Geelong, second city of the state of Victoria, lies some 72 km. south west of Melbourne on the curve of Port Phillip Bay. This short history covers from the aborigines through to the mid-1960. Geelong - Then and Now. C.P. Billot. 1st ed. Melbourne (Vic)203mm x ; Lothian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; 1969. iv, 44p.; illus., map. SBN 85091 109 5geelong; history; aborigines; corio shire;

Geelong was surveyed and declared a Township on October 26 1838 and this is the date adopted for the starting point for this photographic survey. Geelong & District. A photographic album of historic photographs in sepia, 1838-1988. John Reid (text); Ian Hawthorne (photo.) Geelong (Vic); Joval Commercial Productions; 1988. ii, 160, ii p.; illus. Hard cover. ISBN 0 7316 3060 2To Alf With love on your 80th birthday, August 27th 1989 XXX Ivygeelong; history; photography; john reid; ian hawthorne;

The Educational Magazine is a monthly magazine of educational articles, Australian and overseas, published for teachers by the Education Department of Victoria. Vol.19, No. 6 contains one article of particular relevance, A Train and History, written by Frank McCabe. The Educational Magazine, Volume 19, Number 6, July 1962. The Education Department of Victoria; Melbourne (Vic); 1962. 47 p.; illus, map. Soft cover.education; magazine; railways; articles; history;

Manufactured by E. Hoppus the Hoppus's Practical Measurer, or measuring made easy by a new set of tables which show by looking the solid content of any piece of timber, stone, etc, either square, round or unequally sided, and the value at any price of cubic feet. The book also gives the superficial comtent of boards, glass, painting and plastering with explanations of the uses and applications of the tables. The contents are given in feet, inches, quarters and twelfth parts of an inch. It includes the measurment of timber by several dimensions together with tables showing the weight of iron by measure.Hoppus's Practical Measurer; or, Measuring made easy by a new set of tables, which show, at sight, the solid content of any piece of timber, stone, &c. W. Nicholson & Sons; London; nd. 238 p. Hard cover.e. hoppus; measurment; timber; stone; boards; glass; painting; plastering, iron;

The list of affiliated clubs gives the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the VCFL, the District Councillors, and the affiliated clubs, thier controlling body, the secretary of the controlling body, and the district in which the affiliated club resides.Victorian Country Football League. List of affiliated clubs. Issued March 1948. L.H. McBrien, Secretary. 40 p. Soft cover.victorian country football league; vcfl; clubs; district;

The 1956 laws of the national game of Australian football are reasonably brief covering only 33 rules with a maximum of eight subdivisions of each. As well as the Australian National Football Council and its affiliated bodies, it spells out the rules of the game, definitions of the laws, and an outline of the positions and plan of the playing field.Laws of the Australian National Game of Football. Australian National Football Council. Victorian Football League; Melbourne (Vic); 1956. i, 40 p.; map. Soft cover.australian national football council; football; laws; playing field; definitions; affiliated bodies;

The constitution and rules of the VCFL are comprehensive. It covers the VCFL office-bearers, the district councillors, the constitution, the rules, the regulations and procedure for appeals from the rules, the regulations for clearances and permits, the conditions of appointment of VFL umpires to country matches, and the permit rules of the Australian National Football Council together with various forms to be used for particular sections, and a fixture key for six to fourteen teams.Constitution and rules. Victorian Country Football League. Victorian Country Football League; Melbourne (Vic); 1955. 64 p. Soft cover.vcfl; victorian country football league; constitution; rules; delegates; permits; registration;

The constitution and rules of the VCFL are comprehensive. Founded in 1927 they cover the VCFL office-bearers, the district councillors, the constitution, the rules, the regulations and proceedure for appeals, the regulations for clearance and permits, the conditions of appointment of VFL Umpires to country matches, and permit rules of the Australian National Football Council together with forms to go with these rules, and fixture keys for six to fourteen team matches.Constitution and rules. Victorian Country Football League. Victorian Country Football League; Melbourne (Vic); 1956. 60 p. Soft cover.vcfl; victorian country football league; football; constitution; rules; permits;

The State Savings Bank of Victoria passbook number 67563 running from October 1959 until mid 1982 has several features. (1) The cover is held in place by string. (2) The cover has the name of Colac printed on it. (3) Inside the front cover the SSB conditions relating to Depositors, and the Rules and Regulations of the SSB. (4) Inside the back cover the SSB branches and agencies are printed.. (5) On the inside back cover the withdrawl by depositors from branches other than their own. (6) Inside, the February 14 1966 decimal currency conversion.Beech Forest Progress Association passbook 67563, 29 October 1959 to 1 June 1981. The State Savings Bank of Victoria, Colac Branch. (1) Original passbook number crossed out and the number 67563 inserted. (2) re Estate of S.R. Cameron dec'd, from Clarke & Barwood. Memorandum included.beech forest progress association; passbook; state savings bank; dc conversion; state bank of victoria;

A State Bank of Victoria passbook made out to the Beech Forest Progress Association, number 630/67563, is the second passbook issued to the BF Progress Association.Beech Forest Progress Association, passbook 630/67563 of the State Bank of Victoria, dated from 1 June 1982 until 20 September 1990.Stamped "Paid in Full"state bank of victoria; beech forest progress association; passbook; state savings bank;

The registered players listed are members of the Beech Forest Football Club during the period c.1948-1951.The Gordon memo book containing Registered Players of the Beech Forest Football Club. Covers plus 14 p., 6 p. entered. 1 p. football team list inserted.beech forest football club; players;

The dance guide contains set dances, the Alberts, the First Set; the Lancers, the Fitzroys, the Valetta where couples dance side by side), the Schottische, and the Two Step, prepared by "M.C.". Mullens' "Old Time" Dance Guide. 7th edition. 6d. Robertson and Mullens; Melbourne (Vic); nd. 2p. Soft cover.mullens'; dance guide;

On the 18th August, 1896, the question of selecting localities for the permanent survey of a narrow-gauge line to Beech Forest from Colac was mooted. Two potential lines were examined. In a memorandum to the Minister for Railways, dated 23rd March, 1897, the Engineer-in-Chief recommended that the eastern and longer route via Lardner's Track be adopted. The second route, while identical from Colac to Gellibrand River, differed. By a more direct route the Beech Forest terminus is reached 5 miles sooner and cost approximately L24,500 less. The direct line would also serve a larger lot of settlers and would obtain a larger lot of traffic than the alternate proposal. The Parlimentary Standing Committee on Railways examined the proposal in situ and recommended that the direct route from Gellibrand to Beech Forest should be adopted and the Lardner's Track route should be abandoned at once.Photograph, Railway Survey Camp, 4 April 1897. Inspection of alternative routes by Parliamentary Committee on Railways.People named in the photograph.beech forest; railway; survey; victorian parliament; calcutt; fraser; e.h. cameron; d. mciville; a. harris; n. mcinnes; j.s. white; j. wood; t. baker; j. gardner; t.g. watson; standing committee;

Gradient diagram. Colac to Beech Forest to Crowes. 2'6" gauge.colac; tulloh; coram; barongarook; water tanks; birnam; karwarren; hitt's siding; lovat; gellibrand; banool; wimba; mcdevitt; dinmont; devitt bros' siding; ditchley; beech forest; buchanan; ferguson; weeaproinah; pettitt bros' siding; j & m knott siding; kincaid siding; wyelangta; pettitt's siding; stalker; macknott; laver's hill; crowes; gradient;

B/W. 168mm x 246mm. Colac - Beech Forest railway line. From the 27 mile 16 chains line (44.7 km) looking north, between Devitt Bros. Siding (44.1 km) and Ditchley (47 km). On an NA-class locomotive, six NQR wagons, and an open wagon there are workmen throughout. colac; beech forest; railways; devitt bros. siding; ditchley; loco na class

Locomotive 8A, rolling stock, gangers and passengers, somewhere between Gellibrand and Beech Forest.beech forest; gellibrand; railway; loco 8a;

Locomotive 5A, driver and eight workmen looking at camera.colac; beech forest; railway; loco 5a;

G41 derailed at Crowes at "The Black Stump" on 7 July 1942, with Con Duggan, G. Newland and Frank Woosnan observing.. G41 over "The Black Stump" at Crowes, 7 July 1942.crowes; g41; derailment; con duggan; frank woosnan; g. newland; colac;

At 10 mile creek (Water Tanks) during the building of the Colac-Beech Forest railway in 1900.colac; beech forest; railway; 10 mile creek; water tanks;

Lavers Hill. UP goods shunting siding, 9 December 1954. Red Bedford truck in backgroung. Colour.colac; beech forest; crowes; lavers hill; railway; shunting;

A ganger, Frank Woosman, is digging ballast near a railway gangers' trolley.Out on the track. Colac-Beech Forest-Crowes Railway. c.1940colac; beech forest; crowes; frank woosman; gangers' trolley; railway;

Locomotive 8A, two freight cars, a passenger car and a guard's van leave Crowes Station for Beech Forest. Crowes Station consists of a two-layered station building, a goods shed and a toilet at a three-line terminus.Crowes Station soon after opening in 1912 with Locomotive 8A about to depart for Beech Forest and Colac.crowes; station; railway; locomotive;

Beech Forest. Narrow gauge locomotive No.5A, 1902. Seven men (unknown), five on train, two on ground.beech forest; locomotive no.5a; railway; narrow gauge;

Gangers on an 5A-class 2-6-2T steam locomotive with goods wagons, and as well as men standing beside the train, at Beech Forest station during construction, c.1902.Beech Forest station during construction of the line, c.1902. gangers; na-class locomotive; beech forest;

Leaving Colac the narrow gauge train goes through Tulloh. Coram, Barongarook, Kawarren, Lovat, Gellibrand, Banool, Wimba, McDevitt, Weeaproinah, Devitt Bros., and Ditchley before it reaches Beech Forest, and vice versa. The distance in miles, the height above sea level and the timing from the starting point is given. Note that Weeaproinah W NC changed its name to Dinmont when the Crowes line extension is built. Colac-Beech Forest timetable for May, 1911 showing the DOWN train from Colac to Beech Forest, and the UP train from Beech Forest to Colac plus annotations.colac; melbourne; tulloh; coram; barongarook; kawarren; lovat; gellibrand; banool; wimba; mcdevitt; weeaproinah; devitt bros.; ditchley; beech forest; railway; timetable;

The last train to Beech Forest ran on 30 June 1962, between Banool and Wimba. The train had a particularly motley look with 180 passengers loaded into NU goods vans and the old NQ wagons hastily fitted out with temporary seats and tarpaulin roofing. The train was hauled by the G42 locomotive kept alive through patch-up repairs and cannibalised G41 parts, steam escaping from every joint.Last train to Beech Forest, 30 June 1962.beech forest; trains; railways;

A four-wheeled, two-horse buggy and, further along, two men standing on a railway embankment before laying the track, near McDevitt in 1901A horseshoe curve near McDevitt during the course of construction of the Beech Forest railway, 1901.beech forest; mcdevitt; embankment; railway;

Gellibrand station was one of the larger and more important stations possessing a waiting room, station office, parcels shed and refreshment room joined by a common verandah. The refreshment room was managed for many years by Mrs. O'Neill who, with her staff, around 1920, offered a hot meal for one shilling. In the afternoon, a "cuppa and rock cakes" was available to passengers on the train to Colac. Other patrons were workers from the various establishments in the railway yard.Gellibrand Station Master and Refreshment Room staff, plus two men, under the verandah of the Refreshment Rooms, in front of two railway lines.gellibrand; railways; refreshments; mrs. o'neill;

The Beech Forest railway carried very heavy loading, mostly consisting of timber, but also potatoes, lime, gravel, chaff and dairy produce. Livestock was carried and, while no dedicated passenger service operated "car-goods" ran on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday plus occasional passenger specials. However, despite the high tonnage heavy financial losses were experienced, due partly to the small amount of inbound goods and the high empty wagon mileage. Annual losses by 1915 were up to L8,000, and these were only exacerbated by increased traffic.B/W. Beech Forest Railway Station, guard's van, carriages and wagons on the right, and wagons loading with timber on the left. c.1915.beech forest; railways; station;