This album of Comradeship activities was compiled by Legatee Fred Holdsworth. It contains photographs, newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to various “Comradeship” activities (social gatherings) held throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Items included various events legatees participated in. First few pages had photos from a gathering at Cruden Farm on 15 May 1977. Cruden Farm was owned by Elisabeth Murdoch, the mother-in-law of Legatee Geoff Handbury. It appears there was a kite flying contest. Names are not listed. Three photos were from Queensland where Legatee Wal Escott had retired at Mundoona apartments, Noosa Heads, one photo shows him with Lorna Grimwade on 6/10/1979. There is a black and white photo of Max Armstrong, Rex Hall, Harry Burton, Warren Hardy riding horses in the Anzac Day march. The year is not known but an accompanying newspaper article mentions that they had been riding every year for 13 years on horses loaned by the police mounted branch. The newspaper clipping shows another photo of the four. A photo of seven legatees including David Carter were at the Numurkah Annual meeting in 1978. There are 8 photos of a gathering of Legatees and their wives at Stanhope in 1979. A photo of a Christmas party at Chaucers in 1979 was missing from the page, it has shown Choirmaster Reg Thomson and Choristers; Rob Allison, Bruce Hall, Les Patch, Bill Seager, David Syme and Ron Austin; with the M.C. being Fred Holdsworth. There was a trip to a trout farm in Alexandra Yea area in February 1978. At a comradeship evening there a photos showed the Comradeship committee of Harold Berg, John Cooper and Fred Holdsworth. Also photos from Anzac Night in 1980 and 1981. Plus other gathering at people's homes. A black and white photo of men in formal black tie, is from a night at the Windsor Hotel to farewell Sit Thomas White to become Australia's High Commissioner in London. Left to right are Sir Archie Michaelis, Sir John Latham, Sir Thomas White, Lt Col Donovan Joynt and Sir Stanley Savige. At the 1981 comradeship Christmas party, the held a 'this is your life' tribute to President Ken Green.The Comradeship photo album was put together by the Comradeship committee and records events that Legatees did and places they lived or visited. Some appear to be trips to visit other Legatees living overseas and social occasions held in different places. It shows the bond that Legatees have with each other.Brown vinyl photo album. The front cover is embellished with a double gold border. The album contains thirty pages bearing both colour and black and white photographs as well as newspaper clippings from various “Comradeship” events during the 1970s and 1980s.Inside cover - “A record of Comradeship activities / Fred Holdsworth” ? First page - “AT CRUDEN PARK / 15 May 1977” Third page - “CHAMP THE KITE MAN” Fourth page - “THE SHRINE 1977” / “THE CHAMP” / “REX” Fifth page - “Lorna Grimwade/ + Wal Escott/ at Noosa Heads, Q. / 6/10/79” Sixth page - “Max Armstrong, Rex Hall, Harry Burton, Warren Hardy” Seventh page - “Numurkah Annual 1978” / “ANZAC Night 1973” Eighth page - “STANHOPE 1979” Ninth page - “THE CHRISTMAS CHORISTERS at CHAUCERS CANTERBURY 1979.” / “FEARLESS FREDS FAMOUS FOLLIES. CHOIRMASTER. Reg Thomson. CHORISTERS. Rob Allison. Bruce Hall. Les Patch. Bill Seager. David Syme. Ron Austin. / M.C. Fred Holdsworth.” Tenth page - “ALEXANDRA YEA / ~ / FEBRUARY 1978” Eleventh page - “COMRADESHIP HIERARCHY 1979 / HAROLD BERG / DEP CHAIRMAN / JOHN COOPER / CHAIRMAN / FRED HOLDSWORTH / TREASURER” Twelfth page - “ANZAC NIGHT / ~ / 1980” Eighteenth page - “ANZAC NIGHT - 1981” Nineteenth page - “ANZAC NIGHT -1981” Twenty Second - “THIS IS YOUR LIFE / 1981 comradeship/ christmas party” comradeship, events, legatee event

1890.1 - Black and white copy photograph of a damaged photograph of a ESCo Bendigo tramcar at Charing Cross, Bendigo, c1905. Original photograph has been damaged - mounted onto a sheet of card, with "WHO. Robinson - Photo - Bendigo" printed onto the sheet. Tram photographed side on, has not been fitted with windscreens. has a "Silver Star Starch" roof advertisement and has "Bendigo Tramways" painted onto the side of the tramcar. In the background of the photograph are buildings in Gardens area that front View St. Also the Shamrock hotel can be seen in the distance. 1890.1 - copy of same photograph but with a better reproduction and repair of the print. 1890.3 - Electronic copy of same photograph donated by Ron Hann on a CD of photographs given to him at the time of his visit in January 1963 by the Manager. Refer to email held with item 3841. Added 28/2/2010. No actual print, held on digital file only - see image 1890i3. See Reg Item 4568 for the CD. 1890.4 - Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Added 2/7/2013. On rear of 1890.2 - "Bendigo" in ink in top right hand corner and in pencil "(Similar truck to original Ballarat car No. 18"trams, tramways, bendigo, esco, view st, silver star starch

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC tram no. 28 in Sturt St. Ballarat, at the City Terminus. Tram has the destination of "Gardens via Sturt St." Photo taken prior to fitting of dash canopy lighting, has small triangles in corners. City of Ballarat Town hall in background, Golden St. Chinese Cafe, Wardrops, and Barry Anderson and Co. (Printers and Stationers). Photo Taken 1959 or 1960, part of Ron Fluck Collection. Negative rescanned 9-5-2020 and image updated.tramways, trams, sturt st, 28, ballarat, town hall, tram 28

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC bogie tram No. 22 in Bridge St. Photo taken 23-4-1950. Destination of "Gardens via ???" in one line? Has Norman L.Davis building in foreground and buildings on either side of street. Negative has watermark on left hand side. High Res scan of copy negative added 17/1/2019tramways, trams, bridge st, 22, ballarat, tram 22

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC tram No. 21, ex Adelaide MTT 10, at the depot, with a group of 8 people standing alongside the tram for a special hire. Shows depot buildings background. Has "Electric Cooking - Clean - quick - economical" advertisement on roof. Photo taken 11-11-1965. Ron Fluck advised 09/2007, John Norris in along with other friends of Ron Fluck. High res scan of negative added 22/1/2020.tramways, trams, depot, 21, ballarat, tram hire, tram 21

Black and white prints of a donated negative. Prints made 8/1998. Photo the Golden City Paddle Boat on Lake Wendouree. 872.1 - view of boat side on, water seems to be heavily covered with weeds. Photo taken 26-3-1950. 872.2 - end view of Golden City, with a group of passengers, alongside a wharf. Photo taken 12-3-1951. High res scan of negatives added 22/1/2020 as i1 and i2tramways, trams, lake wendouree, golden city paddle boat, ballarat, paddle steamer

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC Bendigo Scrubber tram at the Bendigo depot taken on 7-3-1954. Has Bendigo depot in background. The tram appears to have the English flag on the side of the tram. Part of the Ron Fluck Collection. high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, bendigo, depot, scrubber tram, tram scrubber

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC Bendigo 22, decorated for the royal visit at the Bendigo depot taken on 7-3-1954. Has Bendigo depot in background. The tram has been decorated with coloured lights, a crown on the side of the tram, a British flag on the front and a Royal banner, featuring the letters "ER". Photo from the Ron Fluck collection. Image i1 high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, bendigo, depot, 22, decorated trams, tram 22

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo Victorian Railway's tram No. 51 at Sandringham Station. Tram has three "Robur: tea company advertisements along the roof of the tram. Photo taken on 16-3-1953. Ron notes it has been set up for one man operation. Image i1 high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, sandringham, vr trams, tram 51

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a single truck Geelong tram at Moorabool St. and Ryrie St. intersection on the North Route. Photo has poor focus. Photo taken 25-3-1950. Appears to have two crewmen standing by the front of the tram. Has large building in the background. D. O'Neil provided location of photo - 1/1999 - see notes with sheet. High res scan of negative added 10/5/2020. tramways, trams, geelong

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a MMTB X2 679 in Droop St. Footscray, crossing Geelong Road, with the destination of "Ballarat Road". Tram has small advertisements on the front panel. Intersection has been remodelled since photo taken on 1-1-1959. Image i1 high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, melbourne, ballarat road, droop st, 679, tram 679

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a MMTB South Melbourne or Hanna St. depot, taken on 10-4-1950. Has two S or T class cars on the depot fan, with a number of W2's in the shed. Shows access tracks etc. High Res scan of negative added 17/1/2019 see image i1.tramways, trams, melbourne, south melbourne depot, depot

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a MMTB S class car 159 at the Holden St shuttle terminus at the corner of St. Georges Road and Barkly St, Fitzroy North, showing destination of "Lygon St." Has a "Cash Grocer" store in the background with advertisements for Robur Tea and Lipton's Tea. Photo part of Ron Fluck collection, taken 23-7-1944. Has large white strip under the driver's windows above the headlight and white splashes on the front bumper bar. High Res scan of negative added 17/1/2019 see image i1. tramways, trams, melbourne, 159, holden st. shuttle, north fitzroy, tram 159

Photo of a privately operated bus in Swanston St. Melbourne at the intersection of Bourke St., with Foys (Foy and Gibson) department store in the background. Bourke St. trams yet to be built. Photo taken 10-4-1950. Also has the Cosmopolitan Hotel in the background. From information provided by the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria: "The bus outside Foys belongs to Lew Page who was one of the multiple operators on Route 1 in 1950 ( he also had one bus on Route 2) which was four years before they amalgamated to form Melbourne - Brighton Bus Lines. The bus is a Reo with a Giles body. Giles Motor Body Works was based in New Street Brighton and built bodies for commercial vehicles but not a lot of buses. Their half a dozen post-war buses mainly went to operators in Routes 1 and 2. Being on Route 1, the bus would have been red and cream." Yields information about private bus lines in Melbourne and the Foy & Gibson building.Black and white print and hi res scan of a donated negative. tramways, trams, melbourne, swanston st, foy & gibson, bourke st., lew page, giles, melbourne brighton bus

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a ex Melbourne cable tram trailer on a property in Portsea. Photo taken 8-9-1963. One end of the trailer has been built into a shed. High Res scan of negative added 17/1/2019 see image i1.tramways, trams, melbourne, cable trams, portsea, scrapped trams

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of a street scene in Swanston St. Melbourne on the Princes bridge with St Paul's Cathedral in the background. Has two W2's in the photo, a number of motor cars, also the Princes Bridge Station building. Photo taken 13-8-1950. Image i1 high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, melbourne, swanston st., princes bridge

Black and white print of a donated negatives. Print made 8/1998. Various photos taken by Ron Fluck or other members of the Fluck family of Davis Buses while on tour during the late 1940's or the early 1950's. 885.1 - Davis bus MO 031 and bus owned by R.Dunn of Clunes - two Bedford buses at Sister Rocks Stawell, 1-10-1950. 885.2 - Davis bus MO 031by Shell petrol bowser, Halls Gap, Grampians - 1-10-1950. 885.3 - Davis bus RL726, Ford, at Casterton with Glenelg Hotel in background, 29-1-1951 885.4 - Davis bus NK 023, Cadillac bus, with Ron Fluck driver - photo by J.A.Fluck - at Queenscliff - 4-1-1953. 885.5 - Davis bus NK 023, as above, with J.A.Fluck standing in doorway. - 4-1-1953. 885.6 - Davis bus RL726, Ford, at Nelson, Vic. 28-1-1951. 885.7 - No entry 885.8 - Davis bus, NK023, Cadillac - Mt Dandenong, 27-8-1950 885.9 - Davis bus NK023, Cadillac - Sassafras - 27-8-1950. All images replaced by high res scan of the negatives 18/1/2019/tramways, trams, davis bus lines, ron fluck, casterton, sassafras

Black and white print of a donated negatives. Print made 8/1998. Various photos taken by Ron Fluck or other members of the Fluck family of various tour buses during the late 1940's and early 1950's. 886.1 - Mylor Service bus Ford V8, SA234990, Strathalbyn 5-1-1951 - standing alongside is Ron Fluck's first wife Joan (advised by Ron 09/2007) 886.2 - Pykes Cadillac Panorama Hotel, Sublime point, Bulli Pass NSW and Ron Fluck, 29-6-1951. 886.3 - Bonds REO #6, West Vic. (see also 886.9) 886.4 - Marks Ballarat, 2 Ansairs, TL943 and TL 975, Ocean Road, Melba Gully Crowes Vic - 25-3-1951. 886.5 - Parlourcars White bus, No. 29, Melbourne Hills Warburton - 13-8-1950 886.6 - Cellulose Bus, semi trailer, Millicent - 24-10-1947 with Claude Perkins Pty Ltd. hardware store in background. 886.7 - Kilkenny - Morphett - Henley Beach bus service, breakdown, Grange Road, Findon, Chev. car, Ron Fluck and D.Kay, 22-1-1949. Photo by E.G.Fluck. 886.8 - As for 886.2, NSW TV 338. 886.9 - Bonds Reo #6, Side Load, SA 2337, Diamond T motor, S.E. of SA - 23-10-1947. All images replaced by high res scan of the negatives 17/1/2019/tramways, trams, mylor service, parlourcars, bonds, marks of ballarat

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of three single truckers (tram 32 lead tram) and a bogie tram stored at City Loop, Sturt St., 11/11/1965, with another single truck entering area in rear of photograph. Tram 32 has SEC advertising board (Electric Cooking - Matchless) and a Castrol advert. High Res scan of copy negative added 17/1/2019.tramways, trams, city loop, sturt st, ballarat, tram 32

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC bogie tram 22 and SEC 18 at Sturt and Lydiard St. intersection. Photo taken on 2/4/1950. Has Town Hall in background. See also Reg Item 6991 for a very similar photo. High res scan of negative added 22/1/2020.tramways, trams, town hall, sturt st, ballarat, bogie trams, tram 22, tram 18

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC bogie tram 38 and single truck, tram 21 crossing at Depot Loop in Wendouree Parade on 4/9/1963. both trams fitted with dash canopy lighting, but not the large white section under the driver's windows. Rainy day. Tram 38 has Castrol Advertisement and 21 a Twin Lakes and another roof ad. High Res scan of copy negative added 17/1/2019tramways, trams, wendouree parade, crossing loop, ballarat, depot loop, tram 38, tram 21

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC bogie tram 21 at Mount Pleasant Terminus. See also item No. 856 for photo from the other end of the tram. Tram has destination of "Gardens Via Drummond St. North". Has "Twin Lakes" advertisement panel. Photo taken during 1968 - see note on item No. 871. Negative rescanned 9-5-2020 and image updated.tramways, trams, mount pleasant terminus, 21, ballarat, tram 21

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC single trucker tram No. 17 at the depot in front of No. 1 road doors. Tram has large white triangles on the front dash panel. Photo taken 31.12.1958. High res scan of negative added 22/1/2020 as i.tramways, trams, depot, 17, ballarat, tram 17

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC single trucker tram No. 21 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. Tram has destination of "Lydiard St. Nth". Good photograph of intersection with Town Hall in background, a few cars and tram stop arrangement. Also shows festoon lighting along the north side of the centre median in Sturt. St. Photo taken from the Post Office corner, during 1968. Negative rescanned 9-5-2020 and image updated.tramways, trams, town hall, 21, ballarat, sturt st., tram 21

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC Scrubber car at the depot in "0" road, with Tennis Court in background. At end of track. Photo taken 4-9-1963. High Res scan of negative added 17/1/2019 see image i1.tramways, trams, depot, scrubber tram, ballarat, tennis court, tram scrubber

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC Scrubber car, end view looking south, at the depot in "0" road, with Tennis Court in background. At end of track. Photo taken 31-12-1958. Image i1 high res scan of the negatives added 18/1/2019.tramways, trams, depot, scrubber tram, ballarat, tennis court, tram scrubber

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC bogie tram 35, north bound in Lydiard St. North, about to cross the railway level crossing. Has the signal gantry in the background with part of the railway gates and Kennedy Murray Pty Ltd. General Carriers building in the background as well. Photo taken 2-1-1959. High Res scan of copy negative added 17/1/2019tramways, trams, railway station, lydiard st. north, ballarat, tram 35

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC tram at the Sebastopol terminus with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. Photo taken during 1968. Tram still has destination of Sebastopol on north end, Fosters Lager sign on hotel and Twin Lakes sign on the tram. Tram overhead has the sheet metal device to assist in putting the trolley pole back on. Two parked cars in the photograph. Photo shows ground conditions at the terminus. Negative rescanned 9-5-2020 and image updated.tramways, trams, sebastopol, royal mail hotel, ballarat, 33, tram 33

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of decorated SEC tram 23 for the centenary of the discovery of gold in Ballarat. Tram has destination of Lydiard St. North, has Town Hall in Background. Shows detail of decoration. Taken on 26-3-1951. Shows arrangement for mirrors on a single truck - rare? High Res scan of copy negative added 17/1/2019tramways, trams, gold tram, gold centenary, ballarat, decorated trams, tram 23

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC tram No. 21 at the City Terminus during 1968. Has Town Hall in background. Tram has destination of Lydiard St. North. Advertisement for Twin Lakes on front dash and SEC Roof Ad ("Everything is under control in my all electric kitchen"_ Negative rescanned 9-5-2020 and image updated.tramways, trams, sturt st, town hall, ballarat, 21, tram 21