Historical information

Collection of newspaper clippings pasted into the scrapbook by the donor. Covers the period 1979 to 1990 when the Melbourne tram system underwent large changes. All from The Herald Sun or The Sun, unless noted otherwise. Contains the following cuttings:
1 - New tram link proves popular - Progress Print 12/12/1979
2 - Extension for tram? Standard 28/11/1979
3 - Ban trams from mall call - Herald - 14/12/1979
4 - Its war on tram yobbos - Sun 25/4/1980
5 - A bus drivers' dream sale
6 - Art lovers in transport of delight - The Bulletin 3/4/1979
7 - Your turn: Our Red cars are gone and all but forgotten - Los Angeles Herald Examiner 21/6/1978
8 - Push for tram line - Eastern Standard - 3/12/1980
9 - Photo of the opening of Bundoora line - 19/5/1983
10 - From cable cars to electric trams - Reg Baird - City Extra 13/11/1985
11 - Louie fears he'll soon be history - Sun 12/11/1985
12 - The first tram rolls unofficially of course - Box Hill Gazette - 18/7/1978
13 - Then and now - Board looks back to 1916 - Box Hill Gazette - 18/7/1978
14 - Blockade - trams buses choke city - 20/7/1987
15 - What a clangers - Tranquil city of trammies, and a City of the Rails - 21/7/1984
16 - Trammies on the buses - 24/7/1984
17 - A tram voted a winner - Progress Press 17/10/1984
18 - A class trams - Eastern Standard 23/10/1984
19 - Danton Carson - ex cable trammie - 12/11/1985
20 - Tram line upgrade - 10/9/1985
21 - Launch of B1 2001 - 16/11/1984
22 - Home built from trams - Progress Press - 9/11/1983
23 - A shortcut on the Brunswick line - Malcolm tram on Miller St bridge - 22/8/1985
24 - Stone and brick and cable tram - The Age 2/11/1985
25 - Danton Carson article by Lahey at Large - The Age 9/11/1985
26 - Why not a City tram loop? - 21/11/1986
27 - tram route ruling angers commuters - (route 82) - 4/1/1986
28 - History back on the tracks - photo o W1 612 - 3/8/1987
29 - The last number 77 - The Age 8/1/1986
30 - Art on wheels (tram 336) - Progress Press 10/12/1986
31 - Ban on Trams - Kew Depot - Progress Press 10/12/1986
32 - The Ghosts of Brisbane Past - Brisbane Courier Mail - 9/10/1987
33 - Trammies had to be tough in the days of cable cars - The Herald - 11/11/1985
34 - Catch a vintage tram at Bylands - 11/11/1985
35 - Aboard the trams home - 26/8/1987
36 - The end of the line for a private tram fleet - 28/3/1989
37 - Jim's tram plan clangs to a halt
38 - Red nose trams in a class of their own
39 - PTC Statewide Open Day - 17/10/1991
40 - Trams a vital part of city's transport - 18/5/1988
41 - Fun tram just the ticket -15/3/1988
42 - Desire is a streetcar for Jim, a collector obsessed 0 8/3/1988
43 - Tram crash 31 hurt - 7/2/1989
44 - Tramway exhibition to roll - Progrss Report - 18/10/1989
45 - Business on the right line - Restaurant tram - 30/10/1989
46 - Experience the 'real' tram museum on a shaky ride - 17/6/1989
47 - The start of electric trams - progress press 18/10/1989
48 - Trams Back - fights erupt as trammies vote - 2/2/1990
49 - Tram row legacy to linger on - 2/2/1990
50 - Trams back, but travelers aren't - Progress Press - 14/2/1990
51 - advert by The Met - Trams operating today - 8/2/1990
52 - Trams roll - rebe;'s rage still a threat - Z33 3/2/1990
53 - An early tram catches a few passengers - Month before all trams back - 5/2/1990

Significance

Yields information about the Melbourne tram network in the 1990s

Physical description

Scrap book - Olympic - 32 plain sheets + printed card covers, centre stapled.