Significance

Has a strong association with the formation of COTMA and the work undertaken by Australasia tramway and rail heritage organisations at the time and the organisers of the first COTMA Conference in 1975.

Physical description

82 page A4 sized bound document - "The First Conference of Australian Tramway Museums Ballarat 25-27 April 1975" . Has a light weight card cover, with black plastic binding/spine strip. Produced by Trolley Wire



1st Conference Proceedings



Contents:

Acknowledgements

Message from BTPS President - Maurice Calnin

Convenor's Note - Bill Kingsley

List of Museums Invited

List of Delegates

Conference

Minutes of Special General Meeting

COTMA Operational Guidelines



Papers

Wymond - Financing the Railway / Tramway Operating Museum

Kahn - A history of experience

Breydon - Accounting methods suitable for museum operations

Prentice - Tramcar Maintenance - Museum Style

Radcliffe - Buses - their preservation and relevance to tramway museums (supplement document_

Rawlings - The formation of an Association of Tramway Museums of Australasia

Stamford - Museum Publications



Workshops

Engineering

Cars and Parts

Treasury

Publicity

Management

Governments

Removals

Membership

Special



Has a red dot, taped onto the spine of the front cover.

Inscriptions & markings

Inside front cover label "Graeme S. Breydon" and his address and on front cover in pencil, "G.Breydon".