Wal Jack had an extensive range of correspondents throughout Australia and the world who often provided him with detailed drawings and notes on various tramway systems. Drawing shows the various lines both railways and tramways, crossing loops, locations and features of the Wanganui NZ tramway system in 1945. Drawn by an unknown person; has an initial in the bottom right hand corner.Yields information about Wal Jack's correspondents and their extensive work.Drawing - red and black ink, colour pencil on foolscap paper of Wanganui Tramways NZ 1945letters, wal jack, drawings, maps, wanganui nz

This Plaque was presented to the Shire of Ballarat by the Mayor,Councillors and Citizens of the CITY of WANGANUI New Zealand.Dark wooden shield with Crest of City of Wanganui New ZealandOn Crest - Sans Dieu Rein - City of Wanganui. On silver, below Presented by the Mayor,Councillors and Citizens of the City of Wanganuicity of wanganui new zealand.plaque.shire of ballarat

Single printed page with nine photos of Wanganui New Zealand trams, most of tram bodies after completion of service and on the other side, six photos of transport in Australia - 1 Sydney bus and last piece of tram track, four of Brisbane and one of Melbourne - W2 385 and another W2 tramcar. on white paper. Australian photos by Alan Smith. Possible source of sheet is NZ Tramway topics.trams, tramways, wanganui, brisbane, melbourne, sydney

Wal Jack had an extensive range of correspondents throughout Australia and the world who often provided him with detailed drawings and notes on various tramway systems. This set of notes on the Wanganui tram system and a list of the rolling stock dated Dec. 1946. The typed foolscap sheet listing the trams or rolling stock gives details on each tram. May have been used to prepare Wal's list. Map and the handwritten list of trams, based on the handwriting, prepared by Wal Jack himself. The typed list may have been prepared by others. Yields information about Wal Jack's extensive recording and research work.Drawing - black, red and blue ink or colour pencil, one hand written sheet and one double sided typed carbon copy foolscap sheet with ink notes over poor sections of type.tramways, wal jack, drawings, maps, tramcars, wanganui

Maurice Wright was the brother of Frank Wright. Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man standing in a formal pose holding the back of an ornate chair. The backdrop is a dark curtain and the man is standing on a floral carpet. The man is wearing a suit and light coloured hat with a dark hat band. The man is Maurice Wright.Hand written on back - With best wishes from Maurice Nov. 1919 Printed on back - The 'Tesla Studios', Wanganui, N.Z.maurice wright, frank wright, new zealand

Alice McGREGOR Born: 1908; unknown parents. Possibly adopted by the Salter family? Electoral Roll 1936: Highland Terrace Kangaroo Flat. Alice Mary Salter and William Robert Salter living together; presumed to be sister and brother. William Robert Salter was killed in a MVA in Bendigo in 1937 aged 26. In Victoria in 1938, Alice Mary Salter married James Thomas McGregor (born Victoria 1917, died Victoria 1983, buried Fawkner Cemetery) Lived: 1968; 22 Wade Street Golden Square Alice McGregor Died: 1999 aged 91 at Anne Caudle Centre, Bendigo Buried: Kangaroo Flat Cemetery See additional research. Postcard Album of Alice McGregor contained 86 post cards.Postcard Album of Alice McGregor containing 86 postcards. See 1400 B & W photo of the Catholic Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand Showing the front entrance and bell towers. Another building next to it. Addressed to Miss A. Stapleton, Arcade, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Sender - A. McKinnon, 36 Dublin St., Wanganui, New Zealand Stamp dated 5 August 1906 postcard, collector, alice mcgregor

Wall Calendar - heavy card covers, 12 gloss art pages inside, titled "Trams - 2005" containing full colour photographs of Melbourne, Flinders St Station, Ballarat, Adelaide, Kilmore Horse tramway, Brisbane, Sydney (runaway tram), Melbourne track cleaners, Wellington, Wanganui and Bendigo. Has a punched hole along the top edge to enable wall use. Provides dates for holidays, school holidays and Pension payment days and phases of the moon. Produced by Topmill Pty Ltd and distributed by Gordon & Gotch Pty Ltd. Photos by William Scott, A. W. Perry, Ken Smith, Ben Parle and Graeme Jones.trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, melbourne, adelaide, sydney, brisbane, kilmore, wellington, wanganui, tram 470, tram 866, tram w7, tram w6, tram w9, tram 653, tram 1041, tram 61-, tram 374, tram 104, tram 1000, tram 676, tram 103, tram 937, tram 53, tram 676

Has some 142 black and white photographs and some colour photographs. Some of the photographs are loose. Sheets have been cut out at the front of the album. Has photos of various locations and lines within Launceston, Hobart, Zeehan, Queenstown, Hiroshima, Kure Japan, Tokyo, Singapore, Bombay, Karachi, Takapuna, Wanganui, Auckland, New Plymouth Wellington, Christchurch, Kelburn, Dunedin, Invercargill, Gisborne and Napier. For details of each photograph and layouts see - /Archive Document files/Reg Item 5011 for letters and details of the album scan sent and images of the negatives. Letters in each sub-directory.Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features Tasmanian, New Zealand and some foreign country tramcars.Grey covered photograph album with word "Photographs on front cover, with large blue band binding, light brown paper (including one blue sheet of paper) inside covers holding some 21 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in white, blue or black ink. trams, tramways, launceston, hobart, new zealand, japan

Yields information about many transport tickets systems from around the world, including some SEC tickets. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.Diary, printed for 1934, two days per page - full bound and sewn in black Rexene with end papers (partly removed) with gold block title "Diary 1934" on front and "1934" on spine of book, stationary item, with a Nestle's product advertised on the bottom right hand pages. Has a blue ribbon sewn into book. A number of pages have been cut from the front and back of the book. See btm230i for image of book. Has been used primarily to store and present tramway tickets using stamp hinges. Cities collected: Most c1950 though some earlier - 1920's, 1930's. MMTB - 5d - 12 No. - image 1 MMTB - 4d, 6d, 5d, 8d and 9d - 17 No. - image 2 MMTB - 2d, 3d 7d, 4d - 10 No. - image 3 Eastern Goldfields Transport Board - Kalgoorlie, 16 No. - image 4 Ditto - 6 No. - image 5 Ditto - 14 No. - image 6 Ditto - 11 No. - image 7 W.A. government tramways - Perth - 10 No. - image 8 Auckland - 5 No. - image 9 (Special One Day travel ticket loose) MTT Adelaide - 11 No. - image 10 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 20 No. - image 11 Brisbane - 10 No. and AETA tour ticket date 3/2/1951 - image 12 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 13 No. - image 13 St Kilda Brighton electric tramway - 1 No. - image 14 German and Swiss tramway tickets - 4 No. - image 15 Wellington, Hamburg, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Hobart and Winnipeg - image 16 Ballarat (or other Provincial cities) 11 No. - image 17 German cities - 9 No. - image 18 German cities - 4 No. - image 19 Front inside page of book has some birthdays listed of relatives and friends. Last few pages contain notes on photos of train leaving Ballarat 1943. 56, 57 (copy to ARHS Archives). Item revised 30/6/2002. Inside front page has a list of birthdaystrams, tramways, tickets, photo notes, vr steam locos, ballarat., kalgoorlie, mmtb, melbourne, auckland, weekly tickets, adelaide, perth, sydney, brisbane, vr trams, st kilda brighton, wellington, wanganui, new plymouth tramways, hobart

Yellow fire fighter helmet with blue logo and orange fittings and reflecting tapeBROWN/Prosperity through service/ 11530/ Brown/ Fireman's helmet/3/Model Pro Helmets/ Size Date Batch (WGT 1215/ N.F.P.A. 1972/1985 Instructions to user : shell and liner constructed of fibreglass and polyethylene lining helmet can be seriously damaged by substances such as petrol, paint, adhesives or cleaning agents. Make no modifications. Fasten helmet securely. If helmet experiences a severe blow return it to the manufacturer for inspection or destroy and replace it. WARNING: no helmet can protect the wearer from all injuries. The manufacturer accepts no liability for injuries resulting from or during the use of this helmet/ MANUFACTURED BY PACIFIC HELMETS (NZ) LTD. WANGANUI. NEW ZEALAND.

Has tickets from:, ESCo Ballarat, Form TYE 1-37 re acceptance of breach of regulations - to Reg Item 5017, Geelong tramways – 1, Bendigo ESCo – 3, SEC – weekly, tourist and parcel / newspaper, scholars, SEC – various, also for Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong and small packet of loose tickets., Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, MTT Adelaide including a small packet of loose tickets, MMTB – 2 sheets including two loose sheets with tickets and a Pensioners Fare Concession Certificate for 61 – 62 with some loose tickets, NSW – Sydney two pages, NSW – Newcastle one page + 2 tickets, and four tickets for the Yass to Yass Junction tram Brisbane – two pages with one Rockhampton ticket, VR St Kilda Brighton, Parramatta steam tram – Sydney ferries limited, Hobart, Launceston, Wellington NZ – two pages, Christchurch, Wanganui, Auckland, New Plymouth - 1, Invercargill - 1, Johannesburg, Cape town, Pretoria – 1, Liverpool, Sheffield, London – 3 pages + loose 7 day go as you please issued in 1963 to Wal Larsen, Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead, Bolton, South Lancashire Transport – 1, Oldham, Barry Corporation – Lancs, Birmingham, Llandudno, Salford, Stockport, Sunderland, South shields, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Darwen Corporation – 1, Dublin, Belfast, Blackpool – 1, South Wales – 1, Bradford, Dundee, Southampton, Plymouth, Leicester, Douglas, Southend on Sea, Croydon, Naples and other Italian ones, Antwerp – 1, Istanbul, St Quentin, Vevey Switzerland, Dusseldorf, Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Bangkok, Penang, Milwaukee Electric Railway, Los Angeles Railway – loose on page was a Tram pass for American Fleet celebration, 2/9/1908 to Eaglehawk - to Reg Item 5017, Market St Railway, Loose San Francisco Municipal railway, Puget Sound, St Louis Public Service Co., Sandwich, Tacoma Railway, Capital Transport Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Connecticut – New Haven, Twin City Lines, Chicago and West Towns, Chicago Aurora and Elgin, Elgin and Belvidere, Chicago Rapid Transits, Chicago Surface, ClevelandFeatures tickets from Australian and Overseas tramway systems. Collected by Wal Jack. Light brown paper covered album with dark red binding band, with off-white paper inside covers holding some 40 sheets of card on which tickets have been mounted using stamp hinges, captions in blue or black ink. Three supplementary sheets have been glued in as well. Has some 750 tickets including loose tickets. Reg Items 5017 (ESCo Employee Report outcome) and 5018 (Bendigo Tramways ticket for the visit of the personnel from the American Fleet - 1908) were loose in the album and have been separately collected. Some tickets in envelopes of clipped into the sheets.Individual captions for each group of tickets from a city.trams, tramways, tickets, ballarat, melbourne, usa, uk trams, esco

This Sharpe Bros. one gallon stoneware Demijohn is in excellent condition and includes its original stopper. It was made between 1904 and 1930, the date from the patent of the handle until the time that the factory no long produced returnable items. The bottle was once part of Dr W.R. Angus' household and is part of the W.R. Angus Collection and could have been purchased from Warrnambool's Sharpe Bros. factory. SHARPE BROS. 1903-1972- The first Sharpe Bros. cordial factory was opened in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1903 by English prohibition brothers John and Percy Sharpe. Sharpe Bros. made ‘health’ beverages that were non-alcoholic drinks such as ginger beer, ginger ale, lime juice, soda and cordials. The containers of these drinks were not sold with the drinks but were marked as returnable items, to be cleaned and re-used, until this practice ceased in the 1930s. Sharpe Bros. made a niche in the soft drink market by delivering drinks by horse and cart to its customers’ homes. John Sharpe patented the unique wire spiral handle in 1904. By 1905 the New Zealand company also had factories in Australia. By 1910 the company had over 20 factories including Wanganui, New Zealand; Adelaide, Albury, Ballarat, Bathurst, Forbes, Geelong, Goulburn, Lithgow, Melbourne, Newcastle, Orange, Sydney, Tamworth, Warrnambool and Wollongong. The Warrnambool factory was established in 1919 and existed until 1951. The company won awards at Australian exhibitions for its carbonated drinks, including First Prize for its ginger beer made in the Brisbane factory. The company was taken over in 1962 by Tarax Drinks Holdings Ltd, which was in turn taken over by Cadbury Schweppes in 1972. W.R. Angus Collection- The W R Angus Collection spans from 1885 to the mid-1900s and includes historical medical and surgical equipment and instruments from the doctors Edward and Thomas Ryan of Nhill, Victoria. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1927 at Ballarat, the nearest big city to Nhill where he began as a Medical Assistant. He was also Acting House surgeon at the Nhill hospital where their two daughters were born. He and his family moved to Warrnambool in 1939, where Dr Angus operated his own medical practice. He later added the part-time Port Medical Officer responsibility and was the last person appointed to that position. Dr Angus and his wife were very involved in the local community, including the early planning stages of the new Flagstaff Hill, where they contributed to the layout of the gardens. Dr Angus passed away in March 1970.This stoneware Demijohn is connected to the history of Warrnambool, as it was owned by the daughter of Dr W. R. Angus and his wife Gladys. It is part of the W.R. Angus Collection, which is notable for still being located at the site connected to Doctor Angus, Warrnambool’s last Port Medical Officer. It is also connected through its manufacturer Sharpe Bros. which had a branch in Warrnambool from 1919 to 1951, overlapping the time when the Angus family resided there from 1939 to the 1970s. The bottle is also significant as an example of the early-20th-century beverages found in local households and could have been purchased from the local Sharpe Bros. factory.This stoneware Demijohn is glazed, with a brown neck with internal thread and shoulders and a cylindrical cream base. The one gallon bottle has a flat, black stopper with a cork stem and a rubber, threaded tip. The ‘U’ shaped wire carry handle has a spiral of wire around the handpiece. An overhanging lip is on top of the bottle’s short neck above its rounded shoulder. The clay has been joined at the base of the neck, shoulder and body. The underneath is unglazed. The brown glazing on the shoulder has a run mark. Inscriptions are on the stopper and bottle. This container is part of the W.R. Angus Collection.Stamped in black on the shoulder: “KEEP THE / STOPPER TIGHT” Stamped in black on the body: “THIS JAR IS THE ABSOLUTE PROPERTY OF AND MUST BE RETURNED TO SHARPE BROS. AUSTRALIA / & NEW ZEALAND. ORIGINAL & LARGEST HYGIENIC BREWERY. CAUTION Persons Damaging, Willfully Retaining, Trading with or Misappropriating the Use of this Jar WILL BE PROSECUTED “ Stamped in script writing: “Sharpe Bros. TRADE - - - ED “ Embossed on the stopper: “AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, SHARPE BROS.”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr roy angus, dr ryan, sharpe bros., bendigo pottery, bottle, stoneware bottle, demihohn, one gallone bottle, soft drink, non-alcoholic drink, drink container, jar, jug, warrnambool soft drink, hygienic brewery, cordial factory, new zealand, australia, john sharpe, percy sharpe, non-alcoholic, spiral wire handle, ginger beer, w.r. angus collection, demijohn

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

24 page magazine, publisher by Traction publication recording current event in Australia & New Zealand railways & tramways - with photos, advertisements, see list for contents. Railways in Australia The Magazine about Australian Trains, incorporating TRAM TRACKS, the Electric Traction Monthly Contents (Summary) Articles New Zealand Railways - Record Year - pl, 2 and 3 Diesel operation of South line is SAR plan - p2 Comrails plan big improvements - p3 New north line soon for NSWR? - p3 About Locomotives - QGR Garratt's, VR N class, R class, NSW 58, TGR diesels - p4 and 5 Holiday by Rail - C.Einsiedel - Vic and NSW Comparisons are Odious - An American View - PCC tram for MMTB - p9 More Fare increase - Sydney, Melbourne and elsewhere - p10 Operation 'Strike' - Melbourne Trams Handle Crowds - by KSK - p 1 2 and 13 (VR trains on strike) - very interesting. - has map of ~B including authorised lines. High Voltage ~ Electric Railway news - NSW, VR, Gippsland - p 14 Model Railways in Australia - p 1 8 and 19 The Mayfield Lines ( large garden 0 gauge model railway, by L.A. Clark, includes plan - p20 and 2 I.) Photographs NSW steam loco 5801 - pl TGR diesel railcars built by Comeng - p3 NSW 38's - p4 MMTB PCC tram 980 and interior view - p9 Photo of St Louis Car Co. B3 bogie used under PCC car - p10 Perth Trolley Bus - No. 41 - p 1 3 Advertisements McGills Newsagency - p2 John C. Beckett - photographer - p6 Meadmores model engineering Co. - p6 and p 14 WAGR institute magazine - p6 Wattle Park - p7 Australian Model Hobbies - SA - p 1 5 Traction Publications - p 1 5 The Main Hobby Depot - Melbourne - p 1 5 Railway Destination Rolls, LA Clark - pl 5 Model repairs - R.Pearson - p19 Hearn's Hobbies- p21 The Hobby Shop p21 Herbert Small - p21 Australia Railway Models - p22 Scale Model Railway Equipment - p23 Bames Tennis Centre - p23 Traction publications listings and books etc. - p24 - and where to purchase magazine. Amalgamated Blind and Tent Co. - p24 Other List of office bearers and general information for ARLHS Obituary for Maj Gen. A.C.Fewtrell Chief Civil Engineer for NSWGR Tramway news - Sydney King St. Closure, Wanganui system closure, Latrobe St. Melbourne, Melbourne VR trams, SEC trams purchasing maximum traction trams, Launceston, Hobart, Kalgoorlie - p I 1, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide - p I 5 Drawing of Adelaide H class trams - p 1 9 Club noticeboard, and Question box - on Outer circle Railway. Wad 25.11.95 Record images added 20/8/2013. trams, tramways, australian railways, new zealand railways, model railways, model tramways

In the early 1880s a small circus travelled between Millicent and Mt Gambier, South Australia. After camping overnight they discovered their Bengal Tiger at escaped and disappeared into dense scrub. After searching for hours they continued to Mt Gambier and reported the loss of the tiger to police. Police and local volunteers continued the search for the escaped tiger, but no sighting were made. In the early 1890s sheep in the Tantanoola area started to disappear with the still unsighted tiger being blamed. In 1893 reports of an unusual animal in the Tantanoola area started, with many describing the animal as the missing tiger, or a large dog. One eye witness claimed to have seen the animal carrying a full grown sheep in its mouth. The reports grew in number and exaggeration with sightings from Robe to Bendigo. In the Tantanoola district children were escorted with shotgun guards to and from school, with many homes keeping guns at the ready in case the tiger suddenly appeared. In August 1895 Tom Donovan shot the "Tantanoola Tiger" on Mt Salt Station, around 20 kms south of Tantanoola. The corpse was taken to Marks, a Mount Gambier taxidermist, at which time the animal was identified as an Assyrian or Northern Russian Wolf. Donovan displayed the animal far and wide. Despite the animal's death sheep continued to disappear from properties in the district over many years. It was of particular concern between 1909 and 1910. At that time Herbert Allchurch, an Adelaide detective, was sent to solve the mystery. A few days after his arrival Allchruch went to the front bar of the Tiger Hotel and arrested local rabbit shooter and trapper, Charlie Edmunson, with sheep stealing. After his 1911 trial Edmunson admitted to stealing over 4,000 sheep during the previous 20 years. He was gaoled for six years with hard-labour in January 1911. Edmunson had been selling the skins of the stolen sheep, leaving the carcusses to rot. He earned around five pounds per week during the 1990s and early 1900s, a time when the economy was depressed. It is not known had the animal known as the Tantanoola Tiger came to Australia, but it is believed it survived one of three ships wrecked of the coast between 1890 and 1893, making it to shore along with some of the shipwrecked passengers. (From a card produced by the Tantanoola Tiger Hotel, where the 'tiger' is on display.)A collection of Newsclippings from 1892 - 1895 photocopied onto A4 white paper. The clippings relate to the Tantanoola Tiger. Clippings include: * Border Watch 1892 - Tantanoola Tiger Reward * Sydney Morning Herald, 04/07/1857 - Animals in Zoological Gardens, including a number of large cats. * Claims the Tantanoola Tiger was an escaped circus animal (ie The Advertiser [Adelaide], 31 October 1893) * Search parties for the Tantanoola Tiger (ie Barrier Miner 19/05/1893; Barrier Miner 03/1081893) * Thylacine claim (ie Morning Bulletin [Rockhampton] 11/03/1895 * Afghan and Indian Hunters (ie Barrier Miner 07/02/1895) * Sighting by John Bird of Scarsdale - Wanganui Herald 15/12/1900. " ... Mr Bird was travelling on foot along a lonely track through very dense scrub, when he was stricken with amazement to see a full-grown tiger standing in a small dam about 30ft away, and holding in its jaws the carcass of a newly-killed lamb. He remained long enough to thoroughly take in the animals appearance, and then beat a hasty retreat unmolested. His description of the animal is as follows: A tawny-coloured creature, with a dirty mottled skin; in general appearance like an immense cat; body 4ft long, and of a uniform thickness from shoulder to hindquarters; in bulk equal to a very large pig. The legs were hidden in the water. A similar animal is reported to gave been seen near Canico, some miles away. ..." * Victorian country sightings # Bullarto - Argus 06/05/1905 # Dean - Launceston Examiner 28/01/1895 # Bendigo - Hobart Mercury 15/03/1895 # Ballan - Launceston Examiner 03/08/1895 * South Australian register 17/06/1885 " There is a tiger or panther wandering at large in Victoria, according to a rumour. It has taken the place of the Bunyip, whom hundreds have seen but none captured. This tiger is supposed to have broken loose from a travelling menagerie in the North-eastern district. At the beginning we should like it roved that such an escape ever took place. Perhaps the showmen were afraid to report the fact to the police; at any rate they did not do so. The first story about the tiger being seen came from the neighborhood of Wangaratta, 60 miles from the place where it is said to have commenced business on its own account. He was followed, but vanished among trees. Next we hear of a strange animal, bigger than a St Bernard's dog, but shorter legged, having appeared at least 150 miles from Wangaratta. Between Lilydale and Wangaratta there is a dividing range 2,000 feet high in the lowest past, besides several large rivers. An finally, the tiger - changed from a panther - is reported as having been seen within the suburban circle, about 8 miles from the general Post Office. They show you footprints, and point to the carcasses of mangled cows and calves. Casts have been taken of the footprints for examination by scientific men, who pronounce them doglike, and yet not doglike, but panther-like, which gives a nervous turn, for the panther may take up killing children and grown-up people. One tiger will not account for so many apparitions. There must have been a general strike among the menageries, and a breaking-up companies. ... * Research article by Philip A. Clarke "Indigenous Spirit and Ghost Folklore of 'Settled' Australia. australian animal folklore collection, tantanoola tiger, tom donovan, herbert allchurch, charles edmunson, sheep, charlie edmunson, mythical, myth, folklore

Before Mt Tarawera erupted, the Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana in New Zealand’s North Island, were considered one of the wonders of the world. Tourists came to soak in the thermal hot pools and view the marble-like terraces. Due to a volcanic eruption of Mt Tarawera On June 10 1886, between 108-120 people were killed and several settlements were destroyed. It also destroyed the world-famous Pink and White Terraces. The terraces became a crater over 100 metres deep. Within 15 years it filled with water, forming a much larger new Lake Rotomahana. The chain of craters at Waimangu became the site of many new geothermal features, including Waimangu Geyser, the largest in the world, and New Zealand’s largest hot spring, Frying Pan Lake. The Burton brothers (photographers), Alfred Burton was born in 1834 in Leicester and died in 1914 in Dunedin. His brother Walter Burton was born in 1836 and died in 1880. Many of the Burton Brothers' works and original equipment were collected by Dunedin photographer and historian Hardwicke Knight, and are now housed in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington. This album was donated to the Ballarat School of Mines Museum by James Oddie in 1887. (See Cat. No. 458, No. 1720) Alfred Burton was born in 1834 at Leicester and died at Dunedun, New Zealand, in 1914. Walter Burton was born in 1836, and died in 1889. Large green album containing numerous B/W original photographs of New Zealand, especially volcanos. - Includes Pink and White Terraces (no longer in existance). Photos were taken before and after volcanic eruption. A recent inclusion is article on the terraces by Federation University's George Hook and Stephen Carey.Each photo has a caption.pink terrace, white terrace, new zealand, sumner, burton bros, rotokakahi wairoa, rotomahana crater, tikitapu bush, wanganui bridge, maori, canoe, volcano, mount tarawara, james oddie, ballarat school of mines museum, eruption, waterfall, bridge, sulphur pool, crater, mt tarawera, tikitapu lake, rananga house, wairoa, waikato, maori church wairoa, ganaru, taherepokiore, golden bay, paterson, dowling st dunedin, rocky hill, harison's cove, milford sound, tall ship, hydraulic mining, hale's arm, james oddie (donor), george hook, stephen carey, lake rotomahana