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National Wool MuseumStencil - DALGETY G
This stencil was used as an organisation identification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Dalgety and Company Limited was a wool store company founded in Melbourne in 1846 by Frederick Gonnermann Dalgety. A wool store was built on the Geelong waterfront in 1891 and was in continual use until 1954. Wool bales marked with Dalgety would have been processed with the company. Wool bale export stencil - DALGETY GDALGETY Gwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
National Wool MuseumStencil - ORDNANCE STORES VICTORIA BARRACKS
This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Ordnance Stores is the British Army system of cataloguing parts. Victoria Barracks was the administrative headquarters for the Australian Army, located in Southbank, Victoria. Wool bales marked ORDNANCE STORES VICTORIA BARRACKS would have been transported to the the Ordnance Stores within the Victoria Barracks.Wool bale export stencil - ORDNANCE STORES VICTORIA BARRACKSORDNANCE STORES VICTORIA BARRACKSwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Series of 3 photographs - grip car 436, The Age Newspaper, Jan 1978
Series of three photos showing the loading and transportation to the 1978 Transport Cavalcade held on Monday 30-1-1978. All from The Age. The donor has written detailed descriptions on the rear. The second photo features Len Millar a tramway historian. the 3rd photographs features Birney tram X 217, Z 1 and Y1 613.Yields information about the preparations and the 1978 Transport Cavalcade.Set of three images of cable grip card 436 and of the 1978 Transport Cavalcade.See images of the rear of each print.tramways, transport, cable trams, alf twentyman, transport cavalcade, spencer street, x class, tram 217, tram 1, z class -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - CASTLEMAINE GAS COMPANY COLLECTION: PHOTO ABEL STREET DEPOT, 1985
Set of 3 photographs glued to A4 paper representing Abel Street Distribution Centre. Bendigo 1985. First photo shows gardens surrounding the new building, Second photo shows man, wearing a coat, admiring the flowers, white car parked to the right of the photo in front a a building, and 2 vehicles, 1 medium size and the other is a semi trailer both fitted for the transportation of gas, Third photo shows a man playing darts in the staff room.business, retail, gas and fuel -
National Wool MuseumStencil - ASCANIUS
This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Ascanius was a steam passenger ship that was commanded to be one of the first ships to transport Australian Expeditionary Forces overseas in November 1914. It was returned to its owner after the war in 1920, where it continued to transport general cargo. All wool bales stamped with ASCANIUS would be transported on the Ascanius ship.Wool bale export stencil - ASCANIUSASCANIUSwool transportation, wool export, wool sales -
National Wool MuseumStencil - USSR
This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. The United Socialist Soviet Republic, or U.S.S.R., was made up of 15 soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Wool bales marked USSR would have been transported to the Soviet Union by sea.Wool bale export stencil - USSRUSSRwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
Seaworks Maritime MuseumArt
Wooden print of an image of Japanese people being carried in stagecoaches by the sea."Basha/ The Basha began to come into general use toward the end of / the edo period (around 1860) and was quite adequate as a means /of transportation for the times. Later, large stagecoaches and / horsecars that ran on rails also appeared. The Basha was a familiar/conveyance popular until trains and buses came into use./ Tokyo Ohrai Kurumazushi (detail)/ by Utagawa Yoshitora" "WMA 16 PMA 0124" -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS NOTE BOOK DATED 9.1.1928
VICTORIAN RAILWAYS small note book, hard cover with purple binding dated 9.1.1928. Each page details the Name of the Driver, Fireman, Van man and State of weather. Number and Class of Vehicles, Tonnage Contents, Total Description of Loading from Station to Station, Time of arrival and departure, Loco shunting, Van goods, Blocked by signals, other causes. Inside cover steam train instructions from T.B Molomby, General Supt, of Transportation. Reference is David Badham.document, memo, railway, victorian railways small note book, hard cover, t.b molomby, general supt, of transportation -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Report, John L Grigg, Chief Engineer MMTB, "Tram Priority - How and when will it happen", Apr. 1983
Report - 27 pages, photocopied, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "Tram Priority - How and when will it happen" written by John L Grigg, Chief Engineer MMTB, 20 April 1983. Report looks impact of traffic light controls, tram only lanes, clearways, right turns, results of tests and trials. Has many charts, graphs and diagrams. Presented 20/4/1983, at IEAust Transportation Branch meeting with Ian McDonald, City Engineer Prahran.trams, tramways, tramways, road signs, traffic lights, tram priority, traffic control -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Functional object - Plateway horse-drawn wagon, c. 1883
This Plateway Wagon was built by Pengelly's Carriage Works, North Brighton 1883. The wagon was owned by the Corrigan family, market gardeners in Noble Park. It is an original, timber horse-drawn wagon that used the the Plateway or Wheelway from 1890. These heavily laden market gardener’s carts could travel relatively smoothly and safely, along the steel rails on the main roads of Moorabbin Parish to Melbourne and St Kilda markets to sell their produce, at a time when the road surfaces were rutted and hazardous.After the Henry Dendy Special Survey of the Parish of Moorabbin in 1841, land was sold to pioneer settlers who developed market gardens, vineyards and fruit gardens ( orchards ). These market gardeners took their produce in heavily laden horse-drawn Wagons along the steel Plateway to the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. An original, timber horse-drawn wagon of a type that used the Plateway or Wheelway. The steel rails of the Plateway played such an important role from the 1890’s in the transportation of produce along the City of Moorabbin’s major roads, (including Centre Road, Bentleigh), to reach the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. Heavily laden market gardener’s carts , drawn by a horse, could travel relatively smoothly and safely, along the steel rails to city markets, at a time when the road surfaces were rutted and hazardous. horse, melbourne, brighton, moorabbin, steel, henry, dendy, fruit, gardens, roads, plateway, wheelway, bentleigh, vineyards, orchards, draught, markets, st kilda, wagons -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, Holding M, 2004
Building was originally part of Mrs Carstairs Boarding House at New Works. Relocated to rear of Carstairs Heyfield House. Occupied by Orme Crawford, garage proprietor, motor mechanic in 1930's. Tommy Kent, garage proprietor, 1950's to 1960's. (Local knowledge)|Also nine photographs various views of the transportation of the house to Ostlers road Lakes Entrance.Colour photograph of a residence in Marine Parade, prior removal from site by Plymin Transport to a location on corner of Colquhoun and Ostlers Roads. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyMilk Cartons - 2 litre & 1 litre, 2 litres - 1986. 1 litre - 1980's
The North-Eastern Dairy Company was established on 14th December 1892 as a butter factory and built in 1893. In 1928 a new butter factory was built and a milk products factory in 1952. Whole milk sales commenced in 1951, with pasteurised, homogenised milk in both bottles and cartons being sold in the 1980's. Devondale / Murray Goulburn was established in 1950. Cartons enabled the safe transportation and storage of milk. The North East Dairy Company enabled the dairy farmers in the Kiewa Valley to send their milk and milk products eg. cream to the factory at Kiewa. The factory bought its own cream carting vehicles during WW1. The 'full cream / homogenised / pastuerised / milk' is an example of the milk available in the 1980's as many different varieties of ingredients followed in later years.Blue, red & white waterproof sealed cardboard box used for storing fresh milk from the Kiewa factory 'Murray Goulburn'. The large box contains 2 litres and the smaller box, 1 litre. Each of the 4 faces have print - 2 have the title, 1 has advertising and 1 has instructions on how to store the carton of milk2 litre - Use by Date stamped at the top: 'Un Ed Oct 19' 1 litre - Use by Date stamped at the top: 'Ned Feb. 13'milk, murray goulburn, kiewa butter factory, kiewa milk products -
National Wool MuseumStencil - RUNIC
This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. SS Runic was the largest refrigerated cargo liner during its time. In 1961 the ship struck the Middleton Reef on route from Brisbane to Auckland. The ship was unable to re-float due to weather conditions and was declared a constructive loss. All wool bales stamped with RUNIC would be transported on the SS Runic ship.Wool bale export stencil - RUNICRUNICwool transportation, wool export, wool sales -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaBook, Paul W. Simpson, Wind jammer : tales of the clipper ship Loch Soy : 1878 - 1899, 2016
“The Loch Soy was built for Aitken, Liburn & Co of Glasgow. She sailed between Britain and Australia for more than twenty years. In that time she established a reputation as a crack wool clipper. … The clipper lasted twenty one years before coming to grief on the jagged shore of Kangaroo Island during the predawn hours of April 24th 1899 ...”--Back cover. Contains biographical information. Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-420) and index.Softcover Book, 442 Pages, Apps 1-9, Bibliography and Index, by Paul W Simpson. Front cover depicts the vessel in question in rough seas (oil painting), wide blue horizontal bands above and below the picture. Back covers is portion of a period photograph of the Loch Soy.non-fiction“The Loch Soy was built for Aitken, Liburn & Co of Glasgow. She sailed between Britain and Australia for more than twenty years. In that time she established a reputation as a crack wool clipper. … The clipper lasted twenty one years before coming to grief on the jagged shore of Kangaroo Island during the predawn hours of April 24th 1899 ...”--Back cover. Contains biographical information. Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-420) and index.clipper, loch, jammer, shipwreck, simpson, kangaroo island, loch sloy ship, wool, transportation -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage CollectionPhotograph - gelatin silver photograph, Ceremony of Turning the First Sod at Martin Street Subway, 1927
gardenvale, train, subway, ceremony, mayor, brighton, martin street, transportation, cr. h.a. abbott -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPamphlet, Metropolitan Transport Committee, "MTC - Melbourne Prospect - Australia's First Road-Rail Complex", 1972?
Folded gloss full colour sheet to quarto size, pamphlet titled "MTC - Melbourne Prospect - Australia's First Road-Rail Complex", the Doncaster - Eastern Freeway. Front cover article reports on the construction of the freeway which will later have a railway to Doncaster. Reports also on flexibility of the MTC (Metropolitan Transport Committee) planning for transport, new suburban trains (Silver), the Underground loop, flyovers at Richmond Station and freeways in general.trams, tramways, melbourne, traffic control, transportation, doncaster, railways, mtc, metropolitan transport committee -
Unions BallaratEureka : The songs that made Australia, 31 cm
Songs of Australian heritage for voice. Melody line only with chord symbols. Includes guitar tablature for chords. Convicts, transportation and sea shanties. Pioneering, goldrush days and bushrangers. Shearers, drovers and bush life. Swagmen, Victorian expansion, sporting life and disasters. Contents: • According to the Act • The Albury ram • Another fall of rain • Australia's on the Wallaby • The bald-headed end of the broom • The ballad of Ben Hall • The ballad of the Kelly Gang • The banks of the Condamine • The big-gun shearer • The black velvet band • The blackboys Waltzing Matilda • Bluey Brink • Bold Jack Donohue • Bound for Botany Bay • Brisbane ladies • Cain killed Abel • The cane-cutter's lament • The carrier's song • The Catalpa • Charlie Mopps • Click go the shears • The cockies of Bungaree • Colonial experience • Coming down the flat • The convict maid • The currency lasses • The death of Alec Robertson • The death of Ben Hall • The death of Willie Stone • Denis O'Reilly • The drover's dream • The dying aviator • The dying stockman • Eight little cylinders • The Eldorado mining disaster • The exile of Erin • Farewell to Greta • Flash Jack from Gundagai • The flash stockman • Frank Gardiner • The freehold on the plain • The gaol song • The girls of the Shamrock Shores • The golden gullies of the Palmer • The gumtree canoe • The Hamfat man • Heenan and Sayers • Henry's downfall • Here's adieu to all judges and juries • I've been to Australia, Oh • Jim Jones at Botany Bay • Jog along til shearing • John Kanaka • The Lachlan Tigers • Leave her, jollies, leave her • Les Darcy • The limejuice tub • Look out below • Maggie May • Maids of Australia • Man of the Earth • The Maryborough miner • Moreton Bay • The morning of the fray • Morrisey and the Russian sailor • Musselman • The mustering song • My name is Edward Kelly • Nails • The new chum Chinaman • Nine miles from Gundagai • The nose on my old man • Oh, give me a hut • The old bark hut • The old bullock dray • One of the has-beens • The overlanders • Pint Pot and Billy • Pity poor labourers • Radcliffe Highway • The rigs of the time • Rolling home • The Ryebuck shearer • Sam Holt • Sign-on day • Sixteen thousand miles from home • South Australia • The springtime it brings on the shearing • The stockman's last bed • The Sunshine Railway disaster • Tambaroora Ted • The tattooed lady • Ten thousand miles away • The tent poles are rotten • Travelling down the Castlereagh • Tumba-bloody-Rumba • The two professional hums • Van Diemen's Land • The wallaby brigade • When we get our tuppence back • The wild colonial boy • Woolloomooloo Australian culture, folklore and history in songs.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: multicoloured background; picture of swaggy with guitar; picture of Eureka flag; black and green lettering. Back cover: red, orange and white background; Eureka flag; picture of a shearer with sheep; picture of a person in Ned Kelly armour playing a guitar on a horse; picture of woman facing the Ned Kelly figure; brand with the message "unsurpassed Australian made".Front cover: author's name and title. Back cover: author bio; praise from Jack Pobar, swagman.songs, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, convicts, transportation, sea shanties, pioneering, gold, goldrush, bushrangers, shearers, drovers, bush life, sporting life, disasters, music -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPamphlet, The Met, "Upfield Corridor Public Transport Study", early 1989
Pamphlet - two A4 sheets - may not have been issued at the same time, titled "Upfield Corridor Public Transport Study", looking at a fourth option for the Upfield line. Lists the four options and gives details of the 4th option - retaining a tram services in Sydney Road between Bell Street and Park St during business hours. Notes the consultative period has been extended to June 1989, gives advice that Ove Arup Transportation Planning has been recently appointed, prior appoints and contact details.trams, tramways, upfield light rail, sydney rd, north coburg, conversion -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Instruction, Victorian Railways, "Supplement to the Book of Instructions re the working of the St Kilda and Brighton Electric Street Railway, dated 1/1/1915", Jan. 1915
Instruction - 12 off white or light brown pages + white cloth card cover centre stapled titled "Supplement to the Book of Instructions re the working of the St Kilda and Brighton Electric Street Railway, dated 1/1/1915". Gives changes to a previous issued rule book, bell signals, air brake orders, operating orders, operation while running and instructions cancelled. Issued under the name of W. Stone Chief Electrical Engineer and T. B. Molomby General Superintendent of Transportation.trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr, st kilda brighton, rules, employees, safeworking -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyBox Crayons Marking, circa mid to late 1900's
These type of marking crayons have been in use from the 1800s onward to mark commercial and non commercial goods and articles that require waterproof and visual identification labels. Items such as bales of wool, tobacco tags, transportation tags(shipping, rail and road) and other "hard to mark" items that require information to be displayed by semi permanent waterproof signage. The crayons are also an advantage for young student art work.This particular box of leviathan crayons was in use by students in the Mount Beauty Primary School through the Victorian Education Supply Department. As the texture and adhesive/application qualities (soft medium and hard) allows students to be "creative" on various type of canvases. This type of application in schools is of a non commercial and simplistic art -form nature however more advanced students could present a commercial interest in a viable creative artistic venture. The major commercial and non educational uses are encompassed in a rural grazing and farming regions, of the Kiewa Valley and adjoining lands.The crayon box is made from cardboard and light buff colour. The box contains six "No.1" crayons, two of which have been used. Each crayon is wrapped with manufacturer's details on 180 gsm thick paper. The wrapper runs nearly 4/5 th of the entire length, leaving 1/5th open to display the colour of the crayon. The colours of the crayons are blue, purple, green, yellow, red and black. These crayons provide a waterproof writing, sketching and numbering method and are available in soft, medium and hard texture.Within a chain border and on two opposite sides of the box: "1 Dozen No.1", and below this and underlined "Leviathan Marking Crayons" and below this "Indispensable for all Marking and Checking purposes Waterproof and will not rub off", below this "SUPPLIED UNDER GUARANTEE"waterproof, freehand marking and artworks, school waterproof art, commercial identification marking of rural produce, school art, waterproof labelling -
City of KingstonPhotograph - Black and white, c. 1970
This photograph depicts the steel tramway (or tram plate) along Centre Dandenong Road, Cheltenham near the Moorabbin Airport entrance in the 1970's. These tramways played an important role in transportation along Moorabbin's major roads. Heavily laden carts could travel smoothly and safely along the steel plates when the road surfaces were often rutted and hazardous. This surviving section was later moved for road improvements. The area now known as the City of Kingston was a market garden region and the round trip to market could take as long as eight hours on poorly maintained roads. The installation of the steel tramway transformed the arduous journey faced by market gardeners in transporting their produce to market. As there was only a single tramway, the carts often travelled in convoy, enabling drivers to leave piloting to the first cart and having a rest. The rails did not speed the journey to the city, but it smoothed progress immeasurably. Black and white photograph of steel tram plates on Centre Dandenong Road, Cheltenham. The road is sealed. At the top of the image there are trees behind a parked car which is adjacent to a white shelter. There is a large sign stating MOORABBIN AIRPORT above an arrow pointing to the right in the top centre of the image. Handwritten in pencil: A 28 / [indecipherable] 3 / [indecipherable] Handwritten in red ink: A28 / 70%market gardening, infrastructure, transport, steel tramway, industry, moorabbin -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - Report of Visit Abroad - Recruitment of Staff and Transport Information, 23rd April, 1951 - 6th March, 1952, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c.1952
Report from the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on a visit to Great Britain (Manchester, Blackpool, Glasgow, London) and North America (New York, Toronto) to recruit single men for employment at the MMTB, in light of labour shortages. The visit also collected information on operation details of public transportation in the visited locations, such as pay, amenities and facilities for employees, public relations, traffic operation, timetables, and rolling stock.A document that detailed operations of public transport agencies in the UK, US and Canada from an Australian perspective during the 1950s.Report of Visit Abroad - Recruitment of Staff and Transport Information, 23rd April, 1951 - 6th March, 1952public transport, tramways, mmtb, employment, overseas tours, recruitment -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Sutcliffe Pty Ltd, c1931
Black and white photograph of W3 655 - 3/4 side on view - background has been taken out. Tram fitted with windshield instead of driver's doors on both sides of drivers cabin but no route number boxes. Showing "SPECIAL". Probably taken soon after built in 1931. Photo taken by Sutcliffe Pty Ltd. Photo has "Sutcliffe PHONE MELBOURNE" embossed into the photograph in the bottom right hand corner.On rear in pencil "W3 wide entrance 33" wheel with motor car springing", "Change Transportation wed A.M.", "return to Shennan" with arrow pointing to "Gordon & Gotch (Aus/Asia) Ltd Sydney" and an arrow between cropping marks with notation "6" wide between marks only" and "1HT D/E 120s/c D/E as layout attached" - indicating used in a printed paper or magazine.trams, tramways, mmtb, w3 class, tram 655 -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyBox Spectacles, Circa 1960
This eye wear transportation box was forwarded from and returned to Kiewa Valley in the 1960's. This period in time, the Kiewa Valley was still a semi remote location, and specialist eye facilities were not available in the region. It was not until the Australian Government proceeded with a "regional development Centre" (for relocating some Federal Departments from Canberra) that the Wodonga/Albury townships developed into a medium city, allowing "specialist" facilities to become available and multiply.This item is very significant to the Kiewa Valley as it demonstrates that even in the 1960's early 1970's the Kiewa Valley residents still had to obtain "specialist" services from MELBOURNE. The "isolation" of the Kiewa Valley was still in place due to unreliable transport routes, long distance travel needed to visit cities and a relatively "small" population. The slow but progress marketing of recreational areas in the region and the movement of retirees away from "city violence" and to a quieter location has been on the increase. The expansion of the existing small airfield to one that can accommodate larger aircraft will hasten the expansion of the population in the region, bringing an ever increasing "visiting specialists" covering among other fields, eye and medical practitioners.This brown coloured cardboard box was used by Coles and Garrard (Sight Testing Opticians) to transport spectacles to one of their clients. The box lid has four staples holding the four folded sides in place. The base is of similar proportions and fastened together.Printed on the top outside lid, in small print "When forwarding your spectacles for repairs, your co-operation is requested in placing name and full address inside the packet. This will obviate delay in repairing and returning spectacles", underneath and in bold print "COLES & GARRARD pty ltd", underneath "Sight Testing Optticians" underneath "We visit over 100 towns in Victoria. Local Newspapers give full details"eye specialist treatments, kiewa valley "isolation", cardboard packaging, personal eye wear -
Churchill Island Heritage FarmPhotograph - Photograph of man in pony cart
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series showcases photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and shows people who lived and worked on the Island during the Jenkins period. This photograph shows the son of the owner of Churchill Island - Ted Jenkins - sitting in a pony cart being moved through the Island (a method of transportation he often used instead of relying on his wheelchair).Sepia photograph with white narrow white border of a man wrapped in blankets in a pony cart, being pulled by a small pony through a pasture. Digitised from a high resolution copy (original Polaroid is in poor and fragile condition)nilchurchill island, photograph, arthur evans, ted jenkins -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyPhotographs – Set of 3 black and white photographs of a building being transported by steam train
Prior to the sealing of the Kiewa Valley Highway in 1950, all heavy road stock including building materials, farm equipment and other heavy machinery had to be transported via railway lines to either Albury, Wodonga or Bright and then transported overland for the remainder of the distance by wagon on rough, poorly made roads. Trains also services the mining industries of the Ovens Valley and the transportation of tourists to Mount Buffalo and the very popular Mount Buffalo Chalet.Steam trains were a major form of transport for rural community members prior to the introduction of road transport. Local producers including farmers relied on rail transport to send and receive essential building equipment, farming produce, materials, stock and mail to maintain their lifestyles and social connections with the outside world. 3 black and white photographs of a building being transported by steam train. Photos show the train in three progressively closer photos. Photo shows a man standing in the doorway at the controls of the train, 3 figures, possibly children leaning out of the window of the carriage and another man, standing on the tracks with hands on hips. Photo could have been taken in Tallangatta, Cudgewa or Ebden near Lake Hume where trains were a major form of transport prior to the 1950’s. No markingstransportables; steam train; railway;, old tallangatta, esther temple -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyTin Bushells, after 1937
Bushells tea and coffee producers started in Brisbane(1883) and expanded to Sydney, Melbourne(1899), Fremantle and finally to Auckland(1937). Like other Pacific Island sourced condiments Tea and coffee were a lot easier to import than British or European goods. Local Australian industries were starting to develop and grow to overcome the long transportation times and the high costs of goods from traditional suppliers. Bushells Pty Ltd is a prime example.This "Bushells" Coffee tin is a good example of Australian "grown" condiment suppliers serving the "whole" of the Australian marketplace. Rural areas were not neglected and the purchase price for goods were a reasonable levels. Kiewa Valley experienced a population growth from the late 1940's and due to the migrant works in the Kiewa Hydro Scheme the greater use of coffee was initiated. Rural areas, on the whole, where the population was more connected to some degree with a British heritage lineage were predominately tea drinkers. The American film productions, however, screened in Australia post 1950's showing a greater degree of coffee drinking "stars" had a long term effect upon the drinking habits of the rural populous. This round tin of coffee with lid is made from pressed steel lid framed top and bottom. Sturdy cylindrical body is made of cardboard. Paper information label is pasted onto the container with promotional and logo information.In large print and on opposite sides are two manufacturers labels.The topprint and on a diagonal slant in gold letters on a dark blue background is "BUSHELLS" underneath this "PURE" and below this on a red background "COFFEE". On one side in smaller print "EASY TO MAKE" and below this "Use one dessert-spoonful for each cup of coffee desired. Place in the pot and pour over it fresh water briskly boiling. Let stand for five minutes, then strain". Below this "1 IB. net" and underneath is a signature "BUSHELLS" below this in small print "Pty. Ltd." Below this, in a vertical row are"SYDNEY MELBOURNE fREMANTLE AUCKLAND"coffee and tea processors and distributors, hot drink suppliers -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionPersonal memoir, Arthur Tonkin, Up the Dusty Track: The Northern Territory Experience
This is a personal account of Arthur Ernest Tonkin's experiences during World War 2. Arthur was a member of the 147 Australian General Transport Company. He enlisted in Alice Springs and spent the war as a driver along the route between Alice Springs and Darwin. There was no railway between Alice Springs and Darwin, and the road was more like a dirt track, but was essential for transportation of troops and supplies. Arthur was born in 1921 and spent most of his life in Surrey Hills.This is a compelling memoir written by a gentleman with a profound interest in history and an outstanding memory for detail, so although compiled when he was an advanced age, it is a significant memoir.illus.; 22p.; photos, A4 photocopied booklet spiral boundworld war, 1939-1945, darwin overland maintenance force, (mr) (lt col) noel medway loutit, central australian motor transport group, arthur ernest tonkin, memoir -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - Article, Mural - Spencer St Station, 13/01/1978
Australia Day 1978 Melbourne had the biggest collection of historic vehicles seen in this country. There were electric and horse drawn trams, steam trains, veteran and vintage cars and even a fly past of old flying machines. Officially the occasion marked the unveiling of Harold Freeman's giant mural at Spencer Street Station depicting a century of transportation in Australia. Another paragraph refers to the horse trough referred to in E - C - 3 and research by Amy Bunker into the story of George Bills. It points out that the RSPCA emergency home in Burwood is the George Bills Rescue Centre.transport, freeman, harold, spencer street station, horse troughs, bills, george, royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, bunker, amy -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter and brief, meeting notes, Ballarat Tourism, "Draft Consultant Brief", May. 2001
Eleven A4 pages stapled in top left hand corner, comprising: 1. Letter to Warren Doubleday of BTM dated 4/5/2001, advising of the $73,000 grant for a feasibility study into Trams and Tourist Transportation for Ballarat. Meeting arranged for 22/5/2001. Signed by Dianne Smith, Executive Director, Ballarat Tourism on Ballarat Tourism letterhead. 2. Draft Consultant Brief, appendix 4 0 for a proposed contract document, - 9 pages -with hand written notes by Warren 3. Meeting Agenda - with hand written notes. trams, tramways, city tramway, ballarat tourism, tramway revival, ballarat tramways
