This book tells the story of the vital part played by HMAS Sydney and other units of the RAN in the support of land based forces in Vietnam australia. royal australian navy - history - vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian - health aspects, hmas sydeny

Advertisement in Sunday Age for land sale on old Blackburn North Primary School land, appearing 20 November 1994. land sale on old Blackburn North Primary School land subdivision, springfield road, blackburn north, primrose street, blackburn north primary school

Yields information about the formation of the BTPS in 1971 and some of the people who attended meetings etc. and about the closure of the Ballarat tramway system.Two Newspaper clippings pasted onto a single sheet of paper with two Punch holes on the left hand side. First clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, Monday, 31/5/1971, titled "Society formed to Preserve Trams" (newspaper date, with page 2), about the formation the previous day of the BTPS at a meeting of the Lake Wendouree Tramway Museum Committee with a membership of 55 people to retain a tourist tram system for Ballarat. Gives names of the elected office bearer, details of proposals, some costs, alternative sites and that a tram was chartered before the meeting. 1071.1 - photocopy of the article added 24/1/2008. Has the names of those elected highlighted in pink ink. Second cutting dated "14/7/71" from the Courier titled "Three stage plan for phasing out of trams" of the three stage plan for phasing out of the trams in Ballarat. The plan was announced by Transport Regulation Board the previous day. August 23 - Drummond St North and Victoria St., Sept. 6 for Gardens via Sturt St and Mt Pleasant and Sept 20 for Lydiard St. North and Sebastopol. 1071.2 - as above, original clipping, donated by Dave Macartney, added 10/9/2013In red ink in upper right hand corner of second cutting, "14/7/71" Has numerous pencil and pen marking from previous use, possibly at Ronaldson and Tippet where the donor worked.trams, tramways, closure, bus changeover, transport regulation board, tram services, btps

1.- Newspaper clippings titled: “Is last train out of Melbourne almost gone?” Newspaper clipping from the Age 20/03/2020, by Timna Jacks Victoria's trains, trams and buses are considered an essential service during the Covid-19 pandemic and are being thoroughly cleaned each night to stop the spread of the virus. Transport planners expect services to reduce due to lower patronage. Photo of inside a B class tram. 2.- Newspaper clippings titled: “Crisis as public transport slumps” Newspaper clipping from the Age 28/03/2020, by Timna Jacks Public transport usage down by about 90%. Leaked figures show number of people using Melbourne's trams down by 88% this week with 81,600 passengers compared with an expected 708,300. Previous week about 285,000 passengers used tram network. Yarra Trams was set to make $164M from fares this year. 3.- Newspaper clippings titled: “New seating rules on buses and trams” Newspaper clipping from the Age 24/03/2020, by Timna Jacks Front row of seats on Melbourne's trams will be out of bounds to commuters and inquiry holes on tram driver cabins will be sealed to protect drivers from coronavirus.trams, tramways, public transport, melbourne, cleaning, virus, yarra trams

Newspaper clipping - from The Age, 13/11/2010 titled "Tram Man who halted city to save connies will punch out", about the retirement of the PTU by Lou Di Gregorio, about his working career starting at Essendon depot in 1965 and Secretary of the Union for 21 years. Notes the various issues, the tram blockade 1/1/1990, Moonee Ponds - Footscray Route, privatisation, Government. Notes Lou will retire in Feb. 2011. Has a photo of Lou at Essendon depot with a Z class in the background. Item by Clay Lucas, photo Vince Galigiuri.trams, tramways, unions, management, route 82, moonee ponds, footscray, privatisation

Newspaper clipping from the Geelong Advertiser, 27/10/1959. Page 1 - top right hand corner, article and photograph - "Tramlines out, street repair", of the removal of tram track in Aberdeen Street between Pakington Street and Latrobe St. Page 2 - top right hand corner, article and photograph - "Vandal damage tram to become scrap" - about the decision by the Newtown and Chilwell Council to give the tram in Queens Park to the 3rd Geelong Flinders Pioneers as scrap metal. Tram No. 38. Contained originally within Reg Item 5623 at the front of this note book. For items see btm5623 loose items list.pdf.geelong, closure, track removal, preserved trams, queens park

Newspaper clipping, from The Sun, 3/8/1987 titled "Trams out as talks continue" and a second heading "History back on the tracks". Item about industrial issues for maintenance of trams and trains, or wages supplements, Has photos of Mr Roper, Transport Minister and Peter Parkinson of Trades Hall. Notes that old trams, such as W and Y class were back in service. Has a photo of Y1 612 in service on Wattle Park. Story by Jane Gibson and Jim Nevein. Attached to the item is a cartoon, 4/8/1982 by Jeff of a man digging a hole around the tram tracks and finding a cable tram.trams, tramways, cable trams, strike, unions, w class, y class, wattle park, cartoons, tram 612

Donated by Stan McFee from the Keith McIlwraith Collection.Black & White postcard. Central figure of fisherman with hand shading his eyes, looking out to sea. He is standing in the Fisherman's Shed."Looking for the boats. Fisherman at Cowes." "Real Photo Series M. 2384" cowes fisherman, phillip island, stan mcfee, keith mcilwraith collection

Two Harris (Blue) trains can be seen in the Hurstbridge storage yard. Full seven coach trains would be stored here at weekends to permit rapid start of weekday services on a Monday. Meanwhile, Single Motor Carriage trains ran the Eltham-Hurstbridge service adequately at weekends. Two single carriages can be seen here. The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near Clayton.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencyharris (blue) train, hurstbridge line, red rattler, single motor carriage, tait train

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of a Huey 'slick' aircraft from the RAAF's 9 Squadron, winching a wounded Digger from 8 RAR during 'Operation North West' of the Australian Task Force. The Huey helicopter in its many forms was the close support aircraft for the troops on operations in Vietnam.photograph, 9 squadron, raaf, 1 atf, nui dat, 8 rar, digger, operation north west, huey helicopter, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, wounded soldier

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of a Huey "Slick" aircraft, of the RAAF's No.9 Squadron, winches a wounded Digger from 8 RAR during Operation North West of the Australian Task Force. The Huey helicopter in its many forms was the close support aircraft for the troops on operations in Vietnam.photograph, huey helicopter, raaf, 9 squadron, digger, 8 rar, operation north west, australian task force, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of Platoon strength contact in the late afternoon NW of 1ATF 'Operation Atherton' 10/12/1969. 1 Platoon, A Coy 8 RAR Pte Robinson begins his ascent to the dustoff helicopter watched by the Diggers below.photograph, 1 atf, operation atherton, 1 platoon, a coy, 8rar, dustoff, digger, gibbons collection catalogue, pte robinson, denis gibbons

Yields information about the closure of the SEC operated Ballarat system - presented in an unorganised manner and without newspaper dates.Set of 8 foolscap size photocopies on heat sensitive paper of various newspaper cuttings compiled - many duplicated - about the closure of the Ballarat Tram system, mainly from The Courier, Sept to Dec. 1971. Principal headlines are: "Tram Shelter for Christmas Crib", "SEC replies to Lake tram proposal", "A Farewell tram ride", "Keep buses out of Bridge St", "Bus stops blamed for drop in business", "Complaint of parking loss through bus stops", "last journey for 39", "Last tram to start in film about Ballarat" "The end for tram 31?" "Destination Hamilton" - see item 9520 for the original cutting See also Reg item 3165 and 3161 for similar presentations of cuttings. sec, ballarat, disposal, tramcars, btps, shelters, shelters, buses, closure, bridge st, hamilton, shelters

Clipping titled "Moving Out" about the loading of Ballarat Tram No. 30 to go to Kaniva. Acquired by the Kaniva Lions Club. Photo shows three cranes loading the tram onto the truck at the SEC's Ballarat North yard where it had been stored. Cutting date Secured to the top of the cutting with adhesive tape. One of large group of newspaper cuttings from John Bainbridge, 7/4/02. Item has been folded for inclusion within a scrap book. Has a piece of plain paper Secured to the back of the portion that was not Secured to the scrap book itself. See Reg Item 6615 for photographs at Kaniva.Yields information about tram 30 and its stay at Kaniva following the closure of the SEC operated Ballarat Tram system.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, dated 11/2/1972.kaniva, loading trams, transporting trams, disposal

Set of two horizontal format posters about events involving Yarra Trams staff functions. .1 - poster featuring proof photographs and range of photos taken on the day of "Carnivale - A day out fun and festivities - Sunday April 18, 2004" - had the contact name of Grant Cooper, along with Yarra Trams logo. .2 - poster featuring photographs from the launch of Yarra trams under the management of Metrolink - "Metrolink - a new beginning for Yarra Trams - 29 August 1999" - featuring management and staff at the time at a entertainment event. Has the Metrolink logos. In the picture above the cake and others are John Wilson formerly of Metbus, ? and Hubert Guyot the CEO of Yarra Trams. Metrolink was a joint venture between Transfield Services and Europe's Transdev, and was the operating company in the background, "trading as Yarra Trams".trams, tramways, yarra trams, metrolink, launch

Sixteen page printed report, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "Trams, Deficits move out as private buses move in", extracted from Truck and Bus Transportation March and April 1957, about the replacement of the trams in Geelong. Written by a bus person. Part 1 - Looks at the changeover from trams to buses, background to the tram service in Geelong, political issues, publicity, bus companies and areas operate, peak hour services, buses used, standards, traffic levels, miles operated, drivers viewpoints. Part II - looks at the savings by bus operations, no fare subsidies at the time, gives a table of losses on Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong from 1931, track replacement costs, details of the three companies operating buses, Trans Otway, Benders and Corio Bus Lines and other operators in the Geelong region. Obtained by Graeme Cleak from the Internet and copy given to Gavin Young Scanned entire document and added 2/9/12. trams, tramways, geelong, buses, reports, tram bus services, closure

Set of three Newspaper clippings abut the W class trams and their withdrawal. .1 - Editorial, the Age 26-4-1992 - titled - "Trams: making the most of the city's assets" - W class are a Melbourne icon, with their future is secure, finances, sale to the US, recommends that they should be saved. .2 - The Age - 18/51992 - titled - titled - "Protesters turn out in support of W class trams in Fitzroy" - written by Jacqui Macdonald, about a protest march in Brunswick St following publication of plans for replacement of W class in Brunswick St. Supported by workers from Preston Depot and the Public Transport Users Association, Patrick O'Connor. Also quotes Ms Angela Ireland Mayor of Fitzroy, Pat Wilson PTC, and Michael Norbury National Trust. .3 - Progress Press - 8/7/1992 - "Save Trams" about the withdrawal of W class trams from Kew Depot since 1985. Quotes Michael Wilmot and David Clark of the National TrustSome have publishing dates in ink on the cutting.trams, tramways, w class, maintenance, national trust, withdrawn trams, stored trams, sale of trams, kew depot, brunswick st, protest, ptua

Hubert Jeeves in hat and dust coat standing with a woman in 1920s style clothing beside Jeeves Bros. motorised coach. Two girls are looking out of the coach at the camera.The coach has the insignia of a kookaburra and gum leaves with Jeeves Bros. painted in a boomerang shape with Mt Dandenong below. Hubert Jeeves, son of Ellis and Eliza Jeeves, started up his motorised coach business following his return from WW1.Sepia photograph showing a man an woman standing beside a motorised coach. Two children can be seen looking out of the vehicle.coach service, jeeves, hubert jeeves

Man In photo is Gilbert Rogers a well known photographer & tourist guide in the Grampians. He is looking out over the Wonderland Range from an are a close to the Balconies.Postcard shows a man standing on a rocky outcrop looking out over a range of peaks. The man is wearing a hat similar to a scout hat similar to a scout hat, is wearing shorts and long leather boots. He is carrying a back pack. Post card; Correspondece; Address onlyscenery, grampians ranges

here children from Bulla Primary School were photographed looking at the floral display in the conservatory at Fitzroy Gardens when they were taken on an excursion to the gardens.A non-digital coloured photograph of three children looking at a floral display set out in a conservatory.fitzroy gardens, school excursions, bulla primary schooil, floral displays

"The outbreak of World War I in August 1914 had an immediate impact on communities across Australia, and it was no different in Melton. Young men began enlisting immediately, and Australia’s initial offer of 20,000 troops was soon exceeded by Victorian enlistments alone. Over the four years of the war, approximately 114,000 Victorians enlisted and around 91,000 servicemen and women were sent overseas. They came not just from Melbourne, but from all over the state; from farms, small towns and suburban areas. They included locals, newly arrived migrants and Indigenous people. The Australian home front was a hive of activity throughout the war, and the Melton community played its part. Following the announcement that Australia was joining the war with Great Britain and its allies on 5 August 1914, the Melton community lost no time in launching into action. A meeting ‘to assist the Red Cross fund’ was held in the Melton Mechanics’ Institute hall on 18 August – just days after the outbreak of the war. Collectors were appointed for each corner of the shire and individual donations were made. A Melton branch of the Australian Red Cross Society was formed in June 1915 and focused its energies on raising funds to purchase material that was used to make clothes for sick and wounded soldiers. A depot was established in Melton to collect clothing and other ‘comfort’ items for the soldiers – including reading material, tobacco, linen, canned foods and soap – and to coordinate the branch’s work and activities. Local cab driver Percival Stubbs volunteered to transport all the packages to the Melton railway station, until he enlisted and departed for the front in 1916. Such were the numbers of people getting involved that branches were also established in Toolern Vale and Rockbank. Regular community events were held to farewell soldiers who were leaving on active service and to welcome those who returned home. Gunner Robert (Bob) Wynne, whose uncle’s family ran the general store in Toolern Vale, was presented with a pair of field glasses (binoculars), a gold watch, inscribed locket and autographed letter by the Toolern Vale community before he set sail for the front in 1916. His mother noted that he ‘sailed away in good spirits with a smile till out of sight’. From June 1915 to June 1919, the Melton Red Cross branch donated 2,156 pairs of socks, 1,357 shirts, 425 kit bags, 251 pillowslips, 224 towels and 121 pairs of pajamas. Countless fundraising events were held, including jumble fairs, concerts and gift evenings. Local schools also encouraged students to contribute through fund-raising and making and collecting comforts for the soldiers. People across the country engaged in similar activities, but Victoria’s rural communities found unique ways of contributing. In Melton, people were encouraged to send rabbits and hares ‘in good condition’ to an exporter in Spencer Street, for export to Belgium ‘for the relief of those suffering". Special Anzac Memorial article featured in the Star Weeklylocal identities, war