Right hand side of a 2 page spread with the story of the re-enactment train journey celebrating the 150th anniversary of Geelong to Ballarat railway.

Page 5 of The Courier, Wednesday 11 April 2012, with the story and photos of the re-enactment train journey celebrating the 150th anniversary of Geelong to Ballarat railway.

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Left hand side of a 2 page spread with the story of the re-enactment train journey celebrating the 150th anniversary of Geelong to Ballarat railway.

Page 4 of The Courier Wednesday 11 April 2012, with the story and photos of the re-enactment train journey on 10th April.

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Front page of The Courier, with a link to further story and pictures inside the paper.

Front page of The Courier, Wednesday 11th April 2012. A half-page photo of a compartment on the re-enactment train on 10th April.

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One of two posters made for community sales for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway 10th April 2012. Community groups were each given one set, and YHG purchased a second set.

Large heary-weight-paper poster. At the top is a 1862 photo of Moorabool Viaduct, and underneath is written information.

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One of two posters made for community sales for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway 10th April 2012. Community groups were each given one set, and YHG purchased a second set.

Large heary-weight-paper poster. At the top is a 1863 photo of Ballarat Station and Goods Shed, and underneath is information about the building of the railway.

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These posters were displayed at Ballarat Station prior to the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on Tuesday 10th April 2012. The open day was Saturday 14th April.

Large heary-weight-paper poster advertising the open day at Ballarat station for the 150th anniversary

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Included in a show-bag for children who attended the Ballarat Station open day on Sat 14 April 2012, following the 150th anniversary on Tues 10th.

Cardboard poster printed in colour

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Exercise book, grey cover with red cloth spine. Front pages contain treasurer's records from March 1965 to June 1994. Back pages contain membership lists, July 1965 to 1995.

YENDON RED CROSS BRANCH handwritten in blue ballpoint pen

Sketch was done as a sample of the artist's work when a drawing was sought to be the picture of the station on the interpretive sign planted at Yendon station. Although this is an excellent interpretation of the station building, it was thought to be too detailed for the purpose.

Pen and ink detailed drawing of Yendon station building, with 2 people standing on the platform. Frame is timber, 50mm wide, mat black, with an 8mm silver trim around the cut-out hole.

Signed by Mervyn Hill at the bottom right hand corner.

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

Cardboard box base, white.

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

Cardboard box lid, black textured finish outside, white inside

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

Gold aluminium coaster, backed with royal blue felt. Embossed with a picture of a modern intercity train and a map of Victoria. Identical to coaster 3.

Supporting regional Victoria V/Line

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

Gold aluminium coaster, backed with royal blue felt. Embossed with a picture of a modern intercity train and a map of Victoria. Identical to coaster 4

Supporting regional Victoria / V/Line

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

Gold aluminium coaster, backed with royal blue felt. Embossed with pictures of a modern intercity train and a steam locomotive.

Celebrating 150 years of Bendigo trains / October 2012 / V/Line

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

Gold aluminium coaster, backed with royal blue felt. Embossed with pictures of a modern intercity train and a steam locomotive.

Celebrating 150 years of Ballarat trains / April 2012 / V/Line

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

A4 sized cardboard covered book, 50 pages. Cover orange with a white 5mm border. The bottom half of the front cover is an early photo of the Moorabool Viaduct.

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

A5 folded cardboard card, imprinted on the front with an invitation to ride the re-enactment train on 10 Apr 2012.Inside is a commemorative 'Edmondson' train ticket, and written information about the ticket.

150th Anniversary / Opening of Railway from / Geelong to Ballaarat / GEELONG - BALLARAT - GEELONG / FIRST CLASS / The ticket is dated on one end '10 APR 2012' and numbered 0042 on the other end

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.

Cardboard covered A5 sized booklet with 12 pages, published by Engineers Australia, Engineering \heritage Victoria and V/Line Pty Ltd. Part of the gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train, 10 Apr 2012. 2 identical copies

Heritage Recognition Ceremonies and Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway. Tuesday 10 April 2012

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Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 12 April 2012.

Enamel badge, with stick pin and clasp, in a plastic bag attached to City of Greater Geelong letterhead paper. The top half of the badge is white with black writing 'Geelong Ballarat Railway' and the bottom half of the badge is black with white writing '150 years'. It was part of the gift bag given to those who rode on the reenactment train, 10 Apr 2012.

GEELONG BALLARAT RAILWAY 150 YEARS

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The sign is shown in photo P , taken on the western platform in 1967. Just prior to demolition of the station, the sign was taken by Ian Smith of Buninyong, and kept by him until its donation to the YHG.

Sign from Yendon station platform. Metal, black underneath, front white with black lettering. Top and bottom edges rolled over to the back. Three holes along the top and bottom edges, fitted with metal eyelets.

YENDON

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Full page (57) of paper, showing 11 photographs of 33 people. Many ex-students attended the unveiling of the commemorative plaque (item 00007)

Photocopy of newspaper article, Weekly Times 1st April 1964. enlarged copy, laminated.

Twice yearly School Inspectors reports on facilities, organisation, instruction at Yendon School No. 719 from 1914 to 1925

Shows the priorities and values in education during this time. Gives a record of who the inspectors and teachers were at Yendon School No 719 during 1914 to 1925

Yendon School 719 Inspector's Report Book 1914 - 25 is stapled bound book issued to all schools by the Department of education.

"Yendon 719" on cover

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Book lists all enrolled students, date enrolled, parents' name & occupation, distance lived from school, number of days attended in each year of attendance, destination/origin of student.

High level of local significance as book contains factual and precise information concerning each pupil.

register of all pupils enrolled at Yendon State school from 1928 to 1963. Enrollment book.

"Yendon 719" hand-written on cover.

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This book was used as a record of corporal punishment to children at the Yendon State School between the 1920's until 1972. It has the signatures of the teachers of the period and dated.

Inside the front cover it has a list of rules related to disipline and how the corporal was to be carried out.

Grey book with No.719 on front cover which was used as a register for corporal punishment. It has had several pages torn out. The first recorded date of entry is 8/6/33 until 22/7/1982.

719 on front cover

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Used to record the absences of teachers at Yendon Public School from 1904 to 1983. Instructions for used printed inside the front cover. Gives dates and reason for absence, and countersigned periodically by the District Inspector.

It is significant because it lists the school staff for a long period. It is also socially significant because it gives information about staff training, health issues, family details and weather.

Small grey paper covered book used at Yendon Public School (no. 719) to record the absences of school teachers, from 1904 to 1983. The spine is bound with blue tape. The pages have torn away from the cover, which is torn and water-marked.

'719' written in ink on the front cover in the space available for 'School number'. Some grafitti wirtten upside down.

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Photocopy of newspaper article, Ballarat Courier, Tuesday 26 August 1980. Enlarged copy, laminated.

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Triangular pennant, laminated. Maroon felt with yellow printing. Inscription in black.

'A' RESERVE / 1974 - '75 / YENDON

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Triangular pennant, laminated. Red felt with yellow printing. Inscription in black.

A1 GRADE / 1988 - 89 / YENDON

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Triangular pennant, laminated. Blue felt with yellow printing. Inscription in black.

LADIES SECTION 2 / 1989 - 90 / YENDON GOLD

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