Plans made by the Metropolitan Board of Works in May 1979 detailing 1. energy dissipaters for existing drains at the North Ringwood Retarding basin. 2 spillway details2 A3 pages with drawings of Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works of the North Ringwood retarding basin

The Shire of Whittlesea obtained a grant from the federal government to investigate the potential development of a park to the west of the Plenty River in 1976. A regional tip site and the Shire of Diamond Valley's Yarrambat Park were handed over to the MMBW to form the existing Metropolitan Park in 1986. A long term project to develop the park further is to commence in 1990.2 p. text, map and col. illus."With compliments of Sherryl Garbutt M.P. Member for Greensborough" (rubber stamp)plenty gorge park

Instruction or Manual, brown comb binder, green covers with Metropolitan Transit logo on front cover and name on rear cover, 66 single sided pages. Provides information for the training of inspectors titled "Metropolitan Transit Authority - Tram and Bus Division - Tram and Bus Traffic Officer's Training Manual - November 1984".trams, tramways, the met, inspectors, metropolitan transit authority, traffic officers, training, instructions

Report - approx. 100 pages - un-numbered, A4, black comb binder with green covers titled "Metplan Metropolitan Public Transport Industry Plan - Metplan Implementation - 1st Status Report - March 1989." Report looks at the implementation of Metplan (See Regg Item 348). Produced by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Does not have an index, does provide a large list of projects.trams, tramways, transport, light rail, tramways, railways, road transport, minister for transport, mta

Pamphlet full colour, four pages, printed on off white paper titled "Metropolitan Transportation Plan - Rapid Expansion of Urban Transport", issued by the Metropolitan Transportation Committee, c1968 - 69, explaining the planning of the Committee for Melbourne's transport in 1985. Looks at the future of Melbourne's rail, bus, tram and road network. Includes the survey and implementation. See Reg Item 623 for part of the final plan.trams, tramways, melbourne, road transport, tramways, railways, public transport, transportation plan

Report - 26 pages, stapled within textured card covers and cloth binding strip, titled "Metropolitan Transportation Study - Travel in Melbourne - A summary of the Consultants Report - Metropolitan Transportation Committee 1966". Provides a summary of the data provided by the traffic consultants - Wilbur Smith and Associates and Len T Frazer and Associates, late in 1963, looking a travel patterns in Melbourne. Includes public transport, goods movement, models economics, trip generation and general family stats. Has a table of contents and figures.trams, tramways, public transport, road transport, metropolitan transport committee, melbourne

Report - Foolscap, card covers, red binding strip, about pages + drawings or charts, titled 'Current trends which may indicate the future growth and nature of the metropolitan area and in particular the Central Business area of Melbourne" Has three parts: 1 - Future growth of population of the Melbourne Metropolitan Area 2 - The Centre of Gravity of and general distribution of the Central Business area of Melbourne 3 - Future growth of the Central Business Area of Melbourne. Dated Jan 1966, prior to the construction of the Underground Railway and the move to Docklands.Has "JEC" in pencil on top right hand corner.trams, tramways, melbourne, planning, development

Data collection and analysis, concept and policy planning, development plan for proposed Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park30 cm

Various programs released by the Metropolitan High Schools Sport Association for the annual Athletic Sports Meetings 1965-1967. Part of the Watsonia High collection of Glynne Pietzsch who was a student at Watsonia High in the 1960s.Various printed official programs for the interschool athletic sports, and in-house instructions to students.glynne pietzsch, glynne cousins pietzsch, watsonia high school, education department victoria, athletics, metropolitan high schools sports association, school sports

Various programs released by the Metropolitan High Schools Sports Association for the annual Championship Swimming Sports 1965-1967. Part of the Watsonia High collection of Glynne Pietzsch who was a student at Watsonia High in the 1960s.Various printed official programs for the interschool swimming sports, 1965-1967glynne pietzsch, glynne cousins pietzsch, watsonia high school, education department victoria, metropolitan high schools sports association, school sports, swimming

Two page printed instruction titled "Metropolitan Transit Authority / Tram & Bus Division / Fleet Operations Centre", detailing how drivers could operate the system, testing, messages, how to contact the centre, emergency messages, explanations, passenger counts, run cards.trams, tramways, avm, automatic vehicle monitoring, mta, fleet operations centre

Notice - printed on foolscap paper, titled "Extracts from Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act 1918", eleventh (11th) and Thirteenth (13th) schedules about behaviour of passengers, or people interfering with Tramway property or equipment. Has a note regarding the penalty, Two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, notices and information, acts of parliament, behaviour, by laws

The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) plans were produced from the 1890s to the 1950s. They were crucial to the design and development of Melbourne's sewerage and drainage system. This plan forms part of a large group of MMBW plans and maps that was donated to the Society by the Mr Poulter, City Engineer of the City of Kew in 1989. Within this collection, thirty-five hand-coloured plans, backed with linen, are of statewide significance as they include annotations that provide details of construction materials used in buildings in the first decade of the 20th century as well as additional information about land ownership and usage. The copies in the Public Record Office Victoria and the State Library of Victoria are monochrome versions which do not denote building materials so that the maps in this collection are invaluable and unique tools for researchers and heritage consultants. A number of the plans are not held in the collection of the State Library of Victoria so they have the additional attribute of rarity.Digital copy of an original MMBW plan. This contour plan shows the area identified by the MMBW for purposes of drainage and sewerage in 1894. The suburbs represented extend from Williamstown in the west to Bulleen in the east, and from Preston in the north, south to Sandringham. Suburbs are outlined in coloured ink. Red lines indicate main and branch sewers in existence at the beginning of 1894 in central and inner Melbourne. These extended as far as Williamstown and Brighton, but not yet as far as Kew, where sewering did not commence until 1901. Contour lines show the topography, which was important for indicating the fall of the land for the laying of sewers and drainage channels. Kew appears to be fairly undeveloped at this date except for railway lines and stations (the Kew and Outer Circle lines), main roads, the Kew Lunatic Asylum Reserve and Studley Park. However, the contour plan does not accurately represent the density of settlement, nor the large number of houses, which were being built in Kew and other suburbs from the 1850s to the land boom of the late 1880’s and early 1890’s. This plan is part of a large and historically significant group of MMBW plans and maps that was donated to the Society by the Mr Poulter, City Engineer of the City of Kew in 1989.mmbw contour plan of melbourne and suburbs, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, melbourne sewage, cartography

The Parks Division of the Board was responsible for the preparation of a Master Plan for the management of the Plenty Gorge Metropolitan Park, comprising privately owned land and land owned by the Board and councils.The creation of the park by the Victorian government, to be managed by the Board of Works, guaranteed public access to a large area of land adjacent to the Plenty River Gorge.2p. newsletter, black ink on blue paperNewsletter No. 6plenty gorge park, plenty river

Report - three foolscap sheets, clipped in top left hand corner titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board" , dated 5/2/1963, outlining the history of transport in Melbourne from cable trams to the formation and operation of the board. notes the General Scheme, financial arrangements and buses.Has "D/ Snell" in red ink in top right hand corner, and on page 3, hand written notes regarding the cost of pneumatic fluid (buses) per seat per annum of buses operating near the CBD and outside it.trams, tramways, mmtb, history, cable trams, costs, buses

Set of 3 envelopes for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board each with the organisation name and return address in the bottom left hand corner. .1 - Small plain envelope - 4 copies .2 - small envelope with an open window - 3 copies .3 - large light brown paper envelope - 3 copiestrams, tramways, mmtb, stationery, letterhead

Photocopy of the track plan for the Melbourne Tramway System in 1979 over two separate sheets - titled "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board Electric Tramway System 1979". Shows the route numbers and terminus names, depot locations, rail lines, cross overs and junctions. Has the name J.Chau in bottom left hand corner.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, trackwork, depots, route numbers, railways, junction

Report - Foolscap landscape format, red tape binding - approx. 80 pages with notes, diagrams, charts, maps showing passenger traffic for parts of each route, including Railway Stations, passenger flows, titled "Passenger movements by public transport for the Central city Business area based on results of the 1964 Melbourne Metropolitan Transportation Study.In top right hand corner "Lees" in inktrams, tramways, mmtb, tramways, melbourne, surveys, passengers, railways, maps

Dyeline print of a perspective elevation of the MMTB Preston Workshops, titled "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board Preston Workshops", drawing No. W531. Shows the layout of the buildings, tracks, traversers, Thornbury Workshops, railway line and junction arrangements. In the bottom right hand corner is a draftsman's name "K. V. McGuiness". Scanned in a hi res format March 2016trams, tramways, mmtb, preston workshops, thornbury depot, drawings

Book, 64 pages plus green covers, side stapled, Titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Electric System /Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation" Dated 1936. Printed by Ramsay Publishing. Provides in a Q & A format, instructions to drivers in electric car operation, has a list of don'ts for drivers and "Traffic Code" with respect tot he Traffic Regulations.Has "H. Howell: and other numbers written on the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, drivers, training, instructions, motormen

Fifty Six page book bound within heavy green Rexene covers, single section, titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board / Curriculum of Training for Bus Drivers" and dated 1955. Provides the training program for Melbourne bus drivers, including application and approval process, driving tests, follow ups, records, training procedures and syllabus of training.Has "19" in red ink on inside title pagetrams, tramways, mmtb, personnel, procedures, instructions, buses

Seven page, foolscap document printed by the Gestetner stencil process on fawn paper, titled "Particulars of Streets Traversed by Trams and Buses on routes operated by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board". Was stapled in the top left hand corner, unstapled for scanning purposes. Dated October 1950. Listed in route name alphabetical order. At the time, bus routes were not given numbers.trams, tramways, mmtb, ptc, buses, route numbers, routes

Book - 8 pages plus card, stippled paper, cover centre stapled "The Suggestions Scheme of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board" with a foreword about the scheme signed by Robert Risson as Chairman, describes the basis of the scheme, how it was to work, patents, information to be provided and decisions. Undated - mid 1960's? See Reg Item 3717 for a suggestion form and its used in 1956trams, tramways, mmtb, suggestion scheme, instructions

Brown coloured file folder marked "Consolidation of Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramway Acts - Documents prepared by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board March 1957" with a sub heading "Chief Surveyors Copies - 2 Sets". Contains may typed and handwritten notes and draft documents in relation to MMTB Act of 1958, including explanatory paper, drafts, annotations, correspondence drafts, files notes, checking documents, correspondence with the Government, MMTB Secretary, revised schedules showing cable trams and how they were closed, track removals etc, tramways authorised by not constructed, existing tramways, descriptions of tramways. Includes drafts of letters to Mr. R. C. Normand, Director of Statutory Consolidation, Parliamentary Draftsman's Office. Would appear Mr. McComb did a lot of work on this project in sorting out the schedules and what the various Act provisions for them were. Includes two MMTB envelopes address to Mr. McComb at the Victoria Parade Offices Fitzroy.trams, tramways, mmtb, acts of parliament, cable trams, tramways, closure

Report - 64 pages, green card cover, centre stapled titled "Metplan Metropolitan Public Transport Industry Plan - September 1988", looking at Melbourne's transport needs over the next 15 years. Produced by the MTA, signed off by Jim Kennan Minister for Transport . Has an index, looks at the Task, heavy, light rail, tram, bus, taxis, ticketing systems, management, and the various regions including funding and budget.trams, tramways, transport, light rail, tramways, railways, road transport, minister for transport, mta, metplan

Book - green Rexene covers, with title - "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - Works Codes and Instructions". Six sections, sewn into covers, dated April 1961, signed by J. J. Fisher, Civil Engineer. 118 pages plus covers. Book numbered "46". Provides an list of contents, giving provisional codes or instructions for works, instructions, about the maintenance and repair of the track welding, safe working, watchmen, care of lamps, and plant.On first page a signature in ink - "W. Armstrong"?trams, tramways, mmtb, track, maintenance

Yields information about the appearance of SEC single truck trams during 1938. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.Book - five sections - 80 pages, side stapled, glued within light green card covers with title "Centenary Souvenir - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - 1934-5". Has an introduction, a preface that gives a brief history of the tramway system in Melbourne, 20 buildings and points on interest in Melbourne and how to get there, with sketches by Clive Fink, a list of electrified routes and a cable routes at the time with details of terminals and points of interest along the route.On page 3 in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society, Catalogue No. 124"trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, cable trams

Forty Eight page, side staple book within blue Rexene covers. Titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Electric System /Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation" Dated 1966. Printed by Regent Press Pty Ltd, 457 Plenty Road, Preston. Provides in a Q & A format, instructions to drivers in electric car operation, photos of various types of controllers, an A.B.C. for tramways drivers - "always" points to remember and has a reference index. has the numbers 139 and 140 circled on inside of front cover. Has name "McCalee B" as the driver's name the document issued to and "5570" and the driver's number.trams, tramways, mmtb, drivers, training, instructions, motormen

Set of personal papers - carbon copies of original documents involved with the "Consolidation of Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramway Acts" 1 - List of documents prepared by the Board for the Director of Statutory Consolidation 2 - Statement regarding tramways authorised by tramway construction acts passed since 1928 3 - ditto by National Security Regulations passed since 1928 4 - ditto authorised by Order in Council pursuant to Section 42(3) of Act 3732 since 1928.trams, tramways, mmtb, tramways, parliament, order in council, world war 2, acts of parliament