Yields information about the people attending and the way the BTPS AGM was held in 1978 at the depot and the trams used.Set of 7 colour prints of the BTPS AGM, 15 Oct. 1978 - See Fares Please! Sept. 1978. .1 - Depot fan - 40 .2 - The meeting assembled .3 - The meeting table - Richard Gilbert, ?, Frank Hanrahan, Carolyn Dean and Bill Jessup .4 - Depot fan - 40, 28 and 38 .5 - depot fan - 40, 27 and 40 .6 - Geoff Dean, Carolyn Dean and David Frost .7 - 14 and 40 at St Aidans Drive. Photos by Stephen Butler. See Fares Please! Sept. 1978"AGM 78" on rear of each in inktrams, tramways, wendouree parade, btps, agm, tram 40, tram 27, tram 14, tram 38

Colour print of BTM Planning group meeting - Sovereign Hill, "Court House", 25/2/1995. Reported in March 1995 Fares Please and photograph used in the 1994 - 1995 Annual Report. Stephen Butler, Warren Doubleday, Greg Rodgers, Garry Wood, Frank Puls, Alan Bradley, Richard Gilbert, Clayton Giles, Peter Winspur, Elizabeth Downes (CHHA Project Officer), Carolyn Dean, Len Millar and John Phillips. Photo by Carolyn's Camera. On Kodak Paper. March 1995 Fares Please! and BTM Annual Report 1994 1995btm, planning, sovereign hill

Set of two colour prints of the BTM Planning day at The Lodge, Moorabool Reservoir Saturday, 3/4/2004. Both photos by Carolyn Dean. 2710.1 - shows the participants in front of The Lodge. Left to right; top row; Len Millar, Alan Snowball, Greg Rodgers, Simon Jenkins, Roger Salen, Gary Wood, Paul Mong, Richard Gilbert and Frank Puls. Sitting on step; Austin Brehaut, Peter Winspur, Stephen Butler, Warren Doubleday, Alastair Reither, Sam Boon. 2710.2 - photo of the restored Lodge, Friends of the Moorabool Lodge group.On rear of each photo in ink, the incorrect date "02.04.04".btm, moorabool

Black and white photograph of the recovery of the body of Horse Tram No. 1 at the Anderson St. Ballarat home of J. Leviston on Friday 13 December 1985. See also Ref. No. 734. Body yet to be loaded on the trailer. From inside a shed at the property. People in the photo from left to right: Richard Gilbert, J.Leviston, Stuart Loddington, Jacqui Edwards, Garry Wood (stooping) and Paul McDonald. High Res image added 20-8-2016. See Reg Item 7579 for other photos of the tram prior to recovery and 8338trams, tramways, horse tram no. 1, btps, tramcars, tram recovery , tram 1

Yields information about Ballarat No. 37 and its history including use on a tram tour.Newspaper clipping adhered to a quarto sized lined sheet of paper with punch holes titled "Old tram has been around", with a photo of SEC Ballarat 37 in Lydiard St North on a tour. From the Australasian Post, 16 May 1968. Gives a short history of the tram, sent to the publication by BC of Burwood East. Has the source information taped to the page. On the rear has three cuttings, two concerning Melbourne trams and Monorails. Loose copy of the cutting added to the collection 13-2-2020, from a donation of Karen Clark of Bargo, via Richard Gilbert. ballarat, tours, lydiard st north, tramcars

Newspaper - 12 pages, 3 sheets, "The Courier Weekender April 14 2018", pages 27 to 38, featuring an article titled "Returning to Horse Drawn Times". Front cover has a photograph of the Ballarat Tramway Museum horse tram with Len Millar on the brake and Arthur on the top deck. Inside pages feature a story titled "Journey on a humble tram" with photographs of Peter Waugh, Betty Leviston and Tony Callaghan of Sovereign. Quotes Peter Waugh, Richard Gilbert and Betty Leviston about the story of the tram, its use by the Leviston's and how the Museum acquired it and the horse trams in Ballarat in general.btm, horse trams, wendouree parade

Newspaper Clipping of the horse tram body (No. 1) photographed visiting the Ballarat Town Hall after its recovery in Anderson St. on Friday 13/12/1985 with story and photos appearing in the Ballarat Courier of Sat. 14/12/1985. Has story of its recovery, future, and photos of Richard Gilbert (President), talking to Ian Smith (Town Clerk) and a photo of it being built at the depot in 1887. Mentions property owner, Mr. Jack Leviston. See item 735 for detail and print of photo of No. 1 by Town Hall. Second copy added 18/6/2006trams, tramways, horse trams, town hall, tram recovery

Has a strong association with one of the founding members of the BTM and yields information about the closure of the tram system in Ballarat.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 5 August 2008, titled "Remembering the Last Trams" in the Mr Story Our History - special publication of the day. Reports on an interview with Richard Gilbert and his memories on the last trams in Ballarat. Describes the formation of the BTPS. Features a photo of Richard by Lachlan Bence, standing by the door of No. 40. Other articles feature Bryan Nicholls and the Vietnam War, Don Kelly and the Linton fires of 1998 Keith Day and the Falkland Islands war, Herman Ruyg and the arrest of a murderer, Peter Davies and McDonalds at Bakery Hill and John Zulic and the construction of Sovereign Hill.btps, closure, last tram

Yields information about the launch of the horse tram and the display area in the depot in 1992 through a series of photographs that a published one would have subsequently been selected from.Series of two Black and White newspaper proof photographs of the launch of the horse tram and museum display area at the depot from The Courier newspaper - Photo taken 7/11/1992 and published 9/11/1992. Photograph C6445 (in red) was selected. Richard Gilbert and Professor Weston Bate. See Reg Item 1105 for the newspaper clipping this photograph was used in. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Reg Item 3838 for the print of C6445 and See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.tramways, trams, horse trams, btm, launch of horse tram, museum, tram 1

Set of ten colour photographs of the renewal of the sleepers under the level crossing on the main access line, BTM Depot, taken by Warren Doubleday on 13.09.2002. Printed on Agfa Paper. 2603.1 - Commencing excavations - Oedf Byslma on backhoe. 2603.2 - Exposing and pulling out sleepers. 2603.3 - offloading sleepers 2603.4 - inserting sleepers 2603.5 - ditto 2603.6 - Sleepers installed 2603.7 - view along inside rail 2603.8 - view along outside rail 2603.9 - Dog spiking - Alan Snowball, Greg Histen , Danny Smith, Richard Gilbert and Garry Wood, 2603.10 -ditto On rear of each photo in brown felt tip pen, the details of the location and date.btm, access track, trackwork

Black and white photograph of ten of the people who attended the first Council of Tramway Museums of Australasia (COTMA) in 1975 at the 25th anniversary conference at Ballarat during November 2000. Photographed in front of Ballarat Tramway Museum Horse Tram No. 1. Featuring John Pennack, David Verrier, Richard Gilbert, Bill Kingsley, John Radcliffe, Ron White, Keith Kings, Bob Cowing, Peter Kahn and Keith Stodden. An almost identical photograph by Bob Merchant appeared in the Feb.- March 2001 issue of Trolley Wire. 2nd copy added 17/11/2007 - Item in good condition, no damage.tramways, trams, cotma, btm, conferences, tram 1

Yields information about the way the signing of the agreement between the City of Ballarat and the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society and the parties involved.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of BTPS President Hal Cain signing the agreement between the BTPS & City Council. Also present (left-right): Frank Hanrahan & Richard Gilbert (BTPS), Cr J Chisholm (Mayor of Ballarat), Hugh Morrow (City Solicitor). Photo taken 24/11/1971, published 25/11/1971. See Reg. Item 941 for the photo used in the newspaper clipping. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, btps, city of ballarat, agreements

Yields information about the 125th anniversary celebrations of the opening of Ballarat Tramways by the Ballarat Tramway Museum.Newspaper clippings from The Courier, 27/12/2012 about the operation of the horse tram on Box Day, 2012, to celebrate 125 years since the opening of the tramways in Ballarat by the BTM. - Front page has the title "Tram Milestone", with a photograph of horse tram in Wendouree Parade, north end. Photo by Jeremy Bannister. Refers to the story on page 4. - Page 4 - title "Still the number one", with a photo by Jeremy Bannister, with horse master Bruce Hill with Clydesdales Katie and Hank at the pick up point and Mia May enjoying the experience. Story written by Fiona Henderson quotes Richard Gilbert, about the event.horse tram, btm, 125 years, wendouree parade

Yields information about the way the BTPS in its early days went about collecting materials / sleepers for its work at the depot from track being excavated. Has track demolition in the background.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Collecting sleepers from Sturt St West (left-right) Graham Evans, Noel Forster, Richard Gilbert, Hal Cain, Gavin Young, Warren Doubleday with track demolition work in the background. Photo taken 1/7 or 2/7/1972, published 3/7/1992. See Reg. Item 2211 for the photo used in the newspaper clipping. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." and "80%" in the top left hand corner.tramways, trams, btps, demolition, track removal, sleepers

1105 - Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, Monday 9/11/1992 about the launch and operation of Horse Tram No. 1 on the previous Saturday. Item written by Kim Norbury and appears on the Front page of The Courier. Item quotes Richard Gilbert about the reconstruction of the tram and the opening of the Museum Display area by Professor Weston Bate. Picture by Herman Ruyg. 1105.1 - 2nd copy added 7/08/2004. - has been trimmed from the front page to the cutting only. See Reg Item 3838 for a print of the photograph used in the newspaper clipping. Image of whole newspaper cover added 28/3/2011 - see image i11105 - Near top right hand corner, a cross formed from blue ink. 1105.1 - "9-11-02" in ink above caption.trams, tramways, horse trams, btm, launch of horse tram, museum

Yields information about depot activities of the BTPS in building the depot fan and access track.Set of 10 Agfa blue and white plastic mounts - 27mm square slides or 35mm slides of BTPS workers, c1973/1974 preparing rail joints or welding them. .1 - welding access track .2 - setting up to weld track .3 - welding access track .4 - installing fish plates prior to the extension of 2 road across the level crossing - Noel Gipps .5 - Cutting Rail - Noel Gipps and Barry McCandlish .6 - Cutting Rail - Noel Gipps, Barry McCandlish and Bill Kingsley .7 - welding track across the curve in Wendouree Parade .8 - ditto with Richard Gilbert and Noel Forster .9 - welding track across the curve .10 - dittoVarious notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, depot, trackwork, wendouree parade

Yields information about the BTM's 21st Anniversary celebrations, and has a strong association with two BTM Board members.Three bromide scans of black and white photographs of the 21st Anniversary Celebrations of the closure of the Ballarat Tramway system. These photographs appeared in the September 1992 issue of Fares Please! 1736.1 - The scene at lake Lodge Restaurant during the celebratory dinner. Photo Carolyn Dean. 1736.2 - BTPS President announces the winners of the "The Courier" colouring competition. Photo Carolyn Dean. Has "Ballarat Vintage Tramway 21st year" banner in the background" 1736.3 - President Richard Gilbert and Treasurer Carolyn Dean, "cutting the cake", at the Dinner. Photo Len Millar. 1736.4 - colour print of 1736.1 - original of the bromide 1736.5 - colour print of 1736.3 - original of the bromide See Sept 1992 issue of Fares Please!trams, tramways, btps, 21st anniversary, colouring competition, dinner

Set of ten colour photographs excavations around the rail head to examine sleeper condition in vicinity of poles 4 and 6 in Wendouree Parade, taken by Warren Doubleday on 13.09.2002. Printed on Agfa Paper. 2603.1 - Road surface prior to commencement of excavation near pole 6 2603.2 - About three sleepers excavated - noted poor sleeper nearest to camera. 2603.3 - vertical photo from above showing sleepers and foot of rail. 2603.4 - ditto 2603.5 - ditto 2603.6 - Backfilling with crushed rock near pole 6 - Alan Snowball, Richard Gilbert and Oedf Bylsma. 2603.7 - ditto 2603.8 - Excavation near pole 4. 2603.9 - ditto 2603.10 -ditto On rear of each photo in brown felt tip pen, the details of the location and some notes.wendouree parade, trackwork, st aidans drive

Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, Tuesday 5/12/1995 with photo of launch of 'City of Ballarat' tram 671by the BTM the previous day, 4/12/1995. Includes a colour photo of Richard Gilbert, Len Millar, one other person (possibly Barry Traynor, MP) and Mr. Vern Robson, Chief Commissioner of the City of Ballarat. Article on the front page of the Courier, written by Andrew Laing and picture by Ian Wilson. Accompanying article mentions the tram, the Begonia Festival, running in Melbourne, support by Council for Peter Hiscock's 'City Tramway' and volunteer work on the tramway itself. Item continues onto page 2, at the bottom left hand corner. Second copy added 9-6-2006On rear of 2nd copy "5/12/1995 Courier" in black ink.trams, tramways, 671, btm, city of ballarat, city tramway

Yields information about the way the signing of the agreement between the City of Ballarat and the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society and the parties involved.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 25/11/1971, titled "Agreement signed for Tourist Tram Depot" of the signing of the agreement between the City of Ballaarat and the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society the previous day. Included in the photo are the Mayor, Cr. J.A. Chisholm, city solicitor - Hugh Morrow, President of the BTPS Hal Cain, Frank Hanrahan and Secretary Richard Gilbert. Notes various aspects of the agreement, tramcar 14 and the location of the depot building. Newspaper cutting has been mounted onto a sheet of quarto paper with 4 punch holes on left side. Second copy added 27/10/05. See Reg Item 3816 for a print of the actual photograph. Image of whole cutting added 18/7/15.Dates "25/11/71" in ink on top edge, right hand side and underneath in pencil is also the same date, but placed vertically.trams, tramways, btps, agreements, tram depot, city of ballarat

Set of five colour photographs of the repair of northern end of Wendouree Parade. Photos taken on 5 and 6/4/2003, printed on AGFA paper. 2557.1 - The general scene with the new kerb and channel on the north side - backfilling around the sleepers 5/4/03. 2557.2 - Packing between the sleepers, Len Millar, Sam Boon and Richard Gilbert 5/4/03. 2557.3 - Welding track bonds - Paul Mong 6/4/03 2557.4 - Packing the broken joint area - Simon Green, Alan Snowball, Gary Wood, Bryan Hill, Paul Mong and Peter Winspur with No. 8 in the background. 6/4/03. 2557.5 - Testing the track with No. 8 - Garry Wood and Sam Boon.trackwork, wendouree parade, track, tram 8

Yields information about depot activities of the BTPS in commissioning No. 40 on the access track Sept. / Oct 1974.Set of 13 AGFA blue and white plastic mount 35mm slides of the first day that 40 operated on the access track - late September early October 1974. Fares Please! for Sept. 1974 says that the first tram under power was 27 on 19/9/1974. Slides in order number noted on the slide. .1 - 40 on the access track. .2 - crossing the level crossing towards the depot .3 - on the access track .4 - ditto .5 - celebrations - Richard Gilbert, Rolf Jinks, Graeme Jordan, Lindsay Bounds .6 - celebrations .7 at the depot .8 - celebrations - with Peter Rees as well. .9 - On the depot fan .10 - crossing the level crossing .11 - at the depot .12 - on the access track - note the white stop block behind the tram. .13 - at the depot.Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, commissioning, depot, tram 40

Set of three colour photographs of the delivery and hand over of the Trolley Wire by the Minister of Transport Mr. Alan Brown on 26/11/1996 sent to the Editor of Trolley Wire - used in the February 1997 issue of Trolley Wire. All photos by Carolyn Dean. All photos on Kodak paper. See also Reg. Item No. 503 (Newspaper Cutting) and Item 721 for photo used on page 29 as well as these three photos used on pages 28 and 29. 1141.1 - Two reels of trolley wire on delivery truck on side of depot fan. 1141.2 - Off loading one of the reels with the Barry James Tractor Crane. 1141.3 - Photo of Alan Brown speaking with Member for Ballarat West Paul Jenkins alongside and Richard Gilbert standing some distance away. Trams 671 and 33 in the background.All have date of photo "26.11.96" along top edge and "Photo / Carolyn Dean" towards bottom right hand corner. Also various cropping marks on the photo used in publication.trolley wire, btm, overhead

Copy of a letter and associated documents written to the Town Clerk, City of Ballaarat, dated Aug 1, 1985 seeking the support of the Council in attaining the body of the tramcar in Ballarat East. (Tram was actually obtained in December). Signed by the Secretary, Richard Gilbert. Mentions Frank Hanrahan as President for further information. Enclosed within letter is a two page note on BTPS Letter head outlining the history of the tramcar, its restoration, current condition, possible operation and value of the restoration. Attached as well is a folded drawing out an Adelaide double deck horse tram (Reference Reg. Item No. 706.1 ) and a photocopy of the builders of the first horse tram at the depot in 1887 (Reference Reg. Item No. 765 ). See Reg item No. 821 re date of acquiring the tramcar.trams, tramways, horse trams, collection, horse tram no. 1, city of ballaarat

Set of three colour photographs of the Frank Puls and Austin Brehaut on the day of the funeral of Elizabeth the Queen Mother wearing black ties 2/4/2002. Photographs taken by a passenger (.1 and .2) and Austin Brehaut (.3) on the day using Frank's camera. Within the cataloguing file is a copy of the letter from Frank and a note from Richard Gilbert, via the Secretary. Photograph 2128.1 used in July 2002 Fares Please! Photos on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper. .1 - Frank Puls and Austin Brehaut standing in front of No. 26 at Depot Junction in Wendouree Parade .2 - ditto, but vertical format. Tram has destination of "St Aidans Drive" .3 - Close up of Frank, possibly at St Aidans Drive. Tram showing destination of "Depot"On rear of each photo in black ink "2/4/2002".funeral, wendouree parade, depot junction, tram 26

Has a strong association with the 1979 Melbourne Pageant, and the involvement of the BTPS and the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria in the event. Various papers.Set of BTPS and other papers / instructions for the 1979 Australia Day (29/1/1979) Cavalcade with BTPS tram No. 14, stapled together in the top left hand corner - collected by Paul Nicholson at the time. 1 - Blue sheet - letter to Mary Nicholson re uniforms etc - signed by Richard Gilbert - quarto 2 - Roster Arranges - giving table details, OIC, operations, procedures - Foolscap sheet 3 - Bus and Coach Society of Victoria - BCSV - notice to members - foolscap 4 - BCSV - notes for conductors and ticket sellers - foolscap 5 - BCSV - roster sheet - Quarto 6 - Poster for the Pageant itself - detailing dates and location of venues etc - printed sheet - has been folded - 368H x 228W. Documents imaged and added 31/8/2012.trams, tramways, btps, bcsv, melbourne, australia day

Yields information about the period leading up to the last day of SEC tramway operations in Ballarat including the voices of four long term BTM members. Includes video of many aspects of the tramway - produced by BTV6 originally.Digital Movie made produced by Sam Boon for the 50th anniversary of closure of the Ballarat SEC system 19/9/1971. Features voices of Warren Doubleday, Carolyn Cleak, Graeme Cleak, Richard Gilbert and film from the BTV6 / WinTV archives. Includes trams 41, 27, 42, 36, 28, 21 (as the Showboat tram), 11, 26, 33, 40 and 39. Includes scenes in Sturt St, City, Gardens, Post Office, Bridge St, Lydiard St. Includes shots of Graeme Evan and Gavin Young Night photos of the last tram to Sebastopol Inspector checking tickets Towing trams from the old to the new depot 18 as the Neon tram Movie - 698Mb, See AV Files/Reg Item 8192 for the movie itself Image 8192i used as a reference point.trams, tramways, btm, closure, btv, win tv, last day, moving trams