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Vision Australia
Functional object - Object, Clarke & Smith, Clarke & Smith cartridge player, 1950-1960's
The first tape based talking book machine from the late 1950s, produced by Clarke & Smith, that allowed the listener to hear up to 20 hours of recordings. Although bulky (each tape cartridge alone weighed over 2 kgs), the MK1 was the first magnetic, multi-track tape produced and considered quite novel for it's time. The cartridge designed to be played on the Clarke & Smith MK1 Talking Book player came in it's own separate container. Each cartridge houses the complete mechanism, track change linkages, replay heads and tape spools, which are stacked on top of each other within the housing. When one track was finished, the user was required to lift the metal cassette, turn it over, and replace it on the turntable. The bulky cartridges were distributed by post or train in strong 'Globite' cases made with reinforced corners and strapped. The costs associated with talking book players were high and individuals/groups/service clubs were asked to sponsor a machine to help those who could not afford to buy or rent one. In this example, a plate attached to the lid indicates who raised the funds: "This talking book/is presented to you/by Tallimba Branch/ of CWA of NSW." Please note: despite images, there are no cartridges with this model.Metal talking book machine housed in a brown wooden carry case. There are two plastic knobs on the front facing right hand side, and an electric cord extending from the back of the case. To the left of the knobs is a speaker grille. Also includes talking book cartridge 'The darling buds of May'.audio equipment, clarke and smith -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Postcard, 1906
Printed in 1906, the postcard depicts an image of the grandstand and track at Baarmutha Park, Beechworth. There is a carriage in the left side of the image. On the right side, there are people, mostly young women, seated on a bench and gathering around a table on the lawn. The "clericals" and "brewery" mentioned in the written correspondence on the postcard's reverse refer to two local football teams.The record is historically significant as it illustrates how Baarmutha Park look and was used by the public in the early twentieth century.Sepia rectangular postcard printed on card.Reverse: Baarmutha Park 1906 / POST CARD / This space may be used for correspondence. / (For Address only). / BEECHWORTH / AP 14 / 06 / VIC / 9 / This was taken today / week when the clericals / played the "brewery". / It is a pretty view of the / lawn and stand. / (?) / Miss Alice Foster / Ford Street / Beechworth /entertainment album, baarmutha park, grandstand, racecourse, sport, athletics, picnic, leisure, race track -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping (copy), Greensborough: Vale - Laurie Roy, 03/03/1933
Obituary for Laurie Roy, who was killed riding in the Australian amateur One Mile track championship cycle race in February 1933, together with an account of his funeral and other tributes and marks of respect. Includes other local news - Methodist Church, Greensborough Dramatic Club and Austin Hospital Auxiliary Greensborough Branch.1 p. copy of article in Advertiser (Hurstbridge) p.1, 3 March 1933roy family, laurie roy -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Programme, Gaspars Modern Printing Co, Greyhound Racing, 1975
This is a programme of a greyhound racing meeting held in Warrnambool in August 1975. The meeting was held in Botanic Park, in Botanic Road Warrnambool opposite the Warrnambool Botanic Gardens. Today greyhound racing meetings in Warrnambool are held in Koroit Street on a track in the Warrnambool Showgrounds and the Botanic Road site is now the location of a Catholic Primary School. This programme is retained as a memento of the 1970s when the Warrnambool Greyhound Racing Club meetings were held in a park in Botanic Road, Warrnambool. This is a soft cover booklet of 16 pages. The cover is yellow with black printing and an image in red of a greyhound and a map of Victoria. The programme has been stapled but the staples have been removed. The pages and front cover of the programme have been marked with black biro and red crayon.‘Warrnambool Botanic Park Greyhound Racing Thursday 21st August 1975’warrnambool greyhound racing, history of warrnambool -
Geelong Cycling Club
Badge, A.G. Stokes
This badge was purchased by members of the Geelong Cycling Club during the mid 1930s. This particular badge was owned by Morrie Saunders who was a track cyclist before the war and after in the 1950s. He was the member of the League of Bouganville Wheelmen (who held cycling races in New Guinea after WW11 while waiting to be returned to Australia.)A small number of these badges were made and now they are very rare.Small metal enamelled badge in red, gold and blue. It has gold wings coming from the centre of an oval."Geelong West Cycling Club"badge, geelong west cycling club, morrie saunders, bouganville wheelmen -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet - Tram Service Change - Route 55, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), 11/2013
Issued for track work in Kingsway and Park St South Melbourne, route 55, undertaken between 30/11/2013 and 1/12/2013. Has a map showing the work zone, mainly in Park St and buses between the city and Domain Interchange and tram service changes. Produced by Yarra Trams and the PTV.Yields information about track work in Park St South Melbourne during 2013.Pamphlet - full colour DL two fold, printed on light card.trackwork, park st, route 55, kingsway -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Bendigo Tramway Service - Notes", 27/07/1959
Notes give history of the SEC's operation of the tramway, the reconditioning, their condition, lack of capital expenditure, rolling stock and track age, possible abandonment, but finally, we must solider on. Appears to have been written for staff and explain the lack of capital expenditure on the system, but we must continue to run a safe and reliable system.Yields a information about the history of the SEC in Bendigo. Almost apologetic in its tone in not spending enough money on the tramway system. Gives notes about the overall engineering status of the system.Typed statements (1 to 11) on two foolscap sheets, carbon copy, titled "Bendigo Tramway Service - Notes" about the Bendigo Tramways, the SEC's position and status. Dated 27-7-1959, with initials ACS.VMcC in top right hand corner. In top right hand corner in black ink "BTPS 405"trams, tramways, bendigo, sec, maintenance, reports -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black and White W4 671 St Kilda Road, Charles Craig
Photograph shows Ballarat Tramway Museum tram W4 671 (St Kilda Beach, route 15) in St Kilda Road at High Street during the late 1950s or early 1960s It has a "Mr Motorist keep my tracks clear" sign on the rear. A number of sun shades have been lifted.Yields information about W4 class trams.Photograph - Black and White W4 671 St Kilda Roadtramways, trams, w4 class, tram 671, st kilda road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge - Trackman - 240 - All Lines, Tramway Board, c1916
Use to identify a tramway employee - a trackman - Track maintainer. Would have allowed free travel when on duty and to and from work. Used possibly from mid 1910's when the Board was formed until it was replaced by the MMTB in 1921 or when a different identification system was implemented. Made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne.Demonstrates the method of identifying cable tram employees. Round pressed brass badge with the words "Trackman" and number "240" pressed into the centre of the badge around the top half of the badge "All Lines" with small horizontal lines within the individual letters. Has the Tramways Board logo on the lower part of the badge. On the rear of the badge, two metal lugs have been soldered onto the badge and a single-piece leather strap with a buttonhole cut into it to enable it to be worn on a uniform. The leather strap appears to have been refitted at one stage - marks on rear from previous straps. badges, tramways, trams, employee pass, tramway board, track cleaner, track maintenance -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Functional object - Watch, Unknown
Wristwatches became popular after World War 1, where they were used to ensure soldiers could undertake operation at the same time over a last distance. In the 1920s the automatic watch was invented by John Harwood and the mass production of wristwatches began, allowing all members of society the ability to keep track of time.The social history objects held in the Burke Museum's collection help to tell the stories of Beechworth's past by showing the social, cultural, and economic aspects of the town's history.Small silver watch, with black and white number face, with the exception of a red ink 12. The watch has a small gold hand mechanism turner on the right side and a small silver spike sitting on the bottom of the watch.Clock is currently set on five past one. watch, horology, early 20th century -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration, WTP, "Lydiard Street Ballarat", c1905
Colour Illustration showing the northeast corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, post office, tram track, and one tram partially obscured. Has many people in view and some horse-drawn vehicles. Titled "Lydiard Street and Post Office Ballarat, Victoria". Published by WTP. See item 4376 for the related postcard. Yields information about the post office corner at the time of the opening of the tramway and demonstrates colour printing techniques.Colour Illustration cut from a journalOn rear in pencil - "Looking up Lydiard Street North from Marks Corner (Sturt Street) before 1913tramways, trams, sturt st, esco, post office, lydiard st north -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W
This is a postcard of the sports ground in Halls Gap, taken from Chatauqua Peak. It is No. 12197 in the Rose Series of postcards.The photo shows a round clearing (sports ground), seen from above, in the midst of bush. There are some bare strips in the middle of the field and a track around its perimeter. Some buildings are visible to the left of the field and a road runs behind it. There are more buildings just visible through the bush in the centre, on the far side of the road."The Rose Series P. 12197, Sports Ground, from Chatauqua Peak, Halls Gap, Vic" on bottom of postcard.recreation, sport -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid 1950's
Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 16 in Pakington St. Geelong at the junction with the Newtown line. Tram is coming from Chilwell and has the destination of Station. Tracks from Newtown at bottom of photograph. Photo taken mid 1950's. "G 13" and "1 -13" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, pakington st, chilwell, tram 16 -
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
Programme, Begonia Festival, Begonia Festival program, 1940s
Full colour, 16 page, full colour centre stapled Begonia Festival program, for the 2018 Begonia Festival. Has a map with Wendouree Parade in the gardens area and shows the tram track and depot. Also shows the Park & Ride area in Victoria Park and notes the bus service from the railway (train station). trams, tramways, begonia festival, festival program -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Programme, Begonia Festival, Begonia Festival program, Feb. 2017
Full colour, 16 page, full colour centre stapled Begonia Festival program, for the 2017 Begonia Festival. Has a map with Wendouree Parade in the gardens area and shows the tram track and depot. Also shows the Park & Ride area in Victoria Park and notes the bus service from the railway (train station). has "office" written in black felt pen on the front cover in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, begonia festival, festival program -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, John Ward, 23/03/1970 12:00:00 AM
Digital image of the Bendigo scrubber, at the Garden Gully loop with a track worker pouring oil into the point blade. Note the water column in the background. Photo by John Ward 23 March 1970 Slide title "00770 230370 SEC Sprinkler maintenance tram ex 22 in Eaglehawk Rd suburban Bendigo Vic"trams, tramways, bendigo, scrubber tram, garden gully loop, tram scrubber -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram crew finds turtle crossing the tracks", 15/01/2015 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 15/1/2015, titled "Tram crew finds turtle crossing the tracks". Has a photo of tram 38, northbound near depot junction with the turtle, actually a tortoise, in the foreground. It was a slow news day in Ballarat! Quotes Peter Waugh, and has the story around a Myki card.btm, wendouree parade, turtle, tortoise, animals -
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 two original mounted photographs depicting construction of a new electric tramline in Cotham Road, Kew. The upper photo shows workers standing among the newly laid tracks. The lower photo shows the vista of Cotham Road looking east towards the Kew Presbyterian Church on the corner of Highbury Road. Annotated verso: "Cotham Road Kew / Taken by E.J. Dower 1913"theme --- travelling by tram, theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, cotham road -- kew (vic.), trams -- kew (vic.) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Poster - Poster, Information Board, 4 RAR, Vietnam, May 1968 to May 1969
Brief history of unit in Vietnam including Honour Role. Three black and white Photograph. 1st photograph - 'contact!' on ops Phuoc Tuy Province 1968 - 1969. 2nd photograph - 4 RAR tracker dog at work 1968 - 1969. 3rd photograph - two soldiers, one interpreter persuing captured documents.4 rar, deployment operations, tracker dog, poster, information board, phuoc tuy province, operation toan thang, operation hawkesbury, operation goodwood, operation federal, operation overlander -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Peter Bruce, "No. 39 approaching Sebas", 1970s
Yields information about the Sebastopol route and area near the terminus.Digital image, black and white, of No. 39 in Albert St Sebastopol, north of the Sebastopol terminus. Shows the condition of the track and the number of poles in the section. Taken with a telephoto lens. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 39 approaching Sebas"trams, tramways, sebastopol, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, George Netherway, May. 1930
Copy photograph of a small photograph contained within item Reg. No. 587. Poor quality photo of No. 25 at Orphanage. Caption on 587 is "No. 25 at Orphanage May 1930". Appears to have destination sign, Orphanage, also has track along side tram, indicating photo possibly taken at the King St. Looptrams, tramways, ballarat, new trams, m class, orphanage, victoria st , tram 25 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, Carolyn Dean, 7/11/1992 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the launch and the first operation of the horse tram in Wendouree Parade by the BTPS and has a strong association with those involved.Colour photo of Horse Tram No. 1 on the depot access track, 7 November 1992 with those involved in the reconstruction standing in front - Garry Wood, Warren Doubleday, Jacqui Edwards, (Daniel on step) and Dave Macartney. On Agfa paper. Used in the November 1992 issue of Fares Please! November 1992, Fares Please!On rear "31 7.11.92, " in blue ink.horse tram no. 1, tramcars, reconstruction, btps, tram 1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, Ron Scholten, Jan. 2004
Colour slide - Kodachrome plastic mount - Porto Portugal Euro Tram 018 parked in the Docklands tracks - January 2003 For extensive details of the visit and its operation see https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&specialnum=018&class=Eurotram (accessed 17/6/2021) See 6670 for another photo.trams, tramways, eurotram, docklands, tram 018, tram 18 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack collection, c1940
Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of W5 839 at Birdwood Ave/Keilor Road terminus, c1940. Note the second or parallel overhead line, but no track. Could be at the time of the construction of the line to Essendon airport. Could be route 51 in the route number box. May not be a Wal Jack photograph as odd negative size.trams, tramways, w5 class, essendon, keilor road, tram 839 -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Cerini family and their "Overland" car on an outing, c 1927, 1927
The children on the running board are Jocelyn and Lynette Cerini. Jocelyn is the older girl clutching a doll. The woman is likely to be their mother, Ethel Cerini. Date is approximate.Black and white photo of a family around a car with its hood up taken on a country track. The car has registration number 46063. There is a post and rail fence in the background and gum trees on both the left and right of the photo. There are 2 older men, a young man, a women in a cloche hat and 2 young girls.cars, pastimes and recreation, jocelyn cerini, jocelyn hall, lynette cerini -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Map, Ballarat and Bendigo tram systems, 1960's or 1970's
Yields information about the extent of the Ballarat and Bendigo tramway systems and possibly has a strong association with the work of Tom Murray.Set of two hand drawn maps of the Ballarat and Bendigo tram systems, showing loops, terminus, depots and rail lines, including out of use loops and reserved track. Possibly made during the 1960's or early 1970's. Drawn on lined foolscap paper - have been torn from a pad.trams, tramways, map, drawings, ballarat, bendigo -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Illustration, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "New Tram Depot - Nicholson Street North Fitzroy", mid 1950's
Illustration, black and white, printed on gloss paper, reproduction of a MMTB report of photographs of the opening of the new North Fitzroy Tram depot, the three road depot, adjacent tracks and the bus depot. Has a number of trams in the view. Cars 1024 and 1031? Shows the nature of the crossing with the resilient inserts - it did not work as planned.trams, tramways, opening, north fitzroy, depots, bourke st, nicholson st, tram 1024, tram 1031, north fitzroy depot, mmtb buses -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Opening Heathmont Railway Station in May 1926, 1926
Opening Heathmont Railway Station in May 1926. The photo shows the audience, including Bill Everard MLA, just behind the gate at the entrance to the railway platform. The Station building was located on the west side of the tracks, near the corner of Heathmont and Canterbury Roads. At the officially opening, the ribbon was cut by Louise Pump, wife of Herman. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Opening Heathmont Railway Station in May 1926, 1926
Opening Heathmont Railway Station in May 1926. The photo shows Herman Pump (centre) and Bill Everard MLA (left), at the gate at the entrance to the railway platform. The Station building was located on the west side of the tracks, near the corner of Heathmont and Canterbury Roads. At the officially opening, the ribbon was cut by Louise Pump, wife of Herman.