Romance and appeal of roads and a look at the future of Australian roads and transport

Brown wooden frame with black background and gold writingtrophy, frame

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

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

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

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.

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

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, convoy

From Title page "THE LAST 100 DAYS/ THE AUSTRALIAN ROAD/ TO VICTORY IN THE/ FIRST WORLD WAR"Soft Cover book. Cover, cardboard, gold and grey print on grey background. Illustrated, front, black and white photograph of a doorway with four soldiers (two seated) studying a map. 340 pages, cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs.publication, book, military history, ww1

The Australia Post depot on Williamstown Road has since (c2015) become Bunnings Warehouse Colour photo of Australia Post Depot Williamstown Roadbuilt environment - commercial, australia post

Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia / 14 / APR 70M2slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Great Ocean Road, Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia / 13 / APR 70M2slide, robin boyd

Devonshire Rd Looking East Towards Hampshire Rd Intersection Photographdevonshire road, sunshine

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

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;

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

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

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

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304) while on deployment in Vietnam in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.View of compound and building next to Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam. The road was used for morning roll call until devices noticed on roof. Saigon 1969/70.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, free world military assistance organisation, doctors

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

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

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

Navy blue pinstripe suit jacket and pants. Charcoal tie with a tan geometric print. Printed [inside jacket tag]: Flair / COOL / WOOL / WARM IRON / DRY CLEAN ONLY / PURE NEW WOOL Printed [tie label]: Country Road Australia / Made in Italy Printed [pants label] No. 9722fashion, wool, men's suit, clothing, fabric, australian made, tie, pants, jackets, design, textile