Newspaper, The Sun, The Herald, "The Junction today and Yesterday", "The Street that died" "Fare Rises attacked, Dec. 1968

Physical description

Newspaper Clipping - set of four clippings adhered to two sides of two sheets of ruled quarto paper with punched holes on the left hand side - from newspaper about the St Kilda Junction tram and road works.



1 - "The Junction today and Yesterday", with photos of the St Kilda junction on 11/12/1968 and 1920, following the opening of Queens Way (road under the tram tracks_ by The Governor Sir Rohan Delacombe - from the Herald 11/12/1968.



2 - Keith Dunstan's a Place in The Sun about his visit to Brisbane and the closure of the Brisbane Tramway System - The Sun 11/12/1968



3 - "The Street that died" - the Sun 19/12/1968 - about the about the closure and removal of the tram tracks in Wellington St and its effect on the businesses. Has a photo of Frances Robinson of the St Kilda Post Office walking across demolished track tracks and wooden blocks.



4 - Trams - 20/12/1968 - about trams shunting at Malvern Depot



5 - two newspaper cuttings - "Fare Rises Attacked" - Monday 20-12-1968 - about proposed Fare Rises - quotes the Minister Mr Wilcox.

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