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Melbourne Tram Museum, ‘Photograph - Beaumaris Horse Tram Sandringham terminus, Rose Stereograph Co, c1900’. Victorian Collections. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/63eab6a1b9706505cece3fce
BEAUMARIS TRAMWAY. (1914, April 17). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 10. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7232355
Melbourne Tram Museum, ‘Photograph - Sandringham - Beaumaris horse trams, c1900’. Victorian Collections. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/680427f6e716c23079ee7432
SEASIDE TRAMWAYS. (1915, June 30). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 14. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154943890
Melbourne Tram Museum, ‘Photograph - VR tram 25, c1920s’. Victorian Collections. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6805a08b4b21e6e39369eb37
‘TRAM TERMINUS, BLACK ROCK’. 1919. State Library of Victoria. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9916774343607636
BEAUMARIS-BLACK ROCK TRAM (1932, November 18). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. , from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242985459
A COSTLY TRAMWAY. (1931, April 25). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 13., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205823407
BEAUMARIS RAILWAY. (1913, February 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 12., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10764135
TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR BEAUMARIS RATEPAYERS (1931, July 13). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved April 28, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242953413
‘COPY- VICTORIAN RAILWAY TRAM No.51 AT SANDRINGHAM STATION’. Victorian Railways. Public Records Office. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/AC49EE81-F7DD-11E9-AE98-978F642F0DEA/about#
BLACK ROCK TRAMWAY. (1931, May 1). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 8. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4405172
Pratt, Charles Daniel, ‘The Point, Beaumaris, Victoria’. 1927. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/450855
Beaumaris Railway (1911, March 4). Brighton Southern Cross (Vic. : 1896 - 1918), p. 3., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164406740
The Foreshore Railway. (1912, September 21). Brighton Southern Cross (Vic. : 1896 - 1918), p. 3., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164409092
‘Donald Melville’. Parliament of Victoria. https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/donald-melville/
Black Rock’s Future Assured (1919, March 13). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 5., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243485858
‘Large horse tram at Beaumaris.; 190-; P5443’. Sandringham Historical Society. https://ehive.com/collections/9138/objects/1060994/large-horse-tram-at-beaumaris
‘pre 1956 Tram-Black Rock’. Bayside Library Service. Picture Victoria. https://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/bayside/BlackRock/14094.html
‘Official opening of Sandringham-Black Rock Electric Street Railway’, Sandringham and District Historical Society Inc. 10 March 1919. https://ehive.com/collections/9138/objects/1061544/official-opening-of-sandringham-black-rock-electric-street-railway
Wal, Jack, ‘Negative - VR 51 at the Sandringham Railway Station, Wal Jack, 16/3/1953’. 16 March 1953. Melbourne Tram Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/65c1d93d1c532628e873528d
All aboard for that last trip (1956, November 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71763787
No surrender’ in tram fight (1955, November 9). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71779005
State Development Committee, ‘Transport Requirements in the Sandringham-Black Rock-Mentone Area. State Development Committee. 1951. Parliament of Victoria. https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:27356/one
1954 Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. VicPlan. https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/
1959 Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. VicPlan. https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/
‘No Need for Beaumaris Line: Railways’. 16 June 1960. The Age. Page 5. https://login.ezproxy.slv.vic.gov.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/hnpaustraliancollection/historical-newspapers/june-16-1960-page-5-36/docview/2520480242/sem-2
‘Petition for Beaumaris Rail Line’. 15 February 1961. The Age. Page 7. https://login.ezproxy.slv.vic.gov.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/hnpaustraliancollection/historical-newspapers/february-15-1961-page-7-44/docview/2520635861/sem-2
‘Three Railway Lines Deleted from Master Plan’. 24 February 1962. The Age. Page 1. https://login.ezproxy.slv.vic.gov.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/hnpaustraliancollection/historical-newspapers/february-24-1962-page-1-64/docview/2520608117/sem-2
‘Victorian Transport Study: final report’. 26 September 1980. Parliament of Victoria. https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:22449/one
‘Report from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Black Rock, Beaumaris and Mentone Connecting Railway’. 19 December 1910. Parliament of Victoria. https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:32433/one
‘Report from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Black Rock and Beaumaris Districts Connecting Railway’. 11 December 1913. Parliament of Victoria.