Electrical telegraphs were point to point text messaging systems primarily used from the 1840's until the late 20th century. It was the first electrical telecommunications system and were sent by an operator or telegrapher using Morse code. Social telegrams were also encouraged and special pictorial forms and envelopes were designed such as the special purple form and envelope which was used when conveying condolence details during World War 2.(fn. Powerhouse https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/163103). There was a brief resurgence in telegraphy during World War I but the decline continued as the world entered the Great Depression years of the 1930s.  Although telegraph lines continued to play an important part in distributing news feeds from news agencies post World War 2, the rise of the internet in the 1990s and the widespread installation of the telephones in homes saw the need for telegrams to greatly decline. When the Commonwealth Post and Telegraph Act was passed in June 1902, and a national Postmaster General's Department (the PMG) was established the responsibility for the nation's mail and telephone services fell on Post Offices. The Bendigo Post Office, built in 1887 and situated on Pall Mall was the central distribution centre for receiving and delivering telegrams and continued to deliver communication and postal services until 1997. Now a Visitor Centre, dedicated volunteers at the Post Office continued to demonstrate and educate the public about telegraphic services and the development of this unique form of communication up until 2019 when Covid 19 disrupted every day life, coupled with the death Ted Rankins (the last Post Master and a long term telegraph volunteer at the Post Office). This book was issued to Junior Postal Workers in Bendigo to guide them in the delivery of telegrams and designed to fit into their delivery satchels and carried while on the job. In the early years telegrams were delivered by bicycle and this manual is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of Ted. Small, blue, vinyl covered manual. Contains thirty printed pages covering all aspects of how to correctly deliver telegrams. Topics include 'Loss of telegram', 'Undelivered Telegram', 'special Delivery' and 'Beware of Dogs'. Bound with two ring metal clip. Front cover; Australian Post Office / Telecommunications Division / Telegram / Delivery / Instructions / Headquarters / 1962 Various annotations and updates throughout. ted rankins collection, bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection

Delivery cart of Mr & Mrs W J Atkinson’s greengrocery business and general store near the corner of Whitehorse and Elgar Roads, c 1930. Emma Uebergang and William James Atkinson married in 1930. They ran a mixed business in Whitehorse Road from 1926-1952. Stock included fruit and vegetables, sweets and some groceries. With Mr Atkinson is Albert Cunnington who in about 1930 helped with deliveries. To the left can be seen Whitehorse Road as it approaches the shopping centre and over the back of the horse can be seen the White Horse Hotel. This was demolished in 1938.A black and white photograph of a horse and delivery cart identified as W. J. Atkinson Fruiterer and Greengrocer, 33? Whitehorse Road Box Hill.land transport, carts and wagons, horse drawn vehicles, fruiterer and greengrocer, whitehorse road, elgar road, mont albert, box hill, mr william james atkinson, mrs emma gertrude atkinson, miss emma gerte uebergang, mr albert cunningham

Black and white photo of W.R. & R.F. Raftis Delivery Truck taken in 1977.raftis, william robert., truck

Delivery docket number 96686. Form 1/118 - Jan 1959. Delivery details handwritten in blue ink. To "Mr R Prentice T M S" (TMSV) From "Preston" (?) "4. whitemettaled Saddle brasses" - (for use as Axle bearings) "Sundry Debtor. H.O."trams, tramways, preston, forms, equipment, axles, tramcar equipment, tmsv, bearings

Set of two tender documents, each of two foolscap sheets for the supply and delivery of castings to the Boards repair shops (Nicholson St or Holden St?), with patterns supplied by the Board. Gives details of the quality, approx. quantity, patterns, delivery, rejection, payment, cancellation and other details. .1 - "Manufacture, supply and delivery of iron castings contract No. 96" - 70 to 85 tons /half year - tenders closed 29/4/1929. .2 - "Manufacture, supply and delivery of steel castings contract No. 96" - 50 tons / year - tenders closed 10/6/1920. 2 copies of each, either pinned or clipped with a brass clip in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, tenders, contracts, mmtb, cable trams, castings, brake blocks

Tender form, duplicated foolscap sheet, titled "Supply and delivery of passenger check tickets", headed MMTB, closing 11/12/1919 for 19 million tickets - gives details of the delivery, paper, printing and samples. Dated 6/12/1919. Has a tender response form. two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, tickets, tenders, specification

Form - MMTB Delivery document used for the sale of 100 MMTB outfit tins to the Ballarat Tourist Tramway 19-7-1974, docket No. 136881. Form No. 1/118 Jan. 1959, received by Gavin Young.trams, tramways, mmtb, btps, conductors, sales materials

Tender document - single foolscap sheet - "Supply and Delivery of Trip Slips Contract No. 86 - Tender form". Dated 4/3/1920. Delivery to Head Office. Tender for 8,000,000 trip slips. Tendered for the cost per 1000 of 3d Salmon 2d short white 2d "up" long white 2d "down" long white 1 1/2d pink 1d green Gives the various quantities to be supplied. No drawings provided. 4 copies held - pinned in top left hand corner.Handwritten notation in top right hand corner - "File"trams, tramways, tenders, contracts, mmtb, cable trams, tickets

Mitchell J.J. Glenorchy. Baker Delivery Utilitystawell

Gustav Mahnke’s Bakery horse drawn delivery cart with driverB/W. photograph. Showing a horse ad trap with a man on the trap. wooden fence in the backgroundWritten on the trap: Gustav Mahnke Stawell Bakerystawell business

Girl on delivery truck at co-op. [Poultry co-op in Greensborough] Digital copy of black and white photograph.elaine drakeford, greensborough poultry co op, poultry farm

Members of the Jenkins family in delivery vans outside their shop in Albert Street, Sebastopol.jenkins butchers, sebastopol, transportation, delivery van, albert street

Tender document - single foolscap sheet - titled "Manufacture and Delivery of Uniform Overcoats - Specification - Contract No. 94". Tender was for 850 items, to be delivered within one month of the order. Badges and buttons supplied by the Board. Sample to be provided with the tender. No drawings provided. 2 copies held.Handwritten notation along the top "Tenders close Monday 26th April at 2pm". Has stamp "Copy Acting Chief Manager"trams, tramways, uniforms, tenders, contracts, gripmen, motormen, conductors, mmtb

This photograph shows delivery truck at 183 Para Road when the building was used for Greensborough Grain Store.In 2017, the Greensborough Grain Store closed its Para Road premises and now trades online.Digital copy of colour photographgreensborough grain store, para road greensborough

J.S. Vickery & Son Pty Ltd delivery van parked outside their factory on the corner of Morres and King Streets. Mr Bill Wallis is the driver.vehicle, building, manufacturing, work, ballarat, king street, morres street, bill wallis, j.s. vickery & son

Horse drawn wagon delivery of the Evening Echo outside the Westbrook's Music Warehouse in Sturt Street, Ballarat. A council owned steam roller rolls up the street.evening echo, westbrook's music warehouse, sturt street, ballarat

Tender document - MMTB - 5 sheets - some pre-printed and some typed with hand written notes titled "Supply and Delivery of Hard Drawn Cadmium Copper Trolley Wire", for Contract No. 107. Stapled top left hand corner. Document has not been filled in and has several notations written in blue ink.trams, tramways, trolley wire, tenders

Two delivery trucks pass the Coghlan & Tulloch Ballarat Brewing Co Ltd premises in Dana Street. The registration on the first truck is 9091. The brewing company was situated across the road from the Dana Street School.e.r. rowlands, coghlan & tulloch ballarat brewing co. ltd., dana street, vehicle, work, building, commerical, manufacturing

Tender document - MMTB - 12 sheets - some pre-printed and some typed with hand written notes titled "Supply and Delivery of Points and Crossings", for Contract No. 106. Stapled along the left hand side. Only the first page and the schedules have been scanned. Has the Conditions of tendering, contract etc. Requests 2 switch points, 1 mate, 1 compound mate and two crossings. Tender was to close on Monday 11/10/1920.trams, tramways, points, pointwork, trackwork, tenders, specification

Tender document - 10 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned in top left hand corner, titled "Manufacture, Supply and Delivery of Uniforms and Caps - Conditions of Tendering, Contract and form of agreement etc - Contract No. 103.", closing 2/9/1920. Gives the general documentation for such tenders, a quantity of about 2000 uniforms and caps per year, general materials specifications, tunics, a list of prices to be provided for 12 different garments (conductors, gripmen and motormen). No drawings provided.trams, tramways, uniforms, tenders, contracts, gripmen, motormen, conductors, mmtb

Butcher’s Delivery Cart belonging to Edward Tacey, butcher of 629 Canterbury Road which has been decorated for Empire Day Celebrations of 1930s. Driver: Keith…….? Photographed at corner of Canterbury Road and Alexander Avenue, the Tacey shop was just to the left. The donor's grandfather was Edward's brother, William. Her father Albert Arthur took over the business from his brother Joseph, who took over from his uncle Edward.A black and white photograph of a decorated horse and cart. There is a man sitting in the cart. The cart is decorated with flowers and a cut out shape of a sheep.butchers, transport, carts and wagons, horse drawn vehicles, empire day, festivals and celebrations

Yields information about Ballarat 's No. 39, when it was numbered MMTB 42 and the internal arrangements within the depot.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of Ballarat 39, when still with its MMTB number - 42 inside the depot 17-8-1951. Has a number of wheel sets in the foreground. See rear of photos for other details. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negative See image i5 for another view of the tram in the depot on the 125 negative. See Reg Item 6415i for a photo of the tram in Coburg Depot prior to delivery.On rear in ink "SEC Ballarat ex M&MTB 42 "C" class now No. 39 (in service Dec. 1951). Wendouree depot, Ballarat". In top right hand corner is Wal Jack stamp with no negative number written in.trams, tramways, depot, bogie trams, mmtb, tram 39, tram mmtb 42

Report - set of 10 A4 landscape sheets stapled in the top right hand corner providing tram and bus reporting for the three months commencing Sept. 1992. 1 - service delivery by percent, buses, trams and average - vehicles crewed out of depot 2 - on time running weekdays - tram routes 3 - ditto - government bus routes 4 - complaints 5 - platform staff ratio 6 - platform staff ratio to other 7 - cost per kilometre 8 - priority absenteeism 9 - new workcare claims 10 - kilometres per accident / incident - 1991/1992trams, tramways, accidents, reports, statistics, trams, buses, ptc

Tender document - MMTB - 7 sheets - some pre-printed and some typed with hand written notes titled "Supply and Delivery of Blue Stone Screenings and 1.5 inch metal", for Contract No. 107. Stapled along the left hand side. Only the first page and the schedule of Prices have been scanned. Has the Conditions of tendering, contract etc. \ Total material to be tendered for was 4050 tons, to be delivered to either Burley, Hawthorn, Camberwell, Tooronga or Malvern railway sidings at the rate of a total 345 tons per week. Authorised by S. Dix, 12/1/1921.trams, tramways, ballast, tenders, trackwork, track repairs

Colour slide of legatees unloading wood from a semi trailer in a Melbourne laneway. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of men offloading wood in a Melbourne laneway during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Off loading' and '24' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, semi trailers, wood

Colour slide of a legatee delivering wood to a widow in Melbourne. He is met by a widow in apron at the rear of the property judging by the corrugated iron fence. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of a legatee in overalls delivering wood at the rear of a property, where a widow is waiting, in Melbourne during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Grateful smiles' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, wood

Colour slide of legatees unloading wood in Melbourne, a young man is helping. He is carrying a log down the side of a terraced house while the widow is on her verandah with two children. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of a young man carrying wood past a widow and child on their verandah in Melbourne during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Local helpers' and '25' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, semi trailers, wood