Summary
Monthly Ticket - Melbourne & St Kilda Railway July 1857. First class. No. 438 . Issued to Mr Routledge. Printed by Sands & Kenny.
Physical Description
Pocket size, folded in two, maroon leather outer.
Significance
September 2004 marked the 150th anniversary of the opening of Australia's first steam-powered railway, the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway, which ran from Flinders Street to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne) and thus also the birth of the Victorian Railways, even though the government-owned railway system did not come into being for another five years. Over the past 150 years, railways have played a key role in the development of Victoria, particularly during the late 19th & early 20th centuries when they were providing the key form of transport for Melbourne's expanding suburbs and for the spread of rural settlement. Railways played an important part in the life of many country towns, providing employment, transport and in many cases the main communication line to the outside world. Despite the decline in railway transport since the Second World War and the abandonment and more recent break-up and privatisation of much of the former Victorian Railways network, railways are still fondly remembered by generations of Victorians for the role they have played in enriching people's lives. Railways and historic trains that once ran on them are more widely appreciated by young and old even today, than any other form of transport heritage.
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Acquisition Information
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Issued By
Melbourne and St Kilda Railway, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Jul 1857
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Inscriptions
Gold embossed on cover "JULY". Handwritten "Mr [Thos?] Routledge" .Signed "Jackie (?) Ward".
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Overall Dimensions - Folded
63 mm (Length), 45 mm (Width)
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Dimensions
63 mm (Length), 45 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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