'Then and Now' newspaper article on Basil Watson by Keith Dunstan ('Sun' 4/12/1971) titled 'That daring young man' Article enclosed in buff envelope 'Melb Sun, Dec 4th 1971 re Basil Watson, written in blue. Envelope addressed to Mrs. F. Stilwell, 46 Brougham Street, Bendigo Vic 3550, 7c stamp on top. Article deals with biography of Basil Watson and details his exploits with the development of his airplane and flying experiences. 3 photos of plane: building it in the ballroom of his family home in Brighton; testing the cockpit for size and the finished 'plane. Refers to Brighton Historical Society exhibition in honour of Basil Watson.person, individual, basil watson

ROWING CLUB We are all delighted at having invited Brighton Grammar to use our Club's gear. So take heed, all-comers. you may yet see the Sommers As Head-of-the-River next year ! In common with many, we're short of a penny Our small nexus perplexes, we fear. But the Vic. State election has eased our dejections. And with more funds or new pair may appear. To increase the votes, all those our boats Canvassed Toorak - 'twas really a dash. A fifty pound cheque, the reward r our trek, Is now name our books "Petty Cash." At Vienna's Olde Inn, the Annual Club Din. On May two was a splendid assembly. Such fine fare and good fellows, their voices like bellows, You'd have thought it a final at Wembley.

The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables lists existing Cable Tram Services before the entire network was electrified. By 1917 the tramways system was divided into regions including: the Melbourne Cable Tram Service; Prahran - Malvern Electric Trams; Hawthorn Electric Trams; Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg Electric Trams; and Brighton Beach Electric Trams. The old Outer Circle railway line is marked as ending in Deepdene, with the remainder of the line to Fairfield marked as 'Unused'. The Kew tram along High Street in 1917 ended at the Harp Junction. The Kew Spur Line is also marked on the map.The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables is historically significant as it captures at a point in time, 1917, the development of public transport infrastructure in Melbourne. As such it illustrrates the theme: Connecting Victorians by transport and communications.Printed card-covered pocket sized map that folds out with three horizontal and vertical folds. Colour map, with scale, of the rail and tram networks on one side and sixteen sections of black and white printed text and timetable information on the reverse.railway maps -- melbourne (vic.), tramways maps -- melbourne (vic.), public transport -- melbourne (vic.) -- 1910-1920, cartography

Eva Grant was a member of the Kew Historical Society. Three albums in the collection were created by her, this one, the third created between 1964 and 1966. They were donated to the Society by her daughter in 2010. Each of the albums includes photographs and newspaper cuttings collected on her travels to historic places in South East Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. Particular structures photographed in this album include: Barnawatha (Vic.) - The Hermitage | Beveridge (Vic.) - Stone cottage where Ned Kelly was born. | Brighton - St Andrew’s Church graveyard. | Chiltern (Vic.) - lake view [missing] | Cowes (Vic.) - ‘Broadwater’ [originally home of Henty-Wilson family], demolished 1965; Bell of the Speke wreck; Edward’s tree. | Euroa (Vic.) - Habbies Howe | Fairfield (Vic.) - Dight’s Falls; John Dight. | Fernshawe (Vic.) - Queen Mary tree. | Jolimont (Vic.) - Old railway tunnel linking the first Government House (1964); Sign identifying location of first Government House. | Kew (Vic.) - Cairn at Dight’s Falls; Canoe tree, Bowyer Avenue. | Kyneton - De Grave’s Flour Mill - “C”. | Maldon (Vic.) - Chinese oven; Macarthur’s House; Maldon’s oldest resident; Chinese graves x 2; [Beehive Chimney]. | Marysville (Vic.) - Centenary cairn | Mitcham (Vic.), Mud brick house x 2, Deep Creek Road. | Melbourne (Vic.) - St Paul’s Cathedral [renovation] (1964); Wreckers at Damman’s Corner, cnr Bourke and Collins Streets (1964); Princess Gate project x 2 (1964); Colonial Storekeeper’s building on cnr King and Bourke Streets (1966); Early observatory 1861-3; the Honey Memorial. | Mt Oberon (Vic.) - [obsolete] radio telephone dish. | Seymour (Vic.) - Habres (sic) House x 3.| Swan Hill (Vic.) - Major Mitchell’s Cairn (12/1964); Headstone of Andrew Beverage AM (12/1964). | Templestowe (Vic.) - Finn’s Hotel. | Thornton (Vic.) - Eildon Station. | Werribee (Vic.) - Chirnside Memorial [Presbyterian] Church; gaslight beside church | Location unknown, but possibly Swan Hill - Brick house; Wooden bullock dray. | Location unknown - Headstone of John Furlonge 1835.Important record of significant heritage properties in Victoria, many of which have since been demolished.30 page spirex bound drawing book including photographs and newspaper articles of historic buildings in Victoria. The front cover has a picture of a steam boat. The cover is encased in plastic. A number items in the album are annotated with written commentary by Eva Grant who compiled the album. Annotations and transcriptions by Eva Grant on most imageseva grant, photograph albums, heritage places - victoria

Elanora resident Withold (Vic) Nieman balancing a cup of tea and biscuit on his lap, as a woman leans towards him holding a small bottle.1 colour photograph and negative of Withold NiemanElanora resident Withold (Vic) Neiman 1995association for the blind, elanora home (brighton), withold nieman

Awarded To Winner of the Stonehaven Cup Interstate Championship Description Is a broad metal cup with a flower grill, which is permanently attached to a multi-tiered round wooden base carrying engraved shields for each winning boat First Awarded In 1924 to 'Mayfly' and 'Penguin' who won in a dead-heat in Hobart, Tasmania Engraving Format Venue, state of venue, year, cup number, boat, state of winner Example: MELBOURNE / VIC / 2012 83rd / DOROTHY LINACRE / VIC Comments The cup is held on display in the winner's club until the next championship series. Notes The Stonehaven Cup has been run every year since 1924, with the exception of the war years 1940 to 1945 The dinghy registration number included here is the national registration number which was first issued in 1951 Dinghies racing in the Stonehaven Cup prior to that time competed under their state registration numbers, which are not included here From 1951, all existing dinghies wishing to compete in the Stonehaven Cup were issued with new national certificates of registration Because of this process, older Cadet dinghies which were not intended to be raced in future Stonehaven Cups did not receive a national registration number Those existing dinghies which were issued with national certificates retrospectively were given numbers in order of their re-measurement, so the lowest national registration numbers are not necessarily the oldest dinghies stonehaven, cadet

Robstan Trophy (1/2 model) Donor: Charles Stanton and Vic Robbins Deed of Gift: No The trophy is awarded to the winner of a short series of races held annually at RBYC for the Dragon class. Charles Stanton and Vic Robbins were the owners of the boat maintenance business (Robstan). Charles is also the owner of the Dragon class yacht Amazing Grace. First Winner: Ann, T. Bowdler 1993 dragon, stanton, robbins

Souvenir cover, centenary envelope and postcard commemorating the flight of Basil Watson in 1917 to Mt Gambier. (a) Pale green envelope with image of Basil's airplane on LH side, stamp with Basil on top RH corner. Written on envelope 'Basil Watson Air Mail Centenary 1917 - 2017 Mount Gambier to Melbourne, First Air Mail, Sth Australia - Victoria. (b) postcard: photo of Basil Watson's airplane situated in the backyard of the family home in Brighton. Stamped on back with Basil Watson Essendon 27 Feb 2017 Airport Vic Centenary. Basil pictured with his father James Watson, in front of plane at Albert Park, Melbourne.aviation, civilian, basil watson

Set of 12 reports, photocopied onto heat sensitive paper from various magazines. Documents match the image numbers. .1 - 2 pages, from The Commonwealth Engineer, 1/10/1917 - "New Cars for the Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways", written by Straun Robertson. .2 - 2 pages, from The Commonwealth Engineer, 1/3/1919 - "Double Bogie Combination Tram Car - St Kilda Brighton Electric Line". .3 - 2 pages - Electrical Engineer - 15/6/1924 - "One Man cars for Melbourne and Geelong Vic. The Brill Birney Safety Car" .4 - 1 page - Electrical Engineer - 15/11/1925 - "Standard Car for Melbourne Tramways" - has sketch of W2 369. .5 - 2 pages - Electrical Engineer - 15/8/1927 - "New Bogie car for Melbourne Tramways" Y class. .6 - 2 pages - Electrical Engineer -15/3/1936 - "Tramcar of New type for Melbourne - Large car for Two-man or One-man operation" - Y1 class .7 - 3 pages, The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 15/3/1932 - "Modern Tramcars for Melbourne - Design for reduction of noise and construction with electrical Welding" W3 class. .8 - 2 pages, The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 15/11/1933 - "New Tramcars for Melbourne" - has sketch of the W4 class tram. .9 - 3 pages, The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 16/12/1935 - "Melbourne's Lates Tramcars, comfortable Accommodation and modern traction equipment" - W5 class .10 - 3 pages - The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 15/3/1939 - "Improved Type Tramcar - advanced truck design, pneumatically operated doors, special lighting, acceleration 3pmh per sec." SW5 class. .11 - 3 pages - The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 15/9/1950 - "Noiseless Tramcar - first Australian Vehicles - Bogies fitted have special noise reducing features - motor drive through bevel gears, dynamic braking" - PCC 980 (See also Reg Item 5601 for a similar report) .12 - 1 page - handwritten on the rear of a copy of item 11 - Editorial from the Oct. 1951 issue of same magazine looking at the rate of acceleration. Reprint of .7 added 30/7/2019, from papers ex Robert Green - in poor condition, has been folded, both left and right hand edges in multiple tears. The photos are good. Measures 282H x 220W.trams, tramways, mmtb, mbctt, new tramcars, vr, bogie trams, birney, x class, w2 class, y class, y1 class, w3 class, one man trams, w4 class, w5 class, sw5 class, pcc class, tramcar design, electrical engineering

Reproduction of a Victorian Railways 3d St Kilda Brighton electric tramway ticket for use on a Australian Railway Historical Society tour (ARHS) 15/7/1994 to inspect the closed system using two MMTB buses, Mk 3 No.592 and Mk 6 No. 759. On the lower edge is ticket number "12443"..trams, tramways, arhs, tours, st kilda brighton, tram 171