Significance

Provides information about the company and its history that built many of the tram bodies within the BTM collection and photographs

Physical description

Box - 268 pages within blue colour soft covers titled "Duncan & Fraser Ltd. 'Legacies Left Untold' ", written and published by David Chantrell of Adelaide, 2008. Details the story of the coach building firm of Duncan and Fraser of Adelaide who built horse drawn vehicles, horse trams, electric tramcar bodies, motor cars and other vehicles. Tells the story of the company from its founding days, the family and people involved, the conversion to motor car manufacturing and its demise when the Ford Motor car company commenced manufacturing in Geelong.



Details known D&F tramcars, provides some lists of existing bodies.



Has a copy of the letter that accompanied the book by the author