Significance

Has a strong association with the Ballarat tramway system as being identified as being used on the system and for which trip on a specific date and demonstrates the ticket style at the time of decimal conversion in Australia.

Physical description

Set of 10 decimal conversion tickets used on the Ballarat tramway system Oct. 1965 and a handwritten note regarding them.



3d - Concession - orange - A773884

4c/4d - red A048643

4c/4d orange - City Section - A033817

6c/7d purple - City Section - A47000

6c/7d teal - -A048637

8c/10d green - A047016 and 017

10c/ 1/- black - A048619

12c/ 1/2 - brown - A054058 and 063



Handwritten note records that the 8c (10d) tickets were used on 2 Oct. 1965 on tram 39, the rest of the tickets were found on No. 39.