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Book, Dean Filgate, "A Brief History of The Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust", 1999
Book - titled "A Brief History of The Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust", MBCTT, written by Bob Prentice and edited by Dean Filgate. Published by Tramway Publications 1999. Provides details on the formation of the Trust, appointments, financials, track and overhead construction, power supply, street lighting, depot and offices, opening, map, tickets, staff, operation statistics, extensions, and rolling stock. Illustrated with many photographs including a photograph of the Trust Tramways Band.Yields information about the tramways built by "The Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust"Book - 24 pages including heavy card covers, titled "A Brief History of The Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust", centre stapled.trams, tramways, mbctt, tramways band, coburg, construction -
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Book, et al, "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 1st edition, 2003
Book - titled "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 1st Edition, written by Randal Wilson and Dale Budd - 2003. Covers Melbourne tram history including cable trams, early electric trams, trams in art, historic fleet, colour schemes, tram types, and preserved tramways. Includes notes on the authors. Yields information about Melbourne trams history. Has a close association with two well known authors.Book - 84 pages including card covers, full colour printing on gloss paper, perfect bound with foldout covers containing four postcards that could be removed.melbourne, tramways, trams, history, randal wilson, dale budd -
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Book, et al, "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 2nd edition, 2003
Book - titled "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 2nd Edition, written by Randal Wilson and Dale Budd. Reprint with updates of 2010. Covers Melbourne tram history including cable trams, early electric trams, trams in art, historic fleet, colour schemes, tram types, and preserved tramways. Includes notes on the authors. Yields information about Melbourne trams history. Has a close association with two well known authors.Book - 84 pages including card covers, full colour printing on gloss paper, perfect bound.melbourne, tramways, trams, history, randal wilson, dale budd -
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Newspaper - Digital copy, The Courier Ballarat, "Getting ready for all aboard rare tram's return to Lake Wendouree", 19-4-2023
Newspaper item from the Digital Edition of The Courier advising that Horse Tram No. 1 will be running Saturday 22-4-2023, the first time since the pandemic. Has a photo of Neville Britton holding a harness with tram No. 1 in the background. Photo by Lachlan Bence. Gives details of time and the tram itself.Yields information about BTM's activities.Digital image of page 3 of The Courier, Ballarat, 19-4-2023trams, ballarat, horse tram, tram 1, neville britton, btm, operations -
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Newspaper, Herald Sun, Tracked on film - Keith Atkinson, 9/1/2001
Item written by Shaunagh O'Connor for the Herald Sun at the time of the publication of a book, "Trams and Streetscapes, Metropolitan Melbourne 1950's 1960's edited by Emile G Badaway and John Sargent and published by Train Hobby Publications. Features photos of W2 231 in Flinders St, T181 in North Fitzroy and Footscray, W6 982 in Bourke St, W2 636 in Market St, W3 667 in Swanston St, Y1 613 in Elizabeth St and X1 677 in Footscray. Features in the centre a photo of the photographer, Keith Atkinson. Keith was a Ballarat Tramway Museum member and benefactor.Yields information about publication of a book, the photographer and his work.Newspaper - centre page titled Tracked on film - Keith Atkinson, from the Melbourne Herald Sun, 9/1/2001 featuring a story on a new book of tram photographs. trams, books, keith atkinson, melbourne, train hobby publications -
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Book, MTT and the Myer Emporium (SA) Ltd, "MTT September 1952 - Timetable", Sep. 1952
Small pocket sized timetable book sponsored by The Myer Emporium, 136 pages plus cover. Titled "MTT September 1952 - Timetable", provides timetable and fare information for Adelaide tramways. Inside it covers the tram and bus services, tickets and destination numbers. Card covers - Green. Dated September 1952. Record reviewed and scanned images of cover and index page added 5/9/13.Some handwritten notes on page 7, purpose unknown.trams, tramways, adelaide, timetables -
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Magazine, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 6, "The Trolley Wire", Vol 3, No. 5, Jul. 1952
Yields information about Sydney trams in the early 1950s and demonstrates means of publishing information of the era.105.1 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 8 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 6, July 1952, stapled down along the left hand side. Has items on Brisbane, with map, Brisbane news, Sydney news, Gladesville to Lane Cove proposed tramway and Western Suburbs Destination Roll, 1947 - 1950. 105.2 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 9 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 3, No. 5, 20th May 1954, stapled down along the left hand side. Has notes on association matters, map of tramways in the Moore Park area, Drummoyne Bridge and Iron Cove tram lines, Easter workings, Sydney news. See Reg Item 5685 for other Vol 1 issues and Reg Item 5686 for Vol. 2 issues. Scan with care.Vol 3, No. 5 has pencil inscription of "H.Matthews"trams, tramways, tramway news, history, sydney, brisbane -
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Document - Manuscript, Wal Jack et al, "A Brief History of the Tramways of Ballarat", 1963
Looks at the history of Ballarat, the development of the horse tram system, Ballarat East, Battery tram trials, and other details of the horse tram company. 106.2 - carbon copy, 9 quarto pages with a smaller front page in addition and two at the rear, (stapled) in the top left hand corner - part 2 of above, looking at the development of ESCo, tram conversion, SEC takeover, rehabilitation, SEC operation and acknowledgements. Each page has been imaged - images 7 to 19 Staples removed for scanning and not replaced. Each page has been numbered 1 to 19 on the rear in 5B pencil. See also Reg item 3289 and 6419 for similar documents.Yields information about the history of Ballarat Tramways written in 1962/63. Has a strong association with the authors, two well known tramway historians.106.1 - Carbon copy, 6 quarto pages, (stapled) in top left hand corner of an article titled ""A Brief History of the Tramways of Ballarat" written by Keith Kings and Wal Jack in 1963, for the 75th anniversary of the opening of the horse trams in Ballarat. Looks at the history of Ballarat, the development of the horse tram system, Ballarat East, Battery tram trials, and other details of the horse tram company. Each page has imaged - images 1 to 6 106.2 - carbon copy, 9 quarto pages with a smaller front page in addition and two at the rear, (stapled) in the top left hand corner - part 2 of above, looking at the development of ESCo, tram conversion, SEC takeover, rehabilitation, SEC operation and acknowledgements. Each page has been imaged - images 7 to 19 Staples removed for scanning and not replaced. Each page has been numbered 1 to 19 on the rear in 5B pencil. See also Reg item 3289 and 6419 for similar documents.trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, history, manuscript, horse trams, esco, sec -
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Map, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Map of Melbourne Tramways 1934-5", 1934
Demonstrates methods of giving information to visitors to Melbourne and yields information about tram services at the time in Melbourne.Very small pocket sized timetable and map book, consisting of 2 octavo cards stapled and folded into 12 pages consisting of three pages of bus and tram round trips, 3 center pages for map of electric and cable trams, route numbers and interest points. Map printed in 4 colours. 4 pages index to routes and first and last trams to City and from City. Also gives points where suburban routes are intersected by City routes. One page devoted to places of interest. All printing in black with red headings and highlights.trams, tramways, mmtb map, mmtb, timetables, tourist trips, map -
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Ephemera - Tour Notes, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "AETA Souvenir Brochure Golden Jubilee" Ballarat 1955, Aug. 1955
Yields information about a Australian Electric Traction Association tour to Ballarat, Golden Jubilee Tour, August 1955 and Ballarat tramcars.An 8 page, duplicated souvenir brochure for AETA tour of Ballarat Trams, on 20/8/55 with brief history, itinerary, map, tram car notes. Gives details of the itinerary for the trip using a 280HP Rail car trip with the forward portion via North Geelong. Duplicated using the Gestetner process. Note the knowledge of the time, with horse tram bodies being reused to form some of the early ESCo. trams. Second copy from donation of the Tom Murray Estate added 25-11-2016 and 3rd copy from Keith Kings papers added 19-3-2017. A copy of this document ex Charles Craig collection was replaced by a better condition one ex Tom Murray - 25-11-2016. Record revised and updated for this replacement. Handle with care - both copies.secv, ballarat tramways, 1955, 50 years of electric trams, aeta -
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Document - Report, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "AETA Report on passenger services- Geelong - April 1949", Apr. 1949
Yields information about the threats to the Geelong tram system in 1949 and ways that it could be upgraded and extended to continue to serve. Was the first of the SEC systems to close. Has a strong association with the AETA members.A 20 page report + index + cover sheet + drawing foolscap size + estimate - corner stapled. Examining rail, tram and bus services to mainly North Geelong area. Drawing of PCC car- possibly a proposed MMTB car - 45' long. Looks at comparative costs, provision of rolling stock, recommendations for improvement, a comparison between buses and trams and the style of an operating authority other than the SEC. Follows on from the Mr. Hector Bell Jnr's report and comments on his report. Prepared by: Charles Craig (Chairman), Leon Marshall-Wood, Noel Gipps, Donald Wishart, John Beckett, John Stranger (Secretary) of the AETAtrams, tramways, passenger services, geelong, reports, aeta -
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Book, Keith Kings, "The Ballarat Tramways", Sep. 1971
Yields information about the history of the Ballarat Tramways from horse to the closure of the electric trams in 1971. Gives a good understanding of the development and operation of the tramways. Has a strong association with the author.Book, 64 pages, gloss art paper, in black ink with a light brown card cover in green ink, centre stapled, titled "The Ballarat Tramways" Details history of Ballarat tramways, its tramcars and the involvement of the various operators. Has maps and photographs. Written by Keith Kings and published by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society at the time of the closure of the Ballarat system. Inside front cover is a typed sheet of amendments for the book - typed on Charles Martin Watermarked paper. Has details of the various organisations that published the book on the rear cover. 114.2 - as for 114.1 - but with many hand written notes etc. 114.3 - as for 114.1 - but with "City of Ballarat" stamped on front cover. 114.4 - as for 114.1 - but with "To Mr. L. J. Denmead, Departmental Tramways Supt. from K. Kings 12/9/1971" handwritten on front cover. For entire book see pdf images i1 to i3.114.2 - notes on pages 7, 10, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 36, 49 and 63 - has in blue or black ink, many notes, corrections and additions. 114.3 - "City of Ballaarat" stamped in red on top right hand corner. 114.4 - "To Mr. L. J. Denmead, Departmental Tramways Supt. from K. Kings 12/9/1971" handwritten on front cover in blue ink and on title page (page 1) in red ink "Mr. L. J. Denmead / Dear Les, / Best Wishes for the future! / Bob Prentice" and on same page, in blue stamp "L.J. Denmead".trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, history, tramcars of ballarat -
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Document - Letter/s, L Denmead, Note re Battery Trams in Ballarat, 26/05/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the operation of the electric Battery tram in Ballarat in 1888, prepared from notes by H.P. James.A letter/archive note prepared by Mr. L. Denmead of the SEC to the TMSV - 2 pages in 1964, about the battery tram trials in Ballarat, noting work of H.P. James of 24/10/1938. Handwritten and copied with a spirit duplicator.trams, tramways, ballarat, battery trams, duncan fraser -
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Ephemera - Tour Notes, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "AETA Easter 1958, tour notes, Ballarat", Apr. 1958
Yields information about a Australian Electric Traction Association tour to Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong Tour, Easter 1958 tramcars with maps.A eight page booklet tour notes for AETA's 4th Annual Easter Convention in Melbourne and tour to Ballarat, Sat. 5/4/1958 with brief history, itinerary, map, Geelong map, tram car notes and Bendigo. Duplicated by Gestener process. Copy to be provided if loaned.secv, ballarat, geelong, aeta, bendigo, provincial tramways -
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Ephemera, Dept of Road Transport and Tramways and NSW - Traffic Branch and Tramway Division, "NSWGT Tramways Weekly Notice, No. 8, 1950", 16/02/1950 12:00:00 AM
... An 8 page document, giving information to tram crews... to Staff Timetables Sydney Newcastle An 8 page document, giving ...An 8 page document, giving information to tram crews regarding alterations to services, crewing arrangements, instructions, special trams - Sydney and Newcastle district, pages numbered 215 to 250.trams, tramways, nswgt, notices to staff, timetables, sydney, newcastle -
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Document - Letter/s, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, Letter from NSWT - re tramcars, 1939
Yields information about Sydney tramcars and that some trams were transferred to Ballarat in about 1907, but does not give detail.Letter to W. Jack dated 4/7/1939 from J. Ross, Secretary to the Department of Road Transport and Tramways NSW and attached handwritten list of tram classes, number and horsepower of motors red pencil and ink. Letter typed. Pages held together by brass pin clip folded out. Advises that some tramcars were sold to Ballarat about 1907. Record updated and images added 19/8/2013trams, tramways, sydney tramcars, rolling stock, ballarat -
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Ephemera - Tour Booking Form, Ken Craven and Australian Electric Traction Association, AETA, Easter 1961 - Wal Jack Collection, Nov. 1960
Two page foolscap- stencil duplicated form for information, proposed programme for AETA, Easter 1961 Convention in Adelaide- was shown for the 1960 Convention as heading, but should have been 1961- Correct elsewhere. Shows travel arrangements, fares, hotel costs, time. Two sheets stapled together. Printed using the stencil/duplication process. Image of document added 5/9/13. aeta, adelaide, booking form -
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Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, The Courier, Christmas Number, 1922, Special Issue, Dec. 1922
Yields information about Ballarat, it businesses, identifies and its locations or environs through photos and advertisements and articles.The body of the "Christmas Number of the Ballarat Courier, Special Edition - December 1922" = coves missing. See attached listing with worksheet for summary of contents. Contains many advertisement for local business houses, photos and fiction and articles , pages 3 - 94 still existing, stapled. Notes on contents of Christmas Number of The Ballarat Courier Special edition, December 19, 1922. Photos Ballarat Association Cricket Team, winners Country championship - 1922 and photo of dinner at Sth Melb. Town Hall by VCA. - p83 Ballarat Golf club, Arch of Victoria and Club House - p63, 65 Ballarat Imperial Football club - league premier- 1922 - p19 Ballarat Miners Turf Club - showing stands and office bearers - p43 Ballarat North Golf Club - p67 Ballarat Town hall - p87 Ballarat Turf Club Office bearers and race finish - p45 Ballarat Yacht club - opening day and yacht race - p89 Black Hill Progress Association, - members and scenes - p33 Eureka Monument - p79 Finish of a race at Miners RC - p45 Head of the Lake and St. Patrick's the winning crew - p47 1.ake Wendouree - boating on (Gardens side - p] 1 Lake Wendouree, rowing and club houses - p28 Lal Lal waterfalls - p61 Lydiard St. View - Railway Station, Cemetery gates, Mining Exchange, Post Office and Banks - p71 National Federation Conference - 1922 - p39 South city Football club, Ballarat Assoc. Premiers 1922 - p25 Sturt and Lydiard St - top photo Town Hall and T&G building, with ESCo tram (pencil note "Tram No- 3 - Peckham Truck" written in - p75. Bottom photo, looking south from Town Hall. The Western Oval during a football match - p23 Victorian Farmers Union Conference, Ballarat 1922 - p37 Victorian Railway photos of various scenes around Victoria: Pages 3, 5, 7, 55, 59 Views of Victoria Park - p91 VR Ballarat Railway Workshops - p9 Advertisements on even numbered pages, featuring in particular: Ballarat Motor Garage - with photos - p88 C.A.V. Willard - storage battery service Stn - p76 with photo. CA Mitaxa - Builder - includes photos of new homes - p38 Coles & Pullham - stock sales - with photos - p86 ESCo - p70 Geo E. Dibble, machinery merchant - includes photos - p26 Geo. Waller - asphalt and carrier - photos of work and buildings Hanrahan's of Ballarat - Garage and stables - p30 J.L.Ridings - dentists, - photos of surgery p14 Longhurst's Bakeries - Mair and Yuille St. Includes Photos. - P84 Preston Motors, Melbourne - The Maxwell Sep Morse - Motor and Carriage builders - photo - p78 St. Patrick's College - photos of students and buildings - p46 State Savings Bank of Vic. - p20 T-J. Brown house remover and general carrier, photo of traction engines - p90 T.J.Haymes - Wallpaper etc. - p33 The Ballarat Co-Op Distribution Society - includes photos - p44 The Hupmobile - McLean Richards Motors - p22 Wallace Butter Factor - p82 Articles Black Hill Progress Association - p35 Damaged pages - cut outs clippings etc. Page 17/18 - top half bottom 1/3 of page 21/22 Pages: 9, 70, 71, 75, 87 and 90 imaged. Record reviewed and images of some of the pages added 10-9-2013p74. Note re tram 33.trams, tramways, ballarat, commerce, ballarat business, sports, science, esco -
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Magazine, Shennan Publishing & Publicity, "Special 12th Anniversary Issue" - Truck & Bus Transportation - July 1948, 1948
Yields information about Australian transport history, transport at the time of publication and the development of buses and the Ansett organisation.Large format 208 page , July 1948 issue of Truck and Bus Transportation with colour cover, fold out and advertisements, colour printing, articles on buses, trucks, cable trams, Australian Transport, personnel in industry, Ansett, executives - special 12 the anniversary issue. See photocopy of title and contents pages with item notes. Notes on Truck & Bus Transportation - Special Anniversary Issue - July 1948, with particular relevance to BTM Archives Advertisements: White Bus Co - similarity to the US PCC Tram - inside front cover Ansett's and Ansair - p131 AC buses - p162 Articles: Has Australia's Railways Reach the Doldrums? - p38 Modem Street Transit Authorities Announce Development Policy - p42 (includes photos of Sydney, Adelaide Glenelg H class, Bourke St, trams etc, being replaced by buses) These were the Events that made our Headlines (war years - photos included - p61 Riding the Rattlers behind Horses, Ropes and Billies - cable trams, horse and steam trams p66. - demise of Melbourne cable cars. Tracing the development of the Motor Bus in Aust. - p73. Australian Transport Administrations - whose , photos, responsibilities, liquid fuel control (petrol rationing), Australian Road Transport Associations, executives etc. - pl16 onwards Ansett organisation - p 1 72 onwards trams, tramways, trucks, buses, cable trams, road transport -
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Newspaper, Herald & Weekly Times Ltd, The Sun 17/4/1953, Apr. 1953
Yields information about Ballarat civic facilities and is history.Front and back page of "The Sun" Melbourne, Friday April 17, 1953. On page 2 has an articles re Ballarat : homes for aged, hospital, Civic hall, photos of horse trams (3 horses), Town Hall in background), 6 Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses. Front page - Melbourne Olympic Games - final decision by IOC and the Cold War.trams, tramways, horse trams, ballarat, melbourne olympic games, ballarat town hall -
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Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, Courier, 8/3/1938 p21, 22, 29 & 30 - photo of Sturt St, Mar. 1938
Yields information about Ballarat and its locations or environs late 1938.Pages 21,22,29 and 30 of the Centenary issue of the Ballarat Courier, 8/3/1938. Page 21 "When the World was Wide", photos, Ballaarat City Council of Centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district, year, and Sturt St. from Bridge St., possibly original photo of time. Ads. - Marks & Phillips, - Tailors and C.J.Coles. Page 22 - Towns that have a history - Learmonth, Clunes, Creswick and Buninyong. Photos - Learmonth, Clunes and Forestry school Creswick. Ads - State Savings Bank of Vic, Swanston Used Cars. Page 29 - Ballarat's historic Sports Grounds - origin and development, Eastern Oval incident, listing of nuggets found and quartz specimens. Ads for Prestige stockings, T&G Mutual Life and Fosters Lager. Photo of mine at No. 6 shaft on Band of Hope and Albion Consolidated. Page 30 - articles - Ballarat's sporting origins and swamp to reservoir (water supply). Photos of First England Cricket team to visit Ballarat and aqueduct at Kirks storage basin. Ads for Craig Bros, Pratts cash stores, Haymes paints and Ballarat Block Arcade - shops. Record reviewed and images of some of the pages added 10-9-2013trams, tramways, ballarat centenary celebrations, centenary, sports ground, water supply -
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Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, City Honored by six Royal Visits, Mar. 1938
Yields information about Ballarat and its locations or environs late 1938.Pages 11,12, 19 and 20 of the centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district by the Ballarat Courier - March 1938. See also items 186, 198 and 199. Page 11 Royal visits, banking in Ballarat, photos - NW section of Ballarat, railway station in foreground. Ads for J.McKay and Son, Roy Reeds (Men's store) and Ballarat Gas Co. Also photo of "The Corner" in Sturt St. - old Mining Exchange. Page 12 - full page ad for Morseheads, women's store. Page 19 - articles - Ballarat Lighting and Power, ESCo, SEC, electric trams. photos of the Arch of Victory, first electric tram, Lake Wendouree. Advertisements for Austin Spears (cycles), McDougall and Chisholm (drapers), W.E. Longhurst (bread) and the ES&A bank. Also article on South St. Society - music and elocution. Page 20 - articles - Ballarat Gas Co., horse and electric trams, agriculture in district and Ballarat's war record (WWI). Photos of work at Gong Gong Reservoir and Committeemen of the Ballarat Horticultural Society - 1859 to 1885. Ads for Ballarat College, Clarendon, Queens (girls) and Ballarat Grammar schools, Ern Craig Motors (Vauxhall) and Snows men's wear. Record reviewed and images of pages added 7-9-2013 and 10-9-2013trams, tramways, ballarat electricity, centenary, banking, transport, trams, esco -
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Newspaper, Herald Sun, Historic Ballarat is Victoria's Garden City, Apr. 1953
Yields information and demonstrates Ballarat's development from a Melbourne newspaper viewpoint in 1953 and what it's view on the city was.Centre page of Melbourne Sun, pp15-18, 15/4/1953, photos of Sturt St. from Town Hall, looking east, Town Hall, Arch of Victory, Alfred Hall, Eureka Stockade and Begonias. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, street views, alfred hall, eureka -
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Photograph - Illustration/s, Herald & Weekly Times Ltd, Sturt St. Aerial View, 1934, Jan. 1934
Yields information about Ballarat from the eastern aspect of the city looking west in an aerial view dated 1934. Shows buildings such as the Gas Works and other buildings that no longer exist.Photographic reproduction of Ballarat looking west down Sturt St., page 6 of Magazine section of Weekly Times, Jan 20, 1934. On rear is two colour photo of Alexandria Avenue, Melbourne. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st., aerial views -
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Newspaper, The Australasian, "Beautiful Ballarat, 1937", Nov. 1937
Yields information about Ballarat and its locations or environs late 1937.Pages iii,iv,v, and vi of the "The Australasian", 20/11/1937, featuring centre pages iv, and V, "Beautiful Ballarat" and 11 photos with captions of Ballarat, eg Town Hall (tram 33) in photo, Sturt St. from Town Hall, Arch of Victory, Ballarat East Signal box (internal view), on other pages, "To be a farmers boy" and general photos of current events on page III, photos black and white reproduction. Record reviewed and images of three pages added 7-9-2013.trams, tramways, ballarat town hall, sturt st, railway, lake wendouree -
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Ephemera - Ticket/s, Wal Jack, Album of collected tickets - Wal Jack Collection, 1933
Yields information about many transport tickets systems from around the world, including some SEC tickets. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.Diary, printed for 1934, two days per page - full bound and sewn in black Rexene with end papers (partly removed) with gold block title "Diary 1934" on front and "1934" on spine of book, stationary item, with a Nestle's product advertised on the bottom right hand pages. Has a blue ribbon sewn into book. A number of pages have been cut from the front and back of the book. See btm230i for image of book. Has been used primarily to store and present tramway tickets using stamp hinges. Cities collected: Most c1950 though some earlier - 1920's, 1930's. MMTB - 5d - 12 No. - image 1 MMTB - 4d, 6d, 5d, 8d and 9d - 17 No. - image 2 MMTB - 2d, 3d 7d, 4d - 10 No. - image 3 Eastern Goldfields Transport Board - Kalgoorlie, 16 No. - image 4 Ditto - 6 No. - image 5 Ditto - 14 No. - image 6 Ditto - 11 No. - image 7 W.A. government tramways - Perth - 10 No. - image 8 Auckland - 5 No. - image 9 (Special One Day travel ticket loose) MTT Adelaide - 11 No. - image 10 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 20 No. - image 11 Brisbane - 10 No. and AETA tour ticket date 3/2/1951 - image 12 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 13 No. - image 13 St Kilda Brighton electric tramway - 1 No. - image 14 German and Swiss tramway tickets - 4 No. - image 15 Wellington, Hamburg, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Hobart and Winnipeg - image 16 Ballarat (or other Provincial cities) 11 No. - image 17 German cities - 9 No. - image 18 German cities - 4 No. - image 19 Front inside page of book has some birthdays listed of relatives and friends. Last few pages contain notes on photos of train leaving Ballarat 1943. 56, 57 (copy to ARHS Archives). Item revised 30/6/2002. Inside front page has a list of birthdaystrams, tramways, tickets, photo notes, vr steam locos, ballarat., kalgoorlie, mmtb, melbourne, auckland, weekly tickets, adelaide, perth, sydney, brisbane, vr trams, st kilda brighton, wellington, wanganui, new plymouth tramways, hobart -
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Document - Photocopies, Alan Bradley, SEC News Extracts, 1994/95
Yields information about the SEC and its operations during the second World War.27 A4 sheets of copies of relevant papers about the SEC trams, Ballarat & conductresses during the Second World War, from SECV's Staff Magazine "SEC News". Date Page No. Notes 9/1942 6 Our first Conductresses Xmas 42 & 8 Tramway Extension New Year 43 13 Women in the SEC Workforce photos " " 43/44 33 Ballarat Conductresses feted June 1944 28 Between ourselves " " 29 Conductresses raise funds Oct. 1944 10/11 Conductresses triumph " " 19 Ballarat's Success Sept 30, 1946 17 Appreciation for our tram Conductresses Dec. 15, 1945 2-18 Six years of war - the Commission's record. 23 sheets scanned. Photocopies not the best - see high resolution file. See SEC Newstrams, tramways, sec, ballarat, world war ii, conductresses. -
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Document - Photocopies, Alan Bradley, "The Ballarat Tramways War", Oct. 1995
Yields information about the Ballarat Tramways during the second world war. Photocopy of original.Six page photocopy extract of CHHA Journal Vol. 3 1995, of cover, cover pages, p33-41, featuring an article by Alan Bradley titled "Ballarat Tramways' at War". Front page copied full size, inside pages reduced to fit 2 pages to a single sheet. Features four photos. Record review, images added 19/10/2013trams, tramways, secv, ballarat, conductresses, world war ii, chha. -
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Book, Dept. of Veteran affairs for Australia remembers programme, Australia Remembers Information, 1995
Books, posters, letters and bromide sheets for background information and use in Australia Remembers (1995), commemoration - 50th anniversary of end of second world war. 255.1 - three copies - 1 item with 4 Velcro dots on rear, Australia Remembers logo poster - gloss paper, minor creases, three colours, 420 x 286. 255.2 - A4 size, 40 page and card cover background information book - "Australia Remembers", 1945 - 1995", published by Department of Veteran Affairs, 1994 Canberra. Gives brief history of Australia's involvement in Second World War, 297H x 210W, no damage. 255.3 - letter from Victorian Committee to BTPS dated 28/2/19905 - white paper with colour logo, A4, BTPS received stamp in top right hand corner - crease in top left hand corner. 255.4 - 8 page A4 size magazine format on Australia Remembers events, issued in Jan. 1995 - 297H x 210W - no damage. 255.5 - single sheet - A4 size, black and white, and colour bromides of Australia Remembers logos in various screens. Produced by Department of Veteran Affairs. Has been cut on left hand side. Images added 19/10/2013.trams, tramways, world war ii, australia remembers, 50th anniversary, commerations -
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Document - Photocopies, Alan Bradley, Extract SEC and BCC letters, Feb. 1995
Yields information about correspondence between the SEC and The City of Ballaarat during the period 1932 to 1945 and has a strong association with the research work of Alan Bradley.Eleven pages (Photocopies) of handwritten research notes, extracts of letters from SEC to the City of Ballarat (BCC) for period March 1932 to May 1945. From BCC records held at Ballarat Public Records Office, gives box numbers dates. Originals held by A. Bradley. Image of document added 19/10/2013trams, tramways, ballarat, city of ballarat, sec, tramways