Historical information
Compiled by Gus Weir of the Wellington Tramway Museum, former Wellington tram driver. See Gus Weir Obituary - Wellington Tramway Museum 2019 file. Comprises photos taken during COTMA conferences and tours in Australia. Ballarat photos have details on the rear as do many others. Museums include Sydney, Victor Harbor, Bylands, Haddon, Bendigo, Ballarat, Rockhampton, Portland, Launceston, Perth, Portland and Hawthorn Melbourne. Ballarat photos are dated 11/2000.
Significance
Yields photographic records of most Australian tramway museums.
Physical description
Album, black leather covered heavy card cover, with 46 double side paper sheets bound into album with two plastic sleeves per side to hold photographs. Some sheets at the front have been removed. Also has a paper envelope to hold negatives at the rear. Titled "Tramway Museums Australia" on the front spine.
Subjects
- cotma,
- tram museums,
- btm,
- ballarat,
- gus weir,
- stm,
- tmsv,
- bendigo,
- portland,
- launceston,
- perth,
- mtpa,
- mtm,
- victor harbor