Ill, p.28.A history of the Box Hill to Doncaster tramway.electric trams- melbourne, doncaster tram - melbourne - history

Ron Bridger was an avid collector of items related to transport, predominately Trams. These items include newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, reports, timetables, fares prices plus special items relating to events. Items from Melbourne and regional Victoria, interstate - Adelaide and Sydney, plus overseas, make up this collection. Item is a white paper bag specifically for the Centenary of the Box Hill - Doncaster Electric Tramway. Dates and times for this celebration are printed on the bag. Inside are numerous items related to this occasion. .a) Information sheets No 1: Public Street Transport in Melbourne. by N.W. Maddocks No.2: The role of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in the history of street transport. by N.W. Maddocks No.3: Why have tickets? (The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Inc) No.4: The historic trams of Victoria. (The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Inc.) No.5: Driver's cab - Melbourne W3 Tramcar. (The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Inc.) No.6: Henry James Hilton - Member Institute of Engineers 1891. From notes by Merrick Hilton (grandson) 1987. No.7: Where is this tram going?. (The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Inc.) .b) Small yellow booklet - "Australia's First Electric Tram: The story of the Doncaster and Box Hill Electric Road" by J.K.Moir. Printed Melbourne 1940. .c) Postcard - black and white; Shows the Opening of the Box Hill-Doncaster Electric Tramway - 14 October 1889. The reverse side gives a brief history. It operated from October 1889 until January 1898. .d) Small white paper bag with title stamped on it. Inside two small yellow tickets for Centenary Tramway Exhibition. A sticker for the Centenary also included. .e) Pamphlet giving a brief outline of the Box Hill-Doncaster Electric Tramway. Contains an article that appeared in "The Reporter" dated 17 October 1989 stating the importance of this enterprise - "Footprints in the sands of time......." .f) Yellow flyer advertising a book "The First Electric Road" by Melbourne architect and historian, Robert Green. This will be a limited edition and due for release in late November 1989. Order form on reverse of the flyer to be sent to John Mason Press. White bag labelled - Box Hill - Doncaster Electric Tramway - Centenary. Numerous items relating to exhibition collected and placed in paper bag. Date: 19th - 28th October, 1989. Daily, 10am - 4pmbox hill-doncaster electric tramway, memorabilia, centenary exhibition, 1889-1989, public street transport, why have tickets?, tramway museum society of victoria, melbourne w3 tramcar, henry james hilton, n m maddocks, merrick hilton, australia's first electric road, j k moir, the first electric road, robert green, historian, postcard-black and white, opening of tramway, 14 october 1898, centenary sticker, ron bridger collection, as box 48a

Reproduced from the Australian Tramway Album 2nd Edition, (revised). 2nd Edition, (revised). Two colour cover - green with black. Describes Melbourne's tram car fleet, including Victorian Railways tramcars, cable cars and the Doncaster and Box Hill tramway. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover, has PCC 980 with green banding and price. On back cover is a map of Melbourne tramways drawn in 1948. Book - "Destination City" - paper covers - 20 pages - with sub title "A Pictorial Review of Melbourne's Tramcars", priced at 2/-, published by Traction Publications of Brighton Beach in 1954. Copy 2 - on front cover has number "500/18" crossed out with "501/2" in blue ink underneath. Copy 3 - on inside of front cover, stamped in black ink "R.J.Meyer / 6 Moorefield Rd., / Johnsonville".trams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb, vr

Pamphlet - single sheet four pages, titled "The Development of Melbourne's Trams", reprinted from the Dec 1965 issue of MMTB news, issued with the compliments of the MMTB. Item written by Keith Kings. Gives a short history of Melbourne trams and buses, cable trams, Doncaster tramways, steam tram (Cheltenham), electric traction, formation of the MMTB, Rolling stock, Bourke St, Preston Workshops and night buses and rolling stock.trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, history, doncaster, cheltenham, tramcars

Book - "Destination City" - paper covers - 20 pages - centre stapled - with sub title "A Pictorial Review of Melbourne's Tramcars", priced at 2/-, published by Traction Publications of Brighton Beach in 1954. Reproduced from the Australian Tramway Album 2nd Edition, (revised). Two colour cover - green with black. Describes Melbourne s tram car fleet, including Victorian Railways tramcars, cable cars and the Doncaster and Box Hill tramway. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover, has PCC 980 with green banding and price. On back cover is a map of Melbourne tramways drawn in 1948. See image i4 for a pdf copy.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb, vr

Depot table sheet or block - roneo or spirit duplicated, printed on light card - for - "Sunday 14-1-1968 - Glenhuntly - North Fitzroy - Kew - Malvern - Doncaster" shows the various runs and crew tables for the day, has an index and notes. The block was prepared for the track work to realign Dandenong Road and the Chapel St intersection as part of the St Kilda Junction project. See page 96 of Timeline History of Melbourne's Government Cable and Electric Trams - Barry George et al.trams, tramways, table cards, glenhuntly tram depot, kew depot, north fitzroy depot, doncaster depot, malvern depot, drivers, conductors, st kilda junction

Contains notes on the following tram systems. Brisbane - includes notes on photographs Rockhampton steam Sydney Tram Depots NSW Tramways tramcars - notes on each class and work vehicles Birmingham including two cuttings about the closure of Birmingham dated 31-3-1939 London Passenger Transport Board - one page Bristol - closure and damage. Sheffield History of the Tramcar Victorian Railways - St Kilda Brighton Electric Street Railway Sandringham to Black Rock MMTB Cable trams and opening dates Opening dates for the tramway routes in Melbourne to 1921 News Paper cuttings on Doncaster Newspaper cutting - cable trams "Cable Trams.....clang into history" by Hugh Murphy History and Development to 1943 - Brisbane Trams by G. R. Steel (half page only) Perth Tramways Adelaide Municipal Tramways Trust notes South Africa Trams Wellington Corporation Tramways (NZ) Tramways in Soviet Russia World's Largest Tram Systems - July 1938Demonstrates the work of Wal Jack in recording tramway information.Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "W. Jack Tramways No. 1" lined pages, four sections each of 10 sheets, (80 pages), stitched bound. trams, tramways, tramways, sydney, brisbane, vr, melbourne, cable trams