Sources for History of Trams in Geelong
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GEELONG, SECOND CITY OF VICTORIA (1938, October 7). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 22., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205195366
Gill, S. T., ‘Geelong’. 1855. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/303571
Ham, Thomas, ‘Golden Point, Ballarat’. 1852. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/109547
THE ELECTRIC TRAM SUBJECT. (1890, September 27). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 2., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150705619
Scott, Robert Vere, ‘Moorabool and Malop Streets, Geelong’. 1905. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4178223
‘GEELONG. RYRIE STREET (LOOKING EAST). ‘ ca. 1907. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/301127
Barnard, James Fox, ‘ Melb [i.e. Melbourne] Tram, cable tram, Market Street, Melbourne ‘. ca. 1900. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/43226
ELECTRICITY FOR GEELONG WEST. (1912, July 27). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 2., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148713970 .
ELECTRICITY AT GEELONG. (1901, May 4). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 16. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10549155
ELECTRIC TRAMS. (1903, September 11). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 1., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148999237
’ Pall Mall, Bendigo.’. ca. 1906. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/382835
THE FIRST TRAM MOONEE PONDS. ca. 1910. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/289374
Fox, Arthur, ‘Boarding the Saltwater River tram]’. ca. 1906 - ca. 1914. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/78637
ELECTRIC TRAMS. (1906, November 14). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 2., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149194564
TRAMWAY CONSTRUCTION. (1907, June 15). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 8., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147631860
TRAMS FOR GEELONG. (1908, December 2). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 2., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150616298
Langford, Weston, ‘117321: Riversdale Road at Railway Crossing Up AETA Special V 214 and Down Suburban Comeng 620 M leading’. 20 August 1990. https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/117321/
GEELONG. (1910, November 5). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 17. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179913906
MAP OF GEELONG SHOWING PROPOSED TRAMWAY ROUTES (1907, June 15). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 8. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147631895
Tramway opening, Moorabool Street, [Geelong], looking North, 1912. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/290066
J. Lockwood Studios, ‘ Moorabool St. showing Old Wool stone in the store in the distance, taken 1916’. 1916. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/87953
‘Photograph - Geelong Tram Depot’. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/66df98d43856570991825deb
‘Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1912’, Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e6097922f9
’ Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, John Webster, early 1950’s ‘. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e609792231
‘Drawing, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), “Tramways Map of Geelong”, 1930s’. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6840ec77930d8a5899ed86bc
GEELONG. (1911, July 7). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 8. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196212060
Valentines Publishing Co, ‘Postcard, Moorabool St, Geelong with Birney No. 14’. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e6097928a3
State Electricity Commission of Victoria, ‘Book, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), “Electric Tramways of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Amendment to By-Law January 1962”, Jan. 1963’. January 1963. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e609791dc8
Rose Stereograph Co, ‘MITCHELL STREET, BENDIGO, VIC.’. c.1920. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/66759
‘Photograph - Burnie Tram’, 1970. Bendigo Historical Society. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/654c2d8f3413d34274b01cd0
‘Photograph - Geelong tram 26 - Moorabool St, late 1930s’. c.1930. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/682e7c056d29e322dd9c48ae
State Electricity Commission of Victoria, ‘reconstruction of tramway sites - McCrae Street, Bendigo.’ 11 October 1934. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4177985
‘Negative - SECV Geelong tram 22 at Belmont, 1950s’. c.1950. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/683d6986460ecdfee71e3f68
“SEC Says it will abandon the trams”. 3 February 1962. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e609792cab
Trams or buses in Geelong’s streets? (1953, September 29). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 13. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249259059
GEELONG TRAM SCHEME. (1909, July 27). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 3., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150850796
’ Negative - Geelong tram at Balliang St loop in Moorabool St, Laurie Gallop, early 1956’. 1956. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/672955b28b51157ec11a58b9
Case against Geelong trams (1953, September 24). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. , from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249244343
State Electricity Commission of Victoria, ‘State Electricity Commission of Victoria reconstruction of tramway sites - Sturt Street, Ballarat.’ November 1934. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4171046
Scrap Geelong trams, says board: Use buses (1954, November 3). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 13. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article279865840
‘Photograph - Geelong tram 36 Moorabool St, c1948’. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/66213ae23349a977ca06e77c
Geelong likes bikes: tram loss mounts (1953, October 2). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 9. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article279572439
Geelong wants its trams (1955, August 17). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71674287
‘Photograph - Geelong 23 - last day, 25-3-1956’. 25 March 1956. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6722c539340419dac9e04461
‘Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 23/03/1956 12:00:00 AM’. 25 March 1956. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e609792305.
‘Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 26/03/1956 12:00:00 AM’. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e609792300
‘Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 25/03/1956 12:00:00 AM’. 25 March 1956. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e6097922f5
Craig, Charles, ‘Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950’s’. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e609792bd5
Begg, Peter, ‘Bring back trams to Geelong CBD, says Tony Ansett’. Geelong Advertiser. 12 July 2014. https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/bring-back-trams-to-geelong-cbd-says-tony-ansett/news-story/471c7fd3c1cdb0575ca8ba174e37e9d6
‘Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, 8/01/1956 12:00:00 AM’. Ballarat Tramway Museum. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6493f269441d47e6097922f6