Tilley Floodlight Projector - Model FL6 It stands about a metre high, and when lit, turns out about 5,000 candle power from the parabolic mirror in the back of the lamp. manufactured between the mid 1940's and early '50's It runs on kerosene that is pressurized with the integral pump, to provide a light beam from the parabolic mirror in the back of the lamp of approximately 3,000 candle power which can project over 1/4 of a mile. It features a pressure gauge, armored glass and all steel construction. Historic - Railways - Tilley Floodlight ProjectorTilley Floodlight Projector - Model FL6 made of metal, brass and glass and steelTilley Floodlight Projector - Model FL6puffing billy, tilley floodlight projector

A colour photograph of the sign that was placed at Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria to commemorate the switching on of the floodlights at the falls.A colour photograph of the sign that was placed at Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria to commemorate the switching on of the floodlights at the falls. This event took place on 3rd November, 1972 and was carried out by the then Minister for Tourism Murray Byrne M.L.C. The falls are floodlit every evening until 11.30 p.m. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s.THE FLOODLIGHTING OF/ STEAVENSON FALLS/ WAS OFFICIALLY SWITCHED ON/ BY/ THE HONOURABLE/ MURRAY BYRNE, M.L.C.,/ MINISTER FOR TOURISM/ ON 3RD NOVEMBER, 1972 '05 1 3 3.01.05 Marysville (from Helga Walsh)steavenson falls, floodlighting, 3rd november 1972, murray byrne m.l.c., minister for tourism, waterfalls, marysville, victoria, john steavenson

A flyer inviting guests to an event at Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria run by the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment.A flyer inviting guests to an event at Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria run by the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. This event was held to commemorate the return of the Steavenson Falls floodlights and the official opening of the new facilities after the old facilities were destroyed in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. The Steavenson Falls were named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s.steavenson falls, waterfalls, marysville, victoria, department of sustainability and environment, floodlighting, john steavenson

Brandt Brothers Floodlight Albert Charles Brandt established a lighting business in 1878 with his brothers in Sydney and Melbourne.Historic - Railways - Brandt Brothers FloodlightBrandt Brothers Floodlight made of metal. brass and glassBrandt Brothers - Makers - Melbournepuffing billy, brandt brothers floodlight

Donors of the four floodlights for the Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham war memorial tower. Lighting is provided three hours each night, free from TXU Electrical (Contained in an album originally put together by Harry Gilham. Photos subsequently relocated to photosafe archival storage.) [2001]Colour photographkangaroo ground, war memorial tower, floodlights, kangaroo ground war memorial park

New bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial. In 1999 flour floodlights were installed to illuminate the tower for a short period each night, courtesy of a Telstra grant.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial

New bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial. In 1999 flour floodlights were installed to illuminate the tower for a short period each night, courtesy of a Telstra grant.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial

New bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial. In 1999 flour floodlights were installed to illuminate the tower for a short period each night, courtesy of a Telstra grant.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial

New bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial. In 1999 flour floodlights were installed to illuminate the tower for a short period each night, courtesy of a Telstra grant.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial

The Royal Mail Hotel was established in Bay Street in 1872. Around 1986 it became Roosters by the Bay, then the Elephant and Wheelbarrow. In 2003 it was named The Local. Colour photograph: detail of floodlight for luminating the name on the front of the hotel 'Roosters by the Bay' (former Royal Mail Hotel in Bay Street)built environment - commercial, business and traders - hotels, roosters by the bay, bay street, the local, royal mail hotel, elephant & wheelbarrow, david thompson

Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Swimming Club, Floodlight Tower, Elevation and base details, top plan, scales 1/8'', 1/2'' to 1ft.Date 14/8/62.J.E.Berry, Chartered Civil Engineer, 76 Rowan St., Bendigobendigo, planning, bendigo east swimming club

New floodlights down the side of the courthouse were turned on for the first time (26 July 2022), to help illuminate the pathwayjim connor collection, eltham courthouse

A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s. This postcard was produced by scancolor Australia as a souvenir of Marysville.STEAVENSON Falls - cascading 82.6 metres in/ three mighty leaps, is the tallest in VICTORIA. In/ 1972 floodlighting was installed. scancolor Australia (03) 555 1944 CS 1857marysville, steavenson falls, waterfalls, victoria, scancolor australia, postcard, souvenir, john steavenson

A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s. This postcard was produced by scancolor Australia as a souvenir of Marysville.STEAVENSON Falls - cascading 82.6 metres in/ three mighty leaps, is the tallest in VICTORIA. In/ 1972 floodlighting was installed. scancolor Australia (03) 555 1944 CS 1857marysville, steavenson falls, waterfalls, victoria, scancolor australia, postcard, souvenir, john steavenson

A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson, who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s. This postcard was produced by Scancolor Australia as a souvenir of Marysville.MARYSVILLE/ Victoria STEAVENSON Falls - cascading 82.6 metres in/ three mighty leaps, is the tallest in VICTORIA. In. 1972 floodlighting was installed. scancolor Australia (03) 555 1944 CS 1857steavenson falls, marysville, victoria, scancolor australia, postcard, souvenir, john steavenson

Rate Recovery Sale Lot 84 Burwood Avenue Sunshine North Rates, Sanitary and Interest Statements as at 30th September 1980 Installation of Floodlights McKechnie Street Reserve St. Albansmckechnie street reserve, mckechnie street, st. albans, burwood avenue, sunshine north

Documents, Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Swimming Club, from Australian Electrical Industries P/L Melbourne, 20th November 1962 on pricing for Floodlighting of the pool. State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Electricity Supply Department Melbourne, recommended lighting for the Pool in a letter and with a plan of such lighting.bendigo, clubs, floodlighting for bendigo east swim

Keith Wilkinson, President of the Montmorency Tennis Club (MTC) took this photo in 1974, one of a series of three photos he took at the time. It shows the destruction of MTC courts, fences and club rooms. The flood was the stimulus needed to rebuild which culminated in the building of a new clubhouse. As President, Keith oversaw all aspects of the reconstruction, which included the floodlighting of two courts.Fully laminated colour photographtennis courts, montmorency, floods, montmorency tennis club

The Sir John Quick Committee was formed in 1991 to commemorate the achievements of Sir John Quick who played a prominent role in the federation of Australia. The Committee aimed to raise awareness of the contribution of Sir John Quick and to ensure that he was recognized for the part he played.1. Minutes of meeting of the Sir John Quick Committee held on 13.11.1996. Three typed pages on blue paper. Items discussed Sir John Quick Lecture Floodlighting of Quick's statue and trimming of nearby trees is on the agenda of Council Works. Concert to be held on 19 April 1997. Future events. 2. Minutes of meeting of the Sir John Quick Committee held on 11.12.1996.Two typed pages on green paper. Items discussed Concert to be reviewed. Possible performance of a play instead.sir john quick lecture, sir john quick statue

Sunbury United Soccer Club was established in 1973 by a group of expatriate Europeans who wanted to play the game they grew up with. Their first games were played on the recreation reserve in Evans Street on the ground designed for AFL football. (Now the site of a shopping complex). In August 1975, Sunbury United moved to its present home on seven and a half acres of sporting ground at Langama Park in Mitchells Lane . Over the years that area has developed and there are now three senior, and two junior soccer pitches with two cricket pitches and practice nets. Although there is still room for improvement to the floodlighting on the main pitch, the night games have proven successful. The Sunbury United Soccer Club has played an important roll in district competition and is one of the many sporting clubs in Sunbury.A non-digital black and white photograph of a soccer ground showing a set of goal posts with the clubrooms and change rooms in the background.soccer, sunbury united soccer club, football, langama park, mitchells lane

The National War Memorial of Victoria, an interpretative appreciation of The Shrine of Remembrance, with 46 illustrations. This moment was erected by a grateful people to the honoured memory of the men and women of Victoria who served the empire in the great war of 1914-1918. The book has 44 pages. Contents: The Shrine of Remembrance - The call and the response - The past speaks to the present - Dedicatory descriptions - The Greek tradition - General design - Architectural features - The buttress group - Dome promenades - The north and south porticos and the tympana - Floodlighting - Battle honors - The inner chamber - The roll of fame - The king's book - Ambulatory and stairs - The sanctuary - The stone of remembrance - The gleaming bay - The crypt - The final message - Subsidiary memorials - The lone pine tree - Other memorial trees - Birdwood avenue - Historical record of the Shrine of Remembrance.books, military, shrine of remembrance

Six grey soft covered Coventry Engineering Society Journals. .1) Vol. 6 No. 3, March 1925. Includes * The Influences of Rates of Colling upon Cast Iron by H. Beeny * Pulverised Coal by J. Pickin (Junior) .2) Vol. 7. No. 1, January 1926. Includes * Coventry Engineering Society Annual Report * Road Springs by C.E. Cary .3) Vol. 7. No. 2, February 1926. Includes * Some methods of Testing Engines by G.H. Walker Vol. 7. No. 3, March 1926. Includes * Notes on the Disposal of a Town's Refuse by H.L. Bunting * How roadcasting is Done by J.A. Cooper Vol. 7. No. 4, April, 1926. Includes * The Applicaton of Thermionic Repeaters to Long Distance Telephony by H.C. Hannam-Clark Vol. 7. No. 5, May 1926. Includes * Automobile Design by W. Ferrier Brown * Floodlighting and its Possibilities by H.C. Wheat Vol. 7. No. 6, June 1926. Includes * Machines for Testing Materials by H.N. Cox * Characteristics and uses of Ground Gears by H.F.L. Orcutt * Instruments for Recording Minute Oscillations * Characteristics of Iron Ores by A.J. Aierscoventry, engineering, coventry engineering society, peterborough cathedral, cast iron, h. beeny, pulverised coal, j. pickin (junior), road springs, c.e. cary, testing engines, g.h. walker, disposal of a town's refuse, h.l. bunting, roadcasting, j.a. cooper, thermionic repeaters, long distance telephony, h.c. hannam-clark, automobile design, w. ferrier brown, floodlighting, h.c. wheat, machines for testing materials, h.n. cox, ground gears, h.f.l. orcutt, instruments for recording minute oscillations, iron ores, a.j. aiers

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 24th August 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Superannuation Municipal Officer's Association Central Methodist Mission Home for the Frail / Aged Lease of land Darnley Street Land Adjacent to More Park in Ballarat Road Deer Park Hall Committee of Management Sunshine Swimming and Life Saving Club Infant Welfare Centres Pavilion Albion Tennis Club Tennis Courts Sunshine North Tennis Club Hulett Street Private Street Scheme Use of Council Land Survey Committee of Officers Land Transfer 43 Furlong Road Limits of Overdrafts Proposed Purchase of New Sunshine Tip Site Supplementary Valuations Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Committee of Management 43 Furlong Road Child Care Centre Emergency Accommodation Midway Hostel Report of the Chief Health Inspector Weights & Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 31st July 1977 Report of the Inspector Weights & Measures Sanitary Contract Licences Discharge to Council Controlled Drains Fees for Analyses Health Act 1958 Amusement Machines in Shops in Close Proximity to Schools Report of the City Librarian Library Statistics Seminar At Monash University The Economic Approach To Public Library Development Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Quinn Estate for the Purpose of Erecting Detached Houses Council Policy Land Use Permit Industrial Estate Lots 32 to 36 Fourth Avenue Land Use Permit Application Storing of Motor Vehicles Lot 18 Green Street for Nick's Boby Works Pty Ltd at Judge Street Enforcement of Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Use of Lot 271 Beela Court as a Transport Depot Land Use Permit Application Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Builders Hardware, Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Land Bounded by Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Milk Bar Addition to Existing House 53 King Edward Avenue Land Use Permit Application Advertising Hoarding Lot 26 & 27 Anderson Road Land Use Permit Sunshine Golf Club Pavilion Ralph Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 121 Lewin Street Land Use Permit Application Advertising Hoarding Lot 1 Ballarat Road South West Corner Summerhill Road Land Use Permit Application Access to Main Road for Lot 15 Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Four Floodlights 186 - 190 Mitchell Street North East Corner Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Storage and Wrecking of Old Cars for Scrap and Sale Lots 14. 15 & 16 Bunnett Street Land Use Permit Application Service Premises and Caretaker's Dwelling 461 Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application 3 Display Homes Aycliffe Drive and Land Use Permit Application Car Parking to Serve Display Home Centre North East Corner Aycliffe Drive and Reston Court Deer Park Land Use Permit Application Italo - Australian Social Club (Italo - Australian Co-Operative Social Club Ltd) Place of Assembly Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Reprocessing of Scrap Metals Lot 3 Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Work Shop For Mentally Retarded Children Day Training Centre Council Reserve Bounded by Churchill Avenue, Darnley Street & Ravenhall Street Land Use Permit Application Service Premises Addition to Existing Bakery 119 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Home Occupation 43 Bloomfield Avenue Plan of Subdivision Stage 3 Furlong Road Estate Strata Subdivision 437 Ballarat Road Westerngate Estate Stage 2 Plan of Subdivision Neale Road and Station Road Plan of Consolidation Rothray Avenues and Arvona Avenue Width of Robinsons Road Westerngate Robinsons Road Parking Area Tallintyre road Housing Commission of Victoria Contract Supply & Maintenance of Vehicles Concrete Reinstatements Quotations Garfield Street Scheme Construction Proposed Traffic Signals Main Road West, Main Road East, St. Albans Road & East Esplanade Speed Reduction Sign Western Highway Deer Park Tender for Surplus Equipment Maribyrnong River Speed Limit M.M.B.W. Easement Drainage Lot 4 Mitchell Street Maidstone Certificate of Completion Hampton Avenue Group Private Street Scheme Proposed Open Space Land in Moria Street, Wright Street & Thyra Street Sunshine Bus Shelter Subsidy from Transport Funds of the Transport Regulation Board Report of the Building Surveyor Building & Development Approval Committee Report Extension of Permit 10 Percy Street St. Albans Extension of House 4 Ensign Street Maribyrnong Undersize Allotment Lot 2 Delacey Street Maidstone Location of Open Garage 81 Northumberland Road Sunshine North Renovation Central Library McCracken Street Alterations The Hub W.C. block Hampshire Road Brooklyn Pre-School Centre Child Care Centre / Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Sunshine Indoor Swimming Pool Orders of the Day Westerngate Estate Robinsons Road Fencing 83 Hall Street Sunshine West city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, central methodist mission, darnley street, braybrook, more park, ardeer, deer park hall committee of management, albion tennis club, sunshine north tennis club, esmond street, station road, deer park, sunshine swimming and life saving club, furlong road, sunshine tip, furlong road child care centre, midway hostel, williamson road, maribyrnong, fourth avenue, sunshine, green street, judge street, beela court, sunshine west, halstead street, ashley street, maidstone, king edward avenue, albion, sunshine golf club, ralph street, lewin street, summerhill road, geelong road, brooklyn, bunnett street, sunshine north, ballarat road, aycliffe drive, reston court, italo - australian social club, italo - australian co-operative social club ltd, churchill avenue, ravenhall street, mcintyre road, bloomfield avenue, neale road, rothray avenue, arvona avenue, robinsons road, garfield street, st. albans, maribyrnong river, mitchell street, hampton avenue, moria street, wright street, thyra street, percy street, ensign street, delacey street, northumberland road, sunshine library, mccracken street, the hub, sun crescent, hampshire road, brooklyn pre-school centr, cypress avenue, ainsworth reserve, vernon street, sunshine indoor swimming pool, hall street

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 24th August 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Superannuation Municipal Officer's Association Central Methodist Mission Home for the Frail / Aged Lease of land Darnley Street Land Adjacent to More Park in Ballarat Road Deer Park Hall Committee of Management Sunshine Swimming and Life Saving Club Infant Welfare Centres Pavilion Albion Tennis Club Tennis Courts Sunshine North Tennis Club Hulett Street Private Street Scheme Use of Council Land Survey Committee of Officers Land Transfer 43 Furlong Road Limits of Overdrafts Proposed Purchase of New Sunshine Tip Site Supplementary Valuations Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Committee of Management 43 Furlong Road Child Care Centre Emergency Accommodation Midway Hostel Report of the Chief Health Inspector Weights & Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 31st July 1977 Report of the Inspector Weights & Measures Sanitary Contract Licences Discharge to Council Controlled Drains Fees for Analyses Health Act 1958 Amusement Machines in Shops in Close Proximity to Schools Report of the City Librarian Library Statistics Seminar At Monash University The Economic Approach To Public Library Development Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Quinn Estate for the Purpose of Erecting Detached Houses Council Policy Land Use Permit Industrial Estate Lots 32 to 36 Fourth Avenue Land Use Permit Application Storing of Motor Vehicles Lot 18 Green Street for Nick's Boby Works Pty Ltd at Judge Street Enforcement of Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Use of Lot 271 Beela Court as a Transport Depot Land Use Permit Application Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Builders Hardware, Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Land Bounded by Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Milk Bar Addition to Existing House 53 King Edward Avenue Land Use Permit Application Advertising Hoarding Lot 26 & 27 Anderson Road Land Use Permit Sunshine Golf Club Pavilion Ralph Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 121 Lewin Street Land Use Permit Application Advertising Hoarding Lot 1 Ballarat Road South West Corner Summerhill Road Land Use Permit Application Access to Main Road for Lot 15 Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Four Floodlights 186 - 190 Mitchell Street North East Corner Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Storage and Wrecking of Old Cars for Scrap and Sale Lots 14. 15 & 16 Bunnett Street Land Use Permit Application Service Premises and Caretaker's Dwelling 461 Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application 3 Display Homes Aycliffe Drive and Land Use Permit Application Car Parking to Serve Display Home Centre North East Corner Aycliffe Drive and Reston Court Deer Park Land Use Permit Application Italo - Australian Social Club (Italo - Australian Co-Operative Social Club Ltd) Place of Assembly Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Reprocessing of Scrap Metals Lot 3 Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Work Shop For Mentally Retarded Children Day Training Centre Council Reserve Bounded by Churchill Avenue, Darnley Street & Ravenhall Street Land Use Permit Application Service Premises Addition to Existing Bakery 119 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Home Occupation 43 Bloomfield Avenue Plan of Subdivision Stage 3 Furlong Road Estate Strata Subdivision 437 Ballarat Road Westerngate Estate Stage 2 Plan of Subdivision Neale Road and Station Road Plan of Consolidation Rothray Avenues and Arvona Avenue Width of Robinsons Road Westerngate Robinsons Road Parking Area Tallintyre road Housing Commission of Victoria Contract Supply & Maintenance of Vehicles Concrete Reinstatements Quotations Garfield Street Scheme Construction Proposed Traffic Signals Main Road West, Main Road East, St. Albans Road & East Esplanade Speed Reduction Sign Western Highway Deer Park Tender for Surplus Equipment Maribyrnong River Speed Limit M.M.B.W. Easement Drainage Lot 4 Mitchell Street Maidstone Certificate of Completion Hampton Avenue Group Private Street Scheme Proposed Open Space Land in Moria Street, Wright Street & Thyra Street Sunshine Bus Shelter Subsidy from Transport Funds of the Transport Regulation Board Report of the Building Surveyor Building & Development Approval Committee Report Extension of Permit 10 Percy Street St. Albans Extension of House 4 Ensign Street Maribyrnong Undersize Allotment Lot 2 Delacey Street Maidstone Location of Open Garage 81 Northumberland Road Sunshine North Renovation Central Library McCracken Street Alterations The Hub W.C. block Hampshire Road Brooklyn Pre-School Centre Child Care Centre / Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Sunshine Indoor Swimming Pool Orders of the Day Westerngate Estate Robinsons Road Fencing 83 Hall Street Sunshine West city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, central methodist mission, darnley street, braybrook, more park, ardeer, deer park hall committee of management, albion tennis club, sunshine north tennis club, hulett street, albion, sunshine swimming and life saving club, furlong road, st. albans, sunshine north, sunshine tip, furlong road child care centre, midway hostel, williamson road, maribyrnong, fourth avenue, green street, judge street, halstead street, ashley street, maidstone, king edward avenue, anderson road, sunshine golf club, ralph street, sunshine west, lewin street, deer park, ballarat road, summerhill road, geelong road, brooklyn, mitchell street, bunnett street, aycliffe drive, reston court, italo - australian social club, italo - australian co-operative social club ltd, churchill avenue, ravenhall street, bloomfield avenue, neale road, station road, rothray avenues, arvona avenue, robinsons road, main road west, main road east, st. albans road, east esplanade, western highway, hampton avenue, moria street, wright street, thyra street, percy street, ensign street, delacey street, northumberland road, sunshine library, mccracken street, the hub, sun crescent, hampshire road, brooklyn pre-school centre, cypress avenue, ainsworth reserve, vernon street, hall street

Princes Bridge Centenary pylons under construction Possibly taken from Young and Jacksons Hotel (formerly Princes Bridge Hotel) on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets, Flinders Street Station’s clocks and main entrance dominate, along with its distinctive copper dome and decorative façade. The time on the main clock is 1.40pm, and the sign underneath, reflecting Melbourne’s upcoming Centenary reads, “We must accommodate our Centenary visitors! Citizens! Do your share by taking paying guests.” At left is the original Princes Bridge Station, today the site of Federation Square. The riverside tram terminus advertises a Café/Tobacconist/Refreshment Room selling cigars & cigarettes, fountain drinks & confectionery, and in smaller text: “Leave your boot repairs here”. Nearly everyone is dressed in dark suits, coats and hats. The footpaths are wide and there are no traffic lights. The roadway stretches towards the Shrine of Remembrance, not yet dedicated but very dominant on the skyline. Government House is clearly visible across the wide parkland that would come to be known as Kings Domain and that is an area of deep importance to the people of the Eastern Kulin. Originally, Birrarung was part of a network of swamps and lagoons linked to the course of the river. From 1896, Public Works Department engineer Carlo Catani, oversaw a new channel to straighten the river and the swamps and lagoons were filled with spoil from the channel works. From the same vantage point today, only the top of the tower of Government House would be visible. The photo captures the pylons along Princes Bridge, mid-construction and being installed to mark Melbourne’s Centenary. The pylons were not without controversy. Both The Argus and The Age bemoaned them for being “made almost entirely of imported softwood timber”, denying work to native hardwood timber workers and sawmillers, and leading visitors to think Australia did not have its own exceptional native hardwoods. The pylons were also variously described in their incomplete state, as unimaginative and resembling an oilfield. Published: The Age 5 September 1934 Featured in "Newsworthy: Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition at East Melbourne Library, October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by project volunteer, Louise McKenzie Photographer notations on slide: "Pylons + St Kilda Rd C57" Published: Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wednesday 5 September 1934, page 11 Published title: DECORATIONS -- THEN AND NOW. Published caption: "Although not completed yet, some impression of the effect of the decorations on Princes-bridge may be obtained from the first picture which shows the majestic sweep of St Kilda road with the Shrine of Remembrance and Government House dominating the horizon. The area to the left of St. Kilda-road and in front of Government House is portion of the area which it is proposed to call the King's Domain, which extends to Domain-road and Anderson-street..." Description: East-facing, elevated view of Flinders Street Station and Princes Bridge, featuring partially completed pylons erected for Melbourne's Centenary celebrations. The Shrine of Remembrance and Government House can be seen in the distance. In the foreground are trams, cars and trucks, pedestrians, Batman Avenue tram terminus and refreshment rooms. Signage on Flinders Street Station encourages citizens to accommodate Centenary visitors. The Melbourne Centenary was held 1934-35 in celebration John Batman's proclamation that Melbourne "the place for a village". Centenary events included a visit by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. A Centenary Cake measuring 50 feet in height and ten tons in weight was cut into 250,000 pieces and sold at 1 shilling per piece for charity. Spectacular floodlighting of city landmarks, the creation of the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden, and the MacRobertson Air Race from London, were other notable activities. Research by project volunteer, Louise McKenzie: The photo in The Age collage of 5 September 1934 has a slightly cropped foreground. The original photo has been taken from an elevated vantage point, most probably the roof of the Nicholas Building on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets. The right foreground is dominated by the main “clocks” entrance to Flinders Street Station, showing its distinctive copper dome and decorative façade. The time on the main clock is 1.40 pm. The main sign on the front of the Station reads, "We Must Accommodate our Centenary Visitors! Citizens! Do your share by taking paying guests. Write to The Official Centenary Accommodation Bureau, 436 Collins St. City. Tel M 4671”. Another sign at eye level at the main entrance says: “Cheap Trips on Sundays”. The sign on the end of the roof along the eastern side of the station reads, “The Babies Need Your Help! Support Broadmeadows Foundling Hospital Appeal. July and August”. Run by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, St Joseph’s Foundling Hospital was a purpose built infants’ home for up to 300 babies, plus accommodation for expectant mothers, mainly single women. In the early 1930s, the department (Victorian Children’s Welfare Department) contracted St Joseph’s Foundling Hospital to care for an additional 60 infant state wards, and up to 175 non wards at any given time. In 1931 it also operated a mothercraft training school. The centre foreground shows the commencement of Princes Bridge. Beneath the left side of the bridge was the site of the original Princes Bridge Station, by this time incorporated into Flinders Street Station, and today the area is the site of Federation Square. It was linked to Flinders Street station by the railway tracks that ran underneath the northern approach to the bridge. This photo shows a tram terminus which has a Café/Tobacconist/Refreshment Room, selling cigars & cigarettes, fountain drinks & confectionary, and a sign: Leave your boot repairs here. In the foreground is a wide roadway running south/north, comprising two vehicle lanes each heading north/south, and a central section containing two sets of tram tracks. There are cars, buses and delivery vans on the roadway. The trams visible are Glen Iris (Route No. 6; tram no. 448), Toorak (Route No. 8, tram no. 333), ? (No. 7), ? (No. 1), and ? (No. 2A). The footpaths are extremely wide. There is a square newspaper/magazine stand on the eastern side footpath. And also a “Ferry” sign. There are no traffic lights, but a policeman is visible on the roadway. There are pedestrians – men, women, children, a porter with trolley, women with prams. Clothing comprises dark suits, coats and hats for nearly everyone. There are double headed “Collins Street” lights along the side of the roadway, and along the northern riverbank. The roadway in the foreground is an extension of Swanston Street, which becomes Princes Bridge, then St Kilda Road, stretching towards the Shrine of Remembrance, and diverting past it. The Shrine had not yet been officially dedicated, and looks very white and dominant on the skyline. On the LHS of St Kilda Road, Government House is clearly visible across the wide parkland to be known as Kings Domain. The Kings Domain area is important to the people of the Eastern Kulin nation, and also has historical importance for its association with the early settlement of Melbourne and the foundation of British colonial administration in Victoria. On the southern side of the Yarra River (Birrarung) an historic rowing boathouse is visible, located adjacent to the Alexandra Gardens. Originally Birrarung was part of a network of swamps and lagoons linked to the course of the river. From 1896, under the guidance of engineer Carlo Catani* a new channel to straighten the river was created and the swamps and lagoons were filled with spoil from the channel works. The gardens were then created and completed in time for a Royal visit by the Duke of York in May 1901. The gardens are named after Alexandra of Denmark, the wife of King Edward VII. Both these areas, plus the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Shrine of Remembrance Reserve, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Government House, and the Queen Victoria Gardens together form the Domain Parklands. The extent of the subsequent plantings is evident today, where from the same vantage point only the top of the tower of Government House would be visible. *Catani was born in Florence in 1852, but after arriving in Melbourne worked as a civil engineer for the Victorian Government. His last major project was the reclamation of the foreshore of St Kilda, envisaged in the style of a European resort, complete with a split level esplanade, bathing pavilions, dance halls, amusements and a French-Italian style of landscape complete with palms. The gardens at the end of Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, now bear his name. The historic boathouse visible across the Yarra is another glimpse into Melbourne’s past. “Boathouse Row” comprises 7 amateur rowing clubs, the first established in 1859 (Melbourne University Boat Club). Other Clubs were Richmond, Melbourne, Banks, Melbourne Grammar School, Yarra Yarra and Mercantile. South of the river and west of the bridge is an area today developed into the Melbourne arts precinct of Hamer Hall and the Arts Centre. But at this time it was the home of Wirths Olympia Circus, which comprised Wirths Pleasure Park (an amusement park), a 5,000 seat auditorium – Hippodrome, a roller skating rink, a glaciarium, a cinema, and the Green Mill Dance Hall. Dog shows were also held at Olympia. The Green Mill Dance Hall closed in 1950, and the remainder of the Wirth buildings on site were destroyed by fire in December 1953. The feature of the photo is the pylons erected along Princes Bridge to mark Melbourne’s Centenary in 1934. The sixteen plastered pylons were designed by Roy Prentice, the second person to qualify as an architect at The University of Melbourne’s Bachelor of Architecture degree, in 1933, aged 27. Simon Reeves in his article marking the 100th birthday of Roy Prentice on 20 June 2006 reports that the State Electricity Commission sponsored this work, and the Argus reported that “… the pylons were “illuminated from within to give the effect of soft radiance”. Australia Home Beautiful 1 Oct 1934 reports in a very detailed and comprehensive article: The 10 taller pylons, including flagpole, were 48 ft, with a base of 8 ft. Timber-framed and faced with fibrous plaster and galvanised sheet iron, each structure was securely bolted to a concrete foundation three feet in depth. Panels of glass let into the shaft of each pylon were indirectly lit by 40, 100 watt lamps, and the upper bank of internal lamps were dyed so as to flood the panels with a deep red light. The decorative painted shields and flagpoles/pennants were illuminated by three 200 watt projectors concealed in the roof of each pylon, and were part of an electric night light decoration scheme involving 28 miles of wire to supply more than 20,000 lights. An article in the Argus on 18 October 1934 provided minute detail of the lighting erected in Melbourne for the Centenary, converting it “… into a coloured fairyland by night.” The estimated cost of 10 pounds per hour the lights were on. The display included 800 standard light poles 30 feet high which were tiered with electric bulbs concealed in inverted cones, 138 specially designed “Venetian poles” draped in flags trophies and streamers. The streets included in the electric night light decoration scheme were Bourke Street from Spring to William, the entire length of Collins Street, Flinders Street from Elizabeth to Spring, Lonsdale Street from Elizabeth to Swanston, Swanston and Elizabeth Streets from Flinders to Lonsdale, and parts of Springs and Spencer Streets. Together with the Princes Bridge pylons, approximately 28 miles of wire was required to supply power to the more than 20,000 lights. And that is just in the city of Melbourne. It was estimated the same amount of lighting was duplicated among other local councils. The pylons were not without controversy. The Argus on 28 August 1934 in an article headed “Imported Timber in Pylons” reported that the Princes Bridge pylons are “made almost entirely of imported softwood timber”, and have therefore denied work to native hardwood timber workers and sawmillers. The same day the Melbourne Age ran a similar story, bemoaning the fact that foreign oregon had been used which may lead tourists to think Australia did not have its own exceptional native hardwoods. A Camberwell City Councillor described the pylons as unimaginative, and the Herald reported that skeletons of pylons for the Centenary decorations in their present form led the area to resemble an oilfield! The Yarra River and Princes Bridge have long been a focal point of Melbourne life. In the early days of European settlement in Melbourne a rope-hauled punt carried people across the Yarra River. A surge in population and increased shipping traffic created a need for a bridge. There was difficulty in agreeing on a suitable site for the bridge (options were crossing at Elizabeth, Swanston, Queen or Market Streets), but the NSW Government favoured Swanston Street and the Melbourne Town Council decided on a temporary bridge across the Yarra spanning from the foot of Swanston Street. This first bridge was a single span timber toll bridge designed by Scottish born bridge designer David Lennox, and completed in 1845. It was 120 feet long, had a roadway of 17 feet wide, and a footpath on one side of 4 feet. It was leased to the Melbourne Bridge Company in the name of Robert A Balbirnie. The tollhouse was on the north side of the river and the toll keeper, Patrick Doherty, was credited with saving nine lives during the four years he was in charge of the toll station. The second bridge was stone (completed 1850), and named Prince’s Bridge after the HRH Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. It was designed with an elliptical single arc and an exceedingly small rise in proportion to the span. However, this design created an obstacle for flood waters, and together with Melbourne’s increasing population it was quickly apparent that a new bridge was required. At its opening on 15 November 1850 coincided with the imminent declaration of Victoria as a separate colony, it provided a moment of great celebration for Melbournians and “The opening ceremony was described as the grandest processional display witnessed in the colony.” (ToMelbourne.com.au) Princes Bridge in its present form, as depicted in this photograph, was designed by Jenkins, D’Ebro and Grainger, and constructed in 1886-88 by David Munro. John Grainger (father of Australian composer Percy Grainger) did the majority of the design work for the bridge. The structure was to have three arches each 96 feet wide measured across the river, and the banks on both sides were raised to allow more space for floodwater to flow. St Kilda Road was originally many feet below the current level. The bridge is of architectural significance for its substantial size, giant half columns, extensive use of wrought and cast iron, decorative elements (cast-iron lamps) and the skilled stonemasonry in the construction of the abutments and piers. Its main design features are similar to those of Blackfriars Bridge in London (1870). The bluestones were quarried from Footscray, the Malmsbury stones were from quarries at Kyneton, and the granite from Harcourt. The cost was met by the State of Victoria, City of Melbourne, and six out of seven of its municipalities, and their coats of arms feature on the bridge. The building of the bridge reflected the boom period of Melbourne, including the Victorian gold rush 1851- late 1860s, and its contractor, David Munro, was also responsible for the construction of Queens Bridge and Sandridge Railway Bridge. The Centenary pylons are no longer in place, but today this intersection still plays a major part in Melbourne’s daily life: people still meet “under the clocks” at Flinders Street station, and the route in and out of the city along St Kilda Road is often a feature of parades such as Moomba, the Grand Final Parade, and of course the Anzac Day Parade which commences at the Princes Bridge intersection and finishes at the Shrine of Remembrance. There are many tram routes, which cross the Bridge, and it directs pedestrians towards the Arts Precinct, the various components of Domain Park, plus the Southbank restaurant and rowing precincts. Even though this is a street scene, it feels very intimate; the viewer is instantly immersed in the activity of a Melbourne afternoon, looking down St Kilda Road from a viewpoint near today’s Federation Square. References: DECORATIONS -- THEN AND NOW. (1934, September 5). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 11. 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Retrieved September 21, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243172436 'Dressing Melbourne for the Duke', The Australian home beautiful: a journal for the home builder. Vol 12 No. 10 (1 October 1934), page 21, 58. Retrieved September 14, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2950922209Photographer notations on slide: "Pylons + St Kilda Rd C57".centenaries, bridges, lighting, flinders street railway station