Historical information

Roy J Mitchell was born in Williamstown in 1935 and grew up in Ballarat. He was the son of Horace Mitchell, a railway man, and Catherine Donovan whose father James Donovan was himself a railway man. Roy worked for the Victorian Railways also, until this era finished and worked into the MET era.

Roy never lived in Bendigo but visited often, many times taking his daughter Rebekah with him, drawn in by the historical trams. His passions in life were his family, dogs, trains and trams and photography. His cousin Frank O'Meara, said "Roy always had his camera with him. He Took it everywhere". Roy's ancestors came from Maldon, Mt Edgerton, Trentham, Ballarat, Creswick, Berringa and Geelong.

Physical description

Coloured slides of Bendigo Trams and Trains taken by Roy J Mitchell.

This item contains the following 11 slides:

8670a Engine R766 races out of Melbourne towards Bendigo

8670b R766 as a tourist attraction in the Victorian Railway's Institute Gardens near the Bendigo Station

8670c Trams from Quarry Hill and Eaglehawk meeting at Charing Cross Bendigo

8670d R766 heads out of Melbourne towards Bendigo

8670e Eaglehawk Road Bendigo

8670f The Tram Terminus North Bendigo

8670g Bendigo Coach at the Beechworth Museum

8670h The North Bendigo and Golden Square trams meeting at the Charing Cross Bendigo, tram to Quarry Hill in the background

8670i Tourist attraction R766 in the Victorian Railway's Institute Gradens near the Bendigo Station

8670j The North Bendigo and Golden Square trams meeting at the Charing Cross Bendigo

8670k The tram changing direction at the terminus opposite the Eaglehawk Town Hall, post office on the left and mechanics Intitute right.