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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s - set of 2, 19/11/2007 12:00:00 AM
Has a strong association with the BTM and the Cop's n Kids charter of November 2007 and Austin Brehaut and Dave O'Neil.Print of digital Image of a group of kids during the 19/11/2007 charter for the Cops 'n Kids (with cancer) programme. Features Victorian Police Superintendent and Dave O'Neil. Photo taken by Austin Brehaut. also appeared in Fares Please! of the time. Photo was printed by the Gold Museum 2008 for a local exhibition and additional copies given to the Museum by Roger Trudgeon 2009.trams, tramways, btm, charters, cops n kids -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, "Ballaarat Begonia Festival - 1971", Sep. 2011
Yields information about the form of advertising the Ballarat Begonia Festival undertook and the relationship with Victour, the Victorian Govt. Tourist Bureau.Colour photocopy of a advertising brochure for the 1971 Ballaarat Begonia Festival - copied onto two A3 sheets. Has a map of the city showing the tram tracks, bowling greens, parks, and various locations. Gives Places to visit, programmes and Victour addresses and details. Originally published by the Ballaarat Begonia Festival Association and the Greater Ballarat Association and printed by Hedges and Bell. Three copies held. See Reg Item 2154 for the actual festival programme.trams, tramways, begonia festival, ballarat, map -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Research Notes, Extracts from the Victorian Year Book 1909-16 and 1954, c1960?
Yields information about Melbourne tramway trusts, track mileage, tramway Acts and Melbourne trams sold to the SEC.Set of four typed or handwritten research notes on line quarto paper. Not known who prepared them. .1 - Extracts from the Victorian Year Book 1909-16 and 1954 - notes on the trust, cable tram company, cable tram trust, electric tramway trusts. .2 Tramway Mileage (track) for Victoria except VR trams - from the year books, MMTB and SEC, 1901-09, 1913-14, 1950-54, SEC 1955-1960. .3 Tramway Acts - handwritten - 1910 to 1922 .4 - List of MMTB Cars sold to SEC, and others - handwritten trams, tramways, sec, mmtb, tramcars, track -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Advertising, Personal Papers and list of tram mileages, "Simple Mathematics", 1950's
Yields information about the process of preparing lists Ballarat tramcar mileage records and their use in previous locations. Demonstrates the way the Victorian Railway Institute advertised for members.List of three Ballarat Tramcars mileages (19, 25 and 37) mileages in Ballarat, Melbourne and Geelong written on the back of an advert for the Victorian Railways Institute seeking membership on the basis of discounts received at shops, uses a 10% discount on a suit against the cost of a VRI Discount card - titled "Simple Mathematics" Item was contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips - see btm5507-list.pdf for actual location.tramways, trams, vri, mileage, 19, 25, 37 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Programme, "Transporting Art", 1983
.1 - Folded A2 (into A4 sheets) printed on gloss paper, featuring headlights from some of the Transporting Art program. Document acts as a catalogue for a 1983 Arts Exhibition. Gives a background to the project, lists the trams, notes on the artists, notes from the artists on their work, black and white images of the tram parts. Printed for the Victorian Ministry for the Arts Gallery, exhibition 12/9 to 14/10 1983 .2 - three page A4 document - stapled in the top left hand side "Transporting Art - Impressions of the Painted Trams Project" - listing photographs and photographers. See pdf file. trams, tramways, transporting art, decorated trams, exhibitions -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign, VR Tramways, 1920's
Sign - enamelled on a metal plate with screw holes in each corner - white letters on black background - fitted to a Victorian Railways Tramcar - regarding having exact fare ready, not standing in gangway, alighting and do not leave or join on the wrong side. Advised by Tony Smith of MTPS 5/8/2016 a sign from a VR tramcar. Has a number of them. String through top two corners was fitted to the donated item.trams, tramways, signs, passengers, vr, victorian railways, fares, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Calendar, 1974
Calendar 1975 - 28 pages - black and white photos except for the front cover. Produced by the Sydney Tramway Museum. Features photographs of various Australasian Tramway Systems: Ballarat 34 and Adelaide 111 at the St Kilda Tramway Museum Dunedin 61 Ballarat 37 at the City terminus Bulimba Power Station electric locomotive Newcastle 383 Darling St Balmain Perth Trolley Bus 21 Perth 55 Melbourne Tait train Launceston 26 Sydney Suburban train Adelaide 365 Brisbane 293 VR 28 Geelong 14 - at Eastern Park Sydney tramway museum tramways, trams, ballarat, adelaide, newcastle, sydney, dunedin tramways, brisbane, perth, trolley buses, melbourne, launceston, victorian railways, geelong, tram 14, tram 37, tram 34 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Mufti - Vol. 56, No. 2 June 2016, Jun. 2016
Magazine - 76 pages including cover, "Mufti - Vol. 56, No. 2 June 2016 published by the Returned Services League Victorian Branch. On page 33 has an article about the launch of Cuthberts 939 and the Ballarat RSL and the BTM proposed for a new interpretative centre. Written by Lynne Redman, Welfare, Aged and Health Support Ballarat.trams, tramways, rsl, btm, museum, interpretative centre -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 6, late 1960's early 1970's
Yields information about Railway Level crossing in Lydiard St North and some of the trains that used it.Set of six 35mm slides - Hanimex light grey white plastic mounts or AGFA dark blue / white plastic mounts of trams and trains crossing the level crossing at Lydiard St North Ballarat. .1 - tram 33 with destination of Lydiard St North, just after crossing the rail tracks - has a Twin Lakes sign with Victoria House in the background. .2 - tram 40 with destination of Lydiard St North, waiting at the level crossing with S303 entering the station. .3 - ditto, but with S304 in the photograph under the signal gantry. .4 - tram 17 crossing the crossing with the signal box and Victoria House in the background. .5 - ditto - tram has a Twin Lakes signs and a "Make Bliss No Love" roof advert for Bliss Bombs. .6 - ditto - with the S. F. Motors Pty Ltd Mercedes Benz dealership in the background.tramways, trams, railway station, lydiard st north, level crossings, victorian railways, tram 33, tram 40, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, late 1960's early 1970's
Yields information about the Ballarat Railway Station and the adjacent level crossing.Set of two 35mm slides - Hanimex light blue grey plastic mount of a the view from No. 1 platform at Ballarat Railway Station looking towards the Lydiard St level crossing. Shows the crossing gates, signals and tracks. A goods train with a Z van at the rear is in the platform.tramways, trams, railway station, victorian railways -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative - Copy
... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Trams tramways Victorian ...Set of 15 copy negatives, of black and white photographs of Victorian Railway trams from Ray Pearson Collection, taken by Dave Macartney in 1975c. Original negative held in the negative file. Scanned at 2400 dpi and cropped as necessary. Images as shown replaced by scan from the original Ray Pearson Album provided by Mal Rowe, April 2020 or that there is a better image. .1 - No. 1 - retained. .2 - Cr. T. Bent driving 1st spike - replaced .3 - Works car at Elwood - replaced .4 - No. 23 at Sandringham - replaced .5 - No. 35 at St Kilda - replaced .6 - ditto - replaced .7 - No. 51 at Sandringham - retained. .8 - St Kilda station view - retained. .9 - No. 3 cross bench car at Elwood - replaced .10 - No. 7 end view - replaced .11 - No. 5 at St Kilda Station - replaced .12 - No. 6 cross bench car side on view - replaced .13 - Cr. T. Bent driving 1st spike - replaced .14 - No. 7 - retained. .15 - Enclosed cross bench car at Sandringham - retained. trams, tramways, victorian railways, st kilda, sandringham -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, "New Move to Retain Buninyong Line", 5/06/1953 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 5-6-1953 titled "New Move to Retain Buninyong Line", about a letter from Minister of Transport that the Victorian Railways were not prepared to maintain the bridges on the line that was closed in 1947, despite representations from the Shire of Buninyong. The Shire was asking for assistance from other Councils and Members of Parliament. Item was contained within the back cover of Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems" - see list. buninyong railway -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Exercise Book, Wal Jack, "W. Jack Tramways No. 1", 1950s
Contains notes on the following tram systems. Brisbane - includes notes on photographs Rockhampton steam Sydney Tram Depots NSW Tramways tramcars - notes on each class and work vehicles Birmingham including two cuttings about the closure of Birmingham dated 31-3-1939 London Passenger Transport Board - one page Bristol - closure and damage. Sheffield History of the Tramcar Victorian Railways - St Kilda Brighton Electric Street Railway Sandringham to Black Rock MMTB Cable trams and opening dates Opening dates for the tramway routes in Melbourne to 1921 News Paper cuttings on Doncaster Newspaper cutting - cable trams "Cable Trams.....clang into history" by Hugh Murphy History and Development to 1943 - Brisbane Trams by G. R. Steel (half page only) Perth Tramways Adelaide Municipal Tramways Trust notes South Africa Trams Wellington Corporation Tramways (NZ) Tramways in Soviet Russia World's Largest Tram Systems - July 1938Demonstrates the work of Wal Jack in recording tramway information.Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "W. Jack Tramways No. 1" lined pages, four sections each of 10 sheets, (80 pages), stitched bound. trams, tramways, tramways, sydney, brisbane, vr, melbourne, cable trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Victorian Tuberculous Association, 1970/1980
Poster advertising Victorian Tuberculous Association and the need to get chest X-rays for the prevention of TB. Has the address and telephone numbers on the poster. May have been used in a Ballarat. Appears to have been adhered to an earlier advertisement.trams, tramways, advertisements, posters -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, get immunised for Rubella, 1970's
Poster advertising the need to get immunised for Rubella, a cause of deafness. Space donated by the Royal Victorian Instituted for the Blind. Notes the Deafness foundation. Used on a Melbourne tram.trams, tramways, advertisements, posters -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Sturt St Ballarat
Yields information about the appearance of the median strip and SturtPostcard, coloured, Sturt St Ballarat looking east along the median strip with Snows and the Town Hall in the background. Shows the fenced garden beds and seats alongside. Has a tram outside the Snows building. On rear of postcard - WTP print mark, two cancellation stamps - dated 4 June 09. Addressed to Miss J Hall, 81 Wellington St Kew. Has Victorian 1d stamp. Cancellation stamps, message and address in ink.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Norm Maddock and scrubber 8, 6/10/2009
Two colour prints of Norm Maddock, former Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the Tramways Union and Malvern Tramway Museum alongside Scrubber No. 8 at the BTM depot 6/10/2009. See October 2009 Fares Please! See Melbourne Tram Museum item No. 7582 for a photo of Norm at the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial. Has a strong association with Norm Maddock, former Assistant Tramways Union secretary and driver of the scrubber tram. Photographed during a visit to Ballarat and the War Memorial.Set of two colour prints on digital prints.trams, tramways, scrubber tram, btm depot, unions, tram 8 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Jun. 1949
Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Bendigo Birney No. 30 in High St Bendigo at the end of the double track line en route to Golden Square. Wal's album notes date the photo as June 1949. In the background is the Victorian Government Tourist Bureau and an advertising sign for "Alba Motor Spirit" Has the number "2004X" written in white ink on the negative. Printed on Ilford paper. On rear in pencil "468"trams, tramways, bendigo, birney, high st, tram 30 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, Treasure Tram, 1944
Yields information and has strong association with an important tramway fund raising event during the second world war. The event and other work saw Ballarat conductress Sylvia Mitchell win the Most popular conductress competition from within the Victorian tramway depots.Raffle ticket for the Ballarat Tramway's Patriotic Fair, Most Popular Conductress Competition, Treasure Tram, 1944. Printed on light coloured orange paper, with a two colour, red and green image of the tram. Summary lists of the objects in the treasure tram and what you could use it for. Printed by Waller and Chester by courtesy of Messier and Opie of 17 Bridge St Ballarat. Advises that the results would be published in the papers of 31st July 1944. trams, tramways, world war i, most popular conductress competition, conductresses, treasure tram -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE DIGGING - THE DIGGERS, c1800s
Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide: Talks about the change of life from restraints to civilised life. Being surrounded by degrading and deteriorating influenzas. Constantly excited by aspects of their occupation, much that is repulsive and demandable. . . Commonly called open crime does not exist there to a greater extent than in towns. . . . . In all my wanderings there I never experienced conduct but courtesy and kindness.. . (From the Book, 'Notes of a Digger and Gold Digger's Guide', by James Bonwick. Published in Melbourne in 1852, this was the first printed book on the Victorian diggings.) Markings: 63 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: VICTORIAN BALLROOM DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS 1978, 9th April, 1978
The Official 1978 Victorian Ballroom Dancing Championships including the 1978 Jazz Ballet Teams Victorian Championships held on the 9th April, 1978 at the Broadmeadows Town Hall. Program includes notification of AGM, office bearers and officials, program and names of competitors, including P. Ellis and K. Hammer. Program ha slight green cover with ADS emblem on the front cover with a drawing of two dancers.entertainment, dance, ballroom dancing, peter ellis collection, sustralian dancing society, mickey powell, 1978 victorian ballroom dancing championships, 1978 jazz ballet teams victorian championships, fred barber, fred jenyns, jack mcpherson, bruce saunders, neil rosenfeld, bob courts, maureen mccabe -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1860
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. A diggings, then, was not a permanent settlement, though the sites of some of the greatest diggings did become, through the later development of gold mining, the sites of important Victorian towns. Markings: 33 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COLIN HOLL WITH D3 LOCOMOTIVE
Photocopy of photo, laminated. Image shows Colin Holl, former driver with Victorian Railways. Retired D3 locomotive parked behind on tracks. Written on back of image; Colin Holl, a former driver with Victorian Railways, Colin will speak at the 'Making Tracks' exhibition. Photo taken beside a retired d3 locomotive near the locomotive shed of the Bendigo Railway Yard.railways, bendigo to melbourne, colin holl former driver -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CHOCOLATE BOX COLLECTION: GREEN VELVET BOX, 1890s
Object. Green Velvet & Silk Decorative Chocolate Box Late Victorian Era Circa 1890. Gold Metal Edged Decoration On Each Corner & Gold Metal Clasp. The Centre of the Lid is Decorated with a Large White Moulded Piece of Celluloid Over Heavy Cardboard. The Celluloid Decoration depicts a Classical Scene either Roman or Grecian; 2 Ladies, 1 Reclining & 1 Standing, With A Peacock & A Swan Around A Pond Containing Lotus Flowers Or Water Lilies in Foreground. The Side of the Box were Silk & 3 Beads in Each of the Corners.J.S. Fry & Sonsdomestic equipment, containers, green velvet chocolate box -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - R.S.L. BENDIGO COLLECTION: VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT TRAVEL MEDALLION WW1 VETERANS
White card titled Victorian Government Travel Medallion World War One Veterans. This Medallion, available to all Australian and Commonwealth World War one Veterans resident in Victoria, will on presentation entitle the Veteran to Free Travel in the Melbourne Urban Area (crossed out and Victoria inserted in red) on trains, trams and tramway buses. The Medallion is available for life and is not transferable. 1854 written in red and J W Swatton Bendigo written in blue.government, state, travel medallion ww1, r.s.l. bendigo collection - victorian government travel medallion world war one veterans, j w swatton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - R.S.L. BENDIGO COLLECTION: R.S.L. FIGHT NIGHT BENDIGO V. SHEPPARTON, 24th September, 1948
Light orange/tan Souvenir Programme titled R.S.L. Fight Night Bendigo v. Shepparton Friday, 24th Sept., 1948 at the Mollison Street Drill Hall, Bendigo. On the front is a drawing of boxers, the date and place. On the inside are the names of the Officials, the Contestants and local businesses: T.D.Cairns & Son, Hartleys (Bendigo), R. J. Conroy and Palma Dance. On the back are advertisements to join the Bendigo Branch of R.S.S.A.I.L.A. and the Bendigo Y.M.C.A. Printed by Cambridge Press Bendigo.Cambridge Press, Bendigoevent, sports, r.s.l., r.s.l. bendigo collection - r.s.l. fight night bendigo v. shepparton, mollison street drill hall bendigo, rules victorian amateur boxing and wrestling association, bendigo y.m.c.a. amateur boxing club, bendigo sub-branch r.s.s.a.i.l.a., t d cairns & son, leo forrest, carl ermel, lyn murdoch, lee mann, col wills, rex porter, ron davies, harvey cox, col. g v lansell m>l>c>, b carruthers, r batterham, y.m.c.a.-bendigo-spring gully-north bendigo-shepparton, h cahill, bendigo red cross emergency service, hartleys (bendigo), r j conroy, b davis, z hughes, r burns, l patullo, r santon, d hughes, l bennett, r forrest, s burns, n burns, j mason, p cork, g sutherland, t ritchie, g keely, a smith, k mcqueenie, j jones, k mannix, g ritchie, t clough, t o'connor, t marchingo, r allan, f allen, p grainger, palma dance, r.s.l. building fund, cambridge press bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CLEAVER BROOKS SELF CONTAINED BOILERS
4 brochures with information on Cleaver Brooks Self-Contained Boilers. Stamped on two brochures ' Victorian Sales & Service, Crockford and Robertson Pty Ltd, Abbott Street, Fairfield, Victoria, JX 1234' Written in biro on three brochures ' Graeme Turk'.organisation, commerce, cleaver brooks boilers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: VICTORIAN GOLD ASSOCIATION, 1931
Prospectus of the Victorian Gold Association N.L. Based on a report by Messrs H. W. Gepp Consultant on Development to the Commonwealth Government and W. Baragwanath, Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria. Dated 1931 This company was formed to investigate the Deborah Mine, The Central Nell Gwynne Mine and the Monument Hill Mine. 12 pages including maps and Transverse Sections of the MinesThe Commonwealth and Victorian State Governments. E. Whitehead & Co., Pty., Ltd Printers 21 Equitale Place, Melbourne, C1.gold, mining, prospectus, bendigo, gold mines, victorian gold associatian, deborah mine, central nell gwynne mine, monument hill mine. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: HOLDEN CAR
Black and white photograph. White car. FJ Holden, (1954-1956). Victorian number plate GEN 449person, individual, peter ellis car -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: HOLDEN CAR
Black and white photograph. White car. FJ Holden, (1954-1956). Victorian number plate GEN 449person, individual, peter ellis car