Summary
Unframed certificate 'Victorian Railways Transportation Employees Association Past Chairman's Certificate' presented to Frank Durran in recognition of services rendered as Chairman of the Geelong Branch, 1908.
The Victorian Railways Transportation Employees Association (VRTEA) represented mainly signalmen, guards and shunters from the Transportation Branch of the Victorian Railways and was formed in 1906 by the amalgamation of the Guards' & Shunters' Association and the Signalmen's Society. In July 1911, it became part of the Victorian Railways Union (VRU).
Note: The design and illustrations on this certificate (except for the bottom two) are identical to that of HT 1523, issued by the Victorian Railways Union in 1912, with only the name of the organisation having been changed.
Physical Description
Illuminated certificate with coloured central inscription reading "VICTORIAN RAILWAYS TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION PAST CHAIRMAN's CERTIFCATE.This is to Certify that Frank Durran held the Office of Chairman of the Geelong Branch. Year 1908."
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Transport, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Victorian Branch, Australian Railways Union (ARU), 27 May 1985
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Issued By
Victorian Railways Transportation Employees Association (VRTEA), Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1908
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Awarded To
Mr Frank Durran - Victorian Railways Transportation Employees Association (VRTEA), Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1908
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Inscriptions
Inscription is surrounded by a border containing 8 coloured illustrations depicting at top left "Railway Bridge Heyington" (over the Yarra River), at top right "Adelaide Express Leaving Melbourne", the Railway Department Administration Building in Spencer Street and typical scene of a steam locomotive hauling a passenger train, a typical Victorian gold mine and sailing ships at anchor in Hobsons Bay, a brick railway signal box and a railway ganger's hand trolley.
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Overall Dimensions
455 mm (Width), 555 mm (Height)
Dimensions measured when certificate is standing vertically. Certifcate and mounting is approximately 2 mm thick.
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Exhibition Collection Management
555 mm (Length), 455 mm (Width), 2 mm (Height)
flat
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Primary support
444 mm (Width), 555 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Certificates, Economic Geology, Gold Mining, Iron Bridges, Railway Bridges, Sailing Vessels, Steam Railway Locomotives, Societies, Trade Unions, Working Life
