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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Suggy's Men: RAAF transport flight Vietnam - 20 July 1964 - 8 April 1965: the first RAAF Unit in Vietnam, 2016
An anthology written by the men of RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam (RTFV) 1964-65raaf transport flight vietnam, australia. royal australian air force, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Photographs, Northern Territory transport, cWW2
Photographs of transports travelling to and from Darwin. Outside theatre. Soldier in summer dress. -
Parks Victoria - State Coal Mine - Wonthaggi
Notebook, "Victorian Railways Notebook", C 1950's
... "Victorian Railways Notebook" ...Notebook used to record bags of horse feed at the different mine areas.Dirty brown cardboard cover, grey binding tape on spine. Black text on front cover.Victorian Railways. Notebook 1875-49 -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Loading Wool Bales, 1960s
One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing two men loading wool bales onto a motor transport vehicle.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W68 / W68. Loading wool bales on to / a motor transport.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Timetable, Victorian Railways, Port Melbourne line, Victorian Railways, 1978
... Victorian Railways...Victorian Railways ...Victorian Railways timetable (yellow card) for the Port Melbourne Line from Flinders Street.transport - railways, victorian railways -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Book, Victorian Railways, Instructions relating to Transportation of Goods, 1959
... railways...Victorian Railways ...This book was part of the working paraphernalia of the Bright railway station until it closed in 1978.Hard material cover manual, brown, 410 pages, marked Victorian Railways with Victorian Government insignia, Traffic branch 1959manual, 1959, victorian railways, goods, goods transportation, traffic branch, instructions, railways, transportation, trucks, goods trucks, trains, goods trains -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - St Kilda to Melbourne - rail - bus tickets - set of 4, Victorian Railways (VR), 1968 to 1969
... Railways...Victorian Railways (VR) ...The Brighton - St Kilda Bus lines could issue tickets, as an agent, from St Kilda Railway Station to Melbourne on behalf of the Victorian Railways. These dated tickets represent a sample of these. A group of tickets would be issued to each driver for the day who would issue them in order from his ticket tray or kit. The bus driver did not have a means of canceling a ticket with a date stamping machine. 1 - St Kilda to Melbourne - pink - 20 September 1968 - No. 0270 2 - St Kilda to Melbourne - pink - 14 November 1968 - No. 0540 3 - St Kilda to Melbourne - return - special day return - 11 August 1968 - No. 0034 4 - St Kilda to Melbourne - return - 14 January 1969 - No 0375Demonstrates a railway ticketting system that was used on buses and railwaysSet of 4 Edmondson style railway tickets with printed dates of issue.railways, tickets, buses, victorian railways, st kilda, brighton - st kilda bus lines -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Notice, The Met, "The Met Transport Infringements", c1983
Sign - notice - adhesive backed, yellow background, green printing, titled "The Met Transport Infringements", advising passengers of possible infringements to the Transport Act 1983 and penalties. Includes tickets, smoking and placing feet on seats. Has The Met logo.trams, tramways, behaviour, the met, notices and information, smoking, tickets -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Certificate, Victorian Railways, Kinnane First Aid Certificate 1939, 1939
... Victorian Railways ...David Kinnane was the leader of a Victorian Railways First Aid team that won many state and interstate competitions. Other members of the team were: Geoffrey Storey and Joe Deveson. The Victorian Railways used to hold first aid competitions with groups of men competing in teams.David Kinnane; July 1939; Arthur Sherwin; Henry Smith MDBS; V. E. Southwood; Railways Roll 169david kinnane, first aid, victorian railways, 1938, rupert m downes, rpert downes, v. e. southwood, st john ambulance association -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Certificate - Certificate of discharge, photocopy, Ministry of War Transport: continuous certificate of discharge: George Winfield Duncan, 1943
This card together with a log book was a vital record of service for any seaman serving on a Merchant vessel that had been commandeered for War transport work and needed to be validated to ensure eligibility to be taken on as qualified member of the crew. G.W. Duncan appears to have specialised in engine room and mechanical maintenance. He appears to have served aboard a number of vessels including merchant vessels commissioned into wartime service in WW2.Mariner Duncan had a particular regard for the Mission to Seafarers. This plate for display on a commissioned new table at the MTSV chapel acknowledges his bequest and the material donated. Collectively the G W Duncan material includes: photographs, professional data memorabilia and written and commercially printed resources. The memorabilia relates to his career at sea and in particular the role of an engineer, including a handwritten manual of notes and references relating to the mechanical and engineering aspects and areas of responsibility for maintenance. small grey blue printed single fold seaman's photo identity card with printed guidelines and conditions of association / membership.stamped on front cover oval ribbon insignia surrounding roses and surmounted by crown with lettering : Ministry of War Transport Printed at lwr edge: Continuous / certificate of discharge. Inside left cover: seaman photo, name reg number and official stamp with date Inside right page: notes and information.war transport, ww2, merchant navy, merchant seamen, george winfield duncan (1922-2017), g.w. duncan -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Victorian Parliament, "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on Outer Circle Railway", Dec. 1918
... "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways... Railways ...Printed - 8 page foolscap, centre stapled, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Outer Circle Railway.", together with minutes of evidence, dated 20/12/1918. Provides a history of the railway, financial results, tramway competition, fare comparison, goods traffic, Kodak and APM Developments, Railway views, committee recommendations including railway closure and dismantling.trams, tramways, outer circle railway, kew, railways, tramways, proposals, burwood -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Ephemera (Item) - Tourist brochure, Victorian Railways, Marysville Victoria Australia, 01-1941
... Victorian Railways ...A tourist information brochure that was issued by the Publicity and Tourist Services of Victorian Railways, in January, 1941, to promote Marysville and the surrounding district.A tourist information brochure that was issued by the Publicity and Tourist Services of Victorian Railways, in January, 1941, to promote Marysville and the surrounding district.marysville, victoria, cumberland valley, messmate, buxton, taggerty river, acheron way, black's spur, cement creek, keppel falls, steavenson falls, cumberland falls, narbethong, st fillan, taggerty valley, wade's lookout, mount gordon, nicholls lookout, lake mountain, victorian government tourist bureau, victorian railways -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Ephemera (Item) - Tourist brochure, Victorian Railways, Marysville Victoria Australia, 01-1941
... Victorian Railways ...A tourist information brochure that was issued by the Publicity and Tourist Services of Victorian Railways, in January, 1941, to promote Marysville and the surrounding district.A tourist information brochure that was issued by the Publicity and Tourist Services of Victorian Railways, in January, 1941, to promote Marysville and the surrounding district.marysville, victoria, cumberland valley, messmate, buxton, taggerty river, acheron way, black's spur, cement creek, keppel falls, steavenson falls, cumberland falls, narbethong, st fillan, taggerty valley, wade's lookout, mount gordon, nicholls lookout, lake mountain, victorian government tourist bureau, victorian railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Department of Infrastructure (DOI), "Transporting Melbourne - a Strategic framework for an integrated transport system in Melbourne", Sep.1996
Book - 92 pages, centre stapled, printed on gloss paper titled "Transporting Melbourne - a Strategic framework for an integrated transport system in Melbourne", issued September 1996. Has a message from Minister Alan Brown - Minister for Transport and Geoff Craige Minister for Roads and Ports. Looks at the strategic context, the system, integration and land use, public transport needs and reforms, road networks, industry, management, environmental sustainability and structural reform. Includes chapters on trams and buses. Has many figures and maps. 613.1 - Book - 28 pages centre stapled, printed on gloss paper titled "Transporting Melbourne - A summary for public consolation" issued Sept. 1996, summary of above document. Full pdf image of the book added.trams, tramways, melbourne, public transport, transport -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge, Part Three, March 2001
... Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge, Part Three ...The third in the historical series outlining the narrow gauge Victorian Railways line from Colac to Crowes, and then Colac to Beech Forest, in the Otways between 1954 and 1962 when the line closed. Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge "G" Class; "Garratts in the Otways" Part Three. A photographic profile - 1954-1968. Emile D. Badawy (ed.). 2001; Train Hobby Publications; Studfield (Vic). ii, 48 p.; illus. Soft cover. ISBN 1 876249 41 2colac; beech forest; crowes; victorian railways; narrow gauge; garratt; emile d. badawy; -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Government of Victoria, "Statutory Rules 1983 - Transport (Workshops Management Board Election of Members) Regulations 1983", 1970
Book - 16 pages, centre stapled, with four punch holes on the left hand edge titled "Statutory Rules 1983 - Transport (Workshops Management Board Election of Members) Regulations 1983", issued under the transport Act 1983, for the election of Members to the Workshops Management Board, operated by the State Transport Authority. Gives extensive details of the election process, nominations. Rule - dated 2/8/1983.trams, tramways, state transport authority, workshops, elections, board members -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, The Met, "Public Transport Map of Melbourne", June 1992
Map - 36 fold - 9 x 2 x 2- colour map of public transport including buses, titled "Public Transport Map of Melbourne", published by the Public Transport Corporation, Effective June 1992. Gives rail and tram maps, information on tickets. Has The Met contact details. 2 copies held .1 - as above but a 6 fold DL, dated Jan 8, 1995trams, tramways, map, ptc, melbourne, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Bernard McNamara, "Towards the Maximisation of Transport Opportunities in Region 14", Jul. 1978
Report - 152 pages + light card brown covers, bound with plastic pin binding, "Towards the Maximisation of Transport Opportunities in Region 14", dated July 1978, Author Bernard McNamara, looking at transport in the Shire of Eltham, Cities of Heidelberg and Northcote. Looks at factors affecting public transport, existing services, problems, possible solutions, initiatives and recommended actions. Includes a table of contents, maps, appendices.On top front cover "Copy for AETA Victorian Division"trams, tramways, public transport, northcote, minister for transport -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Train Hobby Publications, Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge, Part 1, March 1998
... Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge, Part 1 ...The first in an historical series showing the Victorian Railway narrow gauge line from Colac to Crowes, and then from Colac to Beech Forest, in the Otways from 1954 until 1962 when the line closed.Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge "G" Class. "Garratts in the Otways" Part One. A photographic profile - 1954-1962. Emile D. Badawy (ed.); John Sargent (ed.). 1998; Train Hobby Publications; Studfield (Vic). ii, 48 p.; illus., maps. Soft cover.colac; beech forest; crowes; victorian railways; garratt; narrow gauge; emile d. badawy; john sargent; -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph, 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment Transport Troop, abt 1918
Black & white photo, 195 x 147 mm, of 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment Transport Troop. Troop formed up with drivers, horses and wagons. Camp in back ground with tents, motor transport lines, Regimental Aid PostOn back: "Official Photograph AIF in Egypt Copyright Reserved"photo, 8th light horse, ww1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 3, Elwood depot, Victorian Railways (VR)
... Victorian Railways (VR) ...Formal Victorian Railways Rolling stock photo of VR tram No 3, a Combination tramcar at Elwood Depot. The tram was built in 1907 and scrapped in 1956.Yields information about VR Tram No. 3.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear."Victorian Railways, No. 3 Combination (old photo and cleaner car) at Elwood shed" in ink and RS63. in penciltramcars, tramways, vr, elwood depot, tram 3 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Sign - PTC Velcro Logo & Letters, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), c.1990s
Decorative item/sign used with velcro "loop" surfaces or patches to stick to surfaces. Likely used for advertising the Public Transport Corporation.Signage belong to a now-superceded transit agency (since the 1990s).The logo of the Public Transport Corporation (PTC) with the letters of its abbreviation molded in plastic. The PTC logo and the letters "P," "T," and "C" have 2, 3, 3, and 4 Velcro "hook" patches, respectively.signs, public transport corporation, public transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Creative Country Pty Ltd, "Travel On - Take and adventure on public transport", 2000
Poster - full colour printed on gloss paper, titled "Travel On - Take and adventure on public transport" with sub title "A Primary School public transport Safety Program". Made by Creative Country Pty Ltd in 2000 (name and date on bottom edge). showing various forms of public transport; includes trains, trams, boats, puffing billy, restaurant tram, Luna Park, paddle steamers and various features of Melbourne itself. In top right hand corner has Dept. of Infrastructure logo, Victoria the Place to Be logo. Part of Public Transport Education Program. Two copies held.trams, tramways, public transport, education, training, safety, children -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Docket and Receipts, SMB: Docket and receipts from Victorian Railways, January 1951
... SMB: Docket and receipts from Victorian Railways ...A number of receipts from the Victorian Railways.ballarat school of mines, railway, receipts -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, “Three-step plan for safe public transport”, 1/05/2020 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clippings titled: “Three-step plan for safe public transport” by Timna Jacks Newspaper clipping from the Age 1/05/2020 Covers planned restrictions for safe public transport use due to Covid-19. Suggesting public transport should run half empty with no standing room to enable commuters to observe a safe distance. Capacity on trams could suffer leaving services at 13% capacity.trams, tramways, public transport, melbourne, safety, covid-19 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, State Co-ordination Council of Vic, "Transport Plan 1978 for Victoria", Dec. 1978
Reports - "Transport Plan 1978 for Victoria" Draft for Community Discussion - Released December 1978. .1 - Vol 1 - "The Strategy" - 48 pages, comb bound with green card coves. Looks at issues and policies in general, metro and non metro, transport policies and basic strategy. .2 - Vol 2 - "The five year plan" - 52 pages, comb bound with manila card covers with two fold out plans, looking at funding, a work program, projects and a bibliography for the three volumes. .3 - Vol 3 - "Basic Transport Data" - 108 pages, comb bound with blue card covers, with many tables and figures, looking at various demographics, metrics, including historical background, transport administration, existing transport system, travel characteristics and forecasts.trams, tramways, public transport, road transport, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, J.C.Radcliffe & C.J.M.Steele, "Adelaide Road Passenger Transport 1836-1958", 1974
A4, 208 page book, soft cover bound, on public road transport in Adelaide, 1836 to 1958. Contents include Adelaide history, railways, horse buses and trams, electric trams, buses, trolley buses, social history and tram closure. Has 23 pages of photographs. Also has contents, references, maps and an index. Bound with red card covers. Written by J.C.Radcliffe and C.J.M.Steele.Inside front cover in black ink "Neville M.Gower / Greenacres / Sth. Australia"trams, tramways, adelaide, tramways, transit systems -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Document - Specifications & Conditions Relating To Over-Snow Transport Services
Bob Hymans Collection Bob (Herman) Hymans (a former member of the Royal Netherlands Navy) was born in Bloemendaal, Holland on 30th September 1922. During World War II he fought against the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was imprisoned in Changi and on the Burma Railway. After gaining qualifications as a Ski Instructor, Bob arrived in Falls Creek in July 1950. Working as an Instructor and Supervisor at Bogong Lodge, Bob decided his future was in accommodation. He was successful in negotiating an indenture for land from the State Electricity Commission (SEC). It took Bob two years to build his Grand Coeur Chalet but, tragically, it was burned down in August 1961. Bob also built the first Chairlift in Australia. This was a single chairlift and the structure was built from wooden electricity poles. He was constantly full of new ideas and proposals for the village. Bob Hymans died on 7th July 2007. This Collection of documents and letters tells the story of Bob's endeavours to develop Falls Creek into the ski village it is today.This document is significant because it documents the Rules of Falls Creek Tourist Area Regulations and compliance issues.A circular from the Management Committee containing details regulations and vehicle specifications related to the use of Oversnow Transport Vehicle, wither private or commercial operators. Handwritten notes have been added beside several paragraphs.falls creek tourist area management committee, local area regulations falls creek, over-snow transport regulations falls creek -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Picture perfect public transport", 4/3/2019
Article about the launch of W3 661 as the Floral Tram on Sunday 3/3/2019. Features a photo of the tram at the depot with a note that Richard Gilbert was driving. Article and photo by Alistair Finlay. Provides the story and background.Yields information about the 2019 Floral TramNewspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, 4/3/2019 titled "Picture perfect public transport"trams, tramways, tram 661, floral tram, w3 class, btm, begonia festival -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Weekly Tickets - rail and bus St Kilda Bus lines - set of 7, Victorian Railways (VR), 1960s
... Railways...Victorian Railways (VR) ...Following the complete closure of the St Kilda - Brighton Electric street railway (tramway) in 1959, the Brighton St Kilda Bus lines operated a service under a contract with the Victorian Railways with a joint ticketting arrangement. These tickets are weekly tickets for various locations along the former tramway. Those tickets available for Melbourne have the conditions of travel on the rear. The two vertical stripes indicated that the ticket was available to pass through the gates at Flinders St or Spencer St, while the large cross indicated to a ticket checker that the ticket was not available beyond St Kilda station or to pass through a set of gates. All printed on a off white card. All undated. 1 - Melbourne & Inkerman St - No. 0754 - Male 2 - Melbourne and Dickens St - No. 0620 - Male 3 - Head St and Melbourne - No. 25592 4 - Bay St and Melbourne - No. 0132 5 - St Kilda and Milton St - No. 1395 6 - St Kilda and Bawy St - No. 0190 7 - St Kilda and Beach Ave - No. 0489Demonstrates a railway ticketting system that was used on buses and railwaysSet of 7 Edmondson style railway tickets printed as Weekly tickets.railways, tickets, weekly tickets, st kilda brighton electric tramway, buses, brighton - st kilda bus lines