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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Journal - Divisional Diary, Australian Railway Historical Society, Victorian Division, 1972
A publication by the Australian Railway Historical Association. Victorian Division from November 1957 until December 1972. In 1973 it was superseded by the Newsrail Magazine which remains in publication. Some articles related to the Tasmanian rail network were also included.A magazine featuring articles, illustrations and images related to the development of the Victorian Railways and events taking place at the time of publication.A publication by the Australian Railway Historical Association. Victorian Division from November 1957 until December 1972. In 1973 it was superseded by the Newsrail Magazine which remains in publication. Some articles related to the Tasmanian rail network were also included.victorian railways, railways tasmania, railways history -
Yarra Glen & District Historical Society
Black and white photographs, Yarra Glen railway crossing c.1900
Black and white photograph in light brown card slip case. The slip case has an image on the front cover of a head and shoulder bust. The photograph was taken about 1900 from the tower of the Grand Hotel looking down upon the Victoria Hall and the railway crossing. In the lower left corner is W.J.Dawborn's General Store. In front of the store is a horse and spring dray and another horse hitched to a veranda post. Next to the store is the Victoria Hall and beyond that a water trough. The railway crossing is in the centre of the picture with two railway cattle trucks next to the cattle yards. Beyond the railway on the left hand side is the property later known as 'River View'. Beyond the river lined with trees are the Yering flats across which can be seen the long trestle railway bridge. In the foreground of the picture is Bell Street lined with trees in wooden tree guards.yarra glen, victoria hall, railway crossing, river view, general store, w j dawborn, horse and cart, horse and dray, spring dray, horse hitched, hitching post, water trough, railway truck, cattle truck, cattle yards, stock yards, yering flats, trestle railway bridge, trestle bridge -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Sheet of 10 contact prints - Various Portland historic buildings and landmarks, c. 1970
Sheet of 10 contact prints of rephotographed photographs. Identifying numbers 5715a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j (a) Portland form Battery Point (b) Henty Beach, looking south (c) Palmer Street Primary School, No. 489 (d) Guardian Office, Bentinck Street (e) Railway Station Harbour Baths Bentinck Street (f) Jane Henty - wife of Stephen (g) bullock dray, bush (h) Ocean Pier (i) Bentinck Street Percy Street (j) Henty BeachFront: (a) Portland from Battery Point. - The Rose Series (c) .... School, Portland Vic. - Toys Photo (d) Bentinck Street The Guardian Office Portland. - Magnus Photo (e) Railway Harbour & Jetty (f) Price $3.70 (i) Bentinck Street Percy Street The Harbour and Town of Portland (j) Henty Beach, Portland -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: EXHIBITION LABELS X 15 - CARDBOARDS
Exhibition labels x 15 - cardboards Railway Post Office stamps, 1865, and book 1951 - Courtesy Edna Westhead. Copy of 1887 Map of Railway Post Offices - Courtesy Edna Westhead Taken in 1921, Bendigo railway men celebrating 50 years since first train arrived in Bendigo in 1862 - Courtesy Bendigo Historical Society Book of Signals, 1949 - Courtesy Bernie Kingdon Book of Instruction Rolling Stock 1921, 1943 - Courtesy Bernie Kingdon Lost Property Book, 1886 - Courtesy Ross Rowley View of Bendigo Railway Station taken from St. Paul's tower, 1875 - Courtesy Bendigo Historical Society...document, memo, railway -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE, c.1905
Panoramic photograph from the Melbourne to Bendigo railway line of the New Chum Railway Mine. Railway red white and blue, north red white and blue, new red white and blue consolidated. No. 3 red, white and blue, eureka extended and south bellevue? Mines. Inscriptions: in image - 'New Chum Railway Goldmine 4226 feet - deepest in the world'. 'Copyright R Scott Melb'. On back - '1 neg and 4 prints' (in ballpoint pen). 'MNG 27', 'A Richardson, 29 Harrison St, Bendigo' (ballpoint), A Richar, 29 Harr, Ben' (dark blue ink), 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch' (stamp seal)R Scott Melbournemine, gold, new chum railway, bendigo, new chum gold mine, mines and mining, place, bendigo mines, railway line, gold mine, place, mining -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Postcard, Ringwood State School No 2997- Empire Day 1907
Coloured Postcard"Written on back of Postcard" With complements Mr Hocking -Ringwood State School Grace Curry - Ringwood Railway Station. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Bedford Rd. Ringwood, railway crossing. 1974
See also Record 2313 - same scene c1920 (SS081 and SS082)Typed below photograph, "Bedford Rd. railway crossing. Great Ryrie St. comes in from right, 1974". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Bedford Rd. 1973. Looking towards Ringwood. Railway Station roof can be seen
Typed below photograph, "Bedford Rd. 1973. Looking towards Ringwood. Railway Station roof can be seen". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Railway Station, including view of platform advertising, Main Street shops, and Loughnan's Hill. c.1925
Inscription below photograph reads, "Railway Station, Ringwood. Real photo series M.2451." "c.1925". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Heatherdale Road railway crossing, approx. 1924. Miss Condon, Gate-keeper
Typed on back of one copy, "Heatherdale Road railway crossing, approx. 1924. Miss Condon, Gate-keeper". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Station Entrance circa 1940 (water damaged)
(water damaged)Written on backing sheet, "Main St. Ringwood - Looking toward Railway Station entrance. Newsagent C.V. Ward". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Heatherdale Road rail crossing looking south from Maroondah Highway c.1924
Typed below photograph, "Heatherdale Road railway crossing. Looking south from Maroondah Highway c.1949. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Dublin Rd. railway crossing, East Ringwood, looking west - 1923 (2 images)
Typed below photograph, "Dublin Rd. railway crossing, East Ringwood, looking west - 1923". (2 copies). -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Bluebird to Boomerang Cafe in Hogan Street Tatura, 1920's mid
Original photograph of Myers family and friends shifting from Bluebird Cafe to Boomerang Cafe, mid to late 1920's. Formerly a jewelry shop. Left to right: Sarah (girlie) Colliver, Tom Myers, Nell Myers, Mark Pritchard, Tom Colliver, Bridge Myers and Neil Colliver. Black and white photograph of local identities transfering effects from Bluebird Cafe to Boomerang cafe mid late 1920's.transfer of effects from Bluebird cafe to Boomerang cafe, east of railway crossing. Props. Bridge and Nell Myersnell myers, sarah colliver, boomerang cafe tatura, n. lenehan, bluebird cafe tatura, tom myers, mark pritchard, tom colliver, bridge myers, neil colliver -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Bluebird Cafe, 2001
Bluebird Cafe Proprietors were Bridget & Nell Myers, early 1920s, later they moved the business into the other building in the photo.Original photograph of Bluebird Cafe Hogan Street Tatura c1922on back "Bluebird Cafe. East of railway crossing Hogan Street. Operated by Misses Bridget and Nell Myers. 1922hogan street, railway crossing, myers b & n, photograph, buildings, blue bird, bluebird, bluebird cafe -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - set of 3 Black and White photographs, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Jun. 1948
Set of three Black and white photograph of a MMTB Leyland double decker bus No. 221 after striking the Vere St (Abbotsford) bridge on Saturday 19-6-1948, during a Collingwood - Fitzroy Football match. All photos taken at the Central Bus Garage, North Fitzroy. Bus has the destination of FootballWritten on the rear of each photo in pencil "Collided with Vere St Railway Bridge Sat 19th June 1948" tramways, buses, north fitzroy, accidents, leyland, double deck buses, football, td5c class, mmtb buses, bus 221 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mrs. H. Pump cutting ribbon at opening of Heathmont Railway Station, 1926
Typed below photograph, 'Mrs. H. Pump cutting ribbon at opening of Heathmont Railway Station, 1926. Written on back of one of the smaller copies, 'Mrs. H. Pump, cutting ribbon at opening of Heathmont Railway Station. Mr. W. H. Everard M.L.A.' -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Ministry of Transport, Geelong Steam Preservation Society, "Victorian Transport Study - (The Lonie Report)", 1980
... Railways ...Set of reports, known as the "Victorian Transport Study - (The Lonie Report)", produced during 1980 and supplementary reports. Prepared from Robert Maclellan Minister of Transport by W. M Lonie. Documents resulted in significant change to the Victorian transport structures, especially the way freight and railway transport was handled. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonie_Report (accessed 25-9-2014) Documents generally perfect bound into manila coloured covers - unless noted otherwise. Comprises: .1 - Final Report - 174 pages .2 - Background to Transport Finance - white comb bound - 192 pages .3 - Summary of Submissions - fawn colour comb bound - 70 pages .4 - Background to State Development - 94 pages .5 - Land transport in Victoria - Historical background - white comb bound - 31 pages .6 - Bicycles - 19 pages .7 - Car pooling - 15 pages .8 - VicRail Financial system - 35 pages .9 - Transport of Fertilisers - 17 pages .10 - Staggered working hours - white comb bound - 16 pages .11 - Administration of Transport - 79 pages .12 - Metropolitan Roads - 60 pages .13 - Transport of Students - 24 pages .14 - Fuel for transport - unbound - stapled in top corner - photocopy of a bound document - 42 pages. This set does not comprise the full set of reports produced - see final document. .15 Autum 2016 issue of the Geelong Steam Preservation Society (Bellarine Railway) which contains an article on the Lonie Report "From Rags to Riches (Part 1). - See images 620a, 620b and 620c. The Winter issue did not have any materials on tramways.trams, tramways, transport, victoria, lonie report, railways, melbourne, tramways -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Opening Heathmont Railway Station in May 1926, 1926
Opening Heathmont Railway Station in May 1926. The photo shows the audience, including Bill Everard MLA, at the entrance to the railway platform. The Station building was located on the west side of the tracks, near the corner of Heathmont and Canterbury Roads. At the officially opening, the ribbon was cut by Louise Pump, wife of Herman. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Early Shipping: Ocean / Railway Pier, 07/11/1923
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: White lettering on photo: 'DALGETY & CO SHIPPING WOOL AT PORTLAND 7.11.23' Back: Purple stamp - 'PORTLAND HARBOR TRUST COMMISSIONERS' '(7) Blue biroport of portland archives, ocean pier -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25.3.1924
RAILWAYS COLLECTION -VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE -List of employees 25.3.1924 VICTORIAN RAILWAYS Aged , damaged paper Gazette -front pages is missing. The gazette shows Columns as follows - Departmental number, Name in full (Alphabetically), Position, Date of birth, Date of entry, Salary or rate of pay 1.1.23.document -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: A MULTI WHEEL SUPER HEAVY TRANSPORT VEHICLES
Railways Collection - colour photo (part of a series) of an Unspecified number of Multi wheel Super Heavy Transport Vehicles - all of which appear to be transporting Railway related items. The front vehicle appears to be carrying a red painted Grain Hopper behind this are several other Heavy Transport Vehicles.photograph, train -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: PHOTO OF AN OLD STEAM TRAIN
Railways Collection -Laminated News clipping -Photo of an unidentified old Steam Train (cir.1870's?). The train is standing outside the Tomlins Simmie and Coy Roller Flour Mills near the Nolan St railway gates.Three men appear to be on the Steam engine and some people outside the building.newspaper -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAILWAY COLLECTION BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF A V LINE TRAIN
RAILWAY COLLECTION BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF A V LINE train behind a small crowd of people possibly Railway Staff .The man in the front centre is holding a framed certificate .The man on his left is wearing a jacket with Crown badges on his Lapels.There is a Tractor and train bogies in the train yard .photograph, person -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, 1914
Collected by Alison Kelly when she was caretaking the Missions to Seamen Building 1987-90.One of six postcards, mostly various angles and times of Railway Pier, Port Melbourne. B&W postcard - Railway Pier viewed toward shore - Three steamers and one sailing ship, train central and crowd. Same view as 295.03 but in sepia, reduced and within embossed area.piers and wharves - railway pier -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopies, John Phillips, Bungaree Aerial photo, 1980's
Demonstrates the use of bogie trams on the Lydiard St North route and the crossing of trams at Seymour St loop.Two sets of three copies of the Victorian Railways aerial photographs of Bungaree Railway station late 1960's early 1970's. Shows tennis court, station buildings, houses and sheds in the station yard. The level crossing does not appear to have any flashing lights installed on it.trams, tramways, bungaree, aerial views, victorian railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, c1946
Black and white negative, of Victorian Railways trams 26 in Bluff Road, Black Rock Note the white bumper bars. Photo c1946. (Possibly 12-3-1946 - see Reg Item 5773) In the background is State Savings Bank Photo not in the Wal Jack Victorian Railways Album.trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr trams, bluff road, black rock, tram 26 -
Buda Historic Home & Garden Castlemaine
Photograph, c1858 - 1860
Gold and Redgum Inkstand made by Ernest Leviny, c1855-1858. Presented to Mr J.V.A. Bruce, contractor for the Melbourne and Murray Railway by the workmen, at Woodend on Monday 8th July 1861. This gold inkstand was Leviny's first major masterpiece commenced around 1855 and made from gold found on the Victorian fields. It featured four gold nuggets representing the Southern Cross from the goldfields of Ballarat, Bendigo Maryborough and Castlemaine. It was exhibited in Melbourne in 1858, and again in 1861 where it was awarded a 1st Class Certificate at the Victorian Exhibition in Melbourne. In 1862 it was exhibited at the London International Exhibition where it attracted a great deal of attention and was published in The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue accompanying the exhibition. The whereabouts of the Inkstand is currently unknown.Matt, albumen print, mounted on lightweight card backing. Albumen photograph of a gold and redgum inkstand. Elaborate inkstand highly decorated with cast figures. Mounted on a redgum base.Stamp embossed on upper left corner. Crown in a circle with the words Bristol Paper. Handwritten in ink under image. "Gold inkstand presented at the opening of the Railway, designed by the late Ernest Leviny Esq. October 13th 1862. Made of almost pure gold and cost £700".inkstand, ornament, gold, goldsmithing, london exhibition 1862, melbourne and murray railway, photograph, woodend, 8 july 1861, mr j. v. a. bruce -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document - Copy of Lands Department Field Notes - Parish of Ringwood, Victoria, Field Notes - OP34838 - surveyed in 1919 by D. Barker
5615b Foolscap size photocopy of survey map with handwritten notations. References include Braeside Avenue, Mount Dandenong Road, Rosedale Court, Railway Avenue, cyclone fence, Sec A, WB house, old tennis court netted, stable, old shed, tank stand, orchard, Township Boundary, netting fence, Railway fence, Ringwood to Lilydale Railway, I certify that these fieldnotes are a true copy of the actual results of observations & measurements taken by me on the ground (signed) D. Barker (1919). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: SCENIC RAILWAY - KATOOMBA N.S.W
Two black and white photographs of the scenic railway located at Katoomba N.S.W. Inscriptions: Number 503 on front of one and 496 on other. They both have the same inscriptions on front; Copyright. A. Manning Katoomba, Scenic Railway Katoomba, Blue Mountains N.S.W. Grade at this point52 degrees for a distance of 181 feet (503). 1200 feet from the top showing grade and tunnel through rock (496). Total length of railway 1300 feet at an average gradient of 45 degrees.person, individual, basil miller