Significance

Yields information about many transport tickets systems from around the world, including some SEC tickets. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.

Physical description

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.

Inscriptions & markings

Inside front page has a list of birthdays