Physical description

SURREY HILLS RAILWAY
1. Notes from Boroondara Standard: 6.10.1883, 1.9.1883 and 12.4.1883 in Vol. 7 No. 323; 2.8.1883 Vol. 7 No. 314; and 30.8.1883, No. Vol. 7 No. 318. (1 page).
2. Gatekeepers 1896 to 1919. (1 page).
3. Surrey Hills railway station notes 1910-1971 (1 page).
4. Some notes about the history of Surrey Hills railway station 1879-1886 (1 page).
5. Surrey Hills railway station and trains: notes from various people from 1883 (4 pages).
6. Empire days at Surrey Hills 1905 – 1908 (2 pages).
7. Early railway history – Outer Circle Line Recalled: ‘’Çanterbury Courier’’ 25.5.1949. (1 page).
8. Railway and subdivision: various notes (1 page).
9. Surrey Hills Tower: various notes (1 page).
10. Surrey Hills railway station: history 1879-1971 (1 page).
11. Railway at Surrey Hills: notes from Archie McCallum 27.8.1990 (1 page).
12. Steam trains: notes from Mrs. McCullough (1 page) (undated).
13. Surrey Hills railway station: notes on stationmaster’s house 1915-1970, Treloars and woodyard (1 page).
14. Surrey Hills station masters 1883-1990 (1 page).
15. Request for booking office ?.?. 1884 (1 page).
16. Request for booking office 3.12.1884 (1 page).
17. Officers in charge of railway stations 1886. (2 pages).
18. Part of contract for construction of railway to Lilydale, 1884 (1 page).
19. Railway timetables 1883 (9 pages).
20. Railway construction 1882 ‘’noise on Sunday’’ (1 page).
21. Map of railway line 1881 (1 x A3 page).
22. Railway line through Surrey Hills and Mont Albert showing landowners about1880 (1 A3 page).
23. Surrey Hills railway station. S.H.N.N. No. 2, Feb. 1983 (1 page).
24. ‘’Station plaque unveiling’’, S.H.N.N. No. 6, Oct./Nov. 1983 (1 page).
25. 2 newspaper cuttings: ‘’Çongratulations’’, Free Press, 23.2.1983; and
‘’Rail service is 100 years old’’ (undated).
26. ‘’Rail is 100 years old’’ (2 small newspaper articles with same photo). Progress Press, 13.10.1983.
27. ‘’Happy birthday 100’’; and advertisement for Steam Train Rides. SHNN No. 7, Nov. 1983.
28. ‘’Poor quality graffiti’’. SHNN No. 18, Oct./Nov. 1983.
29. “First prize for Surrey Hills”. SHNN No. 26, (Feb./Mar. 1987.
30. ‘’Jack Rutter does it again!’’ SHNN No. 33, Apr./May 1988.
31. ‘’Jack Rutter does it again, again!’’ SHNN No. 37, Nov./Dec. 1988-Jan.1989.
32. ‘’Station Master John Rutter – a well-‘’MET’’ green-thumb’’. Gardening news, October, 1990.
33. ‘’Following a train of historic thought’’. Progress Press, 14.11.1990.
34. ‘’Thanks, Jack!’’ SHNN No. 51, Apr./May 1991.
35. ‘’Free tea and cake!’’ SHNN No. 52, June/July 1991.
36. ‘’Cracks Update: Thanks, but…’’ SHNN 75, Apr. May 1995.
37. Letter to editor from Robert Clark, state member for Box Hill. SHNN No. 76, June/July 1995.
38. Photo from SHNN No. 77, Aug./Sept. 1995.
39. Letter to the editor of SHNN No. 77, Aug./Sept. 1995.
40. ‘’The master gardener’’. Obituary of J.E. Rutter. Herald Sun, 22.3.1996.
41. ‘’Dehumanising Surrey Hills’’. SHNN No. 81, Apr./May 1996.
42. ‘’Historic railway shop demolished’’. SHNN No. 92, Feb/ March 1998.
43. ‘’Machines replace people – well nearly!” SHNN No. 92, Feb./Mar. 1998.
44. ‘’A scream for sanity on our trains’’, by Sally Dugan. ‘’The Age’’, 1.7.1999.
45. ‘’Surrey Hills to be Premier station’’. SHNN No. 103, Dec. 1999-Jan. 2000.
46. ‘’’No action yet by Hillside trains’’. SHNN No. 106, June/July 2000.
47. ‘’Good news from Hillside (now connex). SHNN No. 107, Aug./Sept. 2000.
48. ‘’Surrey Hills – Premium Station update’’. SHNN No. 110, Feb. Mar. 2001.
49. ‘’Letter to the Editor’’, M. Robins. SHNN No. 111, Apr. May. 2001.
50. ‘’Stop press’’. SHNN No. 113, Aug./Sept. 2001.
51. ‘’Council and Connex cooperate’’. SHNN NO. 124, June/July 2003.
52. ‘’New visions for Surrey Hills Station’’. SHNN No. 138, Oct./Nov. 2005.
53. Student ideas for Surrey Hills station (2 sketches). Undated.
54. ‘’Reinventing the suburbs’’. SHNN No. 139. Dec. 2005-Jan. 2006.
55. ‘’Coffee on the run to the train?’’ SHNN No. 184, June/July 2013.
56. ‘’Surrey Hills gets its own jail!’’ SHNN No. 188, Feb./Mar. 2014.
57. ‘’Can Surrey Hills become part of a low-carbon city?’’ SHNN No. 194, Feb./March 2015.
58. ‘’Two killed as express train crushes car’’. ‘The Age’, 15.9.2016.
59. ‘’Two die at crossing’’. Herald Sun 15.9.2016.
60. ‘’Slow train speeds plea’’. Herald Sun 16.9.2016.
61. “Rail’s 100th fun run”, no source, 11.10.1983, includes photo with Jack Rutter, his wife Coral and Bill Chandler (1 page).
62. “Surrey Hills special”, Eastern Standard, 29.11.1983, includes photos of the station and one of train driver Mr. M. Plasztan (2 pages).
63. Photo of Surrey Hills railway station 1915, courtesy Mrs. Nora Gibbons (reproduction), 1 page).
64. “Railway crossing accident”, by Bill Chandler, SHNN No. 204, October/November, 2016 (1 page).
65. “Quick thinking saves baby girl from injury”, by John Dubois, source unknown, 1995 (1 page).
66. Guide to Victorian railway records, Public Record Office, undated (1 A3 sheet, printed 4 sides).
67. Surrey Hills, Boroondara Review Local, 25.7.2012 (1 page).
68. “Push to remove crossing” article by Paul Shapiro. Progress Leader 15.5.2018
69. “Labor makes crossing vow” article by Anthony Piovesan. Progress Leader 30.10.2018
70. “Surrey Hills Station Update” no author listed. SHNN No. 173. Aug/Sept 2011
71. “History of Mont Albert and Surrey Hills Stations” by Sue Barnett. SHNN No. 234 Oct/Nov 2021
72. “Shooting of Surrey Hills Station Master” by Mr John Richards 1920. (one page)