Colour photograph. People gathered playing instruments, Man on guitar, man playing harmonica, man standing with banjo, man playing accordion, man with concertina, man playing another accordion. Night time. Date stamped '95 12 29 bottom right corner on front.photo, group, musicians

Bendigo telephone and postal exchange staff circa 1912Bendigo Telephone Exchange & Postal Staff, three photographs circa, 1912. Three B&W photographs of the staff of the Bendigo Telephone Exchange. Date stamped on rear of mounts as 2 Dec 1912. Pl return to B M Callinan, 15 Kendari Avenue 3104, 8595199Photographer - W. H. Robinson, Bendigo bendigo telephone and postal exchange staff circa 1912

Black and white print of the SW2 class No. 432 running at Special tram tour at South Melbourne loop. One print has a hand date stamp of 6/10/1975 on rear.Yields information about the South Melbourne Football ground loop.Set of two Black and White photographs - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp and notes on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear. and in ink details of photo.tramways, trams, mmtb, sw2 class, tram 432, south melbourne football ground, south melbourne loop, tours

Refer Cat No 4783.Identity card civilian, OHMS FORM C.R.3, rectangular shape khaki colour, front has PO date stamp, all print in black stamped in purple, hand written in black pen, rear all print in black hand written in dark blue & black pen.Front has, “N19 - M25 - 15519 Oliver Foster Rosedale Rd St Ives”, stamped “PARRAMATTA”, rear signed by witness, “Amy Oliver Rosedale Rd St Ives”, signed by card holder, Oliver Foster Rosedale Rd ST Ives”cards, civilian identity

Yields information about the provision of the tramway management by the SEC and Mr. Les Denmead., Yields information about the provision of the tramway management by the SEC and Mr. Les Denmead.Carbon copy of a Memorandum dated 3/10/1962 to the Manager North Western Region (Bendigo) advising that the Ballarat Tramway Superintendent, Les Denmead will act in the position of Departmental Tramways Superintendent and will come to Melbourne as required. Sheet has rounded corners and date stamped 4 Oct. 1962.trams, tramways, personnel, management, ballarat, bendigo, tramway superintendent

Ticket has been stamped "Suburban Office Spencer Steet" and date stamped "3 Apr 1981'. Has the logo of the Ministry of Transport on the rear and the statement "Metropolitan Transport - moving in the right direction" Demonstrates a ticket that allowed all day travel on all transport within the central area.Ticket - set of two - MetroCard Central $1, printed on light fawn card with bold brown type giving day and 8 months around the ticket. Ticket Number Ab2283 and 2285 printed in black. On rear is conditions of travel, allowing travel within the central area on trams, trains and buses. Was printed in book form and has perforated section on the left hand side.tickets, metrocard, melbourne

One transparency on a Kodak Readymount mount, with dark blue border. Photo of Bendigo Trust No. 30 after repainting to the Bendigo trust colour scheme. Has a BCV Television roof ad. Has Fountain Plaza and Ezywalkin buildings in the background. Slide dated Dec. 1972.Information written on in blue ink and date stamped on purple ink. "Birney No. 30 restored to former livery at Charing Cross."tramways, trams, bendigo, charing cross, tram 30

A complimentary letter from a child of the Lardner Family that arrived at the depot (placed under the door) on 12 April 2000, with drawings and a note on computer printer paper with perforated holes on the sides. 1429.1 - Drawing of the depot building with tracks outside, with No. 6 road highlighted and with a note "best". Two people with bikes in from of the shed, shows sign and a tree. 1429.2 - two sheets of same computer paper, addressed "Dear the Tramline People" on one side, a sketch of tram 13, and two written notes, from the "Lardner family"BTM letter Date stamp and item no. - arrived at the depot 12 Apr 2000 and given the item No. "9136" in black ink.trams, tramways, children, btm, complimentary, drawings

.1 and .2 - set of two Agfa colour slides, blue/white plastic mount, photo by Keith Caldwell of track cleaning tram No. 6 at Haymarket roundabout, Flemington Road, Elizabeth St. 4/1964. .3 - Perutz grey plastic mount colour slide of No.6 at Haymarket Roundabout, 17.3.1966, in the afternoon. Has the Ampol building in the background.In ink "Melb #6 4-64" and in pencil "Service car 6 17.3.66" and has a date stamp with the same date.trams, tramways, track cleaner, work trams, haymarket, elizabeth st, flemington rd, tram 6

Thirteen typed copies of a letter in reference to the return of Share Certificates because of the Liquidation of the Company. Letter unsigned and undated. Typed on paper with Hanro letterhead. One copy is signed by W B H Neill and E F Granger and the third signature is unreadable and is date stamped 15 October 1929.hanro, clothing, share register

Yields information about the announcement of the SEC Decision to close both Ballarat and Bendigo and gives details regarding personnel and how it will be handled.., Yields information about the announcement of the SEC Decision to close both Ballarat and Bendigo and gives details regarding personnel and how it will be handled..Copy of a Memorandum sent by the Melbourne office, Engineer and Manager SEC to the Manager Ballarat and Bendigo branches, 1/2/1962, titled "Ballarat, Bendigo Tramways - Personnel", regarding closure, informing unions and personnel. Predicted towards the end of 1962. Will make endeavours to find the men suitable employment, but may not be at existing locations or wages. Notes the same as being applied to Geelong, Ballarat B power station, Geelong power station with ex-gratis payments based on years of service. Signed by K L MurrayDate stamped 2/2/62 and has file number in the top right hand corner in ink and notes re copies.trams, tramways, closure, staff, employment, sec, bendigo, ballarat, personnel, ballarat b power station, geelong

Yields information about Ballarat tram 29 when it was dressed for the Floral Festival and the launch of the tram and how it was used by a small photograph publisher for sales.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard featuring the 1939 Floral Tram, photograph at the depot, rendered in colour and positioned within an outline of a map of Australia. Wal's notes date it as 4-3-1939. Uses the same base photo similar to 1369, but without the motor bike in the rear. On the rear has a the stamp "L.W. Torr Best Street Bowen Hill, Brisbane Q" See image i2 for rear of photograph. See Reg Item 7000 for a hand coloured image.Stamped on the rear of the photograph "L.W. Torr Best Street Bowen Hills, Brisbane Q" and the date stamp "5 May 1939"trams, tramways, floral tram, decorated trams, depot, tram 29

The photograph shows at least 6 six trams at Eastern Park after a football match and the Garden St junction for the East line. Tram No. 5 with a destination of West Geelong is leaving the junction. Another tram is arriving with at least four parked on the Eastern Park line. Yields information about the use of trams after a football match in Geelong.Black and white photograph with some details on rear.In ink "Cr Ryrie & Garden Sts, this type of tramcar also in service 1947" and hand date stamp of "15 Sep 1923"tramways, trams, geelong, ryrie st, garden st, eastern park, football, tram 5

This book “The Job” is a novel written by Sinclair Lewis. It was first published in America in 1916 and in England in 1926. It is Lewis’ third book. There are 320 numbered pages, divided into three parts, each part is divided into chapters, which are in turn divided into sections. This particular book is one of a Collected Edition published in 1929. A note from the publisher included within the book states “It has been corrected in some small details but no revision or rewriting has been attempted by the author who wishes it to be made clear that it is an early and not a new work.” About SINCLAIR LEWIS (1885-1951) The author was born as Harry Sinclair Lewis in 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. He was renowned as an American novelist, playwright and short story writer. His first writings were romantic poems and short stories. Six of his novels were published by the time Lewis was 36. Lewis received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 for his “vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters." He was the first author from the United States to receive this award. Lewis graduated from university in 1907. He worked as a reporter and editor for several publications. He was a prolific writer, publishing dozens of works and numerous articles, and became popular for his satire. Lewis married and divorced twice and died alone from a heart attack due to advanced alcoholism) near Rome on 10th January 1951, aged 66. This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. There is a remnant of the library’s label inside the back page of the book. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. Lewis’s book is significant for its association with the writer, who was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1930). This book is significant for its connection with the Pattison Collection which, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Title: The Job Author: Sinclair Lewis Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London Date: 1929 Hardback board book covered with red linen, spine reinforced with blue. The author’s name is embossed in gold on the front cover. There is a logo impressed into the centre of the back cover with the printer’s initials “J C”. On the spine is a white adhesive label with a typed library call number. Inside the front cover is a printed label. Inside front and back covers are a black stamp and handwritten characters in pen and pencil. Inside the back cover and facing page are various date stamps dating from 1942 to 1963. The book, a novel, is one of a Collected Edition published in 1929. It also belongs to the Pattison Collection originally belonging to the Warrnambool Public Library.Logo “J” over “C” Adhesive label - “PAT / FIC / LEW” Printed label “Corangamite Regional Library Service / Warrnambool City Library / Pattison Collection” Stamp on inside front page and inside back page “CORANGAMITE REGIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE / WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY” Handwritten on the inside page facing cover “1083” and “M 73” Handwritten on inside page facing back cover “1083” Date stamps facing back cover “1958” – “1963”, and on inside back cover “1942” – “195-“ Remnants of a torn out paper “ - - - - - - PU - - - C LIBRAR- / ……” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool public library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool books and records, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool children’s library, the job by sinclair lewis, collection edition sinclair lewis, american novel 1929, jonathan cape, sinclair lewis, harry sinclair lewis, 1930 nobel prize for literature

2260.1 - 32 page document, Victorian Act No. 3742, titled "Motor Omnibus Act 1928". Printed on white paper, edge stapled, dated 12/2/1929. Provides the law and licencing provisions relating to the use of buses, omnibuses in Victoria, including Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. See also Reg. Item No. 1976 for the regulations regarding this Act. 2260.2 - 8 page document, Victorian Act No. 3851, titled "Motor Omnibus Act 1929". Printed on white paper, saddle stapled, dated 30/12/1929. Provides amendments to the 1928 Act in particular for light motor omnibuses or motor cars. The full Acts can be downloaded from the Parliamentary Web site.2260.1 - has ESCo date stamp of 8 Feb. 1929. 2260.1 - has ESCo date stamp of 16 Jan. 1929, the nine has been altered to a "3" in pencil. Probably should have read 1930. Also has a red "3" within a circle in the top right hand corner.museums omnibuses, ballarat, bendigo, buses, competition

.1)Identity Card, envelope and cover all fawn colour, all printing in Black type, front has "Form C.R.3", date stamp, space for addressed to, signature of holder, cover is see through paper, envelope is plain with window and open one end. .2) Same as .1) except for different person..1) On front in black pen, V "4", F "74", "23168", "Margaretta Guiney 126 Sternberg St Bendigo", on rear in black pen, Witness "J.H. Chamberlain 130 Sternberg St", Holder signature, "M Guiney". .2) On front in black pen, V "4", F "10", "23167", Witness same as .1), Holder "K.M Guiney"civilian identity, cards ww2, envelopes

Yields information about the correspondence between the SEC Ballarat and Bendigo offices about the opening of tram tracks for underground services.Carbon copy of a typed letter on quarto green paper, written by the Manager, Mr H. Hornabrook, to the Manager Bendigo ES, copy to Ballarat Manager Electricity Supply seeking information about Bendigo's procedures when excavation for services are made under tram track. Has an SEC date stamp of 15 April 1937.Various initials and notes in red pencil or ink.tram, trams, letters, sec, bendigo, tram track

Colour photograph. Men standing behind 2 sitting camels. Date stamped 12/09/2010. Back of photo reads: Swan Hill Burke and Wills 150th Celebrations Gay Charmers & Emu Creek (Peter) charm the camels. Peter Ellis, Maurie Giesich (?), Ron McFarlane, Stuart Simmsand 'Afghan' handler.entertainment, music, musicians

Printed form No. 3/135- title "Pay In Slip", dated March 1988 - used for conductors to pay in cash to the Revenue Clerk with space for Table Number, Name, outfit No., totals, depot date stamp, and Revenue Clerk signature. The Met, PTC. Six copies held. See Reg item 809 for a 1973 issue.trams, tramways, the met, mta, ptc, forms, conductors, revenue clerks

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Birney No. 28 and Bogie tram No. 25 Bendigo, at Charing Cross with the fountain in the background along with the City Club Hotel). No. 28 has the destination of Special and a SEC roof advertisement for Briquettes, No. 25 Eaglehawk? and has a white disk showing a tram following. Note the direction signs on the pole between the tram for Heathcote and Echuca and Melbourne. Photo by Jim Seletto, 25/9/1961. On rear in ink "No. 28 Birney, No. 25 Bogie", Jim Seletto stamp, with date stamp of "25 Sep 1951" and "Bendigo" in red ink.trams, tramways, bendigo, charing cross, birney, tram 25, tram 28

Postcard Album of Blanche Sly. Postcards stored in Folder 81 (49 postcards). 1403.1 - 1403.28 Grey linen look cover with picture of a small sailing boat pasted centre front pf cover. Partly torn sticker on lower LH corner. Blanche Victoria SLY Born: 11 Oct 1890, daughter of William and Hannah Sly Address: 1913; Loddon Vale Address: 1980; 100 Barnard Street Bendigo Died: Bendigo 12 June 1982, buried Bendigo G3 William Sly: Born: 1856 at Smythesdale, Victoria Married in Victoria in 1887; Hannah Theilman Died: Bendigo 1937, buried Bendigo G1 Hannah Sly Nee Theilman Born: 1866 Married in Victoria in 1887; William Sly Died: Bendigo 1948, buried Bendigo G3 See additional Research .Postcard Album of Blanche Sly containing 49 postcards. See 1403 B&W studio photo of a lady looking down at a youth Cottage and flowers as a backdrop. A poem 'The Better Land' beneath the photo.Addressee - Miss E Port (Staff), Convalescent Home, Woolton. Nr Liverpool Sender - Florrie Date stamp Jan 11, 1906postcard, collector, blanche sly

This ledger came from the Nullawarre Post Office and was in use from 1967 to 1970. Nullawarre is a small settlement 25 kilometres south east of Warrnambool. European settlers first came to the Nullawarre district in the late 1860s and the area is largely agricultural. Charles and Vida Williams were the Post Master and Post Mistress at the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century.This ledger is of interest as it was used in the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century and is an example of business practices during that time. This is a ledger or booklet - a Complaint and Fault Register from the Nullawarre Post Office. It has a thick cardboard cover with green binding. The pages are ruled with black lines and black printed headings. The entries are handwritten in blue ink and pencil and some date stamps have been used. Most pages are blank. The corners of the ledger are slightly damaged. nullawarre post office, history of warrnambool

The writer is William Thomas Appleton VX91451, enlisted 13.2.1943 age 26 years, discharged 22.7.1946 as a Cpl in Developing and Improving Establishment..1) Official letterhead in red, Salvation Army, Aust Comforts Fund and YMCA, space for name, rank, unit and date, dotted ruled lines, bottom has notes re security. .2)Envelope official YMCA in red, date stamp, purple stamp, addressed in blue ink, stamp at bottom “passed by censor and initialled”.1) At top in blue ink, “VX91415 Appleton W.T, LHQ, EME School Ingleburn NSW 28.4.43”, addressed to “Dear Guiney”, at Bottom “Love from Tom”. .2) Envelope stamp, “LPO INGLEBURN 5.00pm 30 Apr 1943”, To, “Miss Guiney Sternberg St Bendigo Victoria”letters envelopes, ymca, acf, salvation army

Herbert Allan Unwin (1898-1958) lived at 171 Creek Street in 1928. In 1924 he had been listed as living at 78 Gladstone Street. After selling the Creek Street property, he moved to 629 Hargreaves Street. Herbert was a labourer who married Caroline Struggell in 1920.Black and white photographs (2) mounted on rectangular brown board. House, weatherboard, corrugated iron roof, curved verandah roof, trellis at ends of verandah, 2 canvas blinds on verandah, woven crinkled wire fence. On back of photo ' Unwin, Creek Street, £420 plus sewer' Date stamp 11 April 1930.Frank A. Jeffree, Bendigobendigo, business, t c watts & son

Black and white photograph of 5(five) men in front of vine covered wall. Inscription on reverse: 'The Last of the Moakins' in blue ink. Stamped in blue 'Oliver's , late. Stamped in blue oval 'Barker Chemist'. Written in pencil PM 936 Date stamped in blue 10 May 1939. Signature of Basil Miller 'B. Miller'.person, individual, basil miller

Yields information about the distribution of the SEC tramway by-laws to workers in 1950.Carbon copy of memo on white demi foolscap paper dated 22/8/1950 to the Manager Ballarat, regarding forwarding 100 copies of the new By Laws. Has ink notes dated 19/9/1950. Note in Margin about similar letter to Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. Has date stamp of 24/8/1950.trams, tramways, by laws, sec

Citizen Forces of the Commonwealth certificate of training, certifying that H.L. Vivian underwent military training at Warrnambool from Oct 17 1916 to 17 Nov. 1916. White paper, blue type, H.L. Vivian's details, handwritten, purple 'Warrnambool' stamp and purple 'Warrnambool NOV 15 1916' date stamp. Certificate glued to white card.