Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, 9 September 2019, titled "Tram work is on track", reporting on replacement of the track between depot junction at Carlton St. Has a photo of the sleepers being unloaded. Story by Jolyon Attwooll, photo Kate Healy.btm, trackwork, track repairs

Cutting from the In Retrospect section of The Courier, Ballarat, Saturday 31/12/1994 in the 50 years ago section about the retirement of Mr. G.A. Laurens who retired from SEC in August, who drove the first electric tram in Ballarat and in Bendigo.Two "x"'s in blue ink.trams, tramways, sec, ballarat, bendigo, first tram

Laminated card, printed as a BTM "Electric Tram Driver's Permit" and prepared for David Frost, signed by Peter Winspur as Traffic Manager - expired on 30 September 1999. Printed on off-white paper. See Reg item 7010 for his Drivers Certificate. trams, tramways, btm, personnel, drivers, certificates

Ticket - printed on yellow card with numbers 1 to 30 around the outside, for the “The really moving theatre company storming Swanston Walk by Tram”, at the All Seasons Swanston Hotel, with detachable stub for a car parking and a drink voucher at Cafe Swanston. No date on ticket.trams, tramways, theatre, hotels, swanston st, stories

Adhesive Label or Signs with about the behaviour on Trams, printed on a vinyl based paper - No Smoking, No feet on seats, No fare evasion, No Alcohol, No indecent language and No forcing doors, No Animals, No Bicycles. No operator logo. Sign of the type with an adhesive back. Printed on "JAC" paper.trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, passengers, by laws

Notes 3 pages, 2 pinned together, giving details of the two horse tram lines as authorised, Kew and Hawthorn Items 2064 to 2075 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "MT&O Co." red pencil on the front cover.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, drawings, reports, surveys, kew, hawthorn, horse trams

Digital image of two tramway cable tram employees, in full uniform - both gripmen? No bell punch safety pins in use. Shows the style of the uniform - cWW1. Note the Masonic badge on the person sitting. The donor advises that Edwin is standing - see notes.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, personnel, employees, gripmen, masons

Newspaper clipping from The Age 19/2/1994, featuring the concert pianist Victor Borge driving a W class tram. Notes that he was 85 at the time, and he had grown up in Copenhagen. Item not dated, date determined by an online search.trams, tramways, visitors, celebrations, special trams, music

Two page document, stapled in the top left hand corner, A4 photocopy - titled "Tram Controllers" describing the EE Q2RC1 controller for W class tramcars. Gives details of the controller, its functions, electric brake and motor cut out switches.trams, tramways, controllers, english electric, w class

SEC Tram No. 32 arriving back in Ballarat in Wendouree Parade after being recovered from near Maryborough on 7/4/1986. 1 - in the Parade near the old loop with the BTV 6 TV news car in the background. 2 - Being towed by 671 back to the depot. 3 - On the depot access track. Scanned by photographer - on Kodachrome film.Yields information about the condition of a recovered SEC tram at the time of recovery from a park near Maryborough and its method of delivery.Set of three Digital Images.trams, tramways, tramcars, btv, tram recovery, wendouree parade, btps, tram 32, tram acquisition

BLACK & WHITE TONED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF M. KING - ARMY UNIFORM WITH CAP AND COLLAR BADGES.M. KINGlocal history, photography, photographs, military

Article titled "Lighting Effects in the Victoria Gardens, Bendigo", "High = Lighting in Bendigo", "An Echo from the Past". The article has photos of celebratory flood lighting in Bendigo, Victoria Gardens during 1937, for the Bendigo Carnival and Coronation Celebrations. Festivities were held in Victoria Gardens. Notes the Coronation tram car, illuminated and decorated. Has a photo of No. 21 outside the depot. Reprint of an extract from the Geelong Advertiser in 1912, 25 years ago of the opening of the Geelong tramways, passenger numbers and celebrations of the event. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD. See item 9099 for the image of tram 21. Page 35 - records the relocation of Mr. A N Mercer who was involved in the reconstruction of Ballarat and Bendigo Tramways has transferred to the Flinders St Drawing Office. Each item had a thin strip of paper attached by staple to the top left hand corner, giving the Vol. No. details.Yields information about tram 21 as the Bendigo Coronation tram in Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 2, No. 2, Aug. 1937. One A3 sheet.trams, tramways, sec, geelong, decorated trams, bendigo, opening, coronation

The original postcards in this series (2013.002 to 2013.018) were generously loaned to Williamstown Botanic Gardens by a private collector for copying. The Curator’s lodge, designed by the Town Surveyor, HV Champion, was constructed in 1907 following the re-organisation of the north-east corner with the demolition of the old curator's cottage and erection of new gates. Both the lodge and lake (1904) were built during the curatorship of Mr Thake. The logo in the middle of the words ‘POST CARD’ indicates the card was printed by M. Schulz in Prague. Schulz was a long-established company from Prague and printed postcards for customers from worldwide. Schulz printed in photo-chromolithography. The postcards are evidence of the interest the gardens held as a subject for postcard publishers. The text and images provide a snapshot into fashions, social interests and concerns of the time. The professionally produced images provide a pictorial history of Gardens including changing planting styles, various structures and features of the Gardens eg the aviary, cannons, the fountain, the second Curator’s Lodge and gates. The images offer an opportunity to compare garden vistas with the present day.A colour image of the ornamental lake and part of the Curator’s Lodge. The lodge has a green roof, tall brick chimney, is brown timber with brick where the fireplace would be. The small island with a succulent is in the centre of the image. The image looks across the top of the lake where the rock edging can be seen. Reflections of the plantings and lodge can be seen.Front: ‘Williamstown Gardens’. Reverse: Reverse: Centre top ‘POST CARD’ with a logo [MS] in the middle of the words; left side vertical ‘O. Rippon Series’; left side ‘This space may be used for communication.’; right side ‘For Address only.’; left side bottom ‘Printed in Germany’. In pencil top right corner ‘1907 / $7’ (believed to be inserted by the vendor.postcard, gardens, post-card, williamstown-botanic-gardens, hobsons-bay-city-council, curator’s lodge, ornamental lake, succulents, 1907

One 35mm slides - AGFA dark blue / white plastic mounts of tram 21 at Golden Square with the driver changing the pole. Has Billy Roddas Golden Square Hotel in the background with Carlton Draught and Victoria Bitter adverts. In the photo is a bus with the destination of Inglewood. tramways, trams, golden square, buses, hotels, crews, drivers, tram 21

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 14/1/1973 - photo of tram lines being ripped up between the end of the Carlton St. terminus in Wendouree Parade and Hamilton Ave. The Olympic monument in the background. Has a small caption about the work going on with the photograph.date in red ink of "14/1/73" in top right hand corner of cutting.trams, tramways, wendouree parade, track removal, carlton st.

Black and White photograph, of Ballarat No. 18 at the Sebastopol terminus. Photo taken either late 1950's or early 1960. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St. Nth and a "Trotting Showgrounds Tonight" auxiliary board. 2nd copy added 6/1/15."TMSV Sales" stamp on rear. On rear of 2nd copy in ink "PM & MM H 63 = BALL 18"tramways, trams, sebastopol, tram 18

Instruction or Staff Pack - 6 A4 pages, stapled in the top left hand corner, titled "Tram It 2006 - Staff Pack". Gives background to the even, location, activities, Entertainment, lunch, uniforms, parking, notes for Volunteers, important phone numbers, Roster and Map.trams, tramways, yarra trams, 100 years of electric trams, docklands, displays, tramcars, volunteers

Instruction - three pages photocopied A4 dated 4-12-1984 and 11-12-1984 with a sketch titled "Articulated Tram - Warning on Roof", about the possibility of electrocution about the area near the pantograph and the section of roof between the two parts not being insulated.trams, tramways, b class, construction, electrical engineering, insulation, articulated trams

Photocopy of a newspaper report in the Preston Post-Times 26-8-1998 titled "Legacy tram gets a paint job", of Z3 179 getting painted for the 1998 Legacy Week at Preston Workshops. Included in the photo is painter Gregory Petroustsos and supervisor Brian Carter.trams, tramways, preston workshops, w class, advertising trams, paint

Newspaper clipping from dated 15-4-1991 (possibly the Herald Sun), about the cessation of trams using Victoria St for shunting (safety) to cease and all services to continue to Queensberry St or Melbourne University. Notes the stop opposite City baths was to close.Has date written in pencil along lower edge.trams, tramways, swanston st, closure, victoria st, melbourne university, queensberry, tram stops

Model wide body W class tram, made from metal painted green and cream fitted with a pantograph and a trolley pole which has been broken off, No.15 trucks. No details as to who or where the model was made, has a label on the bottom that it is not a toy.trams, tramways, models, w class

Report - "W class Tram Modernisation" from the ttmrail webpage, 2 A4 sheets stapled in top left hand corner, details the changes - DC Traction chopper system, controllers, inverters, controls, drivers cabins, lighting and drivers and saloon heating systems.trams, tramways, ttm rail, braking, electrical equipment, electrical systems, electrical engineering, controllers, w class

Two page printed instruction titled "Metropolitan Transit Authority / Tram & Bus Division / Fleet Operations Centre", detailing how drivers could operate the system, testing, messages, how to contact the centre, emergency messages, explanations, passenger counts, run cards.trams, tramways, avm, automatic vehicle monitoring, mta, fleet operations centre

Training program "PTC - One person operation Training Program for Tram Depot Trainers" - outlining the training of the depot trainers for crews at individual depots. Has a course outline, ticketing instructions, zones, general driving, operational procedures, and working safely. Two additional documents - test questions for ticketing and general driving and safe workings procedures. Dated 11/2/1993.Yields information about training of tram depot trainers for one person operation.Document - comb bound with card and plastic covers, approx 30 A4 pages + two stapled document of test questions.driver training, one person, ticketing, safeworking

The first sheet provides a list and brief description of each class of tramcar in service in Melbourne at the time, including W, Z, A and B class. Gives the major distinguishing features. The second sheet provides a list of each W class tram in service at the time and its status whether City Circle, original or DOT modified. Both sheets dated 6/1998.Yields information about tramcars in the Melbourne fleet during 1998.Set of two A4 sheets, printed.tramcars, ptc, tram class, w class, a class, b class, z class, list, fleet list

Printed card or pamphlet, perforated as necessary with the various Australian Football teams and dates - titled "The Official 2001 Sunday Herald Sun AFL Fixture and Tipping Chart" and presented by M>Tram, M>Train, Connex, Yarra Trams and the Victoria bus industry. Has Metcard logos advertising the their use to the football grounds. Fixture gives the dates, matches and locations. Also has the AFL logo. Two copies held.trams, tramways, football, connex, yarra trams, buses, metcard, m>tram, m>train

Printed black and white postcard of an ESCo tram west bound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1906 - 7 - has a destination box. Has a number of pedestrians in the picture. Taken from the east side of the intersection, looking towards the Town Hall, with the National Mutual Insurance building and Snows in the photo. Also shows the overhead arrangements - two wire for Sturt St, single for Lydiard St, coming into the intersection. Titled "Sturt Street, Ballarat" along the top edge. On rear of postcard are the words "Post Card", has initials "WTP" in bottom left hand corner, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 1/5/07, stamp "5". Divided back type. Address to Mrs T.D. Cayett? Falcon St, North Sydney NSW. Note about their travels, where they stayed and that they had travelled to the Gardens by tram. See item 8237 for a coloured version. Black and white postcard - titled "Sturt Street Ballarat" - used 1907trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, town hall

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 14/9/1971 titled "Last tram to 'star' in film about Ballarat" of the making of a film by the Commonwealth Film unit on tourist attractions in Ballarat. The first section of the film was to feature the last run of the trams in Ballarat the following Sunday. Has a photo of a meeting of members of the film unit, the City Council, and the Ballarat Regional Tourist Promotion Association the previous day. The clipping gives the names of people in the meeting. Second copy of the text only added 25/10/05 - photo not attached. Image of the whole cutting added 28/3/2011 - see i1. trams, tramways, ballarat promotion, commonwealth film unit, closure, films

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, dated Monday, June 19, 1972 titled "Housing plan for tram depot site". Reports on the sale of the former tram depot on Saturday June 17 for $54,500. The purchaser expected to start development of housing on the site within three months. Reports on the sale, purchaser and SEC's views. Features a photo of Edgar Bartrop reading the contract. Others in the photo are Bruce Bartrop, SEC Estate officer, Mr. R. Morrison and SEC Manager Mr. I. F. Pellas. One of a large group of newspaper cuttings from John Bainbridge, 7/4/02.depot, buildings, auctions, bartrop