railway station, red rattler, public transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing - Set of 5, Melbourne Metrorail, "Melbourne Metro St Kilda Road - early works", 10/2016
Drawings prepared by the Melbourne Metro project to show the relocation of Domain Interchange, Domain Road and Park St South Yarra to Toorak Road West and St Kilda Road. Drawings prepared for a Heritage Victoria application dated 26/10/2016. Shows the various work stages principally at the site of Domain Junction where the tram tracks had to be relocated to facilitate the construction of Anzac station.Yields information about the relocation of Domain Interchange to facilitate the construction of the Melbourne Metro.Set of five laminated A3 colour prints with a punch hole in the top left hand corner.metro tunnel, domain interchange, domain road, toorak road, st kilda road, heritage victoria, anzac station -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Book, Gib Wettenhall, Goldfields Track: Walk or Ride Guide. 2nd Edition, 12.2017
The guide was written by Gib Wettenhall in collaboration with the Great Dividing Trail Association and Goldfields Tracks Inc. The book gives detailed information about the track including historical notes, maps and numerous photographs. Members of the Buninyong Visitor Centre and the local community actively supported the extension of the Great Dividing Trail from Ballarat through to Buninyong. Spiral bound book with photograph on cover showing mining works and tourists visiting. Title is on a black section. 'Not for Sale' handwritten in Texta on the cover.great dividing trail, goldfields, cycling, walking, tracks