Buff coloured multi-fold brochure consisting of 10 pagesDocument contains headings named - Lines Already Electrified, When the scheme will be completed, What the Melbourne Suburban Electification is, Advantaged of Electrification, How the scheme benefits local industry, Postponement of duplifications and other additional facilities, Probable future developments of electrification, Electrification is a financial success. Information presented by the Victorian Railways Commissioners, 11th May, 1921.

This book was compiled by R. Hudson who wrote in his Author's notes that he was not a historian but a steam enthusiast. The photographs come from the Victorian Railways official history or in ARHS bulletins. Many of the photograph's date from the mid to late 19th century showing steam engines, carriages, railways and stations. The author used photographs occupying much of the page with an informative caption about each photograph.Booklet with light cardboard cover green in colour with black printing. Pages are white with black printing with multiple photographs. Foldout map in the rear of the booklet detailing Melbourne and suburban railways and stations.Front cover: ' STEAM Suburban, A WINDSOR PUBLICATION, PRICE $1.40' Title Page: 'STEAM Suburban' 'A WINDSOR PUBLICATION' 'Wholly set in Australia and printed by Abbott Litho Arts Pty. Ltd., 1-13 Abbottsford Street, West Melbourne, Victoria, 3003.' Author R. Hudsonmelbourne, railways, steam, stations, suburbs

Poster - A1 size, printed on heavy paper, full colour showing Melbourne's Train or suburban railway station system (same map as Reg Item 2510), titled "Metcard Fares and Zones". Shows the relevant Metcard fares, dated 1/1/2001. Has the areas that M>Train and Connex were responsible for.trams, tramways, metcard, fares, connex, m>train, map, tickets, railway station

Map - 16 fold full colour gloss paper titled "Rail Journeys of Australia", published 2011m diagrammatic maps of the Australian rail network, complete suburban rail and tram networks, heritage railways, railway museums and miniature railways. Has a photo of The Ghan on the front. Published by HEMA Maps. Includes a combined diagrammatic map of Melbourne suburban railway and tramways and ferries. Has a note on the frequency and fares. Received during 2011 as a with compliments slip and asking if needed more. Slip gives the publishers details.trams, tramways, maps, australian railways, trams, melbourne

Set of Research Notes, handwritten 17 foolscap sheets from the various local newspapers of the St Kilda area newspapers and Port Melbourne area about railway development, a proposal for a horse tramway along the Esplanade and other suburban railways that were proposed in the area. Also letters to and from the City of St Kilda and City of Brighton with reference to a article in the TMSV Running Journal and a copy of a letter on the same topic from Leon Marshall Wood. All dated 1970 - 1971. Includes references to other journals and research notes.trams, tramways, city of st kilda, meeting minutes, victorian railways, vr, horse trams, newspaper clippings, st kilda brighton, construction, the esplanade, city of brighton

Child on old St Kilda "Red Rattler" train. The "Red Rattlers", or Tait trains, were red-painted trains that served Melbourne's suburban railway network from 1910 until 1984 (initially steam-hauled and then electric from 1919). Known for their timber-bodied construction, rattling windows, and distinct, manual sliding doors. Black and white photograph, unmounteddavid rae collection, st kilda, st kilda train

2467.1 - Vol. 4 No. 2, February 1949 of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Magazine consists of 16 printed pages with a 12 page supplement titled "Fifty Questions and Answers about trams in Australia". Has a single staple on the saddle. Incorporated within the magazine are articles or editorials on Tramways and Tramway Experts (Sydney and bus replacement), Interurban to St Kilda (conversion of VR St. Kilda line). General news items on Brisbane, Geelong, Launceston closure, Hobart, Bourke St routes, Perth, Adelaide, NSW, Christchurch, Overseas tramways and railways. Also has letters to the Editor, plans of a Birney tram for model makers and AETA Notes. Issue has advertisements for the Model Dockyard, ARLHS, The Hobby Shop, Barnes Tennis Centre, Fleet, Christie Model Railway Equipment of Sydney, Meadmore Model Engineering, Austral Bronze, Wattle Park, Traction Publications and Robilt "O" gauge locomotives. 2467.2 - Vol 4, No. 5 - May 1949 - 20 pages - red cover, 4th year, article by Peter Duckett with photos of Board members, "PCC Trucks here", MMTB advert for staff, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne (applications for new Chairman to replace Mr. Bell), Bendigo, Perth, Christchurch, Wellington, Wanganui, Bourke St construction work (photo of poles), Brisbane tramway history, map of CBD Melbourne, Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.3 - Vol 4, No. 6 - June 1949 - 16 pages - green pages, tramways and private cats, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Launceston, Hobart, article "Scrap Sydney Tams by 1960 - Newcastle this years say London experts", buses tackle football crowds (Sydney), Fremantle (Wal Jack letter), and Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.4 - Vol 4, No. 7 - July 1949 - 16 pages - tramways and the public, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, appointment of R. Risson as new chairman, Perth, Adelaide, Launceston, tramcar solenoid brakes, National City Lines USA, and Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.5 - Vol 4, No. 8 - August 1949 - 8 pages - tramways and politics, photo of new points for Latrobe and William Sts, East Hills Line by C. C. Singleton, general tramway news, and advertisement for Robilt model railways. .2 to .4 added 15-2-2016 from the collection of Ian Stanley. .5 added 24-3-18 - from consolidation of Melbourne Tram Museum and BTM collections)trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, australian tramways, mmtb, pcc, closure, sydney, newcastle, brisbane

The "Red Rattlers", or Tait trains, were red-painted trains that served Melbourne's suburban railway network from 1910 until 1984 (initially steam-hauled and then electric from 1919). Known for their timber-bodied construction, rattling windows, and distinct, manual sliding doors. They were common on the St Kilda line and the photo shows one at St Kilda railway station. The St Kilda line officially closed on 31 July 1987.Black and white photograph, unmounteddavid rae collection, st kilda, st kilda train

Sixteen page book, A4 portrait format, saddle stapled, titled "Light Rail Transit System - Inner Area North-South Link", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority detailing the conversion of the former heavy electric suburban railway lines to St Kilda and Port Melbourne to electric trams or Light Rail. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport, Describes the proposed system, vehicles, development of articulated vehicles (2001, 2002), interchange with rail services, travel times and a map showing the proposed route, including a possible extension along Mitford St. and Broadway to Glenhuntly Road. Has a number of artists impressions of the vehicles at Station Pier and South Melbourne station. Includes colour photographs of the vehicles, conductors and photos of other light rail systems in Hanover and Amsterdam. Published c1986.trams, tramways, melbourne, light railways, mta, st kilda, port melbourne, articulated trams

This home was formerly known as ‘Guildford’ and was built in 1888. 'Guildford' / ‘Monserrat’ originally fronted Mont Albert Road. 1888-c1900 George Jobbins, architect 1900-04 William Holmes, designer of the electrification of Melbourne suburban railways 1906-22 Philip Parer family - Phillip Parer was one of 5 Parer sons & 3 daughters who came to Australia from Spain from the 1850s onwards. The family set up a catering business. 1922-23 George Dicker family, later of Mont Albert Road After the frontage was sold, the entrance to 'Monserrat' became Wandsworth Road. A black and white photograph of a Italian Boom style house, with a double row of iron lace, and pairs of verandah columns in place of the usual single ones. The roof structure is elaborate and with chimney pots on the substantial Victorian chimneys.wandsworth road, surrey hills, architects, catering business, chimneys, house names, italian boom style, mont albert road, (mr) george jobbins, 'guildford', 'monserrat', (mr) phillip parer, spanish families, (mr) william holmes, (mr) george dicker

Report - on two A4 sheets hand written in pencil, stapled in the top left hand corner, giving destination sign measurements and layouts on Melbourne and Sydney trams and buses and Adelaide buses and Victorian Railways suburban trains. Prepared by Charles Craig, c1970's. Gives the width, the depth or show and the size of the letters. Titled "Desto Measurements"trams, tramways, trams, buses, destination indicators, destination roll

Railways Collection-1946 glossy paper Railway Map of Victoria Australia Reproduced courtesy of V/Line by the Railway Museum North Williamstown Victoria 1988 price 3 pence. The maps shown are Railway Map of Suburban Lines Melbourne and Railways map of Victoria Showing Victorian Government Railways in red.map, victoria

Six issues of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Each issue has a standard cover, of the magazine name etc, featuring "Wee Folks Productions" models but are in different colours, all have been saddled stapled with two staples, except No. 6. The Volume and date details have been over printed. Back covers inside back covers have the same advertisements but the font varies vary. The six issues contain advertisements for the Wee Folks productions, Hartleys Sports store, Hearns Hobbies, Wattle Park, Johnson's Variety Store, Barnes Tennis Centre, The Model Dockyard, Robilt Models, Meadmore Model Engineering and Austral Bronze Pty Ltd, Hearns Hobbies, Christie Scale Model Railway and Equipment, Herbert Small (Meccano), the American Subscription Agency, Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Ltd. 2465.1 - Vol. 2 No. 1 - 16 pages, Jan 1947, with cover printed in red. Has articles on the tram / car debate, Dunedin Tramways, Overlapping fare sections, type of trucks under Sydney tramcars, Brisbane Electric Railway (Power station), The Balmain Counterweight and Trolley buses in Australia. News items include Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, SEC, Hobart, VR, Adelaide, Kalgoorlie, Broome, electric trains in Melbourne and Sydney, and AETA notes. Photos include Sydney O, OP and P, VR PERM 63 and interior photo of a MMTB W4 class tram. 2465.2 - Vol. 2, No. 2 - 16 pages, Feb. 1947, with cover printed in dark blue. Has articles on Brisbane 400 class tramcar, Adelaide to Glenelg Brighton - Le Sands tramway, Melbourne Suburban railways, Diesel Electrics on the Southern Railway (US)and Birney Safety Car. News items include Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, VR, Fremantle and AETA notes. 2465.3 - Vol. 2, No. 3 - 12 pages, Mar. 1947, with cover printed in brown. Has articles on why NSW trams lose money, Duncan and Frazer, new trams in Johannesburg, Melbourne Suburban railways, and Sydney New Railway (Eastern Suburbs). News items Sydney, Melbourne, SEC, VR and Adelaide and AETA notes. 2465.4 - Vol. 2, No. 4 - 16 pages, Apr. 1947, with cover printed in green. Has articles on Duncan and Fraser (continued), In search of Ancient Warriors (old trams), Brisbane Electric Railway and some unusual fares arrangements. News items include Brisbane, Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney, SEC, Launceston, Kalgoorlie, overseas, and AETA notes. Editorial looks at claims that the SW6 cars are the finest in the world, back numbers (notes that Tram Tracks started with a mimeographed club news sheet and now have circulation of nearly 200), costs of production etc. Has photographs of the interior of a SW6 850, a plan for Melbourne underground railway, the VR power operations room at Flinders St., Hobart trolley bus and a cartoon about Sydney traffic. 2465.5 - Vol. 2, No. 5 - 16 pages, May 1947, with cover printed in red. Has articles on Australian Light railways, Sydney's relief lines and the start of an article on NSWGT 600/1200V tramcars. Has news items on Brisbane, Sydney, MMTB, VR, Geelong, Ballarat, Launceston, Hobart and AETA notes. Editorial notes the first anniversary of the magazine and has a number of letters regarding this, content and the tram/car debate. 2465.6 - Vol. 2, No. 6 - 20 pages, June 1947, with cover printed in blue. Has articles on Cremorne bridge replacement (with photos), Neutral bay line and Tramcar transmission gears. News items include photos of MMTB track replacements, crowded trams, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and a photo of a Sydney tram passing under the new bridge work for Circular Quay station. 2465.7 - Vol. 2, No. 12 - pages 1-12, cover has an advert for Hartley Sporting Goods. Has cartoon on fares on Sydney trams by Peterson, not regarding retirement of Mr. H. Bell of MMTB, Melbourne Latrobe St and bus construction, Sydney tram cartoons from Emile Mercier, electric trains and other tramway news. (Item added 24-3-18 - from consolidation of Melbourne Tram Museum and BTM collections) trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, models, australian tramways, duncan fraser, cartoons

Clipping from The Herald (Melbourne), Sat. 11 June 1955, with three stories on page 5. "Jumbo's a real friend to the mountain folk" - about the Colac - Beech Forest railway with photographs, "Stainless steel carriages here?" - about future Melbourne suburban trains, quotes the Railways Commissioner Mr. Wishart., "100 mph "air ride" " - about new GM high speed train in the USA. Also has advertisements for Ford Prefects, Fur coats. Contained originally within Reg Item 5623 at the front of this note book. For items see btm5623 loose items list.pdfrailways, colac, melbourne, usa

One man lost his life during the building of this bridge. The bridge was constructed by the Victorian Railways between 1927 to 1929 to carry a new double track goods line. This enabled trains from all parts of the state except Gippsland to have direct access to the Tottenham marshalling and sorting yards. These yards were constructed in the 1920's to relieve congestion in the Melbourne Yard near Spencer Street station. The congestion was being caused by the construction of suburban passenger platforms associated with the electrification of the suburban railway network. Initially the bridge was for goods trains but during the Second World War it was also used by troop trains. When the standard gauge line was built in 1962 all trains to Albury and Sydney have used this route, thus avoiding travelling through Essendon and Pascoe Vale on the suburban tracks. The standard gauge track across the bridge took the place of one of the broad gauge tracks so broad gauge trains crossing the bridge in either direction have to now use the same track. The bridge is 1,257 feet (383.13 metres) long and 180 feet (54.86 metres) above the water level. It is just 63 feet (19.2 metres) short of a quarter mile in length between abutments. There is a similar bridge on the same railway line crossing the Moonee Ponds Creek between Gowenbrae and Glenroy, however it is smaller at 1060 feet (323.08 metres) length and 115 feet (35.05) height.The bridge is now Victorian Heritage Registered under Number: H1197, and Heritage Overlay Numbers HO5, and HO107. On the Heritage Register it is named RAIL BRIDGE (ALBION VIADUCT). According to the Heritage Report the bridge is scientifically and architecturally important because of its large size, and because of the cost effective design features such as two girders per span (one for each track), the K bracing in the towers, and the broad flange beams as columns. When it was being built it was the largest trestle bridge in Australia, and until the Sydney Harbour bridge was constructed it was the highest railway bridge.449.01 - Maribyrnong railway bridge construction.jpg 449.02 - Maribyrnong railway bridge construction.jpg 449.03 - Maribyrnong railway bridge construction.jpg 449.04 - Maribyrnong railway bridge construction.jpg 449.05 - Maribyrnong railway bridge construction.jpgmaribyrnong river, bridge, quarter mile bridge, trestle bridge

Multi-fold brochure advertising public auction of one-acre, 2-acre, 5-acre and 8-acre allotments in Ringwood and Bayswater on Saturday 12th April, 1919. Brochure includes terms of sale, description of subdivision features and local facilities, and photographic images of the area.Subdivison includes Canterbury Road Heathmont, Armstrong Road Heathmont, Armstrong Road Bayswater, Bungalook Road Heathmont, Bungalook Road Bayswater, and Orchard Road Bayswater. Road shown as Bayswater Road to Bayswater became Mountain Highway Bayswater. Vendor: H.E.B.Armstrong, Auctioneers: Coghill & Haughton, 79 Swanston Street Melbourne, Telephone Central 2793, in conjunction with J.B. McAlpin, Ringwood, Opposite Station, Telephone Ringwood 7. (Map) Woodcock & McCormack, Civil Engineers Architects & Surveyors, 430 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Phone 3241 Central. MOST OF THE MONEY COMES OUT OF THE LAND. And more money can be obtained from anb acre of fruit than from an acre of any other produce. But you do not have to grow fruit on Garden Farms Estate. You can go in for - Outer Suburban Home - Market Garden - Orchard - Pig Raising - Poultry Farm - Small Dairy Farm - Small Fruits - Floral Culture - Scent and Bee Farm - Or just for a Week-end Home. RINGWOOD - THE PLACE TO LIVE. The Beautiful Ringwood District has so many natural attractions, that half a Land Agent's work is done in just showing a prospective buyer round and about. Ringwood has a pull of its own that attracts folk, proved beyond doubt by its rapid development within the last decade (spite the war). First, it is high and healthy, picturesque and undulating, convenient of access, sufficiently close to the Metropolis for City and Business folk to live at Ringwood. Its development is solid, because most of its people are industrious husbandmen, real producers, who have turned idle hills into smiling gardens. These are the kind of real people to live amongst; ones who wear out their spades. The rapidly-developing town has excellent Stores, Trade and Repair Shops Churches, Banks, Telephone Exchange, Weekly General Market, Cool Stores, and good Private and State Schools, etc.; is Electrically lit, has Metropolitan Water Supply, and generally provides so that practically all shopping can be done locally. WHY RINGWOOD MUST GROW. Ringwood is a great centre and must be a greater. Two rapidly-developing railways junction here. The passengers from Ringwood Station cityward, in one year, number 250,000. Ringwood will be the terminus of the Outer Suburban Electric Eastern Railway. Its natural boundaries are the River Yarra on the North, Dandenong Creek on the South, the popular town of Croydon on the East, and the suburb of Mitcham on the West. This is a large territory that is steadily being converted from intense culture, and then it might be called (as regards its gardens) "The Devon Territory of Victoria." ARMSTRONG ROAD. This new road traverses Garden Farms Estate from its northern boundary on the main Canterbury Road, across Dandenong Creek, to its southern boundary on the main Bayswater Road, and will provide a long-desired additional link of communication between Bayswater and Ringwood. The 1-acre building sites on Bayswater Road are within 8 minutes' walk of the Bayswater Railway Station, and the Canterbury Road frontages are only 1-1/2 miles from Ringwood Station, and 1/2 mile from the Railway Station site of Canterbury Road; therefore, the whole Estate is easy of access and there should be a large demand for land so favourably placed. (Image) Cultivation Field - Potatoes on Lot 28 (Image) Picture of Bayswater Creek Flats. (Image) View from "Korumbeen" where Mr. Armstrong lived on Garden Farms Estate. Estate outlined in white ring. (Image) Site of New Bridge over Dandenong Creek. (Image) On one of the timbered lots adjoining railway. (Image) This Dandenong Creek traveres the Estate. (Image) Main Fern Tree Gully Line bisects the Estate.

A Victorian Railways Suburban train monthly ticket use by Mr Marriott in July 1921 to travel between Moorabbin and Mentone.The Marriott family were early settler, market gardeners in Moorabbin Shire.A Victorian Railway Monthly ticket 1st class Moorabbin and Mentone July 1921Front Not Transferable / VICTORIAN RAILWAYS/ MONTHLY TICKET / MOORABBIN / AND / MENTONE / (HALF ) / FIRST CLASS / ( Not available for Smoking Compt.) /JULY '21 / (For conditions see / other side / Back MOORABBIN / AND / MENTONE / Issued to and accepted by / Sr. Marriott / JULY '21 / 000 / subject to the provisions of the Rail / way Act ................Commissioners / ....... / Albert J.Mullett Govt. Printerrailways, moorabbin, highett, mordialloc, mentone, cheltenham, bentleigh, marriott geoff, market gardeners, early settlers, pioneers, train tickets, melbourne

Black and white hand drawn map of Melbourne and some inner suburbs.Typed at bottom of map: "In this map the black lines indicate the proposed new suburban railways. The light lines show the railways already in existence."

Plenty Township Estate "The rapid growth of Greensborough and the great traffic development on the main road between Heidelberg and Eltham augurs well for Plenty Township Estate. Already a Store, Post Office and State School have been started, and the activities of the Local Progress Association will help the district forward considerably. Within walking distance of the Montmorency and Greensborough stations." Bryn Teg Hill's Estate "Better known as "The Old Sand Hill, "within walking distance of the Montmorency and Greensborough railways stations." "Some few years back Mrs Thomas subdivided portion of the Sand Hill Paddocks, and the areas sold have been settled and many converted into charming outer suburban garden homes with cultivation and orchard plots. The south-eastern slope gives the land a grand outlook over the Yarra Valley on to the Dandenoings, and the are is very picturesque and homely." "A number of the blocks contain large deposits of valuable building sand, which should prove good speculation in view of the forecast for further rapid home development along the Eltham Suburban Electric Service." Sand Hills Road (Old Eltham Road) Date estimated as c.1924 - Electricification of railway line to Eltham referenced on map occured April 1923 and Mrs Mary Thomas died August 1925. Her home Bryn Teg became part of the Heidelberg Golf Club in 1927.The establishment of Lower Plenty as a suburban growth area supported by easy commuting facilitated by the elctrification of the Eltham railway linebonds road, bridge, bryn teg hill's estate, coghill & haughton, eltham road, heidelberg golf club hotel, houses, lower plenty, lower plenty bridge, lower plenty road, main road, plenty hotel, plenty river, plenty township estate, real estate agent, sales brochure, sand hills road, the old sand hill, sand hill paddocks, woodfull road, old eltham road, bryn teg, mrs m thomas

Edendale Farm is Nillumbik Shire Council's environment centre situated in Gastons Road, Eltham between the railway and the Diamond Creek. The homestead on the property was built in 1896 and is of historical significance, being the subject of a Heritage Overlay under the Nillumbik Planning Scheme. The Edendale property was originally part of an extensive land purchase in 1852 from the Crown by pioneer Eltham farmer Henry Stooke. He initially purchased 51 acres and later expanded his holdings by purchasing another three adjacent Crown allotments extending northerly from Josiah Holloway's Little Eltham subdivision. Despite clearing the land, Stooke did not build on this property, choosing to live on his property "Rosehill" at Lower Plenty. In 1896 Thomas Cool, Club Manager of the Victoria Coffee Palace in Melbourne purchased 7 acres of the original Stooke land and built the house now known as Edendale. Cool did not farm the land, instead using it as a gentleman’s residence, retiring to Eltham at weekends. In 1918 he purchased an additional 7 acres but in 1919 he sold the property. Later owners included J.W. Cox, the Gaston family and D. Mummery. In the 1980s the Eltham Shire Council purchased the site for use as a Council depot, but this use did not proceed. Subsequently, it was used as the Council pound. The Edendale Farm Pet Education and Retention Centre was established in the summer of 1988/1989 and was set up to replace the existing dog kennels with a high standard pet retention centre. The design style of the building was established to compliment the features of the existing house. It was equipped with 10 retention pens, a veterinary room and a pet education area where school children and other interested parties learnt about pet care procedures. It was later developed into a community farm and was run by an advisory committee and in 2000 it became an Environment Centre. In early 2006 an advisory committee was established for the development of a master plan for future development at Edendale Farm. The committee included Russell Yeoman, a former long-time shire planner and founding member of the Eltham District Historical Society. At the time of filming the Master Plan and future for Edendale was about continuing to develop Edendale as a centre of environment learning and looking at expanding displays and school program, running a lot more of life-long learning and workshops around sustainable living. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p101 A sharp turn from busy Wattletree Road by the railway line, brings a surprise. Only 1.4 km from Eltham’s centre, sheep feed, blissfully unaware of the hectic suburban activity so close by. At the entrance to the 5.6ha Edendale Farm is another surprise. A work of art that looks like huge tree trunks transformed into bowler and top-hatted men. The Fences Act 1968 by Tony Trembath with Mark Cain and John Doyle, 1996, is classified by the National Trust of Australia as having Regional Significance. The title refers to a government act on disputes between neighbors over the placement of fences and boundaries. This takes a ‘wry swipe’ at a community divided by trivial squabbles. It also celebrates making do with limited resources.1 Further along on the left, the office wall is decorated with a massive Eltham Copper Butterfly, designed by Robert Tickner and made by school children with used plastic bottles and other waste material. Nillumbik Council runs Edendale as an Environmental Education Centre, to help preserve and enhance the local environment. As early as 1988 the former Eltham Shire Council realised Edendale’s importance in meeting people’s needs, particularly of children, to enjoy farmland. The centre, with the Eltham North Reserve to the north - including remnant bushland and open parkland - makes up the major part of the public open space for this area. The council considers this area will become increasingly important to the local community for recreational use.2 Educational programs aim to encourage community involvement to ensure the long-term rehabilitation and protection of natural bushland areas. Edendale is used by people of all ages - from school children to adults - for environmental programs and workshops, as well as for recreation, to enjoy the domestic animals and to picnic. Edendale is also home to the Environmental Works staff who manage reserves and roadsides and support Nillumbik Friends environmental groups. The Friends propagate plants at the nursery, which grows indigenous plants and sells these to the public.3 The centre demonstrates the sustainable living the farm teaches, with features like solar hot water and drive lighting and for the fireplace, logs of recycled cardboard. Edendale has had a varied history as a dog pound and even as a retreat for Thomas Cool, Club Manager of the Victoria Coffee Palace in Melbourne. His single-storey weatherboard house built in 1896, which still stands, was grander than most homes in Eltham. Although such buildings were common in many other parts of Melbourne, Eltham’s poverty and remoteness did not encourage such construction. The Victorian rectangular-shaped house, with a corrugated iron roof and veranda, has elegant large rooms, leadlight windows, ceiling roses, two bay windows and ornately carved wooden fireplace surrounds. Cool bought seven acres (2.8ha) from pioneer Eltham farmer Henry Stooke’s 200 acre (81ha) farm, which he had bought from the Crown in 1852. In 1918 Cool bought an extra seven acres (2.8ha) but in 1919 sold the estate to farmer John Cox. In 1933 Cox sold Edendale to Mrs Elizabeth Gaston, after whom the road leading to the centre was named. The property was owned by several Gaston family members, who called it Edendale, then by a police constable, Douglas Mummery, until the Shire of Eltham bought it in 1970. Oddly Edendale was known as Mummery’s for almost 20 years, although Mummery owned it only for a short time.4 The shire used Edendale as a dog pound until amalgamation with other municipalities in 1996. The pound then moved to the Yan Yean Road, Plenty site, which had been used by the former Diamond Valley Shire Council. To the west and north the centre is bounded by Diamond Creek and on the east by the Melbourne-Hurstbridge railway line. Part of the Research creek forms the centre’s southern boundary.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, edendale farm

Covered under National Trust of Australia (Victoria) State Significance and Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p103 The Eltham railway trestle bridge is the only one of its kind still regularly used in Melbourne’s metropolitan railway network. Opened in 1902, it is also one of Victoria’s very few timber rail bridges that still carries trains.1 The bridge is part of the railway line extension from Heidelberg - extended to Hurstbridge in 1912. This extension resulted in one of the greatest social changes experienced in Eltham Shire, as it considerably lessened its isolation attracting tourists, artists and suburban commuters particularly after World War Two.2 The bridge has been classified by the National Trust as historically, scientifically, aesthetically and socially significant at state level. But this has not always been recognised, and in 1977, locals fought to save it from destruction. The Victorian Railways proposed to replace the bridge with an earth embankment and large culverts to avoid maintenance problems and fire. This was rejected by the Eltham Council who protested that the bridge helped maintain the area’s rural character, historic link and beauty, as well as avoiding possible serious flooding on the flood plain if a culvert was blocked. The bridge stands as part of a National Trust classified landscape which includes the Alistair Knox Park, named after the local conservationist and architect who helped to make Eltham famous for its mud-brick houses. The landscape includes tall and spreading manna gums and candlebarks, and the historic Shillinglaw Cottage. Artist Walter Withers, one of the Heidelberg School of painters, painted the bridge early in the 20th century. The 38 span single-track railway bridge over creek and road has 34 timber-beam spans and four steel-joist spans, supported by four-pile timber piers and timber abutments. It has almost 200m of timber deck. All of the timbers have been replaced over the years, but the only change to the bridge’s character was the addition of pylons and wiring for electric trains in 1923. A petition for a railway to the shire was first made in 1883. A large deputation of local citizens to the Commissioner of Railways proposed a route passing through Alphington to midway between Greensborough and Eltham up the Diamond Creek valley towards Queenstown and Kinglake. As a result the Princes Bridge-Heidelberg Railway was opened in 1888. From 1888 locals demanded a railway extension. Kangaroo Ground farmers in particular, led by Shire Councillor and Member for Evelyn, Ewen Cameron, said it would assist local farmers and orchardists send their produce to the Melbourne market. In 1890, before the severe economic Depression, an extension of the line to Hurst’s Bridge (now Hurstbridge) was included in a new Railways Bill. The parliamentary delegations were regaled with a banquet at Hurst’s barn and entertained by the Diamond Creek Brass Band, but the extension was abandoned when the Depression struck in 1892-1893. The extension of the railway to Eltham, completed in 1902, was one of the few built in those hard times. That is why the Eltham timber-trestle railway bridge is a rare example of a broad-gauge rail bridge constructed between 1893 and 1910. At the opening, despite persistent drizzle, 300 children waving flags and banners were among the large crowd welcoming the first train, carrying official dignitaries, to Eltham. It had taken 24 years to bring the railway to Eltham. From then Eltham became a popular destination for outings. Mr Orford of Eltham recalled that after the railway came to Eltham ‘the craze for picnics on weekends and holidays began…. During the wattle season, wattle trains came to Eltham frequently. The visitors roamed the creek pulling great armfuls of wattle blossom to take back with them to Melbourne’.3 In 1926 the railway line was electrified as part of the metropolitan rail network. But the Victorian Railways decided not to complete the formerly planned Diamond Valley Railway to Queenstown (now St Andrews) and Kinglake.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, eltham railway trestle bridge, eltham trestle bridge

A T-class diesel-electric locomotive can bee seen through the window hauling a Tait train. Also advertising on the buildings facing passing train passengers including 'Dialyn's Theatre Shoppe for Nightingale Tightlets & Leotards'. This is not a conventional suburban Tait ‘Red Rattler’ service. It may have come from Lilydale where trains from both Warburton and Healsville were combined to continue the run into Melbourne, a normal service for them at the time. It is unusual as the train is hauled by a diesel which also suggests it may have been a special excursion train from either of those two towns. Normally these combined trains would be hauled by two swing door ‘Red Rattlers’ motor coaches from Lilydale, the start/end of electric service. Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white transparencygeorge coop collection, box hill railway signal box, box hill railway station, signal box

The workshops were opened in November 1917 by the Victorian Railways. It opened in response to political pressures from provincial groups for decentralisation, with the Victorian Railways preferring the cheaper option of expanding the existing Newport Workshops in suburban Melbourne. Furthermore, unemployment had risen in both Bendigo and Ballarat due to a decline in mining operations. The main work carried out was repairs and maintenance of existing wagons and locomotives, however during 1919-22 thirteen new steam locomotives were also built - eight DD class (1033 - 1037, 1047 - 1049) and five A2 class (1078 - 1082). From the 1950s onwards, numerous steam locomotives were scrapped at the workshops. During the years immediately following nominal dieselisation in 1968, they were, at times, cutting up locomotives at the rate of one every two to three weeks. The workshops were also the site of the first VR brass foundry, which was transferred to Newport by the 1960s. Also, throughout 1965, VLX louvred vans were constructed at the workshops, at a rate of one a week. Other tasks included spring manufacture, construction of stainless steel footwarmers, and assembly of pantographs for electric trains, with a staff of 720 employed during 1966. By the 1980s, refurbishment work was also being carried out on Melbourne suburban electric multiple units. The 1980s were also a time of restructuring, and on the breakup of the Victorian Railways the workshops passed to the State Transport Authority and then the Public Transport Corporation. With privatisation the workshops were closed, with the loss of 262 jobs. In February 1996, the workshops were taken over by A Goninan & Co. In October 1999 the workshops were purchased by Great Northern Rail Services, with A Goninan & Co remaining as a tenant. In February 2001 A Goninan & Co vacated the site. The workshops were redeveloped in 2002 at a cost of $6.5 million - $4 million from VicTrack, $2 million from the State Government Regional Infrastructure Development Fund and $500,000 by the City of Greater Bendigo. The Bendigo Rail Workshops at North Bendigo are currently used by Southern Shorthaul Railroad to maintain broad gauge rolling stock for Pacific National, V/Line, Metro Trains Melbourne and CFCLA.Typed document. A4 page folded in half. On tan paper. Document pertaining to Bendigo V/Line workshops open day. Map on inside of folded page. Undated document.train, v/line, workshops, open day

Folder containing a table of contents and a selection of articles on Gippsland History by John Wells in the West Gippsland Trader Volume 1. The date the articles were published, and title of articles are listed below. 30 Oct 1997 Noojee Railway Line is an Engineering Classic 06 Nov 1997 Railways were a kiss of life for small settlements 13 Nov 1997 Erica was a timber and railway town 20 Nov 1997 People fought for railway line through to Stratford 27 Nov 1997 Tiny towns on the Wonthaggi line Vol 16 No 50 Cobungra station has some wild and beautiful country Vol 16 No 51 The explorers we have forgotten Vol 17 No 30 Hallam store became a place for men to gather 14 Feb 2002 Charlie Styles and his dull grey bedford bus Vol 26 No 10 Southern Community names 03 Aug 2006 A bit more Cloverlea 28 Sep 2006 Many airlines were keen to link wide brown land 26 Oct 2006 The ‘run’ at Top Plain 02 Nov 2006 Briagolong and the Garden of Eden 09 Nov 2006 I found a treasure in a milk bar 16 Nov 2006 Got five bob in your pocket, or should I say fifty cents? 23 Nov 2006 Trains were important in developing Gippsland 30 Nov 2006 The main line into Gippsland 07 Dec 2006 Alfred Howitt was a great man who deserves recognition Dec 2006? Christmas again? Already? 15 Feb 2007 The Great Southern Railway 08 Mar 2007 Expectations about water quality have changed since the old days 29 Mar 2007 Navigating by tree tops 12 Apr 2007 The Gippsland railway branch lines were very important in many ways 26 Apr 2007 Some community names from our northern hills 10 May 2007 Community names at the eastern end 24 May 2007 A shorter railway with big tonnages 31 May 2007 Cerberus was the guard dog 07 Jun 2007 Suburban stations in Gippsland 14 Jun 2007 How many Longwarry schools were there? 21 Jun 2007 Traralgon run was Hobson’s choice 28 Jun 2007 Maiden and Mormon and Happy Go Lucky 05 Jul 2007 Consider the humble rabbit trap 12 Jul 2007 Five acre blocks are everywhere 26 Jul 2007 Fencing, but not the Olympic variety 02 Aug 2007 Hanging the barbed wire fences 09 Aug 2007 Collecting and keeping the tucker we gathered 23 Aug 2007 The Longwarry Primary School itself 30 Aug 2007 Surveyors did it hard down Poowong way 06 Sep 2007 Back to the Poowong story 13 Sep 2007 A “think piece” or an indulgence? 20 Sep 2007 Longwarry “extra late final” 04 Oct 2007 Platina’s gone but not forgotten 11 Oct 2007 Robert Nield – Murray is back at it 18 Oct 2007 Spetts’ cottage at Walhalla 25 Oct 2007 Across the Alps to Omeo 08 Nov 2007 Where the gold lies deep in settlements that died 15 Nov 2007 Mines aplenty in the Walhalla area 22 Nov 2007 The other Violet Town – Jolly’s 29 Nov 2007 Mallacoota archaeology 06 Dec 2007 The Cassilis township or call it a settlement 13 Dec 2007 George Bass missed French Island 08 Feb 2008 David Mickle relates many stories of railway accidents 11Sep 2008 Lord Howe has a long history 18 Sep 2008 Quarry Hills important link for Berwick 25 Sep 2008 Tall ships, short ships, schooners and sloops 26 Jun 2008 We find Yanakie Jack again 03 Jul 2008 The well known Baw Baw Track 10 Jul 2008 Land of the moon? 07 Aug 2008 I loved eeling in the Tarago River 14 Aug 2008 Don’t let the red steer loose 28 Aug 2008 Yes, there is a place called Jumbuk 04 Sep 2008 The land of the big trees 23 Oct 2008 Still looking for Gippsland’s first town 13 Nov 2008 Journey to the bowels of the earth 30 Oct 2008 For King and Country – J.M. Laidlaw 06 Nov 2008 Jesse Huggett lived an adventurous life 22 Nov 2008 Churchill Island, yet again 04 Dec 2008 Bowman’s Track – if we can find it 11 Dec 2008 Draining of the great Koo Wee Rup Swamp 18 Dec 2008 The swampies had a go 02 Apr 2009 Looking for natural gas not offshore oil 21 Aug 2008 The Dreaded Summer Wildfire 17 Jul 2008 The Tangel (or Tanjil) hills District 7 Feb 2012 The Tanjil Area Goldrush 29 Aug 2013 Saddled and Spurred 9 Feb 2012 Many Racecourses Have Disappeared 16 Feb 2012 Fraser’s Hotel in Glenmaggie 23 Feb 2012 “Nothing Today, Jack!” on the Berwick Hill 1 Mar 2012 The Schnapper Point Line 8 Mar 2012 The Imaginary Town of Tambo 22 Mar 2012 The Tanjil Story Part One 15 Mar 2012 Inverloch Served Mosquito Fleet of Mis-Matched Boats 21 Jun 2012 The Last Bits of the Line 29 Mar 2012 “Gold Rush” to the Tanjil Area led to Reef Mining Companies 16 Aug 2012 New Life for Old Port Welshpool? 30 Aug 2012 The Capital of South Gippsland 28 Jun 2012 The Last Bits of the Line 5 Jul 2012 Ferdinand Von Mueller - a Man of Knowledge 12 Jul 2012 Stones in the Creek 19 Jul 2012 Gembrook - an Attractive Little Town 7 Jun 2012 Getting Rid of the Wood 21 Mar 2013 Getting Into Orbost 13 Dec ? Metung - A BEnd in the River 20 Sep 2012 The Royal Victorian Navy 6 Dec 2012 Tree Ferns to Blackberries 22 Nov 2012 Nowa Nowa Arm and Boggy Creek 18 Oct 2012 Home of the Baw Baw Frog 1 Nov 2012 Clearing the Hills 11 Oct 2012 The Loss of the Monumental City 4 Oct 2012 The Waterloo Township 13 Sep 2012 Birth of the Shire of Morwell 27 Sep 2012 George Black and Tarwin Meadows 9 Aug 2012 The Forgotten Corner of Gippsland 27 Mar 2008 Thomas William Harrison’s Family 3 Jul ? Railway was Enormous Value to Swamp Country 19 Jun 2008 The Narre Warren Reserve Gates 12 Jun 2008 Heavy Harry is a Pretty Crook Giant 2 May ? Small Settlements on a Long Gippsland Track 5 Jun 2008 Land of Bullumwaal ot “Two Spears” 29 May 2008 Bigger Stops on a Long Road 15 May 2008 Crossing the Beautiful Snowy River 17 Apr 2008 I Remember Uncle Jack aqs an Old Man with Something Wrong 25 Jun 2009 The Murder of Cornelius Green 2 Jul 2009 Captain James Cook was too Late 5 Sep 2013 Oil and the Gippsland Lakes 18 Jun 2009 The Suburbs Around Sale 13 May 2010 The Boag Generations go on and on in Gippsland 27 May 2010 Underwater Coal at Yallourn Open Cut 4 Nov 2010 Narracan - the Aboriginal Name for Crow 23 Apr 2009 Driving Along the Omeo Track 2 Dec 2010 Remembering Those Old Wives’ Tales that we all Grew up with 16 Apr 2009 Myrtlebank, the Lost Suburb 16 Dec 2010 The Tragedy of the Loch Ard 9 Dec 2010 The Latrobe River Wharf on the East Bank 2 Jun 2011 Stony Creek Township’s Quiet Past 17 Mar 2011 William Barak Saw the Whites Take Over 5 May 2011 The Squatters’ Names Still Here 12 May 2011 The Diary of C.A.Ramsden (part one) 26 May 2011 South Coast Towns, 1891 19 May 2011 The Second Part of C.A.Ramsden’s Diary 28 Apr 2011 Squatter Names Still Remain on our Maps 13 Oct 2011 The Resting Place of 1131 Australians 29 Sep 2011 The Mitchell Valley Hopfields Oct 6 Lest We Forget - Lijssenthoek 10 Nov 2011 The Kurnai Men UNKNOWN The Returning of Captain Joe McLaughlin 6 Jun 2013 The Marlo Plains 16 May 2013 Bain’s Border Hotel 23 May ? The Mystery Map 30 May 2013 Finding a Road to the Jordan 4 Apr 2013 Rick Solves Mystery of American Captain 2 May ? The Haunted Hills - Tall Story or Truth? 18 Apr ? Interesting Times 15 Aug 2013 Remembering the Good Times 11 Dec 2014 The Old Sale Road - an Important Link 26 Mar 2015 Difficult to Know the Real Story 27 Nov 2014 The State’s Real Birthday 12 Sep 2013 The Herald 1925 2 Oct 2014 Beacons of Hope 9 Oct 2014 The Joys of Parenthood 6 Nov 2014 Aboriginal Life in Gippsland 30 Oct 2014 Growing up in Gippsland - Harriett Quigley 26 Sep 2013 The McHaffie Diary 19 Sep 2013 Outtrim - Once a Boom Town 10 Oct 2013 Happy Hundredth Birthday 4 Sep 2014 Many Towns Simply Disappeared 17 Jul 2014 Long Distance Farmer 25 Sep 2014 Sam Anderson - Gippsland’s First Farmer 28 Aug 2014 Local Oil 90 Years Ago 6 Mar 2014 A Fiery Summer - 1898 20 Feb 2014 The Corduroy Roads 8 May 2014 The Darkness Within 13 Mar ? Draining the Moe Swamp 1 May 2014 Any Ideas on Old Cannon? 3 Jul 2014 The Magnificent Snowy 14 Aug 2014 Two Gems in the Hills 19 Jun 2014 The Towns Down the Line 27 Feb 2014 State School 2502, Longwarry 18 Sep 2014 Lakes a Natural Fishing Ground 15 May 2014 Police Down the Ages 22May 2014 Iron Horse Came at a Walk 29 May 2014 Prom’s Early Attraction 12 Jun 2014 A Brief History of Meeniyan 5 Jun 2014 Ride on the Old Great Southern 26 Jun 2014 When Victoria Police Went on Strike 23 Apr 2015 Grandma’s Family Lost Heavily 11 Jun 2015 A Rail Journey Almost to Orbost 28 May 2015 Second Battle of Hastings 4 Jun 2015 Dandenong to Trafalgar by Train 18 Jun 2015 The Travelling Picture Man 19 Feb 2015 Water was a Problem 5 Feb 2015 Sandy Point Return Invokes Memories 24 Oct 2013 Lyrebirds Nesting in Trees? 12 Mar 2015 Supplying Melbourne’s Water 9 Aug 2015 They Shall Not Grow Old as we That Are Left 9 Jul 2015 National Parks a Valuable Resource 11 Sep 2014 Living Through the Best and the Worst 12 Feb 2015 Fishing is Part of Port’s History 26 Feb 2015 Chance Lost to Eliminate Rabbits 5 Mar 2015 Bloomfield - End of the Line, in a Way 11 Jul ? Emerald Primary School 22 Aug 2013 The Heartbreak Hills 17 Oct 2013 Port Albert, Land of Elephants 14 Nov 2013 Bullumwaal Land of Two Spears 28 Nov 2013 Coalville - the Forgotten Mine 5 Dec 2013 Early Travel with the Bishop 12 Dec 2013 Bishop Perry in Gippsland 19 Dec 2013 The Great Sale Goldfields Hoax 20 Mar 2014 A Chance to Dazzle the Kids 27 Mar 2014 More of Those Creeks and Rivers 3 Apr 2014 The Arctocephalus is With us Still 10 Apr 2014 Upper Yarra Dam had an Early Start UNKNOWN Harkaway’s Colorful History Contains Some Doubtful Tales UNKNOWN Berwick and the Peninsula in 1886non-fictionwonthaggi railway line towns, great southern railway, baw baw track

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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. Articles relating to transport collected by R Bridger in the 1950s. This scrapbook is divided into sections and contains articles collected from newspapers in Victoria and New South Wales. There are also a large number of tickets, pasted in or loose. Detailed lists of pricing for various routes on the suburban trains. Sydney papers were full of information on buses replacing their trams after 96 years. Small exercise book with blue checked coverBook divided into sections - trams, trains, buses. Articles dated scrapbook, 1950s, victoria, new south wales, tickets, train fares, sydney buses, ron bridger collection, ballarat courier, the sun, essendon gazette, as box 48a

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. A suburban train destination blind in miniature. Place names indicate the western and northern suburbs that the train travels to. Place names listed are Altona, Westona, Newport, Laverton, Werribee, Williamstown, Williamstown Pier, Sunshine, St Albans, Sunbury, Deer Park West, Melton, Essendon, Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Coburg, Cowrie, Upfield, Reservoir. Blind also indicates Show Special and Race Special.`List of names on black paper with white print.Place names - stationstrain destination blinds, miniature, railway stations, reservoir, upfield, cowrie, coburgcraigieburn, broadmeadows, essendon, melton, deer park west, sunbury, st albans, sunshine, williamstown pier, werribee, laverton, williamstown, newpoort, westona, altona, newport workshops, race special, show special, special, ron bridger collection