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Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 4 Colour Print/s, late 1980's?
Set of four colour prints of the TMSV's operations at Bylands - late 1980's. Photographer unknown. Printed on Kodak paper. .1 - general view of site. .2 - 427 inside shed on jacks .3 - W2 643 at the museum terminus .4 - Ex Ballarat 36 returning to the museum terminus carrying passengers..trams, tramways, tmsv, bylands, tram 427, tram 36, tram 643 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), "Souvenir Ticket Closure of Hawthorn Depot", Feb. 1965
Ticket, printed on gold card using brown ink titled "Souvenir Ticket Closure of Hawthorn Depot" for the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria's 5th tour to mark the closure as a running shed on 13/14 Feb. 1965. Notes the Official Opening day of 6/4/1916. Tour used tram SW6 850. Second copy added 13-6-2016 - from the collection of Charles Craig. See Reg Item 1384 for another sample of this ticket and another Hawthorn depot associated tour ticket. See Record Number 1565 for the Tour Circular.trams, tramways, mmtb, tickets, tours, tmsv, htt, hawthorn -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 9 Colour Print/s, 31/08/1997 12:00:00 AM
Set of nine colour photographs on Kodak Paper of the 31-8-1997 National Trust event of the opening of Hawthorn Depot with heritage trams "Trams in Hiding". Taken by an unknown photographer - see history of object. .1- Photo of the corner of the depot showing the advertising board for the event, sponsored by Woodards and event information. .2 - HTT 8 at the Riversdale Rd tram stop with the depot in the background. .3 - A231 at the Riversdale Rd tram stop with the depot in the background. .4 - looking at the depot from the corner of Riversdale Rd and Power St. .5 - V214 at depot .6 - Looking at the depot building east end from across the garden in the small median strip on the corner of Riversdale Rd and Power St. .7 - V214 leaving the depot .8 - trams at the front of the shed - V214, 1040, 821 and 469 .9 - HTT 8, at depottrams, tramways, hawthorn, national trust, open days, tram 8, tram 231, tram 214, tram 1040, tram 821, tram 469 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Chris Phillips, Feb. 1969
... Black and white photograph, of the front of the "new" shed... and white photograph, of the front of the "new" shed at Malvern tram ...Black and white photograph, of the front of the "new" shed at Malvern tram depot, 9/2/1969, with tram SW6 898, and W2's (594, 572) and W5 775 at the front of the roads. Taken by Chris Phillips and printed on Kodak Paper. Tram 839 has a side panel advertisement for "Permasette Wave Set Lotion"On the rear in red ink "Malvern Depot 9/2/69"trams, tramways, mmtb, malvern depot, tram 898, tram 594, tram 572, tram 775 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Chris Treganowan, "Heritrac Tramcar Preservation Victoria Australia", c2002
Plastic Presentation folder - ring bound - 24 plastic sheets each with an A4 insert titled "Heritrac Tramcar Preservation Victoria Australia" giving details of the group headed by Chris Treganowan who had collected a number of ex Melbourne tramcars and their tramcar collection, their activities and their planning c2002. Has a photograph of each of their trams, an aerial photo of their storage shed near Seymour, including a list of requested trams.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, museum, tramcars, heritrac -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1950's? to 1960's
Black and white photograph of the area where the works or service or scrubber trams were parked at South Melbourne Depot. Has offices and shed in the background along with the depot water tank. Photo taken in the late 1950's early 1960's. In the view are No. 8 (later 8W), 10 (later 10W) and possibly No. 7 (later 7W) - cannot see the number but the photo matches that of the tram on page 76 of Destination City - 5th Edition) Printed on Fujichrome paper. Not known who took the photograph or when it was printed.Stamped in black ink on back "TMSV Sales"trams, tramways, south melbourne depot, scrubber tram, track cleaner, tram 7, tram 8, tram 10, tram 7w, tram 8w, tram 10w -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 11 Colour Print/s, Bill Davis, mid 1980's to 1990
Set of 11 colour prints of Melbourne trams and locations during the mid 1980's to 1990, Photos not well focused. .1 - Group of four trams outside Malvern depot No. 2 shed. W7 1018 in Benetton clothing advertising livery March 1990 to early 1991. Along with 987, 876, 853. .2 - side on view of 1018. .3 - similar to .1 .4 - 1027, outbound, Princes Bridge with Arts Centre in the background. .5 - 1012, inbound ditto .6 - 929 inbound Swanston St, with Linea Hairdressing in the background. .7 - 885, outbound Swanston St, with Flinders St Station in the background. .8 - 847, ditto, between Collins and Flinders St, with Triple FM radio Ad. .9 - 913, ditto inbound. .10 - 897, at the Latrobe St terminus, Spencer St, with J. Wilson removalists advertisement on the front of the tram. Tram running route 9. .11 - ditto with the William Angliss College in the background. Features advertisements on trams for: Spring Valley drinks, Bank of Melbourne, Triple FM Radio, UDL drinks, Benetton, J. Wilson Removalists. All printed on Kodak paper.trams, tramways, ptc, malvern depot, swanston st, latrobe st, tram 1018, tram 1027, tram 987, tram 876, tram 853, tram 1012, tram 929, tram 885, tram 847, tram 913, tram 897 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record - Depot List, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Engineering Department - Workshops and Running sheds Branch - Allocation of Tramcars January 1966", Jan. 1966
Two foolscap sheets stapled in top left hand corner, Gestetner printed, titled "MMTB Engineering Department - Workshops and Running sheds Branch - Allocation of Tramcars January 1966", listing allocation of tramcars to various depots, workshops, storage and disposal (disposed / approved) Has numerous alterations shown in red or blue ink.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, depots, depot allocation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record - Depot List, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Engineering Department - Workshops and Running sheds Branch - Allocation of Tramcars 1st January 1963", Jan. 1963
Two foolscap sheets photocopied, titled "MMTB Engineering Department - Workshops and Running sheds Branch - Allocation of Tramcars 1st January 1963", listing allocation of tramcars to various depots, workshops, storage and disposal since 2-6-1959. Has some alterations shown in blue ink.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, depots, depot allocation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram car as shed
... VR tram car as shed... tram car as shed ...Photograph shows repurposed VR bogie car.Yields information about repurposing of the Railways tramway tramcarBlack and white photograph with faint pencil note on rear34 .... Dave M..........victorian railways, shed, repurpose -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 52 in Elwood Tram Depot car shed, Prior to 1959
... VR tram 52 in Elwood Tram Depot car shed... in Elwood Tram Depot car shed ...Photograph shows VR tram 52 mostly undercover at entrance of Elwood Depot. VR 52 was one of the three last cars built at Newport Railway Workshops based on the M&MTB SW6 "luxury cars" design. Yields information about the Railways tramway and its last modernisation attempt.Black and white photograph glued to thin board with label stuck belowElwood Tram Depotvictorian railways, vr tram 52, elwood depot, tram 52 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - W7 class tram 1002 at South Melbourne Depot, c1980s
Photograph shows W7 class 1002 in South Melbourne Depot yard with trolley pole raised, showing destination 'South Melbourne Depot 4' but without Run Number. At the rear of the tram, a low loader is working with several bystanders watching. The yard features stacks of wooden sleepers and rails with one wall of the car shed seen at right.Yields information about South Melbourne Depot Colour photographsouth melbourne depot, tram 1002, w7 class, depot yard, car shed -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 42
Photograph shows side on view of bogie car VR tram 42, most likely on an outside track in Elwood Depot yard. Trolley pole is raised with a background of low vegetation and likely car shed.Yields information of Railways tramcar 42 and Elwood Depot Black and white photograph with letter C showing in lower left corner of print from previous collection. No notes on rear.victorian railways, elwood depot, vr tram 42 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Shunting cable trailer 8 at Spencer St, H Smith, c1926
Photograph shows John Stephenson trailer car No. 8 being hand shunted by the conductor in Spencer St at the Richmond line city terminus, c1926. The tram has the destination of Spencer St. In the background is a galvanised sheet-clad shed, a horse-drawn cart and a number of pedestrians. The gripman is standing by the dummy to couple the trams. Photo by H Smith.Yields information about the shunting of trams in Spencer St on the Richmond line.Black and white photograph with notes on rear.In ink "6" and "K McC"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, tram 8, spencer st, shunting -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Dave Macartney, 13/12/1986 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of the recovery of the body of Horse Tram No. 1 at the Anderson St. Ballarat home of J. Leviston on Friday 13 December 1985. See also Ref. No. 734. Body yet to be loaded on the trailer. From inside a shed at the property. People in the photo from left to right: Richard Gilbert, J.Leviston, Stuart Loddington, Jacqui Edwards, Garry Wood (stooping) and Paul McDonald. High Res image added 20-8-2016. See Reg Item 7579 for other photos of the tram prior to recovery and 8338trams, tramways, horse tram no. 1, btps, tramcars, tram recovery , tram 1 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1900's?
Black and white photograph of the Ballarat Tramway Company Wendouree, depot with three horse trams standing outside the doors. Shows the arrangements for two access roads, doors and yard arrangements. On the east side of the site are rails, water wagon, portable shed and other materials. Photograph is a copy photograph, has drawing pin marks in the centre and on the edges and other damage. Trams have "Havelock Tobacco" roof advertisements. Colour photocopy, laminated, of this photograph on display 6/2000 at 02-02-06trams, tramways, depot, wendouree parade, horse trams, havelock -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s set of four, Carolyn Dean, 8/11/1997 12:00:00 AM
Group of four colour postcard size photographs taken on 8/11/1997 of the visit of the Vintage Car Club to Ballarat. 764.1 - Horse tram No. 1 and rear of ex MMTB Mark III bus, No. 592 on depot area. 764.2 - as for 764.1 764.3 - from access road in front of shed, showing bus No. 592, Tower Truck, Horse tram and No. 26. 764.4 - Tram No. 26 with Travis Jeffrey and John Phillips.On rear of each photo in ink "8.11.97"btm, vintage car club, tram depot, mark iii bus no. 592, tram 1, 26 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Dummy and staff outside Brunswick Car Shed, c1926
Photograph shows Dummy or Grip Car on run-out track outside Brunswick Car Shed in Sydney Road, Brunswick. Lined up in the foreground along the side of the Dummy are approx 20 tram crew and other staff, most in assorted uniforms with unbuttoned jackets. While the photo's reproduction is poor, the destination board reads 'H. B. Railway' (Hobson's Bay Railway) once located at the Flinders and Elizabeth Streets terminus. This early railway became part of the Victorian Railways in 1878, well before the opening of the Brunswick cable line in 1887 and this photograph c1890. Photo from C B Thomas collection.Yields information about Brunswick Car Shed and Sydney RoadBlack and white photograph with notes on rear.In ink "8" and "K McC"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, dummy, grip car, hobsons bay railway, elizabeth street, flinders street, brunswick car shed, sydney road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Malvern depot - "idle trams", The Age, c1945/46
Photograph shows 7 trams lined up at the front of the new shed at Malvern depot during a strike or stopage. Some have the wartime painted white strips on the them. Trams include W2s 345. ?, 312, 542?, W5 816, w2s 601 and 300. Though to be an Age photograph.Yields information about Malvern depot c1945/46Black and white photo with notes on the rear.On rear in pencil "Idle trams in Malvern depot yesterday afternoon", three date stamps and "Melb trams"tramcars, tramways, malvern depot, tram 345, tram 312, tram 542, tram 816, tram 601, tram 300, w2 class, w5 class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Melbourne Tramways Trust, Henry Weedon, "Working of Tramways", 17/6/1914
Memorandum by Sir Henry Weedon, Chairman of the Melbourne Tramways Trust dated 17 June 1914, titled "Working of Tramways" about the consideration of two Victorian Parliamentary bills about the abolition of the Trust, the take over of the MTOCo and working of the cable tramways in Melbourne. Considers the powers needed if the Trust was to work the tramways as well, borrowing powers, valuation of the rolling stock, car sheds, extra engine power, annual expenses, and possible receipts. The government set up the "Tramway Board" in 1916 to take over the assets of both the MTOCo when their franchise ended and the MTT.Yields information about the considerations undertaken towards the end of the cable tram franchise in Melbourne.Memorandum - 3 foolscap pages, typed and printed in purple ink.tramways, cable trams, mtt, mtoco, parliament -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Dummy and staff outside Brunswick Car Shed, c1890
Photograph shows Dummy or Grip Car on run-out track outside Brunswick Car Shed in Sydney Road, Brunswick. Lined up in the foreground along the side of the Dummy are approx 20 tram crew and other staff, most in assorted uniforms with unbuttoned jackets. While the photo's reproduction is poor, the destination board reads 'H. B. Railway' (Hobson's Bay Railway) once located at the Flinders and Elizabeth Streets terminus. This early railway became part of the Victorian Railways in 1878, well before the opening of the Brunswick cable line in 1887 and this photograph c1890. Photo from C B Thomas collection.Yields information about Brunswick Car Shed and Sydney RoadBlack and white photograph with notes on rear.In ink "8" and "K McC"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, dummy, grip car, hobsons bay railway, elizabeth street, flinders street, brunswick car shed, sydney road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Dummy with experimental gripman's protective windshields, The Argus, 1922
Photograph shows a Dummy or Grip Car with glass windshields at either end of the gripman's compartment and the sides of the side passenger seats in the first year's of M&MTB administration. This proposed weather protection for gripman was not adopted.Yields information about Brunswick Car Shed and Sydney RoadBlack and white newsprint photograph from The Argus, 1 November 1922, page 9. tramcars, tramways, cable trams, dummy, grip car, windshield, gripman working conditions -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Larsen, 6/05/1940 12:00:00 AM
... for turning trams at the Clifton Hill depot or car sheds. Trams ...Photograph of a cable tram set in Queens Parade Clifton Hill, passing under the railway bridge at Clifton Hill 6-5-1940. The tram has the destination of Northcote. The bridge has an advert for Kraft Cheese. Road lowered in preparation of closure. Photo Wal Larsen. Trailer No. 506. In the background is the cabin for turning trams at the Clifton Hill depot or car sheds.Negative of a photograph black and white.on rear of negative in album "Getting ready for the double-decker buses at Clifton Hill. Road has been lowered on either side when cable goes rest of road will be lowered. Trailer 506 is shown. 1145am 6th May 1940 and camera settings. Photo by W. H. Larsen."trams, tramways, cable trams, queens parade, closure, clifton hill, bridges, railways, tram 506 -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - SS Dargo, 1919 c
Black and white photograph showing steamer Dargo tied up at Kalimna Jetty. The jetty has a trolley on a tram line for carrying goods and a pile of wood on the far end for the steamer's boilers. A few travellers are on board and a man in uniform, possibly the skipper, next to the wood pile. Back of a sign visible across the jetty from the end of the shed on right. Lakes Entrance Victoria'Dargo' Kalimna Jetty 1919? (on back)jetties, ships and shipping -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable rope signal bell layout, c1940
Photo shows the face of a signalling unit, rather like a ships "Engine Order Telegraph" used to signal the engine house from a car house regarding the operation of the cable.Demonstrates a photo showing the face of a cable signalling unit, photographed at Clifton Hill car house or depot.Black and white print with notes on the rear."This was at Clifton Hill sheds"tramways, cable trams, clifton hill, cables -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 6 second fleet
Photograph shows single truck VR tram 6 second fleet (with driver windscreen) with destination showing St Kilda. Side-on view outside car shed (at right) with horizon, trees and low rise buildings in background. Yields information of Railways tramcar 6 second fleet and Elwood Depot Black and white photograph with letter E showing in lower left corner of print from previous collection. Typed note on rear 'Photo: Victorian Government Railways: Australia. Single truck tram car 5' 3" gauge'victorian railways, single truck, st kilda, vr tram 6, second fleet, elwood depot -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: STEAM TRAM
BHS CollectionBlack and white copy of steam tram no 5 parked in Railway Place, in front of Goods sheds. Conductor (centre) and motorman (right) 2 other men in period attire. Signage on tram for Henderson and Goodison, Beehive. There are 4 copies of this photobasil miller, bendigo trams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: BIRNEY TRAMS, 1964
BHS CollectionBlack and white photo of 4 Birney Trams at depot. No's 30, 28, 11 and 29. Written on back in pencil: taken 3/64. Howard Clark, 73 Lang St. Croydon, NSW. Inscription under photo in album '4 Birneys outside shed' Also written in pencil: 5' x 4' page 77 - 66%.Howard Clark ?person, individual, basil miller -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Henty Memorial in Boroondara General Cemetery, c2005-2015
The Boroondara General Cemetery is registered by Heritage Victoria. The Henty's were some of the earliest settlers in Victoria.From Heritage Victoria Statement of Significance Last updated on - December 15, 2005 What is significant? Boroondara Cemetery, established in 1858, is within an unusual triangular reserve bounded by High Street, Park Hill Road and Victoria Park, Kew. The caretaker's lodge and administrative office (1860 designed by Charles Vickers, additions, 1866-1899 by Albert Purchas) form a picturesque two-storey brick structure with a slate roof and clock tower. A rotunda or shelter (1890, Albert Purchas) is located in the centre of the cemetery: this has an octagonal hipped roof with fish scale slates and a decorative brick base with a tessellated floor and timber seating. The cemetery is surrounded by a 2.7 metre high ornamental red brick wall (1895-96, Albert Purchas) with some sections of vertical iron palisades between brick pillars. Albert Purchas was a prominent Melbourne architect who was the Secretary of the Melbourne General Cemetery from 1852 to 1907 and Chairman of the Boroondara Cemetery Board of Trustees from 1867 to 1909. He made a significant contribution to the design of the Boroondara Cemetery Boroondara Cemetery is an outstanding example of the Victorian Garden Cemetery movement in Victoria, retaining key elements of the style, despite overdevelopment which has obscured some of the paths and driveways. Elements of the style represented at Boroondara include an ornamental boundary fence, a system of curving paths which are kerbed and follow the site's natural contours, defined views, recreational facilities such as the rotunda, a landscaped park like setting, sectarian divisions for burials, impressive monuments, wrought and cast iron grave surrounds and exotic symbolic plantings. In the 1850s cemeteries were located on the periphery of populated areas because of concerns about diseases like cholera. They were designed to be attractive places for mourners and visitors to walk and contemplate. Typically cemeteries were arranged to keep religions separated and this tended to maintain links to places of origin, reflecting a migrant society. Other developments included cast iron entrance gates, built in 1889 to a design by Albert Purchas; a cemetery shelter or rotunda, built in 1890, which is a replica of one constructed in the Melbourne General Cemetery in the same year; an ornamental brick fence erected in 1896-99(?); the construction and operation of a terminus for a horse tram at the cemetery gates during 1887-1915; and the Springthorpe Memorial built between 1897 and 1907. A brick cremation wall and a memorial rose garden were constructed near the entrance in the mid- twentieth century(c.1955-57) and a mausoleum completed in 2001.The maintenance shed/depot close to High Street was constructed in 1987. The original entrance was altered in 2000 and the original cast iron gates moved to the eastern entrance of the Mausoleum. The Springthorpe Memorial (VHR 522) set at the entrance to the burial ground commemorates Annie Springthorpe, and was erected between 1897 and 1907 by her husband Dr John Springthorpe. It was the work of the sculptor Bertram Mackennal, architect Harold Desbrowe Annear, landscape designer and Director of the Melbourne Bortanic Gardens, W.R. Guilfoyle, with considerable input from Dr Springthorpe The memorial is in the form of a small temple in a primitive Doric style. It was designed by Harold Desbrowe Annear and includes Bertram Mackennal sculptures in Carrara marble. Twelve columns of deep green granite from Scotland support a Harcourt granite superstructure. The roof by Brooks Robinson is a coloured glass dome, which sits within the rectangular form and behind the pediments. The sculptural group raised on a dais, consists of the deceased woman lying on a sarcophagus with an attending angel and mourner. The figure of Grief crouches at the foot of the bier and an angel places a wreath over Annie's head, symbolising the triumph of immortal life over death. The body of the deceased was placed in a vault below. The bronze work is by Marriots of Melbourne. Professor Tucker of the University of Melbourne composed appropriate inscriptions in English and archaic Greek lettering.. The floor is a geometric mosaic and the glass dome roof is of Tiffany style lead lighting in hues of reds and pinks in a radiating pattern. The memorial originally stood in a landscape triangular garden of about one acre near the entrance to the cemetery. However, after Dr Springthorpe's death in 1933 it was found that transactions for the land had not been fully completed so most of it was regained by the cemetery. A sundial and seat remain. The building is almost completely intact. The only alteration has been the removal of a glass canopy over the statuary and missing chains between posts. The Argus (26 March 1933) considered the memorial to be the most beautiful work of its kind in Australia. No comparable buildings are known. The Syme Memorial (1908) is a memorial to David Syme, political economist and publisher of the Melbourne Age newspaper. The Egyptian memorial designed by architect Arthur Peck is one of the most finely designed and executed pieces of monumental design in Melbourne. It has a temple like form with each column having a different capital detail. These support a cornice that curves both inwards and outwards. The tomb also has balustradings set between granite piers which create porch spaces leading to the entrance ways. Two variegated Port Jackson Figs are planted at either end. The Cussen Memorial (VHR 2036) was constructed in 1912-13 by Sir Leo Cussen in memory of his young son Hubert. Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen (1859-1933), judge and member of the Victorian Supreme Court in 1906. was buried here. The family memorial is one of the larger and more impressive memorials in the cemetery and is an interesting example of the 1930s Gothic Revival style architecture. It takes the form of a small chapel with carvings, diamond shaped roof tiles and decorated ridge embellishing the exterior. By the 1890s, the Boroondara Cemetery was a popular destination for visitors and locals admiring the beauty of the grounds and the splendid monuments. The edge of suburban settlement had reached the cemetery in the previous decade. Its Victorian garden design with sweeping curved drives, hill top views and high maintenance made it attractive. In its Victorian Garden Cemetery design, Boroondara was following an international trend. The picturesque Romanticism of the Pere la Chaise garden cemetery established in Paris in 1804 provided a prototype for great metropolitan cemeteries such as Kensal Green (1883) and Highgate (1839) in London and the Glasgow Necropolis (1831). Boroondara Cemetery was important in establishing this trend in Australia. The cemetery's beauty peaked with the progressive completion of the spectacular Springthorpe Memorial between 1899 and 1907. From about the turn of the century, the trustees encroached on the original design, having repeatedly failed in attempts to gain more land. The wide plantations around road boundaries, grassy verges around clusters of graves in each denomination, and most of the landscaped surround to the Springthorpe memorial are now gone. Some of the original road and path space were resumed for burial purposes. The post war period saw an increased use of the Cemetery by newer migrant groups. The mid- to late- twentieth century monuments were often placed on the grassed edges of the various sections and encroached on the roadways as the cemetery had reached the potential foreseen by its design. These were well tended in comparison with Victorian monuments which have generally been left to fall into a state of neglect. The Boroondara Cemetery features many plants, mostly conifers and shrubs of funerary symbolism, which line the boundaries, road and pathways, and frame the cemetery monuments or are planted on graves. The major plantings include an impressive row of Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa), interplanted with Sweet Pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum), and a few Pittosporum crassifolium, along the High Street and Parkhill Street, where the planting is dominated by Sweet Pittosporum. Planting within the cemetery includes rows and specimen trees of Bhutan Cypress and Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), including a row with alternate plantings of both species. The planting includes an unusual "squat" form of an Italian Cypress. More of these trees probably lined the cemetery roads and paths. Also dominating the cemetery landscape near the Rotunda is a stand of 3 Canary Island Pines (Pinus canariensis), a Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and a Weeping Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii') Amongst the planting are the following notable conifers: a towering Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii), a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), a rare Golden Funeral Cypress (Chamaecyparis funebris 'Aurea'), two large Funeral Cypress (Chamaecyparis funebris), and the only known Queensland Kauri (Agathis robusta) in a cemetery in Victoria. The Cemetery records, including historical plans of the cemetery from 1859, are held by the administration and their retention enhances the historical significance of the Cemetery. How is it significant? Boroondara Cemetery is of aesthetic, architectural, scientific (botanical) and historical significance to the State of Victoria. Why is it significant? The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical and aesthetic significance as an outstanding example of a Victorian garden cemetery. The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical significance as a record of Victorian life from the 1850s, and the early settlement of Kew. It is also significant for its ability to demonstrate, through the design and location of the cemetery, attitudes towards burial, health concerns and the importance placed on religion, at the time of its establishment. The Boroondara Cemetery is of architectural significance for the design of the gatehouse or sexton's lodge and cemetery office (built in stages from 1860 to 1899), the ornamental brick perimeter fence and elegant cemetery shelter to the design of prominent Melbourne architects, Charles Vickers (for the original 1860 cottage) and Albert Purchas, cemetery architect and secretary from 1864 to his death in 1907. The Boroondara Cemetery has considerable aesthetic significance which is principally derived from its tranquil, picturesque setting; its impressive memorials and monuments; its landmark features such as the prominent clocktower of the sexton's lodge and office, the mature exotic plantings, the decorative brick fence and the entrance gates; its defined views; and its curving paths. The Springthorpe Memorial (VHR 522), the Syme Memorial and the Cussen Memorial (VHR 2036), all contained within the Boroondara Cemetery, are of aesthetic and architectural significance for their creative and artistic achievement. The Boroondara Cemetery is of scientific (botanical) significance for its collection of rare mature exotic plantings. The Golden Funeral Cypress, (Chamaecyparis funebris 'Aurea') is the only known example in Victoria. The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical significance for the graves, monuments and epitaphs of a number of individuals whose activities have played a major part in Australia's history. They include the Henty family, artists Louis Buvelot and Charles Nuttall, businessmen John Halfey and publisher David Syme, artist and diarist Georgiana McCrae, actress Nellie Stewart and architect and designer of the Boroondara and Melbourne General Cemeteries, Albert Purchas.Digital imagescemetery, boroondara, kew, gatehouse, clock, tower, clocktower, heritage, memorial, henty, james henty -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 32, Eldon Hogan, 4/06/1965 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about a 1924 Jelbart Engine manufacturing display in Sturt St and the street scene and peoples clothing at the time.Set of 32 black and white photographs of an Association of Railway Enthusiasts tour to Bendigo and trams 4/7/1965. The photos are not necessarily in photographic order. .1 - 30 on the Eaglehawk terminal track, beyond the normal terminus. .2 - 30 & 29 High St Eaglehawk. .3 - ditto with a poppet head in the background. .4 - 30 at one of the crossing loops .5 - 30 at Eaglehawk terminus extension .6 - ditto. .7 - ditto .8 - cleaning out the track .9 - showing the location of the track at Eaglehawk terminus and its extension .10 - cleaning out track .11 - a portable shed adjacent to the track .12 - A view of the two Birneys travelling in the empty country. .13 - ditto .14 - 19 and 18 at Golden Square .15 - Bendigo tram depot - creek crossing .16 - Scrubber at the depot .17 - 28 and 19 at the North Bendigo terminus .18 - 18 and 30 on the Golden Sq line .19 - 28 and 19 at the North Bendigo terminus .20 - ditto. .21 - 28 and 19 near the depot entry. .22 - 28 and 30 Pall Mall .23 - 28 at North Bendigo .24 - 17 and 19 and 6 at Quarry Hill .25 - 28 and 30 Mitchell St .26 - 19, 6 and 21 Quarry Hill .27 - 19 and 6 Quarry Hill .28 - 28 and 6 at the depot entry .29 - ditto .30 - 18 and 30, Golden Sq line .31 - 25 at depot .32 - 6 and 19 Charing Cross. Photographer Eldon Hogan. Printed on Kodak Paper .33 - roll of negatives of some of the above photos - stored in box 83 as well. trams, tramways, are, bendigo, eaglehawk, quarry hill, golden square, north bendigo, tram 30, tram 29, tram 28, tram 6, tram 19, tram 25, tram 17, tram 18