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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Stirling Crescent, Surrey Hills in 1930s, 1930s
Paddy Slavin had a bakery at 118 Union Road, which had a rear exit onto Stirling Crescent. On the left is part of Paddy Slavin’s Bakery at 118 Union Road. The house with the hedge was that of Ada McBeath, organist for many years at the St Stephens Presbyterian and the Wyclif Churches, who lived at No.16 from 1900-1943. Phillip and Winifred Slavin are still listed in electoral roll in 1963 but by 1968 had moved to Gipps Street Collingwood, where he was still employed as a pastrycook. A black and white photograph of a street with some houses and cars on the left and electricity poles and the railway line on the right hand side.stirling crescent, surrey hills, bakery, streetscape, (ms) ada mcbeath, churches, organist, (mr) phillip slavin, (mrs) winifred slavin, streetscape, pastrycook, wyclif congregational church, (mr) paddy slavin, st stephens presbyterian church -
Canterbury History Group
Drawing - Illustration, At the Station, Canterbury, Melbourne
A steam train at the Canterbury Railway Station photocopied from a post card from the Real Photo Series, date unknowncanterbury, canterbury station, canterbury road, theatre place, steam trains -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Early Canterbury, 1882
Copy of the black and white drawing by William Tibbits of Canterbury, 1882.Includes Canterbury Railway Station, Stationmasters House and Shrublands, canterbury, canterbury road, rochester road, balwyn road, shrublands, canterbury railway station, stationmasters house, trees, steam trains, tibbits> william -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of former Tarnagulla Railway Station, Former Tarnagulla Railway Station, circa 1890 to 1940
Murray Comrie Collection. Monochrome photograph depicting the railway station formerly at Tarnagulla. This is a good copy of an older original. Copy probably made in the 1970s. tarnagulla, railway, rail, transport, trains, station -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, Oppy's bicycle, 1994
Born in 1904, Opperman attended Melton School 430 1913/14. Achieved fame in bicycle racing, later was a well known Member of Parliament, held ministerial positions both in Australia and overseas. On October 27th he launched Melton’s History – Plains of Promise 1985 The famous bicycle was left at its permanent “home” at the rooms of the Rochester Historical Society formerly Rochester Railway Station 1994.local identities, local significant events -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1957
Copy black and white photograph of railway level crossing on Nepean Highway Moorabbin before excavations for the below ground rail crossing. The level crossing gates are closed and five cars are waiting, while other cars can be seen coming in the opposite direction. A woman with a child in a pram is walking along the road, and a number of men, probably construction workers, are standing behind a barricade on the right hand side of the road. Gilbey's Gin distillery is visible in the background. TCopy black and white photograph of railway level crossing on Nepean Highway Moorabbin before excavations for the below ground rail crossing. The level crossing gates are closed and five cars are waiting, while other cars can be seen coming in the opposite direction. A woman with a child in a pram is walking along the road, and a number of men, probably construction workers, are standing behind a barricade on the right hand side of the road. Gilbey's Gin distillery is visible in the background. Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: 57-465C Handwritten in red ink on reverse: 71% A red circle has been drawn around all handwritten text.moorabbin, railway station, railway crossing, suburbs, cars, local production -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Fred Rochow Railways Collection - "Spirit of Progress" test run, November 17, 1937
The Fred Rochow Railways Collection incorporates photos related to the operation of the Wodonga Railway Station including different types of trains and railways staff C. 1930 – 1990. It was donated to the Wodonga Historical Society by Fred Rochow, a railwayman who spent many years based in Wodonga. He joined the Victorian Railways on 17th June l947 and retired in 1988. For some time, he was a member of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen and served a term as a member of the Trades Hall Council. He had an extensive knowledge of the struggles that took place to achieve better conditions for railway workers. Fred worked for many years as a fireman and then worked his way up the ranks to driver, experiencing many changes from the days of steam locomotives through to diesel trains, locomotives and even the modern XPT train. He worked throughout Victoria at different stages of his career, with his final working years focused on the northeast of Victoria and the Albury to Melbourne line. After his retirement, Fred continued to share his love of steam miniature trains with the community.This collection has local and statewide significance as it captures images of trains, locomotives and personnel who operated the railway services in Wodonga and throughout Northeast Victoria. The railways played a critical role in opening up Victoria and connecting Australia for trade, business, social communication and transport.The "Spirit of Progress" on a test run prior to its official launch being hauled by Locomotive S303. It was named the C.J. LaTrobe after the1st Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, Charles Joseph Latrobe. Considered by many to be Victorian Railways' greatest passenger locomotives, the 4 S class steam locomotives were the first 3 cylinder steam locomotives. This small class was built to run the Melbourne to Albury passenger trains and spent their entire careers on the North East line. They were built unstreamlined and ran in this condition until 1937. The streamlining modifications complimented the all new "Spirit Of Progress" carriages. The S class ran the "Spirit" until 1952 at which time the newly delivered B class diesels took over. The 4 S class locomotive which were allocated to the "Spirit of Progress" were S300 - the "Mathew Flinders", withdrawn in September 1954, having covered 1,379,791 miles. S301 - the "Sir Thomas Mitchell", withdrawn in October 1953, having covered 1,414,367 miles. S302 - the "Edward Henty", withdrawn in July 1954, having covered 1,446,468 miles and S303 - the "C.J. Latrobe", withdrawn in May 1954, having covered 1,434,664 miles.On the lower front of the Locomotive "S303"railways wodonga, fred rochow, wodonga railwaymen, spirit of progress, s class steam locomotives -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Road Board, "Report on Traffic Congestion", 1919
... Railways ...Report - 26 pages, printed, contained and stapled within a grey "Roneo Numeralpha System" folder, titled "Report on Traffic Congestion", containing a Victorian Parliamentary Report, dated 1919 with titled "Report of Board appointed to investigate the problem of relieving congestion of traffic in Melbourne." Full title "Report of Board Appointed to Investigate the problem of Relieving Congestion of Traffic in Melbourne" The Board or "Traffic Board" comprised 5 representatives of Councils, MMTB, Railways and the Public Works Department includes comments on growth of Melbourne, railways, tramways, new arterial roads, subways, new bridge at Spencer St, regulation of street traffic, looks at new tramway routes, hours works and provides a summary of recommendations including drawings for new arterial roads, graphs and roads / tramway layouts in two chain wide roads. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website. Second copy - unbound as printed, stapled on the left hand side, from McComb collection, box 10 - added 5/1/2017. added a 2nd copy from Russell Jones (28/05/22). Poor quality copy.Has in ink on the bottom edge "17th June 1919", Copy 2 - "H. Lormer"? in ink in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, general scheme, tramways, development, parliament, spencer st, railways, finances, construction, traffic control -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white postards, Rose Stereograph Company, 1940s -1950s
These postcards are part of the Rose series of photograph / postcards taken around Victoria. Rose was born in Clunes in 1861 and later worked in his father’s boot-making business in Prahran while studying photography. In 1880 he founded the Rose Stereograph Company and became famous for producing stereographs, or stereoviews, which gave the illusion of being in 3D when seen through a hand-held viewer, a big craze of the era. Rose produced stereoviews of the Western Front during the First World War. In all, he took about 9000 images in about 38 countries. As stereographs lost popularity in the 1920s, Rose switched to production of postcards and decorative cards, and he and the photographers who followed took thousands of scenes around Victoria as well as interstate that became iconic images of Australian life.These postcards are pictorial records of Orbost in the mid 20th century.Postcards such as these were a way of showing the scenic attractions of Orbost to potential tourists.Three black / white postcards of views over the Orbost flats and railway viaduct. 3183.1 is of a railway viaduct in the foreground and farming flats. 3183.2 is a view over the Orbost flats taken from Grandview Lookout. 3183.3 is a view from the Grandview Lookout showing the back of a woman looking across a rail fence. 3183.1 - bottom front - Rose Series P 478 SNOWY RIVER FLATS, ORBOST VIC 3183.2 - bottom front - Rose Series P 49 ORBOST, FROM GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS,VIC 3183.3 - bottom front - Rose Series P 14443 A VIEW FROM THE LOOKOUT, ORBOST, VICpostcards-orbost rose-series orbost-railway-viaduct grandview-lookout-orbost -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Early Shipping: Ocean/Railway Pier, n.d
Port of Portland AuthorityFront: Back- Purple stamp- 'Portland harbour trust comissioners' 'M.E Andrews Portland'- Printed on bottom leftport of portland archives, portland harbour, horse drawn drag, wool bales -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BADHAM COLLECTION: WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKE INSTRUCTION BOOK
Victorian railways small note book, 'Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake Instruction Book'. Hard bound green covered small book. Victorian Railways governing the description, maintenance and manipulation of the air brake equipment on rolling stock in steam and rail motor service. Effective from 1-1-46.document, memo, railway, westinghouse automatic air brake instruction book -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: STEPHENSON LOCOMOTIVE NAMED BENDIGO
Railways collection Photocopied A4 re article on Stephenson locomotive named Bendigo extracted from The Australian Historical Railway Society Bulletin No. 487 - May 1978.The article has a photo of a Stephenson - built 2-4-0 Loco (see 6857) this photo is shown with the caption Contractors (Bruce & Cornish).magazine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: THE V.R.I. REVIEW NOVEMBER 5 1922
The V.R.I. review November 5, 1922 vol.12 no.10. Editor J.D. Michie, official organ of the Victorian Railways Institute. Printed in pink stained, paper stapled, price of three pence. Cover includes Institute logo, photos inside of Maryborough Railway Football Club premiers 1921-1922.magazine, organization, victorian railways, the v.r.i. review / editor j.d. michie / maryborough railway football club premiers 1921-1922 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAY AGREEMENT
[a,b] Two stapled typed Victorian Railway agreements between Cohns for reduced rate of merchandise [sugar] transportation from Melbourne to Bendigo. Dated 6th May 1946. Signed F Levy on behalf of Cohns. Handwritten ink caption 'Vic Railways, freights agreement dated 6th May 1946.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAILWAY GOODS TRUCK, early 1900's ?
sepia photograph, mounted on board. Railway goods truck in foreground. Rough shelter behind with large circular saws ? Two men, 3 boys - one boy mounted on horse. On railway goods truck ' 4162.1/to carry 10 tons' indistinct chalk writing. On cardboard on RH edge ' rough proof'person, group, employees -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FREIGHT SHED, BENDIGO RAILWAY STATION, Taken November 1988
Coloured photograph - Freight shed, Bendigo Railway station. Written on back of photo - Freight shed at Bendigo railway station. Evidence of former use by Hume & Iser, Timber Merchants, photograph taken during November, 1988. Photo showing V/Line writing over older writing of Hume & Iser.place, train, freight shed., photograph. freight shed at bendigo railway station. -
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 partly scrapped Locomotive Diesel engine there is a sign on the front vehicle - 'Danger Long wide Load.'photograph, train, diesel -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, 1/02/1975 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the official opening by the BTPS of a tram service in Wendouree Parade and a special train to Wendouree Station for the event.Image of Victorian Railways DRC No. 41 at the Wendouree Station platform operating as a Special Train operated by the Association of Railway Enthusiasts for the official opening of the BTPS Wendouree Parade tram line on 1/2/1975. Images scanned and altered by Roderick Smith from the Hugh Ballantyne collection August to September 2017.trams, tramways, opening, are, btps, wendouree station -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "End of the line for our tourist tram", 28/12/1985 12:00:00 AM
Small item about the BTPS tram operations facing the mini 1985 public liability crisis, compared to the early 2000's crisis. Notes other railway that had closed. Problem was resolved by the State Govt and the State Insurance office.Newspaper clipping, from The Courier, 28-12-1985, titled "End of the line for our tourist tram", about the problems the railways (Bellarine Peninsula Railway had closed) getting public liability insurance. Quotes Frank Hanrahan and Warren Doubleday. Has photo of trams in front of depot; 38 and 671.btps, insurance -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, 1970s
Yields information about the railway level crossing.Digital image, black and white, of No. 41 north bound in Lydiard St North, crossing the railway lines with Victoria House in the background, at the level crossing. A wet day. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 41 at the Railway"trams, tramways, level crossings, railway station, lydiard st nth, tram 41 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Transmission Line - Footscray Tramways", 1/03/1921 12:00:00 AM
Letter, carbon copy, quarto sheet - to the Secretary of the Victorian Railways titled "Transmission Line - Footscray Tramways" dated 1/3/1921, regarding the crossing of the electrified railway at Footscray by the Boards 6000V transmission line to approved plans. Signed by H. S. Dix Chief Manager and Acting Chief Engineer.trams, tramways, mmtb, vr, footscray, new tramway, power supply, electrical engineering -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1960s
Photo is of area known as ' Silent Street'. It is on path to Pinnacle Lookout.Photo shows a man walking along slabs of rock that form a path between rocky outcrops. He is walking away from the camera. Various shrubs line the path. Gum trees can be seen in background.'Copyright photograph'. This photograph may be reproduced on condition that it is acknowledged as 'Victorian Railways Photograph', p3456- Silent Street . Halls Gap.scenery, wonderland range -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, First electric train going towards Ringwood passing through Heatherdale Rd. railway crossing. c.1923
Typed below photograph, "First electric train going towards Ringwood passing through Heatherdale Rd. railway crossing". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mr. W. Matlock with hansom cab, Matlocks Livery Stables, Pratt Street, Ringwood - 1917
Written on back of photograph, "Mr. W. Matlock was one of the first to operate from Ringwood Railway Station with a hansom cab. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Herman Pump's orchard looking towards Heathmont Railway Station 1927. Station and platform on left
Typed below photograph, "Herman Pump's orchard looking towards Heathmont Railway Station 1927. Station and platform on left". -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, St Kilda Railway Station and Siding circa 1864, c. 1864
photograph of a photographSt Kilda Railway station and siding, C 1864 (original held by St K C.C. Neg B31, 17.6.79) -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Brass Band 1880's, 1880's
Stawell Brass Bank in uniform with Bandmaster at back with a big hat. Man in suit kneeling at frontMakers stamp on back Stawell Photographic Co C Hewitt Photographer Main Street close to Railway Station Stawellentertainment, music -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Photograph
Group photo of Australian Army Unit (unknown)Group photo taken in front of old drill hall which was located in the current Ringwood railway station car park -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1942
Photograph, Black and White, of a drawing of the proposed VR tramcars dated 23-6-42. Has an outline of the proposed tramcar, with colours, lettering and monogram placement. Some overall dimensions given.In ink on the rear: "Melbourne Victorian Railways Proposed design for new tramcars 1942" and KSK stamp with number 'LWR-11"trams, tramways, vr, new trams, st kilda brighton, monograms, tram 52 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Presentation kit, 150th Anniversary M&HB Railway, Victorian Department of Infrastructure, Aug 2004
Kit presented to attendees at celebratory breakfast for 150th Anniversary of the M&HB railway, in pink & copper. .02: Invitation to the breakfast .03: Badge '150 Victoria' gold coloured .04: Set of 4 railway postcards ('maximum cards') .05: Fridge magnet from PROV (grey & black) .06: Card designating table 16, where 9 PMH&PS members sat .07: "Sandridge Railway Trail" - DL tour guide .08: "Making Tracks" - DL brochure about RHSV exhibition .09: "Stampspotting" - DL exhibition brochure (Aust Post) .10: "Rebuilding Regional Rail" - A4 brochure re new developments in Vic Rail .11: "Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Victorin Railways" - double-sided A4 fact sheet, copper & pink .12: Seven related media releases from various auhorities .13 RHSV form for telling railway stories. (May be missing August 2013)transport - railways, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, peter batchelor, department of infrastructure, melbourne & hobsons bay railway