Historical information

Inside front cover - reproduction of the Ballarat white on black destination roll by the TMSV c1971
page 1 - Newspaper cutting "Tram Era Ends in Ballarat" from The Courier's special supplement.
page 2 - ditto
page 3 - blank
page 4 - Newspaper cutting from a Melbourne paper - "Last tram to Ballarat"
Nine small B&W photos taken during the ARHS TMSV Tram tour 21/8/1971 - see btm5989.1 > 5989.7
page 5 - Seven B&W photos ditto - see btm5990.1 > 5990,7
Murray Views postcard No. 51 of Sturt St, taken at Grenville St - see btm5991i
page 6 - Letter from The Ballarat Courier, on letterhead to Ellen enclosing photos of the tram 42 being moved to Zion Congregational Church Sebastopol and one photograph - see btm5992i1
page 7 - one large Courier photo tram 42 at the church and four small black and white photos of the tram 42 at the church - see btm5992i2 to 5992i6
five photos of Ballarat bogie trams - see btm5993i1 to 5993i
page 8 - six photos of Ballarat c1970 - see btm5994i1 to btm5994i6.
Page 9 - Newspaper clipping of Ballarat 36 in Melbourne and black and white photo of 36 and a decorated advertising tram in Swanston St. See also btm3173.
page 10 - TMSV produced listing of Ballarat tramcars dated Feb. 1971 and two illustrations - ESCo 8 and SEC 17 at night.
page 11 - blank
Page 12 to 18 - newspaper clippings from The Courier's supplement.
Page 19 - ditto and Nu-color-vue Ballarat Postcard BT 69 - see Reg Item. btm960i
Page 20 to 23 - newspaper clippings from The Courier's supplement.
Page 24 - ditto and and Nu-color-vue Ballarat Postcard BT 65 - see Reg Item. btm669i
Page 25 - Illustration of No. 27 at the depot with the "1,000,000" miles in Ballarat Banner - Courier Photo - see btm 3316i and Notes written by Keith Kings on the history of No. 27 and the TMSV tour - 29/6/1988.
Page 26 and 27 - newspaper clippings from The Courier at the time of the re-opening of the Ballarat trams - BTPS 1975. See Reg Item btm5996i1 and i2.
Inside rear cover - ARHS / TMSV tour and photo stop notes for the Farewell Ballarat Tram Tour - 21/8/1971.

Ellen Butland - a driver at Kew Depot, 1st women driver at Kew and 5th in the MMTB - via Ron Scholten 2/11/13.

Significance

Has a strong association with a Melbourne tram driver who assembled the scrap book and series of photos of Ballarat trams at the time of closure. Yields information about the tram operations.

Physical description

Stamford Kiwi School Scrap Book - card covers, 23 sheets, spiral bound, titled "Ballarat", prepared by Ellen Butland of Auckland following the closure of the SEC Ballarat Tramway system. Each page has been scanned. Black and white photos have been separately catalogued - as noted below.

Inscriptions & markings

"Ballarat" in top right hand corner in ink.