This object relates to Lt (Dr) George Pinnock MERZ. He was born on 10/10/1891. Lt (Dr) George Pinnock served in the Flying Corps, AIF enlisting on, 12/04/1915 in Ballarat, VIC before being discharged from duties as a Army Commissioned Lieutenant (LT). Lt (Dr) George Pinnock MERZ was not a prisoner of war. His next of kin is G MERZ (Father).second world war (ww2), 1939 - 1945, literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat

Report - 42 pages, 3 sections, stapled on the left hand edge, titled "Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the Railway and Tramway systems on Melbourne and Suburbs" - dated 1911. Looks at the state of the Suburban rail system, finances, electrification's, costs, evidence of Mr. Merz, advantages of the electrification, power supply and standards, whether AC or DC, duplication, Glen Iris line, conclusions and recommendations. Tramway - summarises the current tramways operating, cable system and operational stats, the current tramway systems, other cities, relative merits, future tramways for Melbourne, operational speeds, use of cable conduits for electric traction, conversion, municipal control , control of the tramways by the railways, a general scheme, formation of a larger tramway trust and its management, purchase of the cable tramways and recommendations. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website. 2nd copy added 2-1-2019 from donation of Norm Cross.In ink in the top right hand corner "TB"trams, tramways, tramways, cable trams, finances, conversion, railways, royal commission, costs

Although the portrait of Graham is still in existence, the rest of the memorbilia on the wall is no longer in the hands of the Association. Members of the Old Colonists' Association in the Old Colonists' Hall. Front Row (left to Right): Messrs. S. Walker, J. T. Sleep, W. H. Stokeld, J. A. Blight (Trustees), R.U. Nicholls (Vice-President), Wm. Robertson (Vice-President). E. E. Llewellyn (Councillor). Mrs. R. Smith, Messrs, A. Sheppard, J. T. Clarke. Second Row: Messrs. J. Lamb, T. W. Scott, S. Walmsley, C. Robinson, G. R. Coutts, J. Lammin, A. W. Crowe, J. Don, W, G. Chalmers, J, Jones, C. Simpson, A. M. Palmer, H. Fields, W. Trahar, H. C. Handford. Third Row: Messrs. S. Walsh, A. Cant, J. Nicholls, J. Longstaff, A. Robertson, J. Welham, J. King, C. E. Wright, J. Pounder, C. R. Anderson, G. Merz, and D. M. Paterson. old colonists' hall, s. walker, j. t. sleep, w. h. stokeld,, j. a. blight, r.u. nicholls, william robertson, e. e. llewellyn, mrs. r. smith, a. sheppard, j. t. clarke, j. lamb, t. w. scott, s. walmsley, c. robinson, g. r. coutts, j. lammin, a. w. crowe, j. don, w. g. chalmers, j, jones, c. simpson, a. m. palmer, h. fields, w. trahar, h. c. handford, s. walsh, a. cant, j. nicholls, j. longstaff, a. robertson, j. welham, j. king, c. e. wright, j. pounder, c. r. anderson, g. merz, d. m. paterson

Dana Street State School was one of the earliest primary schools in Ballarat and was established in 1857.Timber honour board in the entrance foyer of Dana Street Primary School. names include: L.J. Curnow, W. Daly, M. Dixon, S.E.A. Dean, O.T. Dell, R. Eva, F. Eggington, S.P. Eddy, C. Frost, A.W. Fitzgerald, L.G. Fitzgerald, F. Feary, S. Fox, C.H. Falla, C.E. Fa;;a. H.C. Foote, J. Hammond. F.J. Harris. F.E. Hillman, J. Hunter, R.A. Hind, R.V. Horsfall, R.G. Hutson. H. Jones, R. Jamieson, C. Kerr, C.R. Kift, P. Kraiscill, A. Lancaster, C.W. Lee, I.T. Lilburn. R.E.N. Murphy, H. marks, H.H. Martell, P.W.G. Moon. G.P. Merz, A. McGoldrick, W.E. Moon, C.R. Ince, W.J. Peacock, W. Pollard, N. Pinney. C. Pike, J.R. Doney, A.R. Doney, R.E. Rowlands, A.E. Rowlands, L. Rowlands, C. Snell, R. Snell, J. Snell, W. Wilberforce, N.F. Wellington, H. Williams, E. Wallace, S. Wallace, H.S. Yates, A. Yates, T.E. Yates, l.j. curnow, w. daly, m. dixon, s.e.a. dean, o.t. dell, r. eva, f. eggington, s.p. eddy, c. frost, a.w. fitzgerald, l.g. fitzgerald, f. feary, s. fox, c.h. falla, c.e. fa, a. h.c. foote, j. hunter, r.a. hind, r.v. horsfall, r.g. hutson. h. jones, r. jamieson, c. kerr, c.r. kift, p. kraiscill, a. lancaster, c.w. lee, h. marks, h.h. martell, p.w.g. moon. g.p. merz, a. mcgoldrick, w.e. moon, c.r. ince, w.j. peacock, w. pollard, j.r. doney, a.r. doney, r.e. rowlands, a.e. rowlands, l. rowlands, c. snell, r. snell, j. snell, w. wilberforce, n.f. wellington, h. williams, e. wallace, s. wallace, h.s. yates, a. yates, t.e. yates, dana street state school, dana street primary school, j. hammond, f.j. harris, f.e. hillman, i.t. lilburne, r.e.n. murphy, n. pinney, c. pike

Set of 12 Victorian Railways prints of drawings of overhead arrangements at locations where trams and trains crossed in Melbourne. .1 - L6866 - wood break section insulator for tramway intersections, earthed section - has Merz McLellan stamp, originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .2 - L5564 - Tramway intersection wood break section insulator - 5/49 .3 - L687 - Tramway and Railway Intersection fittings details - has reference to original 1920 drawings, Rev C 9/56. .4 - L6514 - Tramway and Railway Intersection Nicholson St North Fitzroy - 5/49 .5 - L652D - Tramway and Railway Intersection fittings details - has reference to original 1920 drawings, Rev D 8/48. .6 - L6656 - Tramway and Railway intersection fittings assembly - 6/56 .7 - L6511 - Tramway and railway intersection fittings assembly - for trams fitted with carbon skids - 4/55 .8 - L7025 - Tramway and railway intersection Glenhuntly Road GA - pencil drawings 6/59 .9 - L8106 - GA for tramway crossing Lygon St originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .10 - L1749 -GA for tramway crossing Burke Road, originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .11 - L1757 - blue print - fittings for tramway and railway contact wires at level crossings originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .12 - L3506 - GA of tramway crossing St Georges Road. 6/30trams, tramways, railways, tramways, overhead, glenhuntly rd

The booklet gives a brief history of RAAF Base POINT COOK from the inauguration of the Base in 1913, until May 1969History of the Royal Australian Air Force Base Point CookSpiral bound booklet giving a brief history of the RAAF Base Point Cook. White spiral bound with cream covered cardboard front and back covers. Three pages of typed historic information nilraaf, point cook, history of point cook, raaf museum, sir richard williams, captain t.w. white, lt g.p. merz, central flying school point cook, australian air corps, raaf academy

Grenville College was founded in 1855 by W. Stellard as Ballarat Grammar School. The school was amalgamated by Mr Victor are Ballarat Grammar School in 1867 as the Ballarat Collegiate and Grammar School. Its name was changed to Grenville College in 1869. In 1908 Grenville College was situated in Mair Street, Ballarat, and the Principal was A.A. Buley. Pupils were educated for either commercial life or for the University. Those who intended to matriculate were advised to take the following subjects: - English, History, and Geography; Arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid, and Trigonometry; and either French and German, or Latin and Greek.Fourteen page soft covered Annual Roport, Honor List and Prospectusgrenville college, cyril callister, frank g. menzies, william morcom, sydney r. curnow, william h. collyer, revill tinworth, c. brokenshire, george p. merz, alfred h. barrett, anthony jenkin, alexander sutherland, wilford whittle, owen peters, john la gerche, mary delahunty, lily evans, henry japp, edith forster, j. sutherland, a.m. lilburne, eustace coltman, james g. leadbeater

98 page newspaper supplement celebrating the century 1900-2000. Includes 100 names of great Ballaratians.the courier, ballarat courier, anniversary, century, steve bracks, tom o'meara, bruce morgan, weston bate, r.f. scott and co, camerons, sunshince train crash, nellie melba, queen victoria's death, star of the east gold mine, sebastopol, phoenix foundry closure, duke of cornwall and york, duchess of cornwall and york, central highlands water, electric trams, workld war one, richard w. richards, dick richards, william dunstan, mccann's dairy centre, conscription, george merz, peace, avenues of honur, red cross, james oddie, henry sutton, band competitions, influenza epidemic, ballarat council merger, bert hinkler, frank petch, bartrop real estate, ballarat zoo, english cricket team visits ballarat, the dole, the depression, sustenance works, charles kingsford smith, ballarat centenary, black friday, world war 2, world war two, walter davis, cuthberts, albert coates, john rowan, langi kal kal soldier setttlement, ronaldson and tippett, america soldiers, united stated marines, military hospitals\corckers, gollars, robert clark, edward j. bateman, ellinor morcom, f.w. barnes and son, rex hollioake, cricket, edgar bartrop, ideal homes competition, ballarat begonia festival, percy beames, bigarelli, good neighbourhood council, baird and mcgregor, sunicrust bakeries, begonia queens, tom beaumont, thomas toop, ray murphy, alice andrews, bobby greville, jack hill, john vernon, ballarat civic hall, haymarket, royal visits, trams, olympic games, robert lemke, bob bath, boxing, norm pinney, jack barker, greg binns, geoffrey blainey, pam davies, david haymes, m.b. john, morgan b. john, austin mccallum, steve moneghetti, richard crouch, voi williams, elsi simper, e.j. tippett, kenn webb, hugh williamson, st john's lutheran church, ballarat fine art gallery, art gallery of ballarat, peter tobin funerals, keith bray, john valves, vietnam war, john dellaca, haymes paints, henry haymes, sovereign hill, gold museum, dowling forest racecourse, ballarat turf club, mt helen campus, rupert hamer, swagman, bill mahoney, constance coward-lemke, hymettus historic garden, c.v. jones, eureka flag, save bakery hill, jessie scott, anne beggs sunter, ray's tent city, art theft, woodsplitters by tom roberts, fluoride, jack chisholm, ballarat railway station fire, princess diana, prince charles, university of ballarat, university of ballarat 130 anniversary, hailstorm, ballarat brewery closure, bicentenary, flooding, recession, pat cashin funerals, camp street arts precinct, arts academy, scout jamboree, ballarat learning city, council amalgamation, linton bushfire, eureka stockade centre, russell mark, tony lockett, east timor, ballaarat general cemeteries trust, john barnes, william heres, nelson brothers funeral services, valcor australia, bob davis, john curtin, david davies

Typed history of the Newport Railway Workshops. Mentions the men who worked at the workshop, the locomotives that were built there, the different classes of locomotives, the equipment they used, and some of the work they did. Written by G. Donneau (who worked there) and dated 19-3-79.document, victorian railways, the newport story, g donneau, melbourne and geelong railway co, melbourne & hobson's bay united railway co, mr william meikle, solomon mirls, richard speight, sir james allport, midland railway, mr allison dalrymple, phoenix foundry, north melbourne loco depot, beyer peacock & co, mr a e smith, roger barnes, thomas tait, bhp, f j shea, commonwealth ordnance department, james rooks, london times, mr merz, mr mclellan, bendigo north railway workshops, ballarat shops, james taylor, donald mcgregor, julius aurelian sylvester barber, victor lethlean, melbourne institute of technology, prince of wales, queen victoria, w m shannon, sir thomas bent, puffing billy, harold winthrop clapp, francis boardman clapp, melbourne tramway & omnibus co, austral otis engineering co, melbourne university, franklin supply co, e h brownbill, heavy harry, locomotive mausoleum north melbourne, north british locomotive co, walter stinton, thomas smith, peter alexander, peter alexander, robert ferguson, king george v, english railway gazette, harry nunn may, merz & maclellan, arthur lowe, r h roach, w h chapman, l c rolls, g a swift, john mcrae, caledonian society, thistle club, bristol hotel, james taylor, george allibon, walter grimshaw, robert maybin, roy hodge, walter biddle, john ramsbottom, robert hewitt, james green, thomas waldhuter, giles dobney, mr richardson, mr arthur, sydney express, the age, mr speight, david syme, father gapon

This object relates to William Sylvester O'SHEA. He was born on 1/01/1892 in Ballarat, VIC. William Sylvester served in the AIF (3866) enlisting on, 05/07/1915 in Ballarat, VIC before being killed in action on duties with the 59th BATTN as a Army Non-Commissioned Sergeant (SGT) on 26/09/1917. William Sylvester O'SHEA was not a prisoner of war. His next of kin is M O'SHEA (Mother). William O'Shea was awarded the Victory Medal.first world war (ww1), 1914 - 1918, photo/pictures, ballarat rsl, ballarat