Demonstrates aspects of Ballarat's Tramway Preservation Society's operations of over stamping priced tickets for no value check tickets.Rubber stamp and wood stamp holder for over stamping tickets of particular denomination by the BTPS or the BTM. Rubber casting with words "Check Ticket / No Cash Value". Red wood stamp hold and black wood handle with small drill hole to indicate the top of the stamp. See Reg, item 2234 for a sample of the use of the stamp on a block of tickets.trams, tramways, btps, tickets, btm

Yields information about fare collection and supervision of crews in SEC tram operations - how bad it was and the method of checking etc.Fourteen page photocopy of a retyped report titled ""Inspectors Report - Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong Tramways - Monday 28th August 1950 to Saturday 2nd September 1950". Gives a summary of observations about the loss of revenue, lack of supervision, serious situation - hotels, drinking on the job, fare collection, conductors, transfer system, inspectors failing to check, smoking, gives a list of tickets purchased and details of observations.trams, tramways, inspectors, tickets, fares, alcohol, conductors

Painting donated by Mr P Boyle, grandson of former pilot Harry Trueman who served on the PV Alvina. The Sydney Morning Herald 29 July 1903 THE NEW MELBOURNE PILOT STEAMER. ALVINA The new pilot steamer Alvina, which was recently purchased by the Port Phillip Sea pilots, was inspected on Thursday last by the members of the Victorian Marine Board and a number of gentlemen representing the leading shipping companies in Melbourne. The Alvina was formally the private yacht of Mr Marmaduke Fox a wealthy Yorkshire gentleman and is a trim craft of 145 tons register and a length of 18ft overall. Hitherto the sea pilots have managed to do their work with one steamer, the Victoria but it has long been apparent that a second vessel was required. The pilots upon whom the obligation of providing and maintaining their vessels devolves, thereupon made a successful bid for the yacht and, by an additional outlay of 700 pound, had her overhauled and refitted in Deane's Dock, Williamstown. On Thursday last the vessel made a trial trip to Point Cook for the purpose of satisfying the Marine Board and the underwriters as to her fitness for the work. She showed a speed of 11 knots and steamed smoothly and satisfactorily. During the trip the visitors assembled in the saloon and drank success to the new steamer. Captain Carrie, president of the Marine Board, congratulated the pilots on their acquisition, and said that the service was now second to none in the world. The new vessel which has been in the charge of Captain Wills is handsomely fitted up and contains two staterooms and four cabins for the pilots and sleeping accommodation for a crew of eight. In future one steamer will remain on the pilot grounds inside the Heads while the other will steam about outside Queenscliff. A framed and mounted water colour painting of the Pilot Vessel Alvina under glasspainting, alvina, pilot vessel

Cream coloured cover with gold and teal coloured printing and emblem. Golden & Corinthian Lodge, Installation of Bro. A. Noel Weatheritt S.W. and Investiture of Officers. Masonic Temple Bendigo, 14th September, 1968. Names of those taking part are included. List of Officers 1968 - 69. Included is a list of Members and on the back cover, Toasts and Harmony.Cambridge Press, Bendigoclubs, social, installation and investiture of officers, masonic society events (various) - golden & corinthian lodge - bro a noel weatheritt, rt wor bro prof s l townsend, v wor bro e t williams, wor bro a dellar, bro e l jones, bro f j palmer, wor bro f a turpie, wor bro h l bryant, bro c m phillips, bro a r wakefield, wor bro w a theodore, rt wor bro b s melrose, wor bro j k proud, wor bro c c maskell, wor bro j w boucher, bro j g norman, bro c m teeder, bro l k howe, bro b n washington, bro n w washington, bro g f g tatnall, bro r j cook, bro b hocking, bro a c hamilton, bro t k griffiths

Dark green covered book with gold edging front and back and seven horizontal lines on the spine. On front cover: buff sticker, with Bendigo Water Works, Crusoe Reservoir and others, contracts 1870 - 1874 written in cursive script. Later writing 'from Mrs. H. Strickland, Bungoona, Currie, King Island'. Written inside is: Presented to Bendigo Historical Society by Mrs A Strickland, Bungoona, Currie, King Island. Also the Historical Society Stamp. The next page has three newspaper cuttings. The first is 'The Victorian Waterworks'. It has costings for contracts for water supply, amounts which will supply water from the Coliban to the Castlemaine and Sandhurst districts, and if the Government should purchase the Bendigo Waterworks, and to construct the Upper Coliban reservoir, additional expenditure may be required. (from Daily Telegraph - 1868). The second is some information on The Yan Yean Aqueduct. The third is a letter to the Editor of the Argus from Joseph Brady, dated August 2, 1870, in reference to repairing the leak in the outlet tunnel of the Malmsbury Reservoir. He says the repair of the tunnel was not essential and is unnecessary and 2nd. If the bank was cut through and restored, for years the bank would not be safe, as the earth used in the restoration would require time to subside and unite with the old work. He hopes the embankment would be allowed to stand intact.civil engineering, water supply, coliban, bendigo water works - crusoe reservoir and other contracts 1870 to 1874, mrs a strictland, royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, coliban scheme, upper coliban reservoir, daily telegraph 1868, yan yean aqueduct, age, argus 2/8/1870, malmsbury reservoir, joseph brady, charles cook, fishburn morton & kennedy, bernard ward & co, the fulton foundry co ltd, james mcewan & co, laylands foundry co, melbourne sewers & water supply, c w gore, crusoe office, john mcilwraith, edward chandler, ia-s miller & co, robison br & co, guthrie/white hills pottery, peter mcpherson, slater & co, john danks, mclean br & rigg, william beebe, t i connelly, i horwoods

Booklet owned by Arthur Baggaley, Fruiterer, who lived at 15 Forest Street, Bendigo. His business 'C.A. Baggaley & Son' was at Covent Garden, Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Arthur was born in Bendigo in 1903 to Charles Arthur Baggaley and Ada (Mallon). He married Evelyn May Grigg. Arthur died in September, 1993.Seven page booklet. On front cover: 'Laughable Dialogues. For School and Public Entertainments, social gatherings &c, &c., free from objectionable language and incident, No. 22, Done Brown, by S. Knowles', a comic play for five males and three females. Baggaley CollectionOn left hand side of front cover 'Arthur Baggaley' in blue pen. fruiterer, confectioner, business, mitchell street, covent garden, entertainment, play script, william tell, historical play

Wirebound booklet, 80 pages, approx A5 size, titled "Electric Cooking Recipes" Prepared by the SECV November 1955.non-fictionProvides a series of recipe and potential dinner menus. Prepared by the home advisory service of the SECV. The SEC promoted electric cooking on Ballarat tramcars using large roof advertisements. The lady in the photo could be Margaret Fulton, a well known cook.secv, power supply, tramcars, cookbooks, recipe books, home advisory

Rubber stamp and wood stamp holder for use on official opening day for trams operated by the BTPS. Rubber casting with words "Ballarat Tramway Official Re-opening 1st February 1975". Red wood stamp hold and black wood handle with black direction pin. Second one added 17/09/2009 along with SEC stamps at the same time - btm352i1. See Reg item 4776 and 6430 for sample tickets stampedtrams, tramways, btps, reopening, ballarat tourist tramway, opening, tickets

‘The Art of the Japanese Package’ was an exhibition that toured to 10 Australian and 11 New Zealand public galleries in 1979 and 1980. The touring exhibition comprised 221 objects of traditional Japanese packaging which extended from ceramics, wood and paper to woven fibre containers. At the conclusion of the tour, The Japan Foundation and the Crafts Board of the Australia Council donated the vast majority of the exhibition to the Ararat Gallery for its permanent collection. Combining the natural qualities of bamboo, paper and straw with delicate craftsmanship, these unique objects express Japanese aesthetics as applied through fibre crafts. In Japan, the qualities and traits of natural materials are exploited rather than hidden. The texture of straw, the septa of bamboo are not concealed but lovingly incorporated into the whole. In 1979 Hideyuki Oka, curator of ‘The Art of the Japanese Package’ wrote: “In no way self-conscious or assertive, these wrappings have an artless and obedient air that greatly moves the modern viewer. They are whispered evidence of the Japanese ability to create beauty from the simplest products of nature. They also teach us that wisdom and feeling are especially important in packaging because these qualities, or the lack of them, are almost immediately apparent. What is the use of a package if it shows no feeling?” The descriptions of the featured objects were written by Hideyuki Oka, curator of ‘The Art of the Japanese Package’, 1979.Gift of the Japan-Australia Foundation and the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1981japanese art, japanese packaging, tsutsumi, gift giving

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