Victorian Collections logo
Ballarat Tramway Museum
From the collection of Ballarat Tramway Museum
9743 Items featured online

Slide - Australia Day Extravaganza 1979 - part 1 of 3 - set of 10, Warren Doubleday, 28/1/1979

  • Two vintage trams, one labeled "ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS ROYAL PARK" and the other "290", and a grip cable tram are on a street in front of a light-colored building with large windows.

    Offloading TMSV cable Cars at William St. with the Tattersalls building in the background.

  • An articulated bus with orange and white livery travels on a street with tram tracks in front of a dense line of green trees under a clear blue sky.

    MAN articulated bus

  • A vintage M&M.T.B. bus with the number 301, painted in brown and tan, parked on a street in front of a light-colored building with the word "ROYALE" visible.

    MMTB 301 in Nicholson St with the Exhibition Buildings in the background.

  • Vintage green and silver bus with "WEST MELBOURNE" displayed above the windshield, parked on a city street with a building in the background. MMTB bus 370 in Nicholson St with part of the Exhibition buildings.

    MMTB 370 in Nicholson St

  • A vintage wooden tram car, labeled "M & MTB," with a man in a suit sitting at the controls, moves along tram tracks in an urban setting with overhead power lines and industrial buildings.

    V214 leaving Preston Workshops

  • A vintage brown and tan tram numbered 676 sits on tracks with overhead power lines and poles against a bright blue sky.

    X2 676 leaving Preston Workshops

  • A vintage red and white Bendigo Tramways tram numbered 17, with open-air seating and two people visible in the driver's cabin.

    Bendigo 17 leaving the workshops

  • A historic green and cream tram with the number 14 displayed on its side, advertising "Sovereign Hill Goldmining Township".

    Ballarat 14 leaves Preston Workshops

  • A steep, busy street lined with buildings and trees, with multiple trams and cars traveling up and down the incline under a clear blue sky.

    the four trams in La Trobe St

  • Three vintage trams travel down a steep, tree-lined city street with cars parked along the sides under a bright blue sky.

    214, 676 and 17 in La Trobe St

  • Two vintage trams, one labeled "ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS ROYAL PARK" and the other "290", and a grip cable tram are on a street in front of a light-colored building with large windows.
  • An articulated bus with orange and white livery travels on a street with tram tracks in front of a dense line of green trees under a clear blue sky.
  • A vintage M&M.T.B. bus with the number 301, painted in brown and tan, parked on a street in front of a light-colored building with the word "ROYALE" visible.
  • Vintage green and silver bus with "WEST MELBOURNE" displayed above the windshield, parked on a city street with a building in the background. MMTB bus 370 in Nicholson St with part of the Exhibition buildings.
  • A vintage wooden tram car, labeled "M & MTB," with a man in a suit sitting at the controls, moves along tram tracks in an urban setting with overhead power lines and industrial buildings.
  • A vintage brown and tan tram numbered 676 sits on tracks with overhead power lines and poles against a bright blue sky.
  • A vintage red and white Bendigo Tramways tram numbered 17, with open-air seating and two people visible in the driver's cabin.
  • A historic green and cream tram with the number 14 displayed on its side, advertising "Sovereign Hill Goldmining Township".
  • A steep, busy street lined with buildings and trees, with multiple trams and cars traveling up and down the incline under a clear blue sky.
  • Three vintage trams travel down a steep, tree-lined city street with cars parked along the sides under a bright blue sky.

Historical information

Set of 10 photographs of Aust. day, Transport Extravaganza:
1 - Offloading TMSV cable Cars at William St. with the Tattersalls building in the background.
2 - MAN articulated bus
3 - Keith Kings bus MMTB 301 in Nicholson St - has the Royal Ballroom in the background.
4 - Half cab MMTB 370 in Nicholson St
5 - V214 leaving Preston Workshops
6 - X2 676 ditto
7 - Bendigo 17 ditto
8 - BTPS Ballarat 14 - ditto
9 - the four trams in La Trobe St
10 - 214, 676 and 17 in La Trobe St

Significance

Yields information about the operation of trams in La Trobe St and other heritage vehicles during the 1979 Australia Transport Extravaganza or Cavalcade.

Physical description

Kodak colour slides in cardboard mount - set of 10

Inscriptions & markings

Have photographer's reference number written on the slide.

Subjects

TOP
Back to top