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Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952.
Detailed contents list available.
Contains drawings and photographs pasted on leaves, with captions in Strutt's handwriting below many of the items.
Predominantly botanical and animal studies.

f.1  Title page: A Collection of Drawings in / Watercolour, Ink & Pencil / By William Strutt. R.B.C.  F.Z.S. / Illustrative of the life, Character & / Scenery of Melbourne / 1850-1862 / Fourth Series
f.2a  White Oleander - July 29th / 1878 ....
f.2b  Eucaliptus
f.2c  Sketch of Gum foliage
f.3a  Red Gum foliage - Melbourne -
f.3b  Oleander.
f.4a  The Nardoo Plant / Sketched in Conservatory of Botanical Garden / Melbourne. December 1861
f.4b  Ferns Melbourne. Australia
f.5a  Correa Speciosa / Australia Fuchia. Melbourne 1961
f.5b  Australian Wattle Tree
f.5c  Wild flower / ferns on bank [Annotated sketches]
f.6  .... Peppermint Tree
f.7a  [Studies of leaves] Christ at Lazarus Tomb - For picture cf.
f.7b  Red Gum Foliage / Melbourne
f.8  Peppermint Gum Tree / Near Melbourne / Australian
f.9a  Peppermint Trees - / showing the shaggy, loose bark
f.9b  Nerium Oleander / Kew August 3rd 1880
f.9c  Australian Cherry tree foliage
f.10a  .... Peppermint or Gum Tree / near Melbourne / Australia
f.10b  .... Peppermint Tree / .....
f.10c  The lovely / Areca Sapida / New Zealand / Nikau Kew  [Annotated]
f.11  ... The Werribee River. Near Melbourne
f.12  Study of Peppermint Tree. Sketched at Prahran / From our Cottage. Near Melbourne / Australia
f.13a  [Study of gum leaves]
f.13b  Nerium Oleander ....
f.14a  [Studies of cattle]
f.14b  [Studies of cattle]
f.14c  [Bullock, head lowered]
f.15a  [Studies of cattle]
f.15b  [Studies of cattle]
f.15c  [Studies of cattle]
f.15d  Horse Skull - / Sketches in Mr. Hall's paddock - Williams Town. Melbourne / Victoria
f.16a  [Studies of cattle]
f.16b  [Studies of cattle]
f.16c  [Studies of cattle]
f.17a  [Studies of cattle]
f.17b  [Studies of cattle]
f.17c  [Studies of cattle]
f.17d  [Studies of cattle]
f.17e  [Studies of cattle. Captioned ' Studies for picture of Black Thursday']
f.18a  [Bullock] from nature
f.18b  [Skull of bullock]
f.18c  [Head of bullock]
f.18d  Horses Skull back view
f.18e  The same showing inferior maxillaries - / [Captain to both d) and e) sketched in a  paddock near William's Town - Melbourne
f.19a  [Studies of cattle] Spanish -
f.19b  [Studies of the heads of cattle] Presumbaly for 'Black Thursday']
f.20a  Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
f.20b  Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
f.20c  Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
f.20d  Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
f.21a  [Studies of cattle]
f.21b  [Studies of cattle. Captioned 'A sick cow - cattle Market]
f.21c  [Studies of cattle]
f.22a  Effect of Clouds sketched at Sea / from deck of Great Britain S.S. 1862
f.22b  Effect of Clouds sketched at Sea / from deck of Great Britain S.S. 1862
f.22c  Wandering Albatross [with sailing ship]
f.23a  [Acknowledgment from the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library to William Strutt for his presentation of 12 Pamphlets & Letters to the Church of Rome by Noel and 2 Pamphlets Classiques francais. Dated '25th January 1862' and with engraved letterhead showing the Melbourne Public Library]
f.23b  The late / Dr Becker's design for Seal - .
f.23c  A Maori Carved Club / .... found in 1855, by the artist, Mr. William Strutt ......



A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1862. Fourth series / drawn by William Strutt

Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952.
Detailed contents list available.
Contains drawings pasted on leaves, with captions in Strutt's handwriting below many of the items.
Predominantly studies of horses.

f.1 Title page : A Collection of Drawings / In watercolour Ink & Pencil / By William Strutt. R.B.C. F.Z.S. / Illustrative of the Life Character & / Scenery of Melbourne / 1850-1878 / Second Series

f.2a ... Postilions with wigs and pig tails. / From Victor Adam [study of postilions, annotated]
Pencil and wash, 9.9 cm × 10.7 cm (3 7/8" × 4 1/4")

f.2b Sketch of interior of Australia from a clever painting by / Mr. Panton, an ex-squatter & amateur artist, Melbourne 1851 / Mr. Panton's description is most valuable [annotated sketch]
Ink and wash, 9.1 cm × 20.4 cm (3 1/2" × 8")

f.2c Mr. Theophilus Ham on an Australian grey
Pencil and wash, 23.2 cm × 17.2 cm (9 1/8" × 6 3/7")
Signed and dated lower right 'WStrutt. 1851'

f.3a Australian, Victorian, mounted police
Pencil on thin paper, 16.5 cm × 20 cm (5 1/4" × 1 7/8")

f.3b Full dress
Pencil and wash, 14.2 cm × 22.8 cm (5 5/9" × 9")

f.4 Melbourne police / 1861 / Tolerably correct
Pencil and wash, 18.1 × 26.6 cm (7 1/8" × 10 1/4")

f.5a [Horse and rider]
Pencil on thin paper, 11.7 cm × 7.9 cm (4 5/8" × 3 1/8")

f.5b Mob of Horses - Australia
Pencil, 6 cm × 11 cm (2 3/8" × 4 3/8")

f.5c [Horse and rider]
Pencil and ink, 11.3 cm × 7.4 cm (4 1/2" × 2 7/8")

f.5d [Horse and rider]
Pencil, 4.5 cm × 3.9 cm (1 3/4" × 1 1/2")

f.5e Trooper - / pulling up suddenly - from nature / Melbourne
Pencil, 10.8 cm × 12 cm (4 1/2" × 4 3/4")

f.5f [Runner]
Pencil, 3.6 cm × 6 cm (1 3/8" × 2 3/8")

f.5g [Study of a hand gripping a stick]
Pencil, 13.5 cm × 10.2 cm (5 3/8" × 4")

f.6a Genl. Sir E. Macarthur / Capt White & Capt Boyd were escorting [the] General
Pencil and wash, 4.4 cm × 9.7 cm (1 3/8" × 3 7/8")

f.6b [Allegorical subject : three figures]
Pencil, circular, 6.2 cm (2 3/8") diameter

f.6c Military - Troopers Bridle
Pencil and wash, 15.6 cm × 16.6 cm (6 1/8" × 6 1/2")

f.6d Trooper leading Horse
Pencil, 6.4 cm × 6.5 cm (2 1/2" × 2 1/2")

f.6e Sir Edward Macarthur & Staff / Melbourne / The General is riding his favourite horse I painted, for his equestrian portrait
Pencil and wash, 7.9 cm × 15.8 cm (3 1/8" × 6 1/4")

f.7 [White horse, probably Sir Edward Macarthur's 'Welcome' of f. 9]
Oil on canvas, 24.1 cm × 30.5 cm (9 1/2" × 12")

f.8 [Grey horse]
Oil on canvas, 20.7 cm × 27.6 cm (8 1/4" × 10 7/8")

f.9 "Welcome" / Major General Sir Edward Macarthur's favourite charger / Melbourne 1860
Pencil, 25.8 cm × 27.6 cm (9 7/8" × 10 7/8")

f.10a [Horse, annotated]
Pencil, 4.6 cm × 6.2 cm (1 3/4" × 2 1/2")

f.10b [Horse]
Pencil and wash, 5.7 cm × 7.4 cm (2 1/4" × 2 7/8")

f.10c [Horse and rider]
Pencil, 4.2 cm × 4.1 cm (1 5/8" × 1 5/8")

f.10d [Horse's head]
Pencil, 3.3 cm × 3.5 cm (1 3/8" × 1 3/8")

f.10e Australian horse, Melbourne
Pencil, 16.2 cm × 17.3 cm (6 3/8" × 6 7/8")
Signed lower left 'William Strutt'

f.10f [Horse]
Pencil and ink, 3.8 cm × 4.7 cm (1 1/2" × 1 7/8")

f.10g [Horse, annotated]
Pencil, 8 cm × 7.7 cm (3 1/8" × 3")

f.10h [Horse, annotated]
Pencil, 5.3 cm × 8.7 cm (2 1/8" × 3 1/2")

f.11a [Heads of horses]
Pencil and wash, 14.6 cm × 24.1 cm (5 3/4" × 9 1/2")

f.11b [Head and chest of horse]
Pencil, 13.9 cm × 10.6 cm (5 1/2" × 4 1/8")

f.11c White Horse [annotated]
Pencil, 13.9 cm × 11.1 cm (5 1/2" × 4 3/8")

f.12 Light riding horse Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 19.1 cm × 23.2 cm (7 1/2" × 9 1/8")

f.13a Bullock Dray - Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 6.6 cm × 11.2 cm (2 5/8" × 4 3/8")

f.13b Bullock Dray - Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 8.6 cm × 11.1 cm (3 3/8" × 4 3/8")

f.13c Wood Dray - Melbourne
Pencil and wash on blue paper, 3.8 cm × 8.8 cm (1 1/2" × 3 1/2")

f.13d Australian Bullock dray [annotated]
Pencil and wash, 5.1 cm × 8.6 cm. (2" × 3 3/8")

f.13e Cattle on banks of Yarra - Melbourne [annotated]
Pencil and white on yellow paper, 9.5 cm × 16.9 cm (3 3/4" × 6 5/8")

f.13f Bullock team / Young horses with long tails / Driver - Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 9.2 cm × 14.5 cm (3 3/4" × 5 3/4")

f.14a Bullock Drays - Melbourne 1851 / From my window
Pencil and wash, 6.7 cm × 10.5 cm (2 5/8" × 4 1/8")

f.14b Bullock Dray - Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 4.7 cm × 6.3 cm (1 7/8" × 2 1/2")

f.14c [Bullock]
Pencil and wash, 3.8 cm × 4.3 cm (1 1/2" × 1 3/4")

f.14d Bullock team & driver. Melbourne Victoria
Pencil and wash, 9 cm × 13.7 cm (3 1/2" × 5 3/8")

f.14e Digger with red blanket slung on [figure and two studies of bullocks with the note 'The sheep in the bush fire must be shorn, very thin - showing ribs - the cattle hollow & poor' - possibly a note for Strutt's picture 'Black Thursday']
5.3 cm x 6.8 cm (2 1/8" x 2 3/4")

f.15a Sketch at Cattle Yards Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 7.2 cm × 11 cm (2 7/8" × 4 3/8")

f.15b [Head of bullock] from nature
Pencil and wash, 7.3 cm × 7.2 cm (2 7/8" × 2 7/8")

f.15c [Bullock recumbent]
Pencil, 5.4 cm × 7.6 cm (2 1/8" × 3")

f.15d Bullock Team. Melbe / Foam flying from mouth
Pencil and wash, 5.2 cm × 8.9 cm. (2" × 3 1/2")

f.15e [Head and snout of bullock]
Pencil and wash, 7 cm × 11.3 cm (2 3/4" × 4 1/2")

f.15f Sketches at Catttle Yards - Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 7.2 cm × 11.5 cm (2 7/8" × 4 1/2")

f.16a A Shepherd with his flock & Dogs. / Victoria. Australia
Pencil, 4.5 cm × 8.4 cm (1 3/4" × 3 3/8")

f.16b Draught Bullock. Melbourne / 1851
Pencil and wash, 6 cm × 7.4 cm (2 3/8" × 2 7/8")

f.16c Bullock - Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 5.3 cm × 9.1 cm (2 1/8" × 3 5/8")

f.16d Bullock driver, poking with butt end
Pencil and wash on yellow paper, 4.5 cm × 7.5 cm (1 3/4" × 3")

f.16e Draught Bullock. Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 9 cm × 14.1 cm (3 1/2" × 5 5/8")

f.16f Ox of Bullock team. Melbourne
Pencil and wash, 8.8 cm × 10.9 cm (3 1/2" × 4 1/4")

f.17a Bushman driving flock of sheep. Nr Melbourne
Pencil on thin paper within pencil border, 7.4 cm × 10.6 cm (2 7/8" × 4 1/8")
Signed lower right 'W Strutt'

f.17b Bullock team in Dray. Melbourne / 1851
Pencil and wash, 9.2 cm × 12.9 cm (3 5/8" × 5 1/8")

f.17c [Goat]
Pencil, 3.8 cm × 4 cm (1 1/2" × 1 5/8")

f.17d [Goat]
Pencil, 3.8 cm × 4.1 cm (1 1/2" × 1 5/8")

f.17e [Bullock head and nose, annotated]
Pencil and wash, 9 cm × 13.8 cm (3 1/2" × 5 1/2")

f.17f [Yoked bullocks. Compare with bullocks in Strutt's 'Black Thursday']
Pencil and wash, 7.7 cm × 17.7 cm (3" × 7")

f.18a Drove of cattle, dust flying [annotated] / Victoria Australia
Pencil and wash, 4.9 cm × 7.3 cm (1 7/8" × 2 7/8")

f.18b Wool Dray - Melbourne / Market Square / 1851
Pencil and wash, 4.5 cm × 7 cm (1 3/4" × 2 3/4")

f.18c [Mobs of cattle and sheep, annotated]
Pencil and wash, 5.1 cm × 8.2 cm (2" × 3 1/5")

f.18d Australian Sheep
Pencil and wash, 4.2 cm × 5.5 cm (1 3/8" × 2 1/8")

f.18e Flock of Sheep & Shepherd - Melbourne. Australia
Pencil, 6.2 cm × 20 cm (2 1/2" × 7 7/8")

f.18f [A sheep]
Pencil and wash, 3.9 cm × 5.9 cm (1 1/2" × 2 1/4")

f.18g Australian Stockman, from nature - Melbourne / holding the stockwhip & taking a steady canter / Sheep [annotated studies of rider, horse, sheep and bullock]
Pencil and wash, 9.7 cm × 23.8 cm (3 7/8" × 9 3/8")

f.19a En route to Ballaarat 1851 - / Our Dray
Ink and wash, 6 cm × 13.7 cm (2 3/8" × 5 3/8")

f.19b Chain for coupling yoke [annotated studies of parts of bullock and chain]
Pencil and wash, 6.9 cm × 10.9 cm (2 3/4" × 4 1/4")

f.19c [Studies of loaded dray]
Pencil and watercolour, 13.3 cm × 34.2 cm (5 1/4" × 13 1/2")

f.20a Sketch of a Bullock Dray Melbourne ['No 1' pasted at top of sketch] / Some sheep with mouth open & tongue protruding [separate small sketch, compare with sheep in Strutt's 'Black Thursday']
Pencil and wash, 9.8 cm × 16 cm (3 7/8" × 6 1/4")

f.20b Australia. Bullock Dray [annotated]
Pencil and wash, 4.5 cm × 8.8 cm (1 3/4" × 3 1/2")

f.20c Pole & pins - studies of B. Dray ['No 2' pasted at top of sketch]
Pencil and wash, 9.8 cm × 16 cm (3 7/8" × 6 1/4")

f.20d Pole, yoke, pins &c of Bullock Dray & team / Melbourne Australia ['No 3' pasted at top of sketch, annotated]
Pencil and wash, 10.2 cm × 16 cm (4" × 6 1/4")

f.21a Stork. Sepr /83
Pencil and wash, 12.4 cm × 7.3 cm (4 7/8" × 2 7/8")

f.21b Emus
Pencil, 12.1 cm × 19.3 cm (4 3/4" × 7 5/8")

f.21c White Stork [annotated]
Pencil and wash on irregularly shaped paper, 21 cm × 15.4 cm (8 1/4" × 6 1/8")

f.22a [Kookaburra. Compare with Strutt's 'Black Thursday' for which this is possibly a study]
Pencil, 9.6 cm × 15.4 cm (3 3/4" × 6")

f.22b [Sea birds]
Pencil and wash, 5.3 cm × 9 cm (2 1/8" × 3 1/2")

f.22c [Holograph note in ink about 'The Australian Wild Goose']
Small leaf, 6.7 cm × 5.3 cm (2 5/8" × 2 1/8")

f.22d Australian Wild Geese / sketched in the Botanical Gardens Melbourne ... 
Pencil and wash, 5.4 cm × 9.2 cm (2 1/8" × 3 5/8")

f.22e Flight of wild geese - Melbourne / They do not seem to keep a very regular line in flying
Pencil, 5.3 cm × 13.7 cm (2 1/8" × 5 3/8")

f.23a Superb - Menura [lyrebird, with small studies of frogs]
Pencil, 20.9 cm × 13.6 cm (8 1/4" × 5 3/8")

f.23b [Cranes and monkeys]
Pencil, 20.9 cm × 13.7 cm (8 1/4" × 5 3/8")

f.23c [Verso of f.23b, tiger and parrots]
Pencil, 20.9 cm × 13.7 cm (8 1/4" × 5 3/8")

Collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1878. Second series / drawn by William Strutt

A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1878. Second series / drawn by William Strutt

The collection comprises subject files, photographs, research notes, maps and printed material relating to tramways and railways around Australia. The subject files typically contain: photographic prints from various sources, mounted on pages or loose, mostly uncaptioned; photographs copied or cut from books, magazines and newspapers; typescript articles; individual issues of Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletins; hand-drawn and printed maps. Many files also contain loose pages from other files.

BOX 1
Subject files: 
Toronto
Forster
NSW Tramways steam trailers standard type Book 1
NSW Tramways steam trailers standard type Book 2
NSW Tramways steam trailers old type Book 1
NSW Tramways tram motors original Book 2
NSW Tramways tram motors rebuilt Book 1
NSW Tramways tram motors rebuilt Book 2
[Berrima and Mittagong]

BOX 2
Subject files:
Abermain
Kurri Kurri Book 1
Weston
West Wallsend
Byron Bay
Private railways of NSW opened for general traffic
NSW cable tramways Sydney and suburban
Broken Hill [street trams]
[Newcastle, Sydney and suburban]

BOX 3
Subject files:
NSW Tramways sundry lines
Sydney and suburban [tramways] Book 1A
Sydney and suburban [tramways] Book 1B
NSW Census Part V, 1961
NSW Tramways tram motors original Book 1
NSW Tramways Sydney and suburban horse lines
Sydney and suburban [tramways] western suburbs lines Book 2
Sydney and suburban [tramways] Enfield lines Book 4B

Steam Tram and Railway Preservation (Co Op) Society Annual Reports, 1972, 1973-1974
Broadbelt list of Baldwin locomotive photographs
Draft study paper on Baldwin 0-4-0 ST’s 3’6” gauge Class 4-10 1/2c
Photocopies of working timetable Broken Hill 1 Apr 1910 and Maitland 31 Oct 1921
Port Kembla industrial

BOX 4
Subject files:
NSW Tramways electric stock
Cessnock
Camben
Windsor
Coffs Harbour
[Steam trains of Sydney] including loose notes on Moruya quarries
[NSW North Coast]
Mittagong

BOX 5
Subject files:
NSW Tramways sundry Illawarra District lines steam
Warnambool
Kembla Heights
NSW Tramways Kurri Kurri lines steam
NSW Tramways Scarborough lines steam
Sundry tramways Sydney and suburban Book 1
Mackay

Printed material:
The Great Southern Railway / K. Macrae Bowden (photocopy), no date
Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletins, Jan 1947-Jun 1948
Commerce in Congress, 1909
The Jubilee History of Parramatta / Edited by J. Cheyne Wharton, 1911

BOX 6
Subject files:
Moruya and Narooma
Menindee
Portland
New Zealand [and overseas] tramways
Kiama (includes Gregory’s Wollongong and Suburbs street directory 1st edition)
Dapto
Wollongong
Burrinjuck
Stroud
Ballina (no papers)

Printed material:
Newcastle Tramways – expansion proposals in all directions / K. McCarthy, draft article, 198-?
Transport and Communication Bulletin No. 16 / Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, 1925

BOX 7
Subject files:
NSW Private Railways Northern sections
NSW Private Railways North Coast line and branches
Private Railways of NSW Illawarra District
Unanderra
NSW Private Railways West Wallsend and Charlestown sections
Hexham-Minmi and Pelaw Main railways – J. and A. Brown No. 1
Hexham-Minmi and Pelaw Main railways – J. and A. Brown, Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd No. 2
The railways of the South Maitland coalfields Book 1 

BOX 8
Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletins, Oct 1937-Dec 1945

BOX 9
Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletins, Jan-Dec 1946

Subject files: 
Perth and suburban tramways
Cairns
Western Australia public tramways No. 2
Renmark
South Australia
Townsville
Queensland Private Railways – Cairns-Mulgrave railway

BOX 10
Subject files:
Western Australian tramways
Innisfail
Nambour
Tasmanian tramways West Coast districts
Tasmanian tramways Southern districts
Smithton
NSW Tramways Toronto line steam
Kurri Kurri No. 2

Bound lists of steam tram transfers 1894-1913
Folder of correspondence, photographs and other papers relating to tramways and railways, ca. 1973-1983
Goondah Burrinjuck Railway rolling stock
Listing of Gifford H. Eardley Australian Railway and Tramway Collection 
Envelope of water colour paintings of trams
Bundle of black & white photographs grouped by location
Folder of assorted papers

BOX 11
Subject files:
Cobar
NSW private railways
[Tweed Heads]
Gosford
New Guinea
NSW tramways Kendall lines (steam)
New Zealand
South Maitland coalfields railways
The railways of the south Maitland coalfields Book 2
Lithgow
Public passenger trams South Australia
Queensland private railways
NSW tramways Burrinjuck lines (steam)

BOX 12
Subject files:
Mossman
Port Kembla
Geeveston
Rosebery
Hobart and suburban
Launceston
Tasmanian tramways North-West district
Tasmanian tramways North-East district
NSW tramways Yass line (steam) (contains various papers)
Lilydale
Brisbane
Melbourne

UBD Directory of the Cairns & Atherton Tablelands area, 1967

BOX 13
Subject files:
Ingham
Ayr
Forster (contains various papers)
Irvinebank
NSW tramways Harrington lines (steam)
Queensland tramways Central districts
Maryborough
NSW tramways Woolgoolga lines (steam) (contains various papers)
Queensland tramways Southern districts
Beaconsfield
Queensland government railways
Industrial tramways South Australia
NSW tramways Ballina lines (steam)
Waratah
Mount Lyell Co’s railways Queenstown-Regatta Point, Linda-Kelly Basin
Swansea (contains various papers)
[Katoomba]
[Various Victorian lines]
[Murrurundi]
Interstate tramways South Australia Adelaide and suburban (no papers)
Interstate tramways Victoria Melbourne and suburban (no papers)

BOX 14
Subject files:
Tramway rolling stock notes and tables
NSW tramways steam trailers old type No. 2
Kalgoorlie
Cardiff
NSW tramways Woolgoolga lines (steam)
Commonwealth Territory tramways
Interstate railways Tasmania
Interstate railways [South Australia, Western Australia] 
NSW steam tramway rolling stock
Cardiff Young Wallsend Swansea
Steam Train and Railway Preservation (Co-Op) Society annual report 1974-75
[Kurri Kurri, Weston]
Townsville

BOX 15
Research notes, maps, photographs, correspondence and printed material relating to tramways and railways, including draft articles and maps by K. McCarthy, and also including some personal correspondence, ca. 1947-1986
Draft of Gazetteer of Industrial Steam Locomotives Illawarra District / K. McCarthy, 1980
Printed material including Sydney tramway and trolley bus timetables 1929 and souvenir guides

BOX 16
Subject files:
Adelaide
Woonona
Sydney and suburban Book 6
Parramatta Park tramway (largely water colour paintings of trams)
Victorian, Queensland, South Australian, Tasmanian, Commonwealth Territory tramways

When ‘Horse Power’ meant ‘The Horse’ / K. McCarthy
Folder of papers including notes and hand-drawn maps extracted from Boxes 17-28

BOXES 17-20
Various printed New South Wales maps including parish maps, military maps and motorists’ maps

BOXES 21-23
Various printed Queensland maps including parish maps, military maps and motorists’ maps

BOXES 24-25
Various printed Tasmanian maps including parish maps, military maps and motorists’ maps

BOX 26
Various printed Victorian maps including parish maps, military maps and motorists’ maps

BOX 27
Various printed South Australian maps including parish maps, military maps and motorists’ maps

BOX 28
Various printed Western Australia, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory maps including parish maps, military maps and motorists’ maps

BOX 29
Notebooks containing research notes, statistics and sketch maps, no date

BOX 30
Notebooks containing research notes, statistics and sketch maps, no date
Australian Rough Diaries, entries written by A. Rigby, 1918-1919 

BOX 31
Parramatta Park Tramway photograph album presented to Cedric Thomas, 1955-1973
Railways and Tramways of West Coast Tasmania photograph album presented to Thomas in 1979
Photographs, negatives and postcards, loose and in envelopes, of rail transport systems, many uncaptioned and undated

BOX 32
Printed material: 
In and around Sydney with the steam train Book 3, 1st, 2nd and 4th editions, edited by C. B. Thomas
Further books and booklets concerning tramways and railways in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia
Working timetables (8) for various tramways throughout NSW, 1893-1933

BOX 33
Printed material:
Various histories, guides and other publications mainly relating to regional areas of Australia

BOX 34
Mounted photograph of construction area, no caption
The first steam-locomotive used in the Illawarra district of N.S.W., ca. 1870 / drawn by Keith Upton, photographic copy of original drawing
Panoramic photograph of town on riverbank, unidentified
Boxed and loose film negatives and ten glass plate negatives, all unidentified
Two reproduction miniature tram destination scrolls

BOX 35X
Illawarra Light Railway Albion Park poster
Various plans and maps of Sydney terminus and suburban tramway routes
Sorrento, Victoria, contour map, 1931
Four aerial photographs including Cessnock and Woodburn, 1961-1967
Illustrations of Sydney tram front destination signs

Cedric Blake Thomas papers concerning tramways and railways in Australia, ca. 1893-1986

1a. Going in for Protection
1b. Selection before Survey
2a. Speculative Reefer & Lady en route to Alfred Hall Ballarat 1872
2b. "A Sporting Friend" who kindly proposes to hold the Stakes.
2c. Operative Digger & Spouse on way to Subscription Ball Ballarat 1854
3a. Diggers Ball Ballarat 1852
3b. "A late rising Gentleman at road side Inn makes a futile attempt to overtake the early Coach"
4a. [Gentlemen greeting]
4b. [Male and female in profile]
4c. Wall Fruit
4d. "Keep em in" [school]
4e. "A pure merino & a maiden ewe"
4f. "Take em out" [of school]
5a. "The man who won the fight"
5b. "The man who lost the fight"
6. "A muscular party who desires to act on the square"
7a. [Male and female in profile promenading]
7b. "Coming events cast thier [i.e. their] shadow &c."
8. Melbourne Collins St East Doing the Block 1872
9a. In easy circumstances
9b. Despotic Government Matrimonial a sorry case
9c. Conubial [i.e. connubial] Enjoyment a great succefs [i.e. success]
10a. [General dealer in Epson salts]
10b. Smith, Brown & Robinson (lately arrived) have serious doubts regarding the fact. Melbourne 1852
11a. Happy in his mind
11b. A call to the Minestry [i.e. Ministry]
12a. A regular swell
12b. "Civil service and counter attractions" [saloon bar]

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A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1862. Fourth series / drawn by William Strutt

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A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1878. Second series / drawn by William Strutt

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Cedric Blake Thomas papers concerning tramways and railways in Australia, ca. 1893-1986

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Sketchbook of cartoons and studies, ca. 1870-1872 / by S.T. Gill

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A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1862. Fourth series / drawn by William Strutt

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A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1878. Second series / drawn by William Strutt

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Cedric Blake Thomas papers concerning tramways and railways in Australia, ca. 1893-1986

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Sketchbook of cartoons and studies, ca. 1870-1872 / by S.T. Gill

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