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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Australian Roads Research Board, 11/10/1972 12:00:00 AM
... Australian Roads Research Board...Article on opening of the new Australian Road Research... Mitcham melbourne Article Article Australian Roads Research Board ...Article on opening of the new Australian Road Research Board building in Nunawading Gazette, 11 October 1972.Article on opening of the new Australian Road Research Board building in Nunawading Gazette, 11 October 1972.Article on opening of the new Australian Road Research Board building in Nunawading Gazette, 11 October 1972.australian road research board, nunawading -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Looking back to a rural past, Tally Ho corner, 1986
... Also on Alan ('Pete') Angus, Australian Road cycling..., and on Alan ('Pete') Angus, Australian Road cycling champion, deceased... in the 1920s, and on Alan ('Pete') Angus, Australian Road cycling ...Article on the Parsons Family of Tally Ho in the 1920s.Article on the Parsons Family of Tally Ho in the 1920s, and on Alan ('Pete') Angus, Australian Road cycling champion, deceased soldier of World War II.Article on the Parsons Family of Tally Ho in the 1920s.tally ho, blacksmiths, cycling, angus, alan, parsons, william -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - COANE, JOHN MONTGOMERY
... Australian Roads... Department Australian Roads Collas Emma Anna Hunt Books Grant George ...This file contains one item about Coane and his family: 1/A one page extract from The Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol. 8 page 35 on John Montgomery Coane, Surveyor and Consulting Engineer, his partnership with George Hudson and later when his two sons joined the business. It details many of the projects he designed for rural Victoria and New South Wales and his other areas including Consulting to The Pacific Phosphate Co. Ltd of London and to the City of Brighton where he lived.coane john montgomery, blacker’s orchard & cannery co., victorian institute of surveyors, county donegal, ireland, mordialloc, ballyshannon, mines department sludge abatement board, coane henry edward, surveyors, engineers, land surveyors board, coane henry james, j.m. and h.e. coane, coane jane nee montgomery, coane john montgomery junior, victorian education department, australian roads, collas emma anna hunt, books, grant george hudson, coutie b.m., state electricity of victoria, melbourne, epsom racecourse, racecourses, brighton, city of brighton, brighton re-adaptation society, brighton cemetery, cemeteries, southern roger j, australian dictionary of biography vol. 8, early settlers -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, How Runs the Road
... of Australian roads and transport... and appeal of roads and a look at the future of Australian roads ...Romance and appeal of roads and a look at the future of Australian roads and transport -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Developer gold on market, 2017
... of the Australian Road Research Board.... will be up for sale due to the relocation of the Australian Road ...A massive Vermont South site of 25,830 sq. m. at 500 Burwood Highway will be up for sale due to the relocation of the Australian Road Research Board.australian road research board, burwood highway, vermont south no. 500 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Australian Road Research Board, 2020
... The Australian Road Research Board left its former Vermont... Mitcham melbourne Article Article Australian Road Research Board ...The Australian Road Research Board left its former Vermont South headquarters at 490-500 Burwood Hwy in March 2017 and a buyer is being sought.The Australian Road Research Board left its former Vermont South headquarters at 490-500 Burwood Hwy in March 2017 and a buyer is being sought.The Australian Road Research Board left its former Vermont South headquarters at 490-500 Burwood Hwy in March 2017 and a buyer is being sought.city of whitehorse, burwood highway vermont south nos 490-500 -
Orbost & District Historical Society
booklet, 1958 Road Safety Colouring Competition, second half 1950's
... for Children It was issued by the Australian Road Safety Council... It was issued by the Australian Road Safety Council. The front cover ...Between the 1950s and 1970s, road safety was redefined as a medical and social problem, rather than a moral and legal one. This was a time before seat belts. The Road Safety Colouring Competition was a free colouring competition for children, organised by Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd., started in August 1954 with the , aims of teaching road safety. There were 1,000 prizes, valued at £1,200. The winner would receive a £100 bursary and a free plane trip with one parent to Canberra to receive the prize from the Federal Minister for Transport, Senator.G. McLeay. This booklet is the one used by the children in Orbost in 1958. This booklet was designed to promote road safety awareness, with messages and activities specifically considered for children. Its aim was to teach road safety in a fun, but educational way. This item was an important educational tool. A booklet of competitions - Road Safety- Victorian Section for Children It was issued by the Australian Road Safety Council. The front cover is blue, red, black and white. It contains crosswords, colouring competitions with entry forms.road-safety competitions-colouring -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Dr Maxwell Lay, Melbourne Miles - The Story of Melbourne's Roads, 2012
... the Source Book for Australian Roads, Handbook of Road Technology... the Source Book for Australian Roads, Handbook of Road Technology ...Soft cover book, 300 pages.A comprehensive history of the roads and streets of metropolitan Melbourne, with maps. Dr Max Lay, a Melburnian, is an international authority on roads. His very many publications include the Source Book for Australian Roads, Handbook of Road Technology, History of Australian Roads, Ways of the World, and Encyclopedia Britannica entry on roads. Dr Lay is also the past-president of both the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian Automobile Association. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Ron Bates 1935 -- Studio Portrait
... Bike has Healing written on it. Australian Junior Road...Bike has Healing written on it. Australian Junior Road ...Ron Bates in Cycling clothing & championship sash across his chest holding onto his bike seat with his right hand. He has cycling gloves on.Bike has Healing written on it. Australian Junior Road Championship 1935 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph
... A black and white photograph of an Australian 'Road Runner... Australian Road Runner 1st Australian Logistic Support Base Vung Tau ...Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of an Australian 'Road Runner' military supply convoy from 1st Australain Logistics Support Base, Vung Tau to the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat, crosses a specially built bridge for the extra weight of military transports, east of Baria, in Phuoc Tuy Province.photograph, australian road runner, 1st australian logistic support base, vung tau, 1st atf base, nui dat, baria, phuoc tuy province, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1970
... Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria... melbourne Slide Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria ...Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia / 14 / APR 70M2slide, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1970
... Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria... melbourne Slide Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria ...Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia / 13 / APR 70M2slide, robin boyd -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Postcard - Postcard showing map of Australia
... Postcard featuring a hand holding a map of Australia... high-country Postcard showing map of Australia Postcard ...Postcard featuring a hand holding a map of Australia, with a bush road scene printed inside it -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Art, 1986
... Landscape painting of an Australian country road...-country WHS Art Landscape painting of an Australian country road ...Landscape painting of an Australian country road with horses and carriages, with a bushland background, in a brown wooden frame. Awarded to Wangaratta High School-Goulburn north east region, by the Australian Natives' Association for the most improved school gardens and grounds in 1986 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Magazine - Magazine Article, Australian Off-Road Action, c. 1981
... Pages 15 - 26 of 'Australian Off-Road Action' magazine... Australian Off-Road Action Pages 15 - 26 of 'Australian Off-Road ...Pages 15 - 26 of 'Australian Off-Road Action' magazine. White, black print and photographs. Pages 16 -26 is an article title 'Portland - the venue' documenting the history of the Portland Dune Buggy Club from its formation inv 1969 -
Geelong Cycling Club
Framed Photograph, 1995
... , Mexico City Olympian and twice Australian Open Road Champion. ... City Olympian and twice Australian Open Road Champion. National ...Felicity Wilson, Junior Cycling Champion, daughter of Don, Mexico City Olympian and twice Australian Open Road Champion. National Champion, Women in CyclingFramed photograph of the Geelong West Cycling Club 1995 U/19 Women's Road Champion. The photograph is in colour and is mounted on a white background. The frame has a thin wooden black border."GWCC/FelicityWilson/1995 U19 Road Champion"geelong cycling club; junior champion; felicity wilson; 1995; -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1965
... Colour slide in a mount. BP House (1964), St Kilda Road... Road, Melbourne, Australia. (Architect: Anthony B Armstrong ...Colour slide in a mount. BP House (1964), St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia. (Architect: Anthony B Armstrong.)Made in Australia / 5 / JAN 65M / B-P St Kilda Road 1964 (Handwritten)melbourne, robin boyd, slide -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1965
... Colour slide in a mount. BP House (1964), St Kilda Road... Road, Melbourne, Australia. (Architect: Anthony B Armstrong ...Colour slide in a mount. BP House (1964), St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia. (Architect: Anthony B Armstrong.)Made in Australia / 9 / JAN 65M / B-P St Kilda Road 1964 (Handwritten)melbourne, robin boyd, slide -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1965
... Colour slide in a mount. BP House (1964), St Kilda Road... Road, Melbourne, Australia. (Architect: Anthony B Armstrong ...Colour slide in a mount. BP House (1964), St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia. (Architect: Anthony B Armstrong.)Made in Australia / 6 / JAN 65M / B-P St Kilda Road 1964 (Handwritten) / Detail: See also no.7. (Handwritten)melbourne, robin boyd, slide -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, 30 year history of the Whitehorse Community Gardens, 2007
... The story of the first community gardens in Australia... in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told by an original plot holder ...The story of the first community gardens in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told by an original plot holder, Margaret Rackham.The story of the first community gardens in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told by an original plot holder, Margaret Rackham. Talk given to Whitehorse Historical Society 10 Feb 2007. Tape at NP 3362.The story of the first community gardens in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told by an original plot holder, Margaret Rackham. whitehorse community gardens, oakley, gavan, brandenburg, john p, heinze, kevin -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Broadbent's Melbourne - Sydney Guide Book, 1936
... Victorian and Australian road cycling records. Broadbent became... Broadbent held most Victorian and Australian road cycling records ...Broadbent's Official Road Guides Company took over George R. Broadbent's business in 1935. In 1963, it changed its name to Broadbent's Road Maps Pty. Ltd. George Robert Broadbent (1863-1947), cyclist and map publisher, was born on 3 November 1863 at Ashby near Geelong, Victoria. At various times Broadbent held most Victorian and Australian road cycling records. Broadbent became an active vice-president of the Good Roads Association of Victoria in November 1912 and was consulted regularly during the preparation of the country roads bill. That year he took over the Argus motoring column, wrote tirelessly on road improvements and maintenance, and became manager of the Automobile Club's new touring department in 1914.A 160 pp road guide book titled Broadbent's Official Road Guide Melbourne - Sydney. The front cover has a yellow background with a map of the coastline from Sydney to Melbourne, the Prince's Highway route marked. This is inset in a drawing of a car driving along the coastal road.The book contains speedometer readings, route maps, advertisements and photos of points of interest. In the top right is the logo of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and at the bottom right is the price 1/-.traavel road-guides broadbent-george car-touring -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Metropolitan Transport Committee, "MTC - Melbourne Prospect - Australia's First Road-Rail Complex", 1972?
... titled "MTC - Melbourne Prospect - Australia's First Road-Rail... - Melbourne Prospect - Australia's First Road-Rail Complex ...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 -
Vision Australia
Drawing - Image, Vision Australia Kensington exterior artists view, 2009
... Australia's office in Macaulay Road, Kensington in 2009....Vision Australia 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong melbourne ...Artist impression of the new building for Vision Australia's office in Macaulay Road, Kensington in 2009.4 digital files depicting artists view of Macaulay Road officevision australia, macaulay road kensington -
Vision Australia
Plan - Image, Vision Australia Kensington plans, 2009
... Australia's office in Macaulay Road, Kensington in 2009....Vision Australia 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong melbourne ...Diagrams of seating and layout for the opening of Vision Australia's office in Macaulay Road, Kensington in 2009.Digital files of Macaulay office fit outvision australia, plans -
Geelong Cycling Club
Memorabilia - Trophy, 1983-1988
... Wilson was a two time Australian Open Road Race champion and also... Open Road Race champion and also represented Australia ...This trophy was important in the years 1983-1988 as it recorded the winners of the prestigious Road Race run by the Geelong West Cycling Club over those years. The 1985 winner - Don Wilson was a two time Australian Open Road Race champion and also represented Australia in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico in the cycling road race. This trophy records the winners of a Road Race run by the Geelong West Cycling Club during the years 1983-1988.Trophy for winner of the Penn Memorial Road Race. The trophy is in the shape of a gateway with one silver representation of a cyclist on the top of the gateway and another on a pedestal in the middle of the gateway. The two inner supports to the gate have a stylised decorative pattern on them in black, gold and red. On the left hand upright winners' names have been engraved. Additional engraving is at the base of the trophy."Geelong West Cycling Club/PENN MEMORIAL - ROAD RACE/IN HONOUR OF R.L. PENN(Senior) W.J. PENN/ Donated By The - Penn Families/1983 Z. Szalinski/1984 A. McPherson/1985 Don Wilson/1986 Ken Lewins/ 1987 Peter Wood/1988 Peter Cotter"geelong cycling club; geelong west cycling club; penn memorial road race; penn family; z. szalinsk; a. mcpherson; don wilson; ken lewins; peter wood; peter cotter; -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, D. Walker, Whim Inn Motel 1986, 1986
... and Dhurringile Roads. Nice Australian garden with old wheels and dray... Inn Motel, Tatura, corner Ferguson and Dhurringile Roads. Nice ...Photograph of Whim Inn Motel, Tatura, corner Ferguson and Dhurringile Roads. Nice Australian garden with old wheels and dray in foreground. Black and white photograph of Whim Inn Motel, Tatura, exterior. one of two photographs.on back: Whim Inn Motel Tatura 1986whim inn motel tatura -
Mont De Lancey
Booklet, Department of Main Roads, Toll Roads and Bridges, 1981
... for NAASRA and National Association of Australian State Road... and bridge use in Australia from early settlement days to 1981. Road ...A brief history of tolls used throughout history, dating back around 1950 B.C. Early English and USA use is mentioned. Road and bridge tolls in Australia were collected for construction and maintenance of particular roads and bridges similar to their use in England. The clear photographs show the development in the this country up to 1981 when the brochure was published.A small slim rectangular paperback brochure with a lithograph of the "New Toll Gate" on Parramatta Road, published in J.G. Austin's Sydney Views. Green and white edging surrounds the picture with the title Toll Roads and Bridges printed in black lettering at the top right of the cover. On the back is a photograph of Toll cabins at the northern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge showing automatic and manual toll booths with the symbol for NAASRA and National Association of Australian State Road Authorities printed in black and white at the bottom. Pp. 20. There are many photographs inside.non-fictionA brief history of tolls used throughout history, dating back around 1950 B.C. Early English and USA use is mentioned. Road and bridge tolls in Australia were collected for construction and maintenance of particular roads and bridges similar to their use in England. The clear photographs show the development in the this country up to 1981 when the brochure was published.road tolls, roads, bridges, history of tolls -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Shire of Eltham, The day a caller fired a bullet in the bank, 1949_
... Bank of Australia agency in Main Road Eltham, now used... at the former Commercial Bank of Australia agency in Main Road Eltham ...A story about an attempted hold up at the former Commercial Bank of Australia agency in Main Road Eltham, now used as an opportunity shop.Photocopy of page from unknown book. Black and white text and line drawing.lindsay spear, stebbing, eltham, commercial bank eltham -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Letter, Order of the Secret Monitor, Moorabbin, Victoria - Collection of Masonic Degrees and Correspondence maintained by Aird family of Ringwood, Victoria
... of Southern Australia, 12 Dane Road, Moorabbin, Victoria, confering... of Southern Australia, 12 Dane Road, Moorabbin, Victoria, confering ...Letter dated 26th October, 1964 from District Grand Recorder, Order of the Secret Monitor, District Grand Conclave of Southern Australia, 12 Dane Road, Moorabbin, Victoria, confering R.Wor. Bro. A.J.B. Aird with the rank of Past District Grand Visitor in the District Grand Conclave of Southern Australia on payment of £3-3-0 fee. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Shennan Publishing & Publicity, "Special 12th Anniversary Issue" - Truck & Bus Transportation - July 1948, 1948
... ), Australian Road Transport Associations, executives etc. - pl16...), Australian Road Transport Associations, executives etc. - pl16 ...Yields information about Australian transport history, transport at the time of publication and the development of buses and the Ansett organisation.Large format 208 page , July 1948 issue of Truck and Bus Transportation with colour cover, fold out and advertisements, colour printing, articles on buses, trucks, cable trams, Australian Transport, personnel in industry, Ansett, executives - special 12 the anniversary issue. See photocopy of title and contents pages with item notes. Notes on Truck & Bus Transportation - Special Anniversary Issue - July 1948, with particular relevance to BTM Archives Advertisements: White Bus Co - similarity to the US PCC Tram - inside front cover Ansett's and Ansair - p131 AC buses - p162 Articles: Has Australia's Railways Reach the Doldrums? - p38 Modem Street Transit Authorities Announce Development Policy - p42 (includes photos of Sydney, Adelaide Glenelg H class, Bourke St, trams etc, being replaced by buses) These were the Events that made our Headlines (war years - photos included - p61 Riding the Rattlers behind Horses, Ropes and Billies - cable trams, horse and steam trams p66. - demise of Melbourne cable cars. Tracing the development of the Motor Bus in Aust. - p73. Australian Transport Administrations - whose , photos, responsibilities, liquid fuel control (petrol rationing), Australian Road Transport Associations, executives etc. - pl16 onwards Ansett organisation - p 1 72 onwards trams, tramways, trucks, buses, cable trams, road transport