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"A Melbourne Love Song"
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News paper clipping from The Age, March 1998 titled "A Melbourne Love Song", Saturday Essay written by Paul Bateman about the love affair with Melbourne trams, W class trams, ticket machines, how Melbourne people used them, conductors, passengers. Has a drawing by Spooner and mentions Roberto D' Andrea.
Rose Series postcard No. P 3541, titled "Elizabeth Street Melbourne", taken from The Argus Building tower on the corner of Elizabeth and La Trobe Sts looking south to Flinders St, Has 8 trams in the view and one horse drawn card in Lonsdale St near the corner.
Yields information Swanston St late 1930s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, w5 class, elizabeth st
Rose Series postcard No. P 3506 titled "Looking across Princes Bridge to the City, Melbourne", with W2 class 352, in bound to the City. In the background is St Pauls Cathedral, Princes Bridge Station, and
Yields information Princes Bridge and the city skyline,
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, w2 class, tram 352, princes bridge, st kilda road, st paul's cathedral
Rose Series postcard No. P 3350, titled "Town Hall Corner Melbourne", with a W2 southbound in Swanston St and westbound W2 class No. 543 (City Route 47) in Collins St with another W2 climbing the Collins St hill eastbound. All trams have a white stripe and part white bumper bars as part of the WW2 blackout meassures. The Melbourne Town Hall is in the background.
Yields information the Melbourne Town Hall, early 1940s
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, swanston st, collins st, w2 class, tram 543
Rose Series postcard No. P 3279, titled "Elizabeth Street Melbourne" with a W5 class car (City route 19), southbound in Elizabeth St, crossing Lonsdale St. The Flinders St station is in the far distance.
Yields information Swanston St late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, w5 class, elizabeth st
Map of Melbourne's tramway system prepared for a German audience - as at 28-5-1992. Shows the track layout, crossovers, depots, route numbers, railway/tramway level crossings, terminus details, road names and a CBD insert. Prepared by P Sohns of Germany - dated 10-9-1992.
Yields information Melbourne tramways and routes in 1992.
Map - A2 sheet folded to A4.
tramways, maps, melbourne, germany
Document titled "A descriptive history of MMTB buses 1923 - 1983" compiled by Ross Baird for the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria. Presented in a date and event history format for bus services and routes operated by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board from 1923 to 1983 when services were taken over by The Met.
Yields information about the MMTB Bus services.
Document - 16 A4 sheets, printed.
mmtb, buses, bscv
Hawthorn Tramways Trust
Agenda papers for Meetings of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust
Typed minutes in date order.
Provides the meeting agenda papers from 7/1914 to 6/1918, with agendas, reporting of accounts, contract purchases and payments. Arranged within "The Stanley" binder with the name of Mr A M Hislop, Acting Secretary on the cover.
tramways, new tramways, htt, minutes, agenda papers
tramways, new tramways, htt, minutes, agenda papers
Hawthorn Tramways Trust
Record of Meeting minutes
Typed minutes in date order with some loose items at the end of the file.
Provides meeting mintues from 4/1916 to 9/1918 with some business papers, accounts, payments and summary of correspondence where reported to the Trust.
tramways, new tramways, htt, minutes
tramways, new tramways, htt, minutes
Rose Series postcard No. P 3277 titled "Swanston Street, Melbourne" showing northbound W2 class tram No. 435 (route 4) with the destination set for the return trip to Carnegie. Has another four of five trams int he view. Photo looking south from Bourke St. On the left side of the photo is a sign for a taxi stand,
Yields information Swanston St late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, w2 class, swanston st, tram 435
Rose Series postcard No. P 3272 titled "Swanston Street, Melbourne" showing W2 class tram No. 325 northbound, (route 6A), and L class 101 southbound (route 4?) in Swanston St looking south from La Trobe St.
Yields information Swanston St late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, w2 class, tram 325, l class, tram 101, swanston st
Rose Series postcard No. P 3089 titled "Collins Street, looking west, Melbourne" looking west from Swanston St with W2 class trams 397 (City, route 47) and 569 (West Preston route 10) in the view. In the background are a further four trams. Alongside 569 is the Safety Zone for the eastbound tram stop. The photo shows a busy traffic and pedestrian scene.
Yields information Collins St late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, collins st, w2 class, tram 397, tram 569
Rose Series postcard No. P 3042, titled "St Kilda Road, Melbourne", with W2 class 577 (East Coburg Route 1) with a paper boy standing on the footstep. The tram has an auxillary board "via Brighton Road" on the rear. Outbound is another W2 - route 1. A policeman can be seen just in front of the tram.
Yields information about the main entrance of Flinders St station in the late 1930s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, st kilda road, w2 class, tram 577
Newspaper clipping from The Age titled "Tram limit warning on Yarra Bridge". about structural issues with the Victoria St Richmond bridge. Notes the bridge was 127 years old at the time. VicRoads placed a tram restriction of one tram on the bridge at any one time, pending repairs. Has a photo of C class tram 3028, crossing the bridge, with scaffolding on one side. Item by Clay Lucas, photo by Joe Armao.
Yields information about the Victoria St bridge, Kew and the need for repairs.
Newspaper cutting from The Age, 28/7/2011
tramways, bridges, victoria st, vicroads, repairs
Document titled "Kew Depot Operations Update" - dated Jan. 2012 giving staff an update on matters that affected drivers. Topics included the new access or super stop at MacArthur St, tram keys, 2012 Australian Open, Southbank depot upgrade, incorrect routes and DOC's. Signed George Etiennette, Depot Manager.
Demonstrates a Yarra Trams Kew Depot operations update or newsletter.
Document - A4 sheet, printed both sides on red paper.
tramways, kew depot, newsletter, macarthur st, drivers
Rose Series postcard No. P 2788, titled "Main Entrance Flinders Street railway station, Melbourne", during a winter's morning. Photo late 1940s.
Yields information about the main entrance of Flinders St station in the late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, flinders st station, flinders st, swanston st
Rose Series postcard No. P 2745, titled "Bourke, Melbourne". Photo taken from near Exhibition St looking west, with two double deck buses and one single deck bus in the view. The cable tram track remains in position Photo late 1940s.
Yields information about the eastern end of Bourke St in the late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, bourke st, buses
Rose Series postcard No. P 2692, titled "Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne", looking east along Flinders St. There is a tram in the far distance. A policeman is looking at the photographer. Photo late 1940s
Yields information about the western end of Flinders St station in the late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, flinders st station, flinders st
Rose Series postcard No. P 2618, titled "Collins Street looking east, Melbourne", with W2 class tram 543 about to arrive at its Collins and Spencer Sts destination. The return destination has been reset to Kew route 42. Another W2 is in the far distance. Photo late 1940s
Yields information about the west end of Collins St late 1940s.
Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.
tramways, trams, collins st, w2 class, tram 543
The photograph shows X2 class tram No. 677 with the destination of Point Ormond at that location. Dark exterior. This was the last car before line was closed to revenue service. Photo by Jim Seletto c1960.
Primary Significance criteria Historic, Artistic or aesthetic Comparative Significance criteria Strong provenance, Condition or completeness
Black & white photograph with photographer's notes on rear
In pencil on rear: 'Last car ex Point Ormond, 10.30pm Oct 22 60. Photo J Seletto JSE10'
trams, x1 677, point ormond
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