Black and white photograph of Short Road ferry crossing the Yarra, taken from the west side. Roads on both sides with cars. Buildings on west side.piers and wharves, short road ferry, williamstown road

Black and white photographic copy from slide of Short Road Ferry laying at south side of Yarra, prior to being broken uptransport - ferries

Black and white photographic copy from slide of Short Road Ferry laying at south side of Yarra, prior to being broken uptransport - ferries

Kept by Les Pont, donated to Society in August 1998Single ticket for the Williamstown Short Road Ferry (the 'Punt') 15c - oatmeal coloured with two diagonal purple stripes. (Instructions read 'Please destroy this ticket on leaving ferry')transport - ferries, williamstown

These tram tickets were issued by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board which operated from 1919 to 1983 and the train ticket was issued by the Victorian Railways. The Williamstown Short Road Ferry operated from 1931 to 1974 from Port Melbourne to Williamstown and was replaced by the West Gate Bridge which opened in 1978. This was the third ferry service in this area, with the first one commencing in 1873. These tickets have social significance as examples of the tickets used by Melbourne transport in the 1950s. They will be useful for display.These are five paper transport tickets (Melbourne tram & train and Williamstown ferry). The tram tickets are coloured orange and pink, the ferry ticket is green and the train ticket (made of light cardboard) is orange and yellow. The two orange tram tickets, (cost threepence) have an advertisement for Stamina Trousers on the back. They were purchased on the same day. The other tram ticket is a City Section ticket costing fivepence. The ferry ticket cost threepence and the train ticket for travel between Jolimont and Seaholme cost three shillings and fivepence. The tram tickets except for the City Section tram one have been punched with the characteristic punch of the conductor during those journeys. ‘Ask for Stamina self-supporting trousers, Thought for the Month, We become like those we habitually admire’. melbourne tram, train and ferry tickets., warrnambool

Items used in Research for Book - "Penguin Land" by Gregor BuchananHistorical1162-01 Article from the Wonthaggi Express - Penguin Parade Admission 1162-02 Brochure called "The Short Way to Cowes" detailing taking the train from Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne to Stony Point then by Ferry to Cowes 1162-03 Pg 1 & 2 - Souvenir Programme "Music for the People" to be held weather permitting on the Cowes Foreshore at 2pm February 20th, 1955 1162-04 - Card - Drawing of a Fur Seal - one of the 5000-odd Seals on Seal Rocks, as seen from The Nobbies Road House, Phillip Island 1162-05 Pg 1 & 2 - Cowes - Dandenong Road Service showing Daily Road Route and connection from Dandenong to Flinders St. Melbourne. Time Table to and from Cowes to Dandenong"penguin land" book, gregor buchanan, seals, ferry, stony point to cowes, cowes to dandenong, penguin parade, variety concert ticket, tourism