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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stamford, Frank, Five to 500, 1986
... Light railways - Australia - history... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and a reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12.ill, maps, p.122.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and a reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Munro's Hampton Tramway, 1978
... Light railways - Australia - history... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's magazine on the Munro Hampton timber Tramway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.18.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's magazine on the Munro Hampton timber Tramway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia et al, The Beaudesert Shire Tramway, 1980
... Light railways - Australia - history... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book about the Beaudesert Shire Railway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.70.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book about the Beaudesert Shire Railway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia et al, Rocky Bluff to Denmark, 1978
... Light railways - Australia - history... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book on the Rocky Bluff to Denmark timber Tramway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.65.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book on the Rocky Bluff to Denmark timber Tramway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Armstrong, John et al, The Innisfail Tramway, 1973
... Light railways - Australia - history... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history Narrow gauge ...The story of the history and development of the Geraldton Shire Tramway and the Mourilyan tramway of North Queenslandill, maps, p.96.non-fictionThe story of the history and development of the Geraldton Shire Tramway and the Mourilyan tramway of North Queenslandlight railways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads -- australia -- queensland -- history. -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Cerussite, Unknown c.1890s
Named in 1845 by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger cerussite takes its name from the Latin cerussa, meaning 'white lead'. When viewed under certain lighting conditions cerussite gives of fire and rainbow-like colours (due to its high dispersion) and it is quite sought after by geological collectors for this very reason. Cerussite is usually found in the oxidised zone of lead ore deposits. It is a very common weathering product of galena and other lead ore minerals. It is a secondary mineral, meaning it forms as a result of the alteration of pre-existing minerals in the Earth’s crust. The presence of lead in cerussite makes it potentially toxic. Historically, it has been an important source of lead, which has numerous industrial applications, including in batteries, construction materials, and radiation shielding. Cerussite has a crystal structure that belongs to the orthorhombic crystal system. Its crystal structure is characterized by a three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in a repeating pattern. The crystal lattice of cerussite consists of interconnected lead (Pb) and carbonate (CO3) ions. This crystal structure is visible in the specimen. This specimen was found in Dundas (formerly Mount Dundas), a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway located on the western foothills of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. During the 1890s Dundas swelled in numbers however it is now lost in a temperate rainforest and its population is now 2. The present Dundas Extended mine, about 1.5 km east of Dundas is presently worked for specimen material.Faceted cerussite gems are considered rare and valuable, given the softness of the mineral. This item is not a faceted gem however its historical and scientific research potential give it significance; mined in an Australian township, this cerussite could shed light on the now lost history of Dundas and the mining that occurred there. Additionally, the uses of this mineral in historical industrial processes give it scientific significance. Such knowledge can add to understandings of the geographical and geological nature of Western Tasmania and allow for further study of Australian geological specimens. A small lead carbonite mineral with shades of cream, white and brown throughout, flaky shards of white at base. CERUSSITE / (lead carbonite) / Locality: Dundas, W. Tasmaniadundas, tasmania, cerussite, lead, orthorhombic, geology, minerals, mining -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Peter Evans, Rails to Rubicon-A History of the Rubicon Forest, 1994
Hardcover. Green dust cover. Front cover photograph is Krauss 0-4-OWT, builder's No. 2459 of 1891, takes water at the western end of Rubicon Lane in 1934. Driver Bob Rees attends to his engine while brakeman Hayden looks on. End papers show a photograph of a man standing besides a timber railway trolley holding onto the brake lever. There is a group of men, some sitting and some standing, on piles of cut timber under a large, open shed in the background. There are also some small, timber, tent like structures standing next to the railway tracks. There is a forest in the far background. Written in white is the line "Mr Clarke & Kidd's Sawmill". non-fictionrubicon, timber, sawmill, railway, tramway, clarke and pearce, evans, peter, marysville, krause, forest, mountain -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Timber Mountain, 1986
Paperback. Front cover has an old photograph of a timber railway leading into a forest. There is also a man standing at the side of the railway. In the inside back cover is a fold out map titled "Sawmills & Tramways of the Murrindindi Forest 1885-1950.Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779history, sawmilling, murrindindi forest, victoria, north east victoria, houghton, n -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Rails to Rubicon-A History of the Rubicon Forest, 1994
A history of the Rubicon forestHardcover. Green dust cover. Front cover photograph is Krauss 0-4-OWT, builder's No. 2459 of 1891, takes water at the western end of Rubicon Lane in 1934. Driver Bob Rees attends to his engine while brakeman Hayden looks on. End papers show a photograph of a man standing besides a timber railway trolley holding onto the brake lever. There is a group of men, some sitting and some standing, on piles of cut timber under a large, open shed in the background. There are also some small, timber, tent like structures standing next to the railway tracks. There is a forest in the far background. Written in white is the line "Mr Clarke & Kidd's Sawmill".Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / PO Box 22 / Marysville 3779 Signed by the author, Peter Evansrubicon, timber, sawmill, railway, tramway, clarke and pearce, evans, peter -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Timber Mountain, 1986
Paperback. Front cover has an old photograph of a timber railway leading into a forest. There is also a man standing at the side of the railway. In the inside back cover is a fold out map titled "Sawmills & Tramways of the Murrindindi Forest 1885-1950.history, sawmilling, murrindindi forest, victoria, north east victoria, houghton, n -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph - Framed Photograph, WW1 1st Australian Light Car Patrol
See InscriptionFramed B&W photo of 7 patrol cars with crews at Aleppo Railway Station, Syria. Two motor cycles are in shotAWM logo. Caption: WW1 1st Australian Light Car Patrol. Operated in the Middle East and Palestine. The seven cars (Model "T" Fords) comprised four fighting vehicles equipped with Lewis machine guns. Each had a tender vehicle to carry spares, water, fuel, ammunition etc. It was here at Aleppo Railway Station where the final battle took place to end the war. The unit was commanded by Cap't Ernest H James MC & Barww1 1st australian light car patrol, 7 ford model t vehicles fitted with lewis machine guns -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Brochure - Promoting Portland, Victoria, Victorian Railways Print, Oct-38
Brochure promoting Portland, folds out to A3 printed on light card. Front cover, white and blue stylised sky with sea and a seabird. 'PORTLAND, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA' -printed in red. Back cover, black line map with roads marked in orange. Black and white photos of harbour, Dutton Beach, Gardens cottage, Henty Beach, 'Burswood', Henty Memorial, plus printed information about Portland and district.portland -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Courts of Inquiry and Boards, 31 May 1941
Legal arrangements applicable to the RegimentAll paper publication for use as an aide-memoire in conjunction with Australian Military Regulations and Orders (AMR&O). Commonwealth of Australia badgearmy, legal, boards of inquiry -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Victorian Railways Printing Works et al, Army Training Memorandum (War) (Australia), Aug 1941 to Apr 1945
Hard covered lace bound collection of the memoranda issued during WW 2 to each officer, containing notes on a variety of subjects. The set contains most, but not all from No 1 to No 39. Incorporates catalogue items 0417 & 0418Aug 1941 to Apr 1945world war 2, doctrine, intelligence -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet (2 copies), Victorian Railways Printing Works, Tactical Handling of Army Tank Battalions Military Training Pamphlet No 22 Part III: Employment 1939, 1941
Soft covered booklet. As modified for Australia in 1941.Not to be taken forward of Divisional Headquarters.tank tactics, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Projector, Infantry, Tank Attack (Australia). 1944, 1944
Soft covered booklet covering the Projector Infantry Attack, Mark 1 Volume 1, Pamphlet No 16projector infantry tank attack -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Tank Training Vol II Part II System of Gunnery Training & Range Practices (Australia) 1941, 1941
Soft covered booklet laying down the principles to be observed and the procedure to be followed in teaching of recruit and exercising trained soldiers in the handling and shooting of Tank Corps weaponstank gunnery, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Australian Military Forces - Courts of Inquiry and Boards, 31 May 1941
A paper covered publicationNot to be publishedmilitary law, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Manual of the Royal Australian Army Provost Corps 1952, 1952
A soft covered booklet as a basic guide for Provost personnel in the performance of their dutiesprovost, provost -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Phil Rickard, Light Railways; Australia's Magazine of Industrial and Narrow Guage Railways, 2019
June 2019 issue of Light Railways; Australia's Magazine of Industrial and Narrow Guage Railways. Article - Pathways around Melbourne page 2, page 8 containing details of Port Melbourne.Number 267 ISSN 07278101 June 2019. $7.95 recommended retail price onlytransport - railways, history, industrial and narrow guage railways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Reflections - Life Stories of East Gippsland, 1982
A short account of some of the tramlines constructed to access the mountain forests for the timber required as building material in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of Victoria. These trainlines serviced isolated sawmilling communities from c. thetransport, timber industry -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Bill Denham and Trolley Wire, "The First Conference of Australian Tramway Museums Ballarat ", 1975
Has a strong association with the formation of COTMA and the work undertaken by Australasia tramway and rail heritage organisations at the time and the organisers of the first COTMA Conference in 1975.82 page A4 sized bound document - "The First Conference of Australian Tramway Museums Ballarat 25-27 April 1975" . Has a light weight card cover, with black plastic binding/spine strip. Produced by Trolley Wire 1st Conference Proceedings Contents: Acknowledgements Message from BTPS President - Maurice Calnin Convenor's Note - Bill Kingsley List of Museums Invited List of Delegates Conference Minutes of Special General Meeting COTMA Operational Guidelines Papers Wymond - Financing the Railway / Tramway Operating Museum Kahn - A history of experience Breydon - Accounting methods suitable for museum operations Prentice - Tramcar Maintenance - Museum Style Radcliffe - Buses - their preservation and relevance to tramway museums (supplement document_ Rawlings - The formation of an Association of Tramway Museums of Australasia Stamford - Museum Publications Workshops Engineering Cars and Parts Treasury Publicity Management Governments Removals Membership Special Has a red dot, taped onto the spine of the front cover.Inside front cover label "Graeme S. Breydon" and his address and on front cover in pencil, "G.Breydon".trams, tramways, cotma, ballarat, proceedings, conferences -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Sawdust and Steam. Norman Houghton, December 1975
Sawdust and steam. A history of the railways and tramways of the eastern Otway Ranges. Norman Houghton. IBSN 0 909340 03 X. Soft cover. iv, 106 p.; illus, maps. Melbourne, 1975. Cartography: Alan Strempel.steam and society; norman houghton; railways, east otways; tramways, east otways; tramways, forrest; coastal tramways; -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Journal - Picturesque Atlas of Australasia
The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia was released in 42 supplements between 1886 and 1889 and attracted over 50,000 subscribers. Produced by the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company in Wynyard Square, Sydney. The company was established in 1885. Edited by Andrew Garran. For detailed information search the website of the National Library of Australia. Thirty-three parts. Volume 9 to Volume 42. Volumes 1 - 8 and 28 are missing. Light tan coloured covers have a printed central rectangular double border. The title and publication information and illustrations are printed inside the border. The illustrations included are Captain Cook, a sailing ship and a sprig of wattle. The pages include many black and white illustrations. Volume 16 Separate map of Fiji. This Volume covers Bendigo as one of Victoria's country towns Volume 27 Includes separate Railway, Postal and telegraph map of Queensland. Volume 42 This last Volume contains a Miscellaneous section at the back with an Editorial Postscript and two maps - Australia and The Solar System.australasia, flora and fauna, subscription, history, exploration -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Keith Kings, "The Ballarat Tramways", Sep. 1971
Yields information about the history of the Ballarat Tramways from horse to the closure of the electric trams in 1971. Gives a good understanding of the development and operation of the tramways. Has a strong association with the author.Book, 64 pages, gloss art paper, in black ink with a light brown card cover in green ink, centre stapled, titled "The Ballarat Tramways" Details history of Ballarat tramways, its tramcars and the involvement of the various operators. Has maps and photographs. Written by Keith Kings and published by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society at the time of the closure of the Ballarat system. Inside front cover is a typed sheet of amendments for the book - typed on Charles Martin Watermarked paper. Has details of the various organisations that published the book on the rear cover. 114.2 - as for 114.1 - but with many hand written notes etc. 114.3 - as for 114.1 - but with "City of Ballarat" stamped on front cover. 114.4 - as for 114.1 - but with "To Mr. L. J. Denmead, Departmental Tramways Supt. from K. Kings 12/9/1971" handwritten on front cover. For entire book see pdf images i1 to i3.114.2 - notes on pages 7, 10, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 36, 49 and 63 - has in blue or black ink, many notes, corrections and additions. 114.3 - "City of Ballaarat" stamped in red on top right hand corner. 114.4 - "To Mr. L. J. Denmead, Departmental Tramways Supt. from K. Kings 12/9/1971" handwritten on front cover in blue ink and on title page (page 1) in red ink "Mr. L. J. Denmead / Dear Les, / Best Wishes for the future! / Bob Prentice" and on same page, in blue stamp "L.J. Denmead".trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, history, tramcars of ballarat -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, West Otways Narrow Gauge, 1973
A history of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch line of the Victorian Railways from Colac to Beech Forest and Crowes and it s connecting tramways.ill, maps, p.51.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch line of the Victorian Railways from Colac to Beech Forest and Crowes and it s connecting tramways.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Tramways Down the Gorge: The story of Hillgrove, 1887-1921, 1986
A history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Hillgrove mining district near Armidale in New South Wales.ill, maps, p.35.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Hillgrove mining district near Armidale in New South Wales.tramways - new south wales, mining tramways - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Simsville And The Jarrah Mill, 1991
A history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Simsville and Jarrah Mill timber mills near Newcastle in New South Wales.ill, maps, p.39.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Simsville and Jarrah Mill timber mills near Newcastle in New South Wales.tramways - new south wales, timber tramways - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, The Beechy, 1992
The life and times of the Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes narrow gauge railway 1902-1962index, ill, maps, p.170.non-fictionThe life and times of the Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes narrow gauge railway 1902-1962vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Gunzburg, Adrian et al, Rails Through the Bush: Timber and Firewood Tramways and Railway Contractors of Western Australia, 2008
A history of the timber and firewood tramways and railway contractors of Western Australiaindex, ill, maps, p.300.non-fictionA history of the timber and firewood tramways and railway contractors of Western Australiatramways - western australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history