Dodge Passenger Mail Motor RM74Victorian Railway 1936 livery of Black and Chrome Yellow stripesvictorian railways, dodge, mail motor

The photograph shows the wagon and team owned by Mr Tom Malinn of Sardine Creek. On lst Juy 1926, Tom Malin took over the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years he obtained an International 2-3 ton truck. On his first trip to Bendoc he did not carry mail, but brought Miss Cunning, the first lady head teacher and collected ballot boxes. On his next trip (March 1930) he made history as the first mailman on this route to deliver mail in a motor vehicle. (info. Bendoc History) Tom and Sophie Malinn farmed at Martin’s Creek. Sophie (nee Jensen) married Tom Malinn in 1926. Sophie’s family had run the historic “Danebo Hotel” at Martin’s Creek for many years, and in 1931, Tom and Sophie began farming at Martin’s Creek, initially cropping maize and beans. This is a pictorial history horse-drawn transport used widely in Orbost until the late 1920sA black / white photograph of a large wagon loaded with wool bails being pulled by a team of horses. a man is standing behind the horses in the background.on back -"Tom Malinn with wool from Bonang"malinn-tom-bonang transport-horse-drawn

The photograph shows the coach owned by Mr Tom Malinn of Sardine Creek. It is in front of the Orbost Club Hotel in Nicholson Street, Orbost. On lst Juy 1926, Tom Malin took over the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years he obtained an International 2-3 ton truck. On his first trip to Bendoc he did not carry mail, but brought Miss Cunning, the first lady head teacher and collected ballot boxes. On his next trip (March 1930) he made history as the first mailman on this route to deliver mail in a motor vehicle. (info. Bendoc History) Tom and Sophie Malinn farmed at Martin’s Creek. Sophie (nee Jensen) married Tom Malinn in 1926. Sophie’s family had run the historic “Danebo Hotel” at Martin’s Creek for many years, and in 1931, Tom and Sophie began farming at Martin’s Creek, initially cropping maize and beans. The first hotel built in Orbost was the Club in 1885, an old wooden place on the corner built for J. A. Petersen of the Mitchell Hotel Bairnsdale, now known as the Victoria Hotel. Tom Maguire, a step­son of the late Mr. Petersen, carried on the club Hotel Orbost for 5 or 6 years. The property then came into the possession of Alfred Cooper, a Yorkshireman who purchased the freehold about 1890, pulled the building down and erected the present structure.This is a pictorial history horse-drawn transport used widely in Orbost until the late 1920sA black / white photograph of a horse-drawn buggy with four men on the buggy and two mmen standing beside it, It is in front of the Orbost Club Hotel in Nicholson Street, Orbost..on back - "Tom Malinn on coach run"malinn-tom club-hotel-orbost transport-orbost

Coach with flaps takes aboard passengers. It travelled between Kinglake and Hurstbridge. The vehicle has advertising on the side indicating: W. BODY. HURSTBRIDGE bread and pastry. The Advertiser on 15 Sep 1922 has a display advertisement on page 2 indicating that Hurstbridge bakery 'W. Body wishes to notify the Public of Hurstbridge and surrounding district that he has purchased Mr Oliver's business'. The Advertiser, Friday 10 November 1922, page 2: Mr J. D. Chalmers, who runs the motor service from Hurstbridge to Kinglake, has just had a large, body built on a two-ton motor, which will be serviceable for either 25 passengers or general goods. The work was entrusted to Mr. D.G. Graham, motor and coach builder, Hurstbridge, who completed it within a month, the finish, painting, etc.. being quite up to the standard of a city shop. The mail coach operated the route between Kinglake and Hurstbridge motor route, on which Mr. Sharpe had pioneered and run a motor mail route with a bus which carried 20 passengers, for many years but Sharpe's license for his motor bus was refused by the Country Roads Board mid 1930 as his bus was considered too large . In February 1935, Mr Sharpe was granted a license to carry passengers between Hurstbridge and Kinglake and Mr Kell between Kinglake and Hurstbridge. In 1936 the mail contract from Heidelberg to Knglake was via car and members of the community were concerned that there was no further any conveyance of passengers from Hurstbridge to Kinglake.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg 9 x 12.5 cm B&W printsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, mail coach, w. body, public transport, bus, bus travel, hurstbridge, pioneers and painters

Black and white photographWritten on backing sheet- "Mail 10 April 1952. Ford Industry comes to Ringwood. Panoramic view of field day organised and arranged by Allan Coffey Motors showing tractors in operation slashing grass." Included with image- Copy of article in Ringwood Mail dated April 10, 1952,agriculture

Written on back of photograph, "Some of the exhibits at Bill Patterson Motors Monster Hobbies Competition - Mail 6/8/59."

Photograph from the Town Hall clock tower overlooking the intersection of Sturt St and Lydiard St Nth with tram 35 at the City tram stop and most likely tram 19, turning from Sturt into Lydiard St Nth. From a Victorian Railways photograph dated November 1947. In the view are - Edwards Beauty Salon, Racey's cafe, the Bank of Australasia, the mining exchange advertising Plume and Buick motor cars, the Post Office, the Police building, Johnson's shoes & boots, and E White. Also in the view are signs for Paterson, Lang & Bruce Wharehouse men, and The Mail and The Echo newspapers.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Sts in Nov. 1947.Digital image of a Victorian Railways photograph held by the State Library of Victoria.vr photos, ballarat, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 35, tram 19

Set of 10 Digital images, from slides taken by George Stevens on 17/9/1971: 1 - Tram 34 at the level crossing in Lydiard St Nth 2 - Tram 35 Albert St Sebastopol 3 - Tram 35 Returning from Sebastopol, picking up a passenger with the Conductor leaning out of the tram 4 - Tram 35 At the terminus with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background 5 - Tram 35 Northbound crossing Albert St 6 - Trams 35, 17 Crossing at the Grey St Loop with 17 southbound for Sebastopol 7 - Tram 35 In Skipton St with a lady passenger walking out to the tram. In the background is Ford Eclipse Motors 8 - Tram 35 Turning into Drummond St Sth 9 - Trams 30, 34 At Hospital corner with tram 30 in Drummond St Sth for Sebastopol and 34 turning into Drummond St Nth. 10 - Trams 41,34 Specials possibly for a school group in Drummond St Nth, though "strictly speaking" this section of track had been closed for public use. See page 19 of the Oct. 1971 issue or Trolley Wire which notes use for school tours. Note the bus stop sign on the left hand edge of the photograph. Yields information about the tramcars used on 17/9/1971 and the various locations around the system.Set of 10 digital images scanned from slides.tramways, wendouree parade, lydiard st nth, level crossing, ballarat railway station, tram 34, tram 17, tram 35, tram 41, tram 30, albert st, sebastpol, drummond st sth, skipton st, passengers, grey st loop, drummond st nth

Photograph shows the Bendigo Steam tram depot or shed in Mollison St. See item 5734 for a 1943 Wal Jack photo of the building. Shows a steam tram motor with a bogie car and a nine window bogie car No. 4 on the right hand side. There are adverts for Fry's Coca, the Evening Mail, Havelock Tobacco and Robur tea. Reproduction image from The Bendigonian newspaper 5/1/1899.Yields information about the Bendigo steam tram depot.Black and white photograph on plain papertramcars, bendigo, steam trams

Two colour prints (Copies 1 and 2) of the scene at the Sebastopol of the running of the last tram on 19 Sept. 1971. Shows the two bogies trams (trams 39 and 40 in the rear) with many motor cars and the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. Both trams are heavily loaded with passengers. Photo by David Endacott On copy 2 - "The Last Tram" in black ink/sebastopol, last tram, closure, tram 39, tram 40

Photograph looks south over Princes Bridge as a cable tram, some horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians cross the bridge. No motor vehicles are in sight. Government House is evident in the gardens in the background. Letters and postcards were the primary form of communication between people before the telephone; postcards were frequently used to send a short note to another person who lived in the same city. There were two mail deliveries on weekdays and one on Saturdays.Yields information about the use of postcards for short messages Black and white photograph with of oval shape and brown border, with note on front and postcard message and stamp on rear.Note on front reads: "Princes Bridge, Melbourne" Written in ink on rear: "Miss M Weston, I left that photo at Sydney P O Your brother would get it when he wrote for his mail if not it will be returned to you as I addressed it that way if F Marshall is still there you can say ? was asking for him. Barney"horse drawn vehicles, pedestrians, cable tram, princes bridge, government house, postcards

Photograph looks north along Glenferrie Road towards High Street and the Malvern Town Hall clock tower, where a large number of people are gathered across the intersection. A single truck tramcar number 5 travels towards the High Street intersection along the double track tramway on Glenferrie Road as a few pedestrians walk along the footpath. The photographer is located just north of the new Prahran and Malvern Tramway Trust depot that opened in May 1910. No motor vehicles are in sight. Letters and postcards were the primary form of communication between people before the telephone; postcards were frequently used to send a short note to another person who lived in the same city. There were two mail deliveries on weekdays and one on Saturdays.Yields information about the use of postcards for short messages Black and white photograph with note on front and postcard message and stamp on rear.Note on front reads: "Glenferrie Road, Malvern" Written in ink on rear: "Miss G Martin, The Bend, Dandenong, Malvern Will be home by two thirty train Eve"pedestrians, glenferrie road, high street, malvern town hall clock tower, tramcar number 5, prahran and malvern tramway trust depot, postcards

Photograph looks south along Swanston Street towards Flinders Street, with about 12 W class and single truck trams in Swanston Street along with numerous motor vehicles and pedestrians. It is a sunny day but the trees in front of the town hall have lost their leaves. Letters and postcards were the primary form of communication between people before the telephone; postcards were frequently used to send a short note to another person who lived in the same city. There were two mail deliveries on weekdays and one on Saturdays.Yields information about the use of postcards for short messages Black and white photograph with note on front and postcard very long message on rear.Note on front reads: "Swanston Street, from Town Hall portico, Melbourne" The small writing in ink on rear begins: "C/o Mrs Angliss, Findon Ave, Caulfield SE1. Dear Miss Merritt... " The text mentions feeling tired from the Sydney to Melbourne train trip, that the writer is convalesing, putting on weight and hopeful of improving the ability to walk.pedestrians, postcards, swanston street, flinders street, w class, single truck trams

This van was used in Western Australia by linesmen and for mail pickup between 1972 and 1991. When transferred to the collection, it was the very last surviving vehicle of its type owned by the company. Despite its age, the van is in excellent condition having been reconditioned in 1987.This Volkswagen Transporter, 2nd generation, is commonly known as a kombi van; named as such after the German word Kombinationskraftwagen, meaning multi-purpose vehicle. This van is believed to have been used by linesmen and for mail collection from 1972 to 1991 in Western Australia, before being donated to the, then, Telstra Collection. Conflicting accounts from John Moynihan, PMG Engineer and author, suggest the van was used by cable jointers from the 1960s. Owing to this unclear use, the van’s historical significance is low though provenance from the Postmaster General’s Department to Telecom, then Telstra, is established. In 1987, the vehicle was extensively reconditioned and some original parts were presumably replaced. It is not, however, in working order or in good condition; the body carries several areas of rust, rubber seals have suffered plasticiser migration, a mirror is missing and there are marks from use. The hand lettered “P.M.G.” inscription is indicative of a Postmaster General fleet vehicle, as is the red colour of the vehicle paint. Though it is in poor condition, the van’s aesthetic style is of some significance. The van is representative of the type of Volkswagen vehicle used by the Postmaster General’s Department and other private businesses and government branches of the era. The vehicle may, therefore, carry social significance for those that lived in this era, where their communication service provider travelled in a Volkswagen van. Indeed, Volkswagen vans were used into the Telecom era, as evidenced by an image (6681153) in the National Archives of Australia collection. While many of these vehicles may exist today, there are few to no examples which survive in museum collections. In 1966, the Post Office (Postmaster General’s Department) had the largest fleet in Australia, totalling nearly 11,000 vehicles (The Canberra Times, 29 September 1966, p. 34). Though in the late 1960s Volkswagen vehicles accounted for just over 500 of these vehicles, with the remainder represented by Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, and others, the multi-purpose nature of the van is significant as a metaphor for the multi-directional services of the Postmaster General’s Department. Archival images show a variety of models and adaptations including roof racks, bull bar and door configurations. Its conflicted history of use may in fact attest to the vehicles variety of application in the duties of the Postmaster General‘s Department.Red Volkswagen Kombi van with stencilled gold lettering on doors. Scratches on bumpers indicate duck-egg blue undercoat. Single sliding door on left side of vehicle body with secondary opening at rear with horizontally divided doors. Mirror missing on right front. Western Australia registration sticker in front windscreen..1: "PMG" .2: "ROYAL" .3-.4 "PMG" .5-.6: "MAIL" .7,.8: "ER" .9: "C OF A / ZEH 622"transport, kombi van, linesman van, postal van, postmaster general’s department

Photo of the Mail Exchange Building with a cable tram loading prior to departure and a number of motor vehicles. The photo shows the monumental construction for the then Post Master Generals Department. This building was completed in 1917 to replace the mail sorting functions of the GPO on the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth St. It had tunnels that connected with Spencer Street Railway station opposite and was designed for the sorting and transporting of mail.Yields information about the Mail Exchange building.Photograph - Black and White - Mail Exchange Spencer and Bourke Streets c1920tramways, trams, cable cars, bourke street, spencer street, post office, post master general, mail exchange

Set of destination indicator equipment that was fitted to Z3 and A class trams. Each item consists of various electronic parts contained within a metal case that could have been cabled together. Equipment manufactured by (Carl) C. Brose of Wuppertal Germany and maintained by Font Electronics of Melbourne - some items have the manufacturers details on them along with the details of the maintenance company and serial numbers etc. Photo .1 - shows the set of equipment as placed on display in the training room. .1 - set of two route number boxes, three individual controlled blinds, driven by a motor and control gear. Has a Fluro light fitted internally. See images .2 to .5 .2 - Small side destination indicator, with driven blind, electronic equipment with motor on the underside of the box - for use in Z class trams - see images .6 to .9 .3 - as for .2, but with motor mounted right side, used in A class trams, see images .10 to .12 .4 - set of two control panels with selection equipment for selecting the destination (by number) and route number with indicators and start button - see image .13 to 14 .5 - set of two long main rolls indicators, with control gear and Fluro light internally, driven by an internal electric motor - see images 17 and 18 .6 - set of two linking mechanism for the various boxes with large cables cut off for each of the four tram boxes. Would have been control panel item .4 - see image 15 and 16. See e-mail from Simon dated 17/11/2014. See reg Item 4617 for a small side destination roll.trams, tramways, destination indicators, a class, z3 class, transport equipment

horticultural hardware, hardware, catalogue

A cream rectangular paperback history book bound at the spine with spiral black plastic. The front cover has an illustration of a coach with three horses standing on a dirt road outside a weatherboard house. The title page has the details of the author and compiler who researcehd the book. Inside there is a poem by Jean Nation Sept 1989, Special Acknowledgements, a Foreword and Introduction. The book contains information about the early settlement of the Nation family in the Goldrush days. There are photographs, family trees and full details about their lives and those around them. Pp. 102.non-fictionRobert 'Bert' Nation (R.S. Nation) was a pioneer coachman and mail contractor in the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria. He established a vital horse-drawn coach and mail service connecting the Belgrave Railway Station to the newly settled village of Monbulk. The coach journey was challenging, traversing the steep and heavily timbered dirt tracks of the Dandenong Ranges before the road network was well-developed.coaches, horsedrawn coaches, horsedrawn vehicles, vehicles, dandenong ranges - history