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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Stuck In The Slow Lane, 2017
The State Government has released a report to the Whitehorse Leader stating that major changes to the Box Hill public transport interchange could only take place when the owner of Box Hill Central was ready to upgrade the shopping centre which could be 10 years away.box hill railway station, box hill grand central shopping centre, public transport, city of whitehorse -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item), Transcript Of Evidence Presented To The Committees Inquiry Into Freight And Passenger Transport To Australia's External Territories Of Christmas, Cocos (Keeling),Norfolk Islands Public Hearing In Canberra
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Ansett Transport Industries Ltd Company History
Includes a range of subjects as listed below, The Hangar Fire ..... 1939 Ansett Airways' War Years Pioneer Country Dealership And Road Services Ansett Hotels The Two-Airliner And The Ansett Purchase Of A.N.A The First Road Services 'Going Public" And The First Financial Crisis MacRobertson Miller Airline Services A History Of Aviation Spanning 56 Years Wridgways Ansett General Aviation Television Developments Austarama Television Pty Ltd And Universal Telecasters Qld Ltd The Rose Fight Thomas Nationwide Transport Ltd Take-Over Bid For Ansett Transport Industries Ltd The First Air Services Ansett Airways Ltd The Butler Take-Over ATI Associated Companies Other ATI Subsidiaries The Air Race ...... 1936 Ansair Pty Ltd -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, R J Nowell, "Ballarat and Bendigo Tramways Must Go", 1961 or 1967
Has a strong association with the person who created the document and his viewpointsPamphlet - photocopied onto fragile heat sensitive paper - now brown - foolscap sheet, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo Tramways Must Go" Issued by R J Nowell of 15 Selwyn St Elsternwick in the interest of better public transport. Seeks better transport in both cities, gives his reasons for such a move, the loss incurred by the SEC. Even suggests horse trams would be cheaper to operate. Undated - has a hand written note regarding it being received at a SEC office on Monday 4/9. Monday 4/9 occurred during 1961 and 1967. Note the Melbourne Tram Museum has a Melbourne tram map prepared by the same person at Selwyn St Elsternwick - see their Reg Item 1381. trams, tramways, closure, pamphlets, ballarat, bendigo, costs, safety -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, early 1960's
Black and white photograph of Melbourne W4 671 at Preston Workshops, c1960. Has an advertisement for Chic-ola Health Drink. On the rear has the Copyright Public Transport Corporation stamp and No. H 302see abovetrams, tramways, w4 class, preston workshops, tram 671 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Map, Ministry of Transport, "Melbourne Transport Services Map - Tram, Train and Bus Services", 1974
... information about public transport services in Melbourne ...Coloured map of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, detailed for the central part of Melbourne and insert section for Frankston. On rear description of routes, private bus routes and map of Melbourne metro lines. Has contact details for bookings and lost property etc. Priced 15c. Inscription dates the map as 1974. Yields information about public transport services in Melbourne as a comparison with that of Ballarat.Fold out map (27 sections 9 across x 3 deep), printed on paper.trams, tramways, railways, melbourne, map, tram and bus services, mmtb, minister for transport, public transport -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, "Ballarat to Melbourne", 1998 to 2023
1 - three fold card pocket timetable listing services to Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat and Ballarat from Spencer St station - has a photo of a Sprinter Rail car on the front. Dated 6/12/1998 - has the VLine logos. 2 - six fold heavy paper timetable listing all services on the Ballarat line, including Wendouree, Bacchus Marsh and Melton - dated 21/6/2015 - has the VLine and PTC logos. 3 - nine fold paper timetable, listing all services on the Ballarat line, including Wendouee, Bacchus Marsh, Melton and Caroline Springs. Dated 28 May 2023. Has the Vline and PTV logos. Since 2015 an additional station at Cobblebank has been added. See Reg Items 6824, 8116, 8117 and for 1998, 1957, 1981, 2021 respectively.Yields information about rail services to and from Ballarat and how they have developed.Set of three timetables for the Ballarat to Melbourne line. .1 - three fold card pocket timetable listing services to Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat and Ballarat from Spencer St station - has a photo of a Sprinter Rail car on the front. Dated 6/12/1998 - has the VLine logos. .2 - six fold heavy paper timetable listing all services on the Ballarat line, including Wendouree, Bacchus Marsh and Melton - dated 21/6/2015 - has the VLine and PTC logos. See Reg Items 6824, 8116, 8117 and for 1998, 1957, 1981, 2021 respectively.ballarat, vline, ptv, public transport victoria, timetables -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Tasmania Public Transport, "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961", Nov. 1961
Conference papers or Presentation Notes or Report, over 300 foolscap sheets bound with a cotton tape binder in the top left hand corner titled "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961". Includes reports from Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Tasmania, Auckland and Dunedin. Christchurch and Wellington also attended but did not submit sufficient copies. looks at Statistic, industrial issues, fares, rollingstock, buses, traffic, school children, bus stops, accounting, depreciation, cash handling, amenities, insurance, stores, costs and some general matters. No table of contents, programs etc. trams, tramways, conferences, buses, trams, fares, industrial issues, bus stops, accounting, insurance, australasian tramway conference, management -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram carries Ballarat message to City Circle", 24/02/1996 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, Saturday 24/2/1996 of City of Ballarat Tram W4 671 leaving the depot on a low loader bound for Melbourne. Has front page colour photo of truck and tram at the rear of the depot in Gilles St. Tram has destination of 'City Circle'. Photo by Herman Ruyg. Accompanying item written by Ian Haberfield quoting Peter Hiscock about the tram and the running on the City Circle route in Melbourne. Also mentions Alan Brown, Public Transport Minister.trams, tramways, 671, btm, city of ballarat, city circle, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Hocking ?, MTA 1985 Centenary, 1985
... Centenaries Posters Public Transport A group of four posters published ...A group of four posters published for the centenary of Melbourne trams in 1985 by the Metropolitan Transit Authority 701.1 - Poster on creamy paper, title "The Centennial Celebration of the Melbourne Tram 1885 - 1985", features cable tram dummy, bogie cable trailer, horse tram, A, F, J, S, W2, U, SW2, Z3, and A class of 1984 on poster with three tickets illustrated as well. (two copies of this poster added June 2000 - from the ARHS Vic. Div., June 2000 These are black and white versions of the poster, on white paper, different in size - 640H x 445W) 701.2 - as for 701.1m but on glossy paper, titled "Tramways 1885 - 1985". 701.3 - Poster on glossy paper, featuring Melbourne Buses, titled "Buses 1925 - 1985", features 11 different bus types. 701.4 - Poster on glossy paper, featuring Melbourne suburban trains, titled "Railways 1854 - 1985", features 11 different railway trains, or pictures. Made by Hocking? -on bottom of each poster is a signature, appearing to be the name Hocking.trams, tramways, melbourne, centenaries, posters, public transport -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Herald Sun, "Bring back trams bid", 25/01/1996 12:00:00 AM
Item in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper, 25/1/1996 that the State Government had pledged excess W class trams to a planned Ballarat Tramway. Reports on the public meeting on the previous Tuesday, comments on proposals. Notes comments by Vern Robson, Chief Commissioner City of Ballarat, Public Transport Minister Alan Brown. Written by Claire Heaney. Has the newspaper details and date taped alongside item.trams, tramways, feasibility study, w-class trams, ballarat city tramway, ballarat revival -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram carries Ballarat message to City Circle", 24/02/1996 12:00:00 AM
Article from the front page of The Courier, Saturday 24/2//1996 written by Ian Haberfield with photo by Herman Ruyg of BTM W4 671 leaving the depot loaded on a truck the previous day end route to Melbourne to run on the city Circle tram route. Tram has "City Circle" showing in destination box. Notes comments by Peter Hiscock about the tram itself, the BTM works, and that Alan Brown, Public Transport Minister has granted permission for the tram to run on the City Circle.trams, tramways, btm, city circle, ballarat city tramway, ballarat revival -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "The Met / tram system", c1988
Diagrammatic poster or map of "The Met / tram system" showing a plan with route numbers, zones and peak system route numbers with an enlarged central Melbourne area. Date of map 1988c, shows the St. Kilda and Port Melbourne light rail, Bundoora and the "The Met" logo. Printed on art paper. Has a telephone number for further information. Stored rolled. St. Kilda and Port Melbourne light rail opened late 1987. The Met replaced by the Public Transport Corporation 1/7/1989 - See reference. Two copies held. See Time-line history of Melbourne's Government Cable and Electric Trams and Buses.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, the met, tram routes -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, Osboldstone & Co Pty Ltd and Printers and Publishers Melbourne, "OSBA Tram Time Tables with Railway and Tramway Map, of Melbourne and Suburbs", 1920's
... public transport system in the early 1920's. Map Timetables ...Yields information about the tram timetables applicable to Melbourne's trams, including cable and electric and demonstrates the spread of Melbourne's public transport system in the early 1920's.Forty Eight page printed book contained with oversize green heavy paper covers centre stapled with a coloured map glued into the rear cover of the book titled "OSBA Tram Time Tables with Railway and Tramway Map, of Melbourne and Suburbs". Published c1920 - shows Footscray system, Victoria St Flemington link, does not show Puckle St. Timetables details Fares, first and last cars for cable and electric lines, sections and other details of the various lines. Note page 44 and 45 cannot be accessed, paper not cut correctly during the printing process - leave as is. Map prepared by Gawler and Drummond Architects, shows in colour the cable routes, electric tramways, authorised tramways and railway lines. Municipalities shown in different colours. Map folded into 12 sections. Published by Osboldstone & Co Pty Ltd, Printers and Publishers, Temple Court Place, Melbourne. Price 6d. Full scan of document added as a pdf file 5/6/2019. map, timetables, melbourne, cable trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Flag, MTA 1985 Centenary, 1985
... Centenaries Flags Public Transport A flag or banner made ...A flag or banner made for the centenary of Melbourne trams in 1985 by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to be used on the route number boxes on Melbourne W class trams. Made from a synthetic fabric, sewn on all four edges, with left hand edge made with a slot to fit a wooden pole. Features a cable tram - with a bogie cable trailer and Melbourne Z class tram, with the words "100 years of Trams" Two copies held.trams, tramways, melbourne, centenaries, flags, public transport -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Rules and Regulations", Nov. 1974
... of the public transport service in Melbourne - mid 1970's. Trams ...Demonstrates the method that the MMTB used to inform its tram and bus crews of the organisational rules and regulations in respect to the operation of the public transport service in Melbourne - mid 1970's.Book with light green Rexene covers, slightly rounded corners, six sections, sewn with self end papers, 104 pages, excluding end papers. Details the MMTB Rules and Regulations relating to drivers, conductors and employees concerned in any aspect of electric tram and motor omnibus operations. Issued with date Nov. 1974. Full scan of document (difficult to do a proper scan) added 29/5/2019.trams, tramways, mmtb rules, rules, drivers, conductors, buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Literary work - Manuscript, Kevin Tierney, "Essay - abandonment of the Ballarat Tramway System", 1972
Has a strong association with the author who was interested in public transport and chose to write an economic history essay about the close of the Ballarat Tramway system and its substitution by buses and whether they should be government operated.Fifteen, lined or ruled foolscap page manuscript / Essay for a Melbourne University Economic History subject, 1972, written Kevin Tierney about the abandonment of the Ballarat Tramway System. Has a Synopsis, references and quotations from various sources. The question to be answered was "Should the electric tramways at present operated by the State Electricity Commission in the provincial centre of Ballarat be abandoned and if so, should public ownership be retained for the replacement system?" A photocopy on A4 paper was also donated by the author. Also donated two postcards with trams - Bendigo - line up of five Birney trams and H class 357 and 358 in Jetty Road Glenelg - see image files, providing information about the essay and contacts.trams, tramways, closure, ballarat, sec, buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Cozzolino Hughes and Con Aslanis, "Salute to Australia Pageant", Jan. 1982
Laminated paper poster titled "Salute to Australia Pageant", for the Australia Day Holiday 1/2/1982, to be held in the Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens. Features numerous silhouette out images of people, various Victorian and Edwardian transport equipment on a colour background. On the bottom edge has the sponsor names, The Age, Ansett Airlines, Bank of New South Wales, Coverlid and Davies, Gas and Fuel, State of Victoria, Heinz, Myer, State Insurance Office, Qantas, and the Public Transport Corporation.trams, tramways, australia day, pageant, btps, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB News", 1966
Eight issues of "MMTB News" - The Magazine of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Two copies of issues 1 to 6 held. Second copy added 31/8/2004. All issues printed with an cream colour paper cover with the rest of the magazine white gloss paper. 2720.1 - Vol. 3, No. 1 - 16 pages, January 1966, with a photo of the Mark VI bus No. 702 on the front cover, notes on Traffic Congestion, motor cars and supermarkets, depot masters, engineering, bus maintenance, sports and social club news. On rear cover includes a photo of a Christmas function with past senior employees - left to right - H. R. Steains (architect), H. S. McComb (Chief Surveyor), Mr. Aird, Mr. P. M. Ireland (Rolling stock engineer), J Fisher (Civil Engineer) and H. A. Warner (Secretary) 2720.2 - Vol. 3, No. 2 - 16 pages, February 1966, with a photo of counting decimal coins, Tribute to the W2 class tram written by Norm Cross, (with photo), Hawthorn Clothing Depot, retirement of Harry Munroe, introduction of decimal currency, donation of 1B bogies to SPER, tramways band, death of Neil Olsen, sports and social club news. See btm2720i9.jpg for image of the Norm Cross photograph. 2720.3 - Vol. 3, No. 3 - 12 pages, March - April 1966, with a photo of Tramways Bowl Tournament presentation on the front cover, Recent developments in public transport in North America, Vera Cruz Mexico, cable cars at Rushworth, sports and social club news and photo of the Melbourne bogies under Sydney tram. 2720.4 - Vol. 3, No. 4 - 16 pages, May 1966, with a photo of W2 321being overhauled at Preston Workshops, change over to decimal currency for accounting machines, "Tram Driver Salutes the L class tram" - written by A. Bailey, Melbourne's New Trams, retirement of Gordon Wilson, sports and social club news. 2720.5 - Vol. 3, No. 5 - 16 pages, June 1966, with a photo of the track relaying in Camberwell Rd with Camberwell fire station in background, Melbourne cable tram routes, opening and closing dates, retirement of G. H. Box, visit of SPER members to Melbourne, memories of Malvern Depot, sports and social club news. 2720.6 - Vol. 3, No. 6 - 16 pages, July - August 1966 with a photo of the view from the St Kilda Junction signal box, more trams for Russia, retirements of 31 Employees, a contest to win an old W2, St Kilda Road Junction box - and how it works - signalling and interlocking, closure of Port Melbourne bus depot, sports and social club news. 2720.7 - Vol. 3, No. 7 - 16 pages, September - October 1966 with a photo of 610 on the Maribyrnong River Bridge, during the SPER tour, "Public Transport in Big Cities" - R. Risson - with photo - see image i10, MMTB Ambulance division, new trams, trams or buses, death of Harry Hood, Chas Samuels, retirement of Jack Ferguson, Reg Maxwell, manufacture of trackwork, cable tram working, sports and social club news. 2720.8 - Vol. 3, No. 8 - 16 pages, November - December 1966 with a photo of a wedding party on a tram (Richards / Fuller), apprenticeship training, Christmas message from the Chairman, tramway canteens, art of rostering by R. Drummond, Wattle Park Chalet, clock and instrument shop at North Fitzroy, tramways band, sports and social club news.Each issue has stamped on the front cover or inside "The Australian Railway Historical Society (S.A. Branch).trams, tramways, mmtb, sper, wattle park, port melbourne, st kilda junction, decimal currency, w2 class, l class, hawthorn -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Wal Jack, Australia Worldwide tickets - Wal Jack Collection, 1950's
Has tickets from:, ESCo Ballarat, Form TYE 1-37 re acceptance of breach of regulations - to Reg Item 5017, Geelong tramways – 1, Bendigo ESCo – 3, SEC – weekly, tourist and parcel / newspaper, scholars, SEC – various, also for Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong and small packet of loose tickets., Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, MTT Adelaide including a small packet of loose tickets, MMTB – 2 sheets including two loose sheets with tickets and a Pensioners Fare Concession Certificate for 61 – 62 with some loose tickets, NSW – Sydney two pages, NSW – Newcastle one page + 2 tickets, and four tickets for the Yass to Yass Junction tram Brisbane – two pages with one Rockhampton ticket, VR St Kilda Brighton, Parramatta steam tram – Sydney ferries limited, Hobart, Launceston, Wellington NZ – two pages, Christchurch, Wanganui, Auckland, New Plymouth - 1, Invercargill - 1, Johannesburg, Cape town, Pretoria – 1, Liverpool, Sheffield, London – 3 pages + loose 7 day go as you please issued in 1963 to Wal Larsen, Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead, Bolton, South Lancashire Transport – 1, Oldham, Barry Corporation – Lancs, Birmingham, Llandudno, Salford, Stockport, Sunderland, South shields, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Darwen Corporation – 1, Dublin, Belfast, Blackpool – 1, South Wales – 1, Bradford, Dundee, Southampton, Plymouth, Leicester, Douglas, Southend on Sea, Croydon, Naples and other Italian ones, Antwerp – 1, Istanbul, St Quentin, Vevey Switzerland, Dusseldorf, Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Bangkok, Penang, Milwaukee Electric Railway, Los Angeles Railway – loose on page was a Tram pass for American Fleet celebration, 2/9/1908 to Eaglehawk - to Reg Item 5017, Market St Railway, Loose San Francisco Municipal railway, Puget Sound, St Louis Public Service Co., Sandwich, Tacoma Railway, Capital Transport Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Connecticut – New Haven, Twin City Lines, Chicago and West Towns, Chicago Aurora and Elgin, Elgin and Belvidere, Chicago Rapid Transits, Chicago Surface, ClevelandFeatures tickets from Australian and Overseas tramway systems. Collected by Wal Jack. Light brown paper covered album with dark red binding band, with off-white paper inside covers holding some 40 sheets of card on which tickets have been mounted using stamp hinges, captions in blue or black ink. Three supplementary sheets have been glued in as well. Has some 750 tickets including loose tickets. Reg Items 5017 (ESCo Employee Report outcome) and 5018 (Bendigo Tramways ticket for the visit of the personnel from the American Fleet - 1908) were loose in the album and have been separately collected. Some tickets in envelopes of clipped into the sheets.Individual captions for each group of tickets from a city.trams, tramways, tickets, ballarat, melbourne, usa, uk trams, esco -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Work on paper - ink and watercolour, Annette Meikle, Horse-drawn tram, 1977
In 1977, artist Annette Meikle undertook a commission to illustrate a book recording stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003.Annette Meikle, Horse-drawn tram 1977, ink and watercolour, 35 x 23.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist, 2003annette meikle, sandringham sketchbook, elizabeth waters, horse-drawn tram, tram, public transport, horse, beaumaris tramway company -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Work on paper - ink and watercolour, Annette Meikle, Electric tram, 1977
In 1977, artist Annette Meikle undertook a commission to illustrate a book recording stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003.Annette Meikle, Electric tram 1977, ink and watercolour, 35 x 23.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist, 2003annette meikle, sandringham sketchbook, elizabeth waters, sandringham, electric tram, public transport, beaumaris -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Photograph - sepia photograph, Sears Studios, Opening of Gardenvale Station, 1906
gardenvale, station, train, platform, public transport, opening, crowd, mayor, sears studios, railway, gardenvale station -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Photograph - sepia photograph, Official Opening, St Kilda - Brighton Electric Street Railway, 1906
... electric street railway public transport st kilda brighton mayor ...electric street railway, public transport, st kilda, brighton, mayor, councillors, thomas bent, premier, opening, celebration, cr. t. wilson, cr. h.b. gibbs, hon. d.e. mcbryde, mr goddard, mr j.n. browne, town clerk, mr bradford, electrical engineer, mr tait, railways commissioner, hon. j.c. campbell, mr rees, mr r.g. mccutcheon, sepia, photograph, tram -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Making Tracks, c1980s
Bendigo Workshops is a railway workshop in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north of the city beside the junction of the Swan Hill and Deniliquin railway lines. The site covers 10.3 hectares of land and has 31 separate buildings, including a 10,000 sqm main workshop building and six kms of railway track. The workshops were opened in November 1917 by the Victorian Railways. It opened in response to political pressures from provincial groups for decentralization, with the Victorian Railways preferring the cheaper option of expanding the existing Newport Workshops in suburban Melbourne. The 1980s were a time of restructuring, and on the breakup of the Victorian Railways the workshops passed to the State Transport Authority and then the Public Transport Corporation.Three Audio Files - by David Bennet, Davis Moon and Kevin Whelan who worked at the Bendigo Railway Workshops. The three share their working life memories history, bendigo, bendigo railway workshops -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Parliamentary 1902, "Electric Trams", 1902
Last page of a report by the Railways Standing Committee 1902. recommends that the State (Victoria) obtains possession of the tramways - looks at the situation in Sydney. At the time Sydney was expanding its electric tram system, Melbourne was reliant on cable trams.Yields information about a view of the Railways Standing Committee in 1902.Photocopy A4 sheet of the last page of a 10 page report dated 6-5-1902, possibly the "Electric Trams" - Parliamentary report - Railways Standing Committee 1902. letters, railways, tramways, reports, public transport, parliament -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Artwork, other - Framed photos of 8 Melbourne Art trams, Yarra Trams, Melbourne Art Trams Oct 2013 - Apr 2014, 2013
Features 8 Melbourne Art trams of Oct. 2013. This was the reinvention of the Transport Art programme of 1978 to 1993. Image 2 gives the sponsors details - Arts Victoria, Transport Victoria, Melbourne Festival and Yarra Trams. Artists featured are - SW6 925 - Jon Campbell, Z3 183 Freya Pitt, Z3 209 - Luke Cornish (ELK), Z3 151 - Rose Nolan, Z3 259 Joining Forces, D1 3509 - Brook Andrew, B2 2002 - David Wadelton, C3008 - Bindi Cole.Provides a framed set of photos of Art Trams that were presented to the public in 2013 - 2014.Wood frame, containing 8 photographic prints, label, text regarding the trams, framed with perspex card backing, paper, tape and fitted on the rear with a hanging cord.transporting art, art trams, decorated trams, melbourne, trams, tramways, tram 925, tram 183, tram 209, tram 151, tram 3509, tram259, tram 2002, tram 3008, sw6 class, z3 class, c1 class, d1 class, b2 class, jon campbell, freya pitt, luke cornish (elk), rose nolan, joining forces, brook andrew, david wadelton, bindi cole -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Tramcar, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Scrubber Tram No. 8, 1934
One of a few service vehicles built from almost new by the MMTB rather than being a converted vehicle. Donated to the BTM in 1999 and has been an operational tram 2001.Single truck (4 wheels), special purpose tram fitted with two cabs, control equipment, air brakes, track scrubber or cleaning equipment, pump, water and air lines to clean track. Carries approx. 4 cubic metres of water. The tram was built by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1934 using the cabs from a C class tram (No. 32). It was transported to the isolated Footscray system a number of times to clean the rails there. In 1961 it received additional body bracing and repainted in the diagonal black and string (light cream) stripes. The tram became 8W during 1975 as the then new Z class trams came into service. By the early 1990's the need for the tram and the other similar cars used to "scrub" the surface of the rails was no longer. The tram was stored at Malvern depot for many years before being donated to the Ballarat Tramway Museum by the Public Transport Commission in September 1999. It has been scrubbing the rails in Ballarat since March 2001. For a detailed article see April 2008 issue of Fares Please. Photo Warren Doubleday 20/9/2008 after painting completed See Destination CityMMTBtrams, scrubber tram -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Certificate, Melbourne Tramways Trust, Framed Testimonial to Alderman Thomas O'Grady J.P. from the Melbourne Tramways Trust, 5 February 1886
... of Melbourne's public transport system. The design of the certificate ...The recipient of the testimonial, Thomas O’Grady (1824-90) had migrated to Melbourne in 1854, practising the trades of building and contracting. The Australian Dictionary of Biography records that he became a Councillor of the City of Melbourne in 1868. It lists one of his major achievements as the construction ‘with Leggett & Noonan [of] the fifty-six-mile (90 km) railway from Essendon to Seymour’. He was chairman of the Tramways Trust from its formation in 1884. His obituary in the Melbourne Herald (29 Apr 1890) reported: "DEATH OF ALDERMAN THOMAS O'GRADY. Today we have the sad duty of recording the death of two old colonists, who for many years, havo occupied very, prominent positions in building, commercial and municipal circles. The first of these is Alderman Thomas O'Grady, who died last night at his residence in Carlton. Mr O'Grady has been ill for some time, and at one period his death was expected any moment. Then he rallied, and strong hopes of his recovery were entertained; but he had a relapse, and expired as stated. The deceased gentleman was one of the oldest members of the City Council, in which he has held the various positions of Councillor, Alderman and Mayor. At the time of his death he sat as alderman for Victoria Ward. Mr O'Grady also at one time represented the City Council on the Harbor Trust, and was chairman of that body. He has been the council's representative on the Tramway Trust and was chairman of that body for some considerable time." As late as 1951, the Advocate (11 Oct 1951) stated that: "To Alderman Thomas O'Grady, Lord Mayor of Melbourne in 1872-3, is due the credit of the successful inauguration of Hospital Sunday. Alderman O'Grady was the first Catholic Lord Mayor of the city. He was elected a councillor for Smith Ward in 1868, and an alderman in 1869. In private life he was an extensive contractor, being a member of the firm of O'Grady, Leggett and Noonan, the contractors for the first section of the Northeastern Railways (between Melbourne and Seymour)."This is a unique civic document, illustrating the life and contribution of Thomas O’Grady (1824-90), Melbourne City Councillor and first Chairman of the Melbourne Tramways Trust. It is historically significant in its recording of the development of Melbourne's public transport system. The design of the certificate and particularly the ebonised frame are artistically and aesthetically significant.An illustrated testimonial presented to the first Chairman of the Melbourne Tramways Trust in 1886. The Testimonial is encased in an ebonized frame of the period. It includes the coat-of-arms of 12 cities, corporations, boroughs and towns, including that of Kew. At the head of the testimonial the engines used to drive the cable systems are illustrated. At the foot of the testimonial there is a picture of two cable trams.The testimonial reads: ‘At the meeting of the Melbourne Tramways Trust held on the Fifth Day of February 1886, the following resolution was unanimously carried. That the thanks of the Melbourne Tramways Trust are due and are hereby accorded to Alderman Thomas O’Grady Hon. JP, the first Chairman of the Trust for the ability, courtesy and impartiality with which he has discharged his duties during the past two years, and the Trust heartily congratulates him on the successful opening during his term of office of the Richmond Tramway (the first Cable line constructed in Australia) and tenders him its earnest wishes for his future prosperity and welfare.’ melbourne tramways trust, thomas o’grady (1824-90), cable trams, lord mayors of melbourne -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Map, Whitehead's Map of Victoria, With Alphabetical Key, 1869, 1869
When E. Whitehead's New Map of Victoria was released in 1869, an advertisement in the Bendigo Advertiser (16 July 1869) noted that: "This beautifully engraved Map has been revised and brought down to the present time; and, with the Alphabetical Key, is the most complete and the cheapest Map ever published; Price, 6d plain; 1s colored; 2s 6d in case; on linen, post free, 2d extra. E.. WHITEHEAD and CO, Publishers, 67 Collins-street east." The following year, 1870, Whitehead's promoted the edition in the Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (3 January 1870), advising that: "WHITEHEAD'S NEW MAP OF VICTORIA, 1869 ... is corrected to the latest date, and around is arranged an Alphabetical Key, with Post Towns and Money Order Olffices marked. The Map being divided into squares and numbered, by reference to the Key any place can be found immediately. Price Is beautifully colored, or mounted on linen in case, 2s 6d. Post free, 2d extra, in Victoria. B. Whitehead and C0., Puolishers, 67 Collins-street East, Melbourne". In the same edition of the Portland Advertiser, they also promoted their business generally, saying: "E WHITEHEAD and Co., Stationers, Engravers, Lithographers, 67 Collins street East, execute every description of Lithographic PRINTING, BILL-HEADS. NOTE Headings. Business Dies Engraved and Embossed on Envelopes &c. ARMS, MONOGRAMS, AND CRESTS Engraved and Embossed in Colour, superior to any other house in the Colony. Specimens, post free, 2d. Lithographers, &c, to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, and Die-inkers and Embossers to His Excellency Sir J. H. T. Manners-Sutton, K C.B. Orders executed for the Trade". Whitehead’s New Map of Victoria 1869 is is an important record of region created towards the end of the Victorian Gold Rush (1851-1869). In addition to its historical significance, this is a rare map, of which the only known copies in Australian public collections are those held at the National Library of Australia, the State Library of Victoria, State Library of New South Wales and the University of Queensland Library.Map of Victoria with gold mining areas, notes on topography, transport routes. Relief shown by hachures. List of towns with distance from Melbourne in map margin. [Melbourne] : Printed & Published by ... E Whitehead & Co ... 67 Collins Street East, 1869 1 map : col., mounted on linen ; 38.4 x 55.4 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm.Cover "WHITEHEAD'S NEW MAP OF VICTORIA 1869"maps - victoria - 1860s, e whitehead's new map of victoria 1869, whitehead's map of victoria with alphabetical key 1869, cartography, gold rush