Historical information

ticket

Significance

Demonstrates a variety of daily tickets and secialised tickets used by the Provincial Tramways in Victoria, and the Metropolitan Tramways Board.

Physical description

A collection of tramways tickets known as 'flimsies', produced by the Electricity Supply Department for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. The tickets are for use on the provincial tramways of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. The daily tickets, printed on beige, pink or cream colored paper, have a value between 1 1/2 pence and 4 pence. The tickets are all individually numbered, and show the value by displaying a large, colored number on the face of the ticket. The special purpose tickets are "Staff ticket", Hospital Travel Voucher", and Metropolitan Tramways Board tickets.

Inscriptions & markings

Some of the tickets are stamped with the date of issue.