Yields information about the basis of the swap of tramcars that took place during Oct. 1960 between Ballarat and Bendigo and the reasons for it.Photocopy of a "file note" of a Conference at Bendigo on Thursday 28 June 1960 to discuss Bendigo tramways rolling stock. Gives background to the situation in both Ballarat and Bendigo, the condition of the trams in Bendigo, bogies, single truckers and Birney trams. Notes that the problem can be resolved by shifting two single truck trams from Ballarat to Bendigo and sending one bogie tram from Bendigo to Ballarat. Gives list of people attending the meeting. Photocopy provided by Andrew Cook 15-1-2015.trams, tramways, tramcars, birney, sec, bendigo, ballarat, meetings, transporting trams, moving trams

Depot table sheet - 5 pages printed on light weight card paper, foolscap size or block - roneo or spirit - spirit duplicated - giving the weekday bus timetable for Bulleen to Garden City in both directions. Gives run number, departure times and the return destination. Dated 24 May 1965. 1413.1 - Email from Kevin Staines to Warren Doubleday 6/5/2016 commenting on being a bus driver at Port Melbourne Depot. Added 19-11-2016trams, tramways, table cards, north fitzroy depot, drivers, bulleen, buses

Report - 33 pages, duplicated, stapled within a grey "Roneo Numeralpha System" folder, titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board General Scheme" dated 30/11/1922 giving details of the Board's proposals for tramways to serve the Melbourne metropolis, gives details of the existing system, population, proposals for extensions, special services with a sheet on statistics and an appendix listing five plans and three graphs - not with this document. See Reg Item 2088 for another copy and 2089 for Plan A referred to.Stamped on report and cover "Chief Engineer"trams, tramways, mmtb, general scheme, tramways, development, parliament, brighton, railways, finances, construction

Table card for Run 53 from South Melbourne depot, c1970. Sheet of paper hand written, preprinted as for item 2206 glued to a sheet of Masonite, then varnished. Written in blue and red ink. Gives sign on time, times at the from the various terminus. Highlights the need to test phones at Millswyn and ? streets and the Fitzroy St terminus. Timetables runs between Brunswick St and Fitzroy St and between Franklin St and South Melbourne Depot, Kingsway. Gives hours for the crews.trams, tramways, forms, drivers, table cards, conductors

Digital copy of a 9 page report by the MMTB, titled Project 3-75 - Replacement of Substation Equipment", proposing to replace the rotary converters installed between 1924 and 1930 with silicon rectifiers. Gives the locations, costs, schedule of replacement commencing 1975, in particular South Melbourne, Malvern and Young St Fitzroy. Gives a background to the system, a list of all the substations at the time, including date of installation, type, replacement of HV equipment, costs, reliability, maintenance costs, and benefit to cost ratio.Has the stamp of "Joint Ministry of transport and Tramways Library" and a "Plan & EPA Library barcode"trams, tramways, substation, transformer, power supply, electrical engineering, rotary converters

Report - 6 foolscap sheets, stencil cut and duplicated titled "Class W7 Tramcars", giving a detailed written description of the trams (1001 to 1040). References a photograph which is not included. Gives notes on the General Design, body construction, windows, doors, finishes, seats, motorman's compartments, sound insulation, ventilation, lighting, signalling, destination signs, trucks, wheels, brake gear, motors, current collection control equipment and dimensions. Notes the Authority of the Chief Engineer Mr. D. H. Eakins.trams, tramways, w7 class, tramcars, preston workshops, tramcar construction, specification

John Anning MacLeod John was born in Ballarat as the second generation of Ballarat MacLeod’s, with his grandfather arriving in Geelong on the Hornet in 1857 as an 11 year old child with his 60 year old father John and mother Mary aged 37 years and 5 brothers and one sister. He grew up on the corner of Drummond Street and Mair Streets, opposite what became St John of God hospital, at his parents house of Dunvegan. John entered Ballarat College as a junior student in 1923. He received 3rd in Form prizes in both 1924 and 1925. His sister Margaret, attended Clarendon Ladies College. The household employed a chauffeur, a cook, a gardener and a ladies maid to care for them. In the 1930’s his father lost his fortune in the collapse of the jute future’s market so the staff were dismissed and he left Ballarat to go to Geelong College as a boarder. He was an officer in the Geelong College cadet corps and joined the Army as a private and rose to the permanent rank of Major after meritorious performance in the intelligence area of operations. He served in North Africa, in Palestine, Egypt, Moratai, the Philippines, Java and New Guinea. He was awarded his Military MBE by King George VI for exceptional devotion to duty and for brilliant coordination work amongst the allied intelligence team. During the war he met Mary Monica Carrol Bateman, a lietenant in the 2/4th Army General Hospital at a dinner party in Brisbane. The couple had four children, Hamish John Torquil born in 1945, Rory Hugh Alexander born in 1947 and twins Ian Donald and Katriona Margaret born in 1948. After the Second World War he worked for Lumley’s Insurance Brokers in London for a couple of years to follow up his accountancy training and then returned to Ballarat due to his father’s failing health and took over the management of John MacLeod and Co, Wholesale grocers and Merchants in Lydiard Street, Ballarat. The business had been started by his great grandfather and they produced the famous Sirdar brand of products and a special tea blend called Afternoon Cup. There was a spice mill in nearby Market Street and there they roasted peanuts, coffee and ground spices for packaging and distribution to the small corner shops who were the mainstay of commercial grocery. In the 1950’s John MacLeod and Co merged with James McKay and Sons to form McKay MacLeod Pty Ltd., wholesale tobacco, wine and spirits and grocery merchants who also manufactured the Sunny South brand of sweet mustard pickles, brewed vinegar and tomato sauce. He introduced the semi-automated system for extensions and financial records on the Bradma plates that saved staff the problems of sorting out the calculations for sales tax, miscellaneous charges etc. that greatly sped up the transactions at the checkout points. A new warehouse and office complex was built in Mair Street east up near Humffray Street, with the manufacturing factory on the opposite side of the street. They had a shop in St Arnaud and one in Geelong which was the local wholesaler for supplying to the corner shops of the greater Geelong area. With the development of supermarkets the demise of the corner store began and so the sales profiles began to diminish. He unsuccessfully stood for Liberal Party pre-selection for the seat of Ballarat in 1948 and served on the Liberal state finance and executive team for many years before resigning over the issue of conscripts being sent to Vietnam. He was instrumental in leading a group of Ballarat academics in opposition to the Vietnam war and publicly resigned from the Liberal Party over their foreign policy. John MacLeod saw the writing on the wall of the business in the early 1970’s and suggested that the firm restructured with focusing on tobacco, wine and spirits. His partners did not agree and so he sold out and retired to Barwon Heads. After a few years of golfing and surfing he became frustrated and joined SCORE, the Service Corp of Retired Executives. In this role he worked for ten years in the Geelong area solving accounting problems for Geelong small businesses and so helped Beaumont’s bakery back onto its feet. He worked gentlemen’s hours of 10 am to 3 pm which allowed him to have time for a round of 9 holes on the golf course at the end of the day and to have a surf before breakfast. He fully retired at the age of 65 and had ten years of voluminous reading of local library books before dying of burns at the age of 75. His war record has been documented in other archives at the College. He was a member of the Naval and Military Club and of the Barwon Heads Golf Club. He had good crafting skills and built a series of steam driven boats for his four children that used to be sailed at home on Lake Wendouree, Lake Learmonth and on the sheltered waters of the Barwon River. The boats are now being restored to operational order to be sailed by his great grandson Grayson Girardi. Red cloth bound book with title printed in gold lettering on spine, embossed publisher's mark centre of front cover and school crest in gold relief on front cover; book plate inside front cover. Book plate inside front cover: School crest / Ballarat College / I form / 3rd in form Prize / Awarded to / J MacLeod / December 1924 A Richardson B A Principaljohn-macleod, ballarat-college, book-prize, 1924

This book was awarded in 1884 to Bessie McMahon from the Warrnambool State School. The teacher was Bella Davidson. Warrnambool State School No. 1743 in Jamieson Street, Warrnambool, was opened in 1876 and is still open today. Elizabeth Mary (Bessie) McMahon was the daughter of William and Mary McMahon of Glenrye, Warrnambool. Her father was a Warrnambool lawyer. Bessie McMahon married John Clarke of Garvoc. Isabella (Bella) Davidson was the daughter of John and Isabella Davidson of Rosebank near Woodford. She became a well-known teacher in Warrnambool, commencing as a pupil teacher in the Warrnambool National School (later Common School 646) and moving to the Warrnambool State School in Jamieson Street when it opened. She resigned in 1886 to open a private school in Koroit Street (known as Ellerslie College) and continued as the proprietor and Head Teacher until 1891. This book is of considerable importance because of its association with the Warrnambool State School early in its existence, with Bella Davidson, a noted Warrnambool educationalist of the 19th century and with Bessie McMahon, a member of a prominent family in 19th century Warrnambool.This is a hard cover book of 310 pages. The cover has a blue background with gold and black ornamentation and a gold shield. The shield contains an illustration of a girl lowering a bundle down from a window to a boy below. The lettering on the cover and spine is gold and the pages are gilt-edged. The cover is slightly stained. There are several full-page black and white illustrations scattered throughout the pages. The illustration at the front of the book is loose and the binding is partly detached from the spine. The inscription is handwritten in black ink. ‘Warrnambool State School 1743 Decem 1884 Prize Awarded to Bessie McMahon for highest marks in French Div 111 B. Davidson’ warrnambool state school, bella davidson, bessie mcmahon, history of warrnambool

Lloyd Charles Brind, born 7/09/1882, entered Ballarat College 6/02/1893. This book was donated back to the school by Mr McCallum, July 1964 and added to the Ballarat College Library. This may be Mr R A McCallum, parent of school during the 1960s and father of Keith (1964), Stuart (1967) and Peter (1974). At some stage it has been stamped with the Tam O'Shanter Ballarat Book Club stamp. It also has a handwritten signature on the title page and half-title page 'N. V. Warol" ?Marled brown calf-bound book with gold border and school crest on front cover, six compartments to spine with gold patterning to five and title in 2nd compartment; book plates inside front coverBook plate inside front cover: school crest / Languages / Fourth form / Second prize / Awarded to / L Brind / Christmas 1896lloyd-charles-brind, book prizes, mccallum

This garment was made by Edith (?) Cowell (Mrs Jim Richardson, nee Cowell) and has been donated by her daughter Esma Richardson.This item is an example of the needlework skills of women in the early 20th century.A full length white cotton night-dress with long sleeves. It has lace around the shoulders and across the chest, broderie anglais collar and cuffs. A ribbon is threaded through the lace at the neckline and cuffs. The bodice also has small pleats or pin-tucks at the front and clear buttons. Pinned to the left shoulder is a blue certificate indicating from the Bombala Exhibition Society of 1913.The certificate from the Bombala Exhibition Society indicates that Alice Cowell won first prize in the 1913 show for having made this night-dress.night-dress bombala-exhibition female-clothing

Portrait of a old man with glasses and thermometer seated in a hospital bed with Labels 'Fluid Balance', '15 Mr C Pugh, Dr. Kay/Ley 29.7.1977' and two bouquets of red and white flowers. Not signed. On reverse: 'Archibald Prize 1977/Something Happened (Self Portrait)/ Clifton Pugh/ Dunmoochin Hurstbridge Vic 3099/ Phone 7148230'.clifton pugh, painting, hospital suite, self portrait, archibald prize

This 1891 document contains the information on the Will and Probate of John Gould, an engineer from Russells Creek. No information has been found on John Gould except that he died in October 1890 at the age of 67. The solicitor, William Ardlie was a well-known Warrnambool lawyer, commencing a practice in 1865 and continuing well into the 20th century making him at the time one of the longest-serving lawyers in the British Empire. Tait collection: item 10 of 62This document is of interest in that it includes information on a resident of Russells Creek in the Warrnambool area, and also the lawyer concerned is William Ardlie, one of the best-known identities in Warrnambool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.This is an 1891 piece of parchment folded in half to give four pages of written material. This material is handwritten in black ink. A seal of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria is attached with a green ribbon. The document is somewhat discoloured. ‘In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in the probate jurisdiction in the Will of John Gould, late of Russells Creek near Warrnambool in the Colony of Victoria, Engineer, deceased, Probate. I certify that there is no duty payable. J. F. Poole, Officer under Section 96, Act 1060, June 23rd 1891. Extracted by William Ardlie, Solicitor, Warrnambool’. john gould, william ardlie, warrnambool

Five pages of hand written notes on the origins of our Bendigo streets and the six squares - Golden, Palmerston, Wattle, Market, Brassey and Andrew. The notes give the origin of the names. Notes written by Wes Harry.document, our streets - origin of names, surveyor urquhart, miss margaret brennan, samuel pepys, commissioner mccrae, edwin hargraves, commissioner dowling, commissioner bernal, advertiser, richard larritt, sergeant drought, senior constable stout, golden square, palmeston square, wattle square, market square, brassey square, andrew square, charles dickens, lord palmerston, viscount brassey, cosmopolitan mine, david andrew, sun ack goons, hong yick, wes harry

Railways collection - Cover letter from Alan Yorston and a small article giving details of Gary Yorston's work in signal boxes, as a Conductor and Annual leave Officer with the Victorian Railways from 1969 to 2011.document

Verse in the form of embroidery. 'Teach me The art of patience when I am well And give me the use of it When I am sick.' In red and black yard against a cream background on vinyl.recreations, amusements, embroidery, lydia chancellor, collection, embroidery, tapestry, verse, recreation

A menu from the Shamrock Hotel Centenary Ball held on 30 April 1997. Inside cover includes an outline of entertainment and acknowledgements. Back cover gives a brief history of the hotel from 1854-1997.

Blue cardboard with three sheets taped together. Sheet one lists Charter members for Soroptimists Bendigo, giving their occupations. Sheets two and three are attendance sheets for meetings November 1977 - October 1980bendigo, clubs

Balinese art is art of Hindu-Javanese origin that grew from the work of artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with their expansion to Bali in the late 14th century. From the sixteenth until the twentieth centuries, the village of Kamasan, Klungkung (East Bali), was the centre of classical Balinese art. During the first part of the twentieth century, new varieties of Balinese art developed. Since the late twentieth century, Ubud and its neighboring villages established a reputation as the center of Balinese art.This is likely a memento of the Dutch/Indonesia era.Carved and lacquered wooden image of male and female heads. Each is wearing a highly decorative headdress giving the impression of a special ceremony such as a wedding. The necks of the figures merge into further carving, this time of an abstract theme.

Two handles give pistol grip. Centre cylinder pushes against plate to set angle of saw tooth. Two screw adjustments allow settings of angle and depth. "Atlas" brand stamped in top.Atlassaw setting tool

St. Mary's Anglican Church at Bulla was originally built on the outskirts of Bulla township in 1858. In the early 1970s it was moved to its present site to make way for the flight path at the newly constructed Tullamarine Airport. The former site was on the corner of Oaklands and Sunbury Roads and is covered with vegetation. The church was designed by Thomas Taylor.A coloured photograph of the board which is along the fence line outside St. Mary's Church at Bulla. The white writing is on a navy blue background and is framed in white. The notice gives details of services, clergy and caretaker.churches, religion, anglican church, taylor, thomas, potter, charles e. rev., prior, a., st. mary's anglican church, george evans collection

Poster with colour photograph of Melbourne and lower section of text. Reads 'Melbourne the Sporting Capital' and then give information about City of Melbourne 1998 Sporting Policy. No glass in frame. Materials: Wood, Paper, Inktennis

White booklet given to new casual relief teachers to give them introductory information about the school and their duties with a double black border on the cover page. A WSC symbol is at the top, with black text reading:WANGARATTA SECONDARY COLLEGE INFORMATION BOOKLET FOR CASUAL RELIEF TEACHERS

Yields timetable information about the Geelong Belmont route, the last to close in Geelong, just prior to closure.Timetable, duplicated foolscap sheet, titled "City - Belmont Tram Timetable commencing Monday 5th March 1956". Issued prior to the closure of the Belmont line. Gives times to and from Belmont for each day.geelong, timetables, closure, belmont