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National Wool Museum
Stencil - TOWNSVILLE
This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Townsville is a city in Queensland. Wool bales marked TOWNSVILLE would have been transported to Queensland.Wool bale export stencil - TOWNSVILLETOWNSVILLEwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
National Wool Museum
Depot Stencil
This stencil was used as a depot identification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Wool bales marked with C00 BOMBAY would have been transported to India by sea.Wool bale export stencil - C00 BOMBAY BALE NO.C00 BOMBAY BALE NO.wool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Metlink Bookmark, 2022
Metlink was the marketing body and umbrella brand for public train, tram and bus transport operators in Melbourne and operated the Metcard system that was used for ticketing. Replaced by Myki.Demonstrates some of the marketing materials produced by Metlink.Folded and printed card fitted with two magnetic strips to act as a bookmark.ptv, trams, tramways, metlink, metcard -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTERS WW1, 2) 1.8.1919
.2) Letter is to Mrs R Burns, 100 Hope Street, Geelong, Vic. Items relate to W D S BURNS No 56 Provost Corpr AIF. Refer Cat No 2076.3P for his service details..1) Letter, yellowed paper with Royal Crest in red at top wishing individual a safe return home. .2) Letter yellowed advising that No 56 W D S BURNS will be returning to Australia per transport Indarra from Australian Imperial Force. Signed by Office in Charge Base Records..1) At top in red print: “Red Crest, Buckingham Palace” At bottom handwritten in black: “George R I”letters, the king, 56, provost, returning -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, ARMY, post 1970's
.1) Gold coloured metal Rising Sun hat badge with the words "The Australian Army". Two attached pins & keepers on back. .2) Gold & silver star shaped hat badge with the words "Royal Australian Corps of Transport" inside a circular laurel wreath. Two attached pins on back.numismatics-badges-military, metalcraft, passchendaele barracks trust -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, Knights Transport, Cruikshank Street, Port Melbourne, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .10 - Knights Transport. 109-127 Cruickshank Streetbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, r knight pty ltd -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Fish Marie, 1997
Date made 18 January 1997, for weekend trip 18 and 19 January 1997Colour photograph of the abandoned boiler at the North Arm. It shows a rusted steam boiler lying on its side, during 1920 and 1930 a steam crane was used to transfer rock from tram trucks to a barge for transport to the entrance. In background five people and shelters erected for information. Lakes Entrance Victoriavegetation, boats and boating, topography -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Bendigo Trams", 8/12/1972 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper Clipping possibly from The Courier, Ballarat, 25/11/1972 about the responsibility for the trial operation of the trams in Bendigo, up to Easter 1974 was entirely with the Bendigo City Council, stated by the Minister of Transport, Mr. Wilcox. Has an item re Clunes on the back - so therefore possibly the Courier."25/11/72" in black ink in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, bendigo, safety, bendigo trust, v. wilcox -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1800s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. The first mining supplies were brought from Port Albert. Pack horses were the most practicable means of transport. Picture shows the pack horses heavily laden in a town. Markings: 20 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Little Black Bus, c1930
Little black bus in front of Rochester Road Garage, early 1930s. Transported Canterbury children to school in Hawthorn. Owned by A.J. Cowan, later A.J.C Motors in East Camberwell and Canterbury Motors, 194 Canterbury Road. Sepia photograph. Also Black & White Copy 14cm x 24cm.canterbury, cowan> a.j., a.j.c motors, canterbury motors, rochester road garage, little black bus -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Flyer - Attunga Ski Lodge, 1973
Attunga Ski Lodge was built by Bob and Noelene Lee in 1968. They had managed club and commercial lodges, including Ripparoo, throughout the early 60s before building their own premises. Three generations of the family have lived and worked in Falls Creek. As stated in this brochure, Attunga derives from the aboriginal word meaning High Place. Attunga was the first lodge in Falls Creek to have en suite rooms. It has continued to be a family-run and focused business, being purchased in 2016 by the Wruck family. Bob and Noelene Lee's son, Steven, became a three-time Olympian (in 1984, 1988 and 1992) and a World Cup winner. Noelene Lee is a Life Member of the Falls Creek Race Club.This flyer is significant because it documents the early origins of a highly regarded family business at Falls Creek.A flyer printed in blue text on light card. The front cover features an image of the Attunga Ski Lodge and two skiers in the foreground with text. Other sections explain the origin of the name "Attunga" meaning "high place" and features that are of high quality at Attunga, winter and summer activities, transport and the tariffs for 1973,On front: ATTUNGA SKI LODGE Bob & Noelene Lee .... invites you to have the fun of your life. Arlberg Street, Falls Creek, Victoria, 3699 Phone: Falls Creek - 583255 attunga ski lodge, accommodation falls creek, bob and noelene lee -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Hit by a bureaucrat's tram", 15/07/1992 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping, The Age 15/7/1992, titled "Hit by a bureaucrat's tram", written by Kevin Childs, photo Angela Wylie, about Phil Pinder, an artist who created ceramic models of the Transporting Art trams. Who was displaying and selling them. This breached copyright, advised by the Ministry of Arts.trams, tramways, transporting art, copyright, models -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE, BERET
Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Cloth badge featuring a gold coloured seven-pointed Federation Star incorporating the Royal Cypher, EIIR. Encircling the cypher is a circlet containing the the name, Royal Australian Corps of Transport. This is enclosed by a laurel wreath and the Corps motto “Par Oneri”. All on a navy-blue background with black overlocked edging.uniform, badge, royal australian corps of transport, kevin john herdman -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Rear Compactus - Gibbons Collection
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 Diggers of 5 RAR boarding a Caribou aircraft from the RAAF's 35 Squadron, to be transported back to the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province. 5 RAR had just completed the clearing of NVA/VietCong from Xuyen Moc.photograph, 5 rar, caribou, raaf, 35 squadron, 1st atf base, nui dat, phuoc tuy province, nva/vc, xuyen moc, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, diggers -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Sorting Shell Casings 4
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 tt a Fire Support Base, a digger sorting shell 105mm artillery shell casings for transport back to the 1st Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, Phuoc tuy Province. These casings once stacked on pallets were collected by RAAF Huey "slick" helicopters.photograph, 105mm artillery, digger, 1st atf base, raaf, huey helicopter, nui dat, phuoc tuy province, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, fire support base, australian task force -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Textile - Bicentennial tapestry, 5. Kew Railway Station (1887-1958), 1988
This is one of eight embroidered panels, completed during the 1988 Australian Bi-Centennial, and carried out under the auspices of City of Kew Council and the Kew Historical Society. Nearly 600 residents, including many children, participated in their production by adding a few or more stitches. A book records their names and the panels upon which they worked. Artist: Joy Stewart / Co-ordinator: Dorothy Benyei.5. Kew Railway Station (1887-1958). A framed embroidery created by adults and children of the City of Kew as a Bicentennial project, based on a design by the artist Joy Stewart. Other completed embroideries created in the project are/were displayed in the Kew Library. Inscription: "KEW RAILWAY STATION (1887-1958). Established to transport passengers and produce too and from the city ... Kew developed as a residential suburb which included cottages and large homes such as Villa Alba". Embroidered signature of the artist "(c) JStewart, 1988"bicentennial project (kew), joy stewart, australian bicentennial, kew railway station -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
Colour slide of legatees beside a truck in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of legatees in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Transport drivers / A good job in Eildon' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, trucks -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Model, HMAS Sydney, 1990 (Approximate)
A ship model with ratio of 1:75 of HMAS Sydney. The ship has lime green deck which has two helicopter standing at the front with text P214, 1 helicopter at the back and 3 boats on a side hangingShip Model, c1990s HMAS Sydney A 1:75 scale model of HMAS Sydney, a Majastic - class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) fro 1947-1958, when she was placed in reserve. The need for a sealift capability saw the ship modified for service as a fast toop transport, and re-commiessioned in 1962. In 1965, she sailed on her first voyage to Vung Tau, transporting soldires and equipment to Vietnam. Sydney made 25 voyages to Vietnam between 1965 and 1972, earning the ship nickname "Vung tau Ferry"model, model - aircraft carier, hmas sydney, ran -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
Vehicular Ferry SS "Killara". Also took stock and passengers between Stony Point, French Island and Cowes from 1933 - 1942.Close up of vehicle on ramps being unloaded.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, steam ships, transport, black & white photograph, transport, steam ships -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Model Ship, Friendship
Friendship was a convict transport ship of 276 tons, which was built in Scarborough England, in 1784, for her owners Hoppers of Scarborough. Aboard on the voyage to Botany Bay, were the Master, Captain Francis Walton, Assistant Surgeon Thomas Arnell and Marines, Captain James Meredith, Lieutenant Ralph Clark, and Lieutenant William. As the smallest of the transports Friendship probably carried a crew of around 20. Her 76 male and 21 female convicts were loaded at Plymouth. Model of "The Friendship" -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Progress' mural, GMH Social Centre, Fishermen's Bend, David Thompson, 1997
Murals: Eileen Robertson, a GMH employee, was asked to do the murals in 1948 for the launching of the Holden. Her brief was to 'do something to do with transport'. In the event, they were covered anyway. She did not even view them again until 1992, around the time the murals were cleaned and restored. The left mural shows pioneer transport and on the right is the future. David Thompson photographed the Social Centre in 1997 by arrangement with member Wendy Morris archivist for GMH.From a series of black and white photos of GMH Social Centre by David Thompson: Southwest corner of hall and 'Progress' muralindustry - manufacturing, built environment, david thompson, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Murals, GMH Social Centre, Fishermen's Bend, David Thompson, 1997
Murals: Eileen Robertson, a GMH employee, was asked to do the murals in 1948 for the launching of the Holden. Her brief was to 'do something to do with transport'. In the event, they were covered anyway. She did not even view them again until 1992, around the time the murals were cleaned and restored. The left mural shows pioneer transport and on the right is the future. David Thompson photographed the Social Centre in 1997 by arrangement with member Wendy Morris archivist for GMH.From a series of black and white photos of GMH Social Centre by David Thompson: South end of hall showing both muralsindustry - manufacturing, built environment, david thompson, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Pioneer' mural, GMH Social Centre, Fishermen's Bend, David Thompson, 1997
Murals: Eileen Robertson, a GMH employee, was asked to do the murals in 1948 for the launching of the Holden. Her brief was to 'do something to do with transport'. In the event, they were covered anyway. She did not even view them again until 1992, around the time the murals were cleaned and restored. The left mural shows pioneer transport and on the right is the future. David Thompson photographed the Social Centre in 1997 by arrangement with member Wendy Morris archivist for GMH.From a series of black and white photos of GMH Social Centre by David Thompson: Southeast corner of hall and 'Pioneer' muralindustry - manufacturing, built environment, david thompson, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Pioneer' mural (close up), GMH Social Centre, Fishermen's Bend, David Thompson, 1997
Murals: Eileen Robertson, a GMH employee, was asked to do the murals in 1948 for the launching of the Holden. Her brief was to 'do something to do with transport'. In the event, they were covered anyway. She did not even view them again until 1992, around the time the murals were cleaned and restored. The left mural shows pioneer transport and on the right is the future. David Thompson photographed the Social Centre in 1997 by arrangement with member Wendy Morris archivist for GMH.From a series of black and white photos of GMH Social Centre by David Thompson: Southeast corner of hall and 'Pioneer' mural, close upindustry - manufacturing, built environment, david thompson, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Progress' mural (close up), GMH Social Centre, Fishermen's Bend, David Thompson, 1997
Murals: Eileen Robertson, a GMH employee, was asked to do the murals in 1948 for the launching of the Holden. Her brief was to 'do something to do with transport'. In the event, they were covered anyway. She did not even view them again until 1992, around the time the murals were cleaned and restored. The left mural shows pioneer transport and on the right is the future. David Thompson photographed the Social Centre in 1997 by arrangement with member Wendy Morris archivist for GMH.From a series of black and white photos of GMH Social Centre by David Thompson: Southwest corner of hall and 'Progress' mural, close up, angledindustry - manufacturing, built environment, david thompson, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Progress' mural (close up), GMH Social Centre, Fishermen's Bend, David Thompson, 1997
Murals: Eileen Robertson, a GMH employee, was asked to do the murals in 1948 for the launching of the Holden. Her brief was to 'do something to do with transport'. In the event, they were covered anyway. She did not even view them again until 1992, around the time the murals were cleaned and restored. The left mural shows pioneer transport and on the right is the future. David Thompson photographed the Social Centre in 1997 by arrangement with member Wendy Morris archivist for GMH.From a series of black and white photos of GMH Social Centre by David Thompson: Southwest corner of hall and 'Progress' mural, close upindustry - manufacturing, built environment, david thompson, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Stairway and servery, GMH Social Centre, Fishermen's Bend, David Thompson, 1997
Murals: Eileen Robertson, a GMH employee, was asked to do the murals in 1948 for the launching of the Holden. Her brief was to 'do something to do with transport'. In the event, they were covered anyway. She did not even view them again until 1992, around the time the murals were cleaned and restored. The left mural shows pioneer transport and on the right is the future. David Thompson photographed the Social Centre in 1997 by arrangement with member Wendy Morris archivist for GMH.From a series of black and white photos of GMH Social Centre by David Thompson: Southeast corner - stairway and serveryindustry - manufacturing, built environment, david thompson, general motors-holden, gmh -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Calendar, AETA 2002 featuring M>Tram and Yarra trams B2 class trams, 2002
The AETA published calendars on an annual basis through to 2005, promoting electric transport in Public Transport. The photo shows the two different liveries adopted by the Franchised operators M>Tram and Yarra trams when the system was split into two different companies. Features B2 class trams 2078 and 2021. The hand written note, dated 28-11-2005 by Keith Kings was with the calendar and records that Ken Craven was not able to arrange production for a 2006 calendar. Yields information about the AETA promotional activities.Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 2002, featuring a photo by Ian Thiele of M>Tram and Yarra Trams B2 class trams passing each other in Brunswick St Fitzroy. Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1985 with various details of holidays etc. Printed on card with a punched hole on the top edge. The photo is glued to the sheet. Hand written note on ruled quarto sheet.calendars, aeta, tramways, b2 class trams, tram 2021, tram 2078, brunswick st, m>tram, yarra trams, franchise, ken craven -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Gelatin silver photograph, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - Eating It in the Half Deck, 1906
The photograph was taken on board the English four-masted barque Crocodile which was a a regular visitor of the Port Phillip bay ports, transporting wheat from Australia to the UK. A rare photograph of seamen's intimate life on board.Sepia photograph depicting the two seamen eating their dinner on board the ship Crocodile.Written in pencil at the back: "12"cook, barque crocodile, liverpool, tureen, goldsmith album, life on board, meals, steward, portholes -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, sepia, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - The Steward Serves the Cabin Dinner, 1906
The photograph was taken on board the English four-masted barque Crocodile which was a a regular visitor of the Port Phillip bay ports, transporting wheat from Australia to the UK. A rare photograph of a ship's cook, a vital crew member on a voyage.Sepia photograph depicting the cook holding a tureen on board the ship Crocodile.Written in pencil at the back: "12"cook, barque crocodile, liverpool, tureen, goldsmith album, life on board, meals, steward