Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Jungle Scrapbook, "MMTB #2", 1987 to 2003
Collection of newspaper clippings pasted into the scrapbook by the donor. Covers the period 1987 to 2003 when the Melbourne tram system underwent large changes. Contains the following cuttings:
1 - Our trams keep rolling along - Herald Sun 9/8/1991
2 - Old trams will stay on track - The Sun - 8/8/1991 - featuring Joan Kirner at the front of tram
3 - Getting our bid on track - Olympic bid tram - Z4, - The Sun 9/3/1990
4 - Tram tours lead tourist bid - using a Y class - The Sun, 8/6/1992
5 - Spring St - city circle trackwork - The Sun 17/9/1993
6 - Track tokens mark tram trial - Bendigo battery tram - Bendigo Advertiser 11/4/1990
7 - $184 million commitment to build new vehicles - B2 class, 130 trams, Comeng
8 - The light rail project - Gail Moody - The Sun 1/7/1987
9 - Bet and shop on trams - Trust - Herald Sun 17/8/1993
10 - A clean sweep by star Paul - Paul Hudson and X 217 - Herald Sun 20/11/1991
11 - Tramway lines up 75th Anniversary - Progress Press 20-11-1991
12 - Public Notice - Spring and Bourke track works - The Met - Herald Sun 17/9/1993
13 - in the Heart of Hawthorn - Progress Press March 1993
14 - Peak hour boost pledge - Alan Brown - Herald Sun 9/7/1993
15 - Photo of Gas and Fuel buildings under construction - 1966, Herald sun 31/12/1993
16 - Drive brings comic relief - Victor Borge - Herald Sun 19/2/1994
17 - City circle tram loop - two cuttings - 28/4/1994
18 - Trust slams new-look trams - Herald Sun 8/2/1994
19 - Public notice - track works - Nicholson and Victoria - Herald Sun 18/2/1994
20 - Free trams draw fire - Herald Sun 12/4/1994
21 - Tram launce chaos - 29/4/1994
22 - Life and love as the tram trundles on - Ted Hopkins - Weekend - 15/4/1995
23 - Tram city Dan McDonnell - Weekend - 15/4/1995
24 - Favorites out for tram day - three associated cuttings tram parade - Herald Sun 19/4/1995
25 - The A to Z of Melbourne's trams - Herald Sun 19/4/1995
26 - Trams out for a night on the town - Box Hill testing - Whitehorse leader 23/4/2003
27 - Trams rolling - Box Hill opening - Whitehorse leader 7/5/2003
28 - Bracks launches tram route and residents riled about bottleneck - Whitehorse leader 7/5/2003
29 - A century of trams in Bendigo (Kym Smith) - Bendigo Advertiser 14/4/2003
30 - MP calls for fair go for old tramways (Medicals) - Bendigo Advertiser - 12/4/2003
31 - House of the rising tram - Mentone tramcar bodies
32 - Back on track - Sydney trams - Daily Telegraph 11/8/1997
33 - New look trams just the ticket - Sydney - Daily Telegraph 11/8/1997
34 - Dark ages end for light rail - Daily Telegraph 1997
35 - A trip down memory lane - Sydney - The Age 21/8/1997
36 - End of the Line - sale of Elwood bus depot - New Home 6/12/1996
37 - Bidders line up for tram and train - The Age 17/5/1999
38 - Holding the line - The Herald Sun 8/3/1998
39 - Advert - Who will be Melbourne's tram museum operator - Weekend Australian 16-9-1995
40 - Trams take to sport - new Melbourne park route - Herald Sun 4/6/1999Yields information about the Melbourne tram network in the 1990sScrap book - Tudor - 32 plain sheets + printed card covers, centre stapled.tramways, melbourne, bendigo, newspapers, tram 4, olympics, joan kirner, tourist tram, city circle, w class, tram, box hill, elwood bus depot, tmsv, museums, tram museums, batman ave, victor borge