ill, maps, p.32.non-fictionDetails of the rollingstock collection at the Australian Electric Transport Museum - St Kilda South Australiatramway museum - south australia, railway and tramway preservation - australia

Photo of Ballarat trams 14 and 40 at the St Aidans Drive terminus during an Australian Electric Traction Association AETA tour on 30-3-1975. The tour visited Bendigo first and then travelled by bus to Ballarat. Photo by Paul Nicholson. Note the witches hats and signs at the end of the track.Yields information about an AETA tour March 1975.Digital image of a colour slide.tramcars, tramways, btps, wendouree parade, aeta tours, tram 14, tram 40

Set of documents Edgar Allen & Co of Sheffield promoting and providing information about the Woods Gilbet Rail Planing machine. 1 - letter dated June 1917, sent from the South Australian Hotel in Adelaide to Mr Pringle, of ESCo from the travelling representative of the company, a letter on Edgar Allen & Co letterhead with a list of various articles on the machine, and a letter from Woods Gilbert of their Melbourne office, dated Jan. 1917 2 - A 30 page printed booklet contained within a green cover titled "Rail Planing Machines" with Mr Pringle's name written on it in the top right-hand corner. 3 - Photograph of the rail planing machine with "1916 type rail grinding machine" on rear in pencil along with the Company stamp. 4 - Drawing of the Milling Trolley prepared by Atlas Co of Engineers Melbourne 5 - drawing - Cardiff-rail-section Woods-Gilbert 6 - photograph - Woods-Gilbert Recording instrument on a postcard by Kodak Magazine extracts: 7 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World-12 Oct 1916 - page 1 of 2 8 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World 12 Oct 1916 - page 2 of 2 9 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 10 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 11 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 1 of 2 12 - WoodsGilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 2 of 2Yields information about the Woods Gilbert Rail planing machines for repair of rails and removal of corrugations.Set of 12 documents with letters, pamphlet, photo, drawing and magazine cuttings.tramways, trams, esco, rail planing, woods - gilbert, track, rails, tramway rails, maintenance equipment

Ballarat Times Friday 11/4/2025 cover and page 17, featuring a report on the operation of the Horse Tram No. 1 on Sunday 13/4/2025. Cover features a photo of Peter Waugh standing on the horse tram and page 17 details of the history of the tram and times of operation. Has a photo of Peter standing inside the tram. Story and photos by Miriam Litwin.Demonstrates BTM Publicity and its operation of Australia's oldest operating tramcar.Newspaper - two sheets - with colour photographs.btm, trams, horse trams, tram 1, operations

Made by Transit Australia to record all the magazine issues between 1946 and 2018 when it ceased publication. Provides a full set of the magazines published by the AETA later Transit Australia.Set of 3 CD's in clear plastic covers containing pdf copies: CD1 - Tram Tracks - 1946 to 1949 and Electric Traction 1949 to 1970 CD2 - Electric Traction - 1971 to 1986 and Transit Australia - 1987 to 1995 CD3 - Transit Australia - 1996 to 2018transit australia, tramways, buses, public transport, cd, electric traction, tram tracks, australia, aeta

Copy of the agreement with the "Hawthorn Tramways Trust" with printed cover and first sheet for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. Provides details of the agreement with the Australian Tramways Employees Association (ATEA), including wages for various classifications, leave, working conditions, uniform, union badges (to be worn on their watch chains), discipline and signatures to the agreement. Signed by J I Abfalter and T Jewell for the ATEA, D W Dureau, KJ Vindoille, and L S Cleveland for the HTT and Mr Justice Henry Higgins for the Arbitration court. Dated Oct. 1919. Includes the Melbourne Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust.Yields information about the industrial agreements with the ATEA, HTT and the MBCTTTwenty-four page booklet + grey card covers, centre stapled.tramways, trams, hawthorn, htt, unions, agreements, atea, mbctt

Copy of the agreement with the "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust" with printed cover and first sheet for the Trust. Provides details of the agreement with the Australian Tramways Employees Association (ATEA), including wages for various classifications, leave, working conditions, uniform, union badges (to be worn on their watch chains), discipline and signatures to the agreement. Signed by J I Abfalter and T Jewell for the ATEA, Alex Cameron, W G Hiscock and R H Shackell for the PMTT and Mr Justice Henry Higgins for the Arbitration court. Dated Oct. 1919. Includes references to the Melbourne Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust.Yields information about the industrial agreements with the ATEA, PMTT and the MBCTTTwenty-four page booklet + green card covers, centre stapled.tramways, trams, hawthorn, unions, agreements, atea, mbctt

Copy of the agreement with the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, Hawthorn Tramways Trust, Melbourne Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust and The North Melbourne electric Tramways and Lighting Co. Ltd providing details of the agreement with the Australian Tramways Employees Association (ATEA), including wages for various classifications, leave, working conditions, uniform, union badges (to be worn on their watch chains), discipline and signatures to the agreement. Individual agreements printed for the PMTT, HTT, Signed by Lionel Hill and T Jewell for the ATEA, Alex Cameron, R H Shackell and Percy J Russell for the PMTT dated 26/10/1917. HTT agreement - D H Dureau, J V M Wood, and A M Hislop dated 17/11/1917. MBCTT - Thos O'L Reynolds, H T Richards and C Andrews - undated. NMETL - A D Murdoch and L Voight.Yields information about the industrial agreements with the ATEA, PMTT, HTT, MBCTT and NMETL. Booklet printed by the Union for member's inforamation.Twenty-four page booklet + light grey card covers, centre stapled.Has "1917" in pencil on front cover and page 1.tramways, trams, hawthorn, unions, agreements, atea, mbctt, pmtt, htt, nmetl

Booklet providing details of the agreement between the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board and the Australian Tramways Employees Association (ATEA), including wages for various classifications, leave, working conditions, uniform, union badges, discipline and signatures to the agreement. Signed by Thos O'L Reynolds, H H Bell and W O Strangward for the MMTB and J L Abfalter and T Jewell for the Union, Dispute No. 88 of the Arbitration Court of 5/4/1923 - Chas Powers J.Yields information about the industrial agreements with the ATEA, and the MMTB. Booklet printed by the Union for member's information.Twenty-four page booklet + light blue card covers, centre stapled.tramways, trams, hawthorn, unions, agreements, atea, mmtb

Ron Bridger was an avid collector of items related to transport, predominately Trams. These items include newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, reports, timetables, fare prices plus special items relating to events. Items from Melbourne and regional Victoria, interstate - Adelaide and Sydney, plus overseas, make up this collection. The article shows the tram that ran when they officially returned to the rails in Ballarat. SEC Chairman Mr J.C. Trethowan returned to Ballarat to officially open the Ballarat Tourist Tramway. Representatives of transport preservation and Historical Societies Australia wide were present for this celebration.Newspaper article with black and white photographtrams, melbourne, victoria, sec, j c trethowan, official opening, celebration, shake rattle roll, ron bridger collection, 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 the collection. Tramway enthusiasts from across Australia and New Zealand met in Ballarat - conference for the first time. Their enthusiasm and problems were found to be mutual. The opening address was given by Mr A P Wymond, President of the Puffing Billy Preservation Society. Main topic was finance, need for government help and types of museums. Government and public support necessary but both seemed to be fickle making for slow progress.Newspaper clippingThe Courier. Saturday, April 26, 1975. Page 40trams, australia, new zealand, conference, ballarat, a p wymond, finance, government, public support, 1975, ron bridger collection, puffing billy preservation society, as box 48a

Calendar featuring Australasian trams and Ballarat No. 18 operated by the Ballarat Tramway Museum - photo by Maurice Kelly of Topmill the publisher. Features trams from Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Dunedin, Bendigo, a Perth trolley bus, Brisbane, Glenreigh, and Perth. Photos by Ken Smith, Arthur Perry, Ben Parle, Hugh Ballment, N I Perry, & Graham Scheer. Distributed by Gordon & Gotch.Yields information about the work of Topmill publishers and the work of various Australian photographers.26 Page full colour calendar with heavy card covers.mtpa, museums, australian trams, ballarat, calendar

Envelope printed by the Victorian Philatelic Association for the Melbourne XVI Olympiad 1956 issued in conjunction with the organising committee. Posted from Sheep Hills Vic to Miss A Frost of Brighton, with a postcode of 3186 indicating it was used after the introduction of postcodes in Australia during 1967.Demonstrates an envelope printed to celebrate the 1956 olympics, but used many years later.Envelope - printed in colour with a 5c Australian stamp, postmarked Sheephills.melbourne olympic games, olympics, envelopes

Set of four colour slides of BTPS trams in Melbourne for the Transport Cavalcades 1 - BTPS tram 14 at the intersection of Elizabeth and La Trobe Streets - 31/1/1979 - Kodak cardboard slide 2 - Tram 27 Wellington Parade - Fujifilm - 1/2/1982 3 - Tram 40 Wellington Parade - Kodak - 28/1/1980 4 - Tram 27 Simpson St - Fujifilm - 1/2/1982 5 - Tram 14, La Trobe St with the site for Melbourne Central in the background - 31/1/1979Yields information about the BTPS Operations for the Transport Cavalcades.Set of five colour Slides - cardboard or plastic mounts.australia day, btps, wellington parade, la trobe st, transport cavalcade, tram 27, tram 14, tram 40

Set of 6 photographs by Robert Green 18/9/1971, showing the tramcar operations of the SECV system on that day: 1 -Tram 17 Filming for Film Australia, Autumn of a Mining town - see item 9195 for a similar Keith Kings photo. 2 -Tram 34 at Doveton St with Myer, Coles, National Bank, and the CBC bank buildings in the background 3 -Tram 34 climbing Sturt St towards Dawson St, with the Queen Alexandra Bandstand in view 4 -Tram bogie car looking through the gates of St Patrick's Cathedral to St Andrews Kirk 5 -Tram 35 Sturt St with part of the Queen Alexandra Bandstand in the view 6 -Trams 21, 34 at Hospital corner, with tram 34 for the City and 21 for Lydiard St North. Yields information about the SECV Ballarat tram operations on 18/9/1971.35mm negative in a film strip - set of 6tramways, wendouree parade, tram 17, commonwealth film unit, tram 34, doveton st, sturt st, tram 35, tram 21

Letter from Roy Anderson of the Tramways Sub-branch of The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia, complimenting Sylvia Mitchell on her success and recording such a large sum is the largest single effort by an industrial organisation in the Commonwealth. Demonstrates one of many congratulatory letters and telegrams received by Sylvia.Letter - typed on quarto size on Tramways Sub branch RSSILA letterheadmost popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, rsl, tramways sub branch

Contains a detailed article on both the VR lines by Jim Seletto, featuring photos of 39, 30, 53, 49, MMTB 675 and a colour photo of VR 49 on the rear. Contains maps and diagrams of St Kilda Station. Includes Sandringham and Black Rock line. Published by the ARE.Provides a light hearted record and view of the VR Railway trams with plenty of stories..Magazine - "Australian Railway Enthusiast - Vol 31, No. 1, March 1993", 24 pages, centre stapled,vr trams, st kilda - brighton tramway, sandringham, black rock, maps, st kilda, tramways, railways

Australian standards for rolling stock issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association.Gives details of the 1920s standards in Australia for railway rolling stock.1 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E2 to E5 - for Railway Rolling stock material, laminated volute and helical springs and spring steel, dated Dec. 1925. .2 - Book - 40 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E16 to E21 - for Railway Rolling stock material, steel blooms for railway forgings, axles, locomotive crank axles, wagon and engine tender axles - dated Dec. 1927. .3 - Book - 24 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E8 to E12 for Railway Rolling stock material - copper plates, rods, tubes and pipes and brass tubes. Dated Dec. 1925 .4 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E6 and E7 - railway rolling stock material - steel plates, angles and rivets for locomotives; steel castings. Dated December 1925. .5 - Book - 12 pages + grey covers, centre stapled issued by Standards Association of Australia, standards H13 and H14 - Bronze (Gun Metal) ingots and castings for General engineering purposes Dated 1940..trams, tramways, standards, rolling stock, axles

Photo shows Ballarat 34 at the Australian Electric Traction Museum (AETM) at St Kilda Adelaide. Standing in front of the AETM's depot, showing the destination of City Oval. Behind the tram is Ballarat 21. Yields information about Ballarat 34 soon after its arrival in Adelaide and removal of the dash canopy lighting.Black and white photograph printTMSV Shop stamptrams, tramways, tram 34, aetm, st kilda tramway museum, adelaide

Series of photos donated to the museum by Brian Bongiorno, creator of the artwork for his home. Brian Bongiorno's family's' shop "Bongiorno's", which was located on Sturt Street, is featured in the central photograph.Wood frame containing 11 photographic prints of Sturt Street locations, featuring Tram 11 from Adelaide in top right hand corner. Framed with perspex card backing, paper, tape and fitted on the rear with a hanging cord.ballarat, ballarat tramways, sturt st, btm, tram 11, adelaide, south australia

Print of No.No. 21 outbound in Main Road Ballarat East at the intersection with Humffray St. Tram has a large "Buy Australia" panel on the side and destination of Mt Pleasant. See Reg Item 5333 for another photo of the tram. In the background is a motor body workshops and Robson's Glass shop. See item 7869 for a negative.Yields information about celebrations about Buy Australia and the intersection of Main Road and Humffray St and Ballarat 21.Photograph, black and white - plain black with Wal Jack's note on rearWal Jack number stamp and number T55PC.tramways, trams, grant st, mt pleasant, tram 21, humffray st, main road, decorated tram, buy australia

Colour duplicate slide of EX SEC Ballarat tram 21 - Adelaide Tramway Museum, operated by the Australian Electric Traction Museum at St Kilda Adelaide in the SEC livery. Photo taken at the AETM Depot. Slide by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, probably 1972. Yields information about Ballarat tram 21 which was donated to the AETM following closure of the SEC system.Colour Kodak duplicate slide - white cardboard mountaetm, tram 21, tramcars, tramway museums

Colour duplicate slide of EX SEC Ballarat tram 34 - Adelaide Tramway Museum, operated by the Australian Electric Traction Museum at St Kilda Adelaide. Tram is in the SEC livery with the dash canopy lighting and tiger stripe panels removed. Photo taken at the the then St Kilda Beach terminus. Slide by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, probably 1972. Yields information about Ballarat tram 34 which was donated to the AETM following closure of the SEC system.Colour Kodak duplicate slide - white cardboard mountaetm, tramcars, tramway museums, tram 34, st kilda beach

Lists for each weekday, the work done on each tram, who was on leave, and events or failures, derailments - shown in red ink, motormen examined. Related item diaries: 8280 - 1960 8281 - 1961 8282 - 1962 8283 - 1964 8284 - 1965 8285 - 1966 8286 - 1967 8286A - 1968 8287 - 1969 8288 - individual sheets for each tram 8289 - 1970 8290 - Monthly reports from May 1965 to August 1971 Yields information about the Ballarat Workshop activities, tramcars maintained and events.Printed and bound book - Collins Australian Diary No. 324 for 1960 - two pages per week, ruled with date and holiday information.ballarat, tramcars, workshop records, workshops, maintenance