Service Stations in Victoria, 1920s to 1950s.

Here are some photographs of Service Stations, all from the State Library of Victoria collection and taken between the 1920 and the 1950s, which was obviously the heyday of Service Station construction. www.slv.vic.gov.au

G & W Down Service Station, Gowangardie (north of Violet Town, east of Shepparton) 1940s. 

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Southern Cross Service station, Queens Parade, Clifton Hill. 1927. 

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Service station, corner of Barkers Road and Church Street, Hawthorn. 1927. Same design as the one above and below, must have been the design of the moment. The architect is listed as L.M Perrott. 

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Service station, corner of Malvern and Glenferrie Rds, Malvern. 1920s. 

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Petrol pump outside a general store and a Peninsula Bus Lines bus (no location listed)

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 Austral Service Station, 114 Sydney Road, Coburg. 

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Footscray Motors, Hugh Williams Pty Ltd, 71 Hopkins Street, Footscray.

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Main Street Mansfield, Mobil Service Station.

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Castrol Service Station - Point Nepean Road, Rye.

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Rhodes Motors, 401-411 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1937. An Oldsmobile and Cadillac dealer and also sold Indian and Triumph motor cycles. Fuel pump outside premises.

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Exterior view of Service Station (no location listed) 

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Another exterior view of the same Service Station, above.

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 Ripponlea Service Station  

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 Old Service Station, Tarnagulla.  Ampol sign in window and fuel pump on footpath.

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Yallourn Hotel and Garage, owned by Williams and Raynor, Railway Avenue.  

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Devon Parking Service and Service Station. Not sure of exact location of this building.

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Fleet House and City Motor Service Ltd., Collins Place, Melbourne. 1930s. Fuel pump on footpath.
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Woods and Reeves Pty Ltd, Warragul

These are from a Woods and Reeves of Warragul sales book in the 1960s (pre 1966 when decimal currency was introduced). Woods and Reeves were International dealers. The photos are indirectly from Wayne Henry. Click on the images to enlarge them.

This page shows a Inter DCO 405, brand new and would have cost you 11,390 pounds. The  R192 had 119, 152 miles on the clock and was priced at 2,450 pounds.

 

Views of the business.

The truck is an R192a, it had 104, 268 miles on the clock and was priced at 4,000 pounds. The Farmall tractor was listed at 175 pounds.

The green truck is an AB184, had done 90,082 miles and was 2,500 pounds. The red AB182 had 5,378 miles on the clock and was 2,750 pounds.

The AS162 had done 126,602 miles and was 750 pounds. the International tractor was 525 pounds.

Korumburra Working Horse and Tractor Show, Nyora 2013

The Korumburra Working Horse and Tractor Rally was held at TGS Sand Quarry at Nyora on March 16 and 17. It's  a great event - historic tractor pull, working horses and a display of old trucks and cars, amongst other attractions. Click here for the website of the Korumburra Working Horse and Tractor Club.

I have to start with our trucks , the 1976 N1025 Volvo and our 1418 Benz.

This is Heather Cameron's Dodge - it's a 1965 AT4 460. They are a his and her Dodge family, Graham's 1971 700 series, is below.

These three Inters are all owned by a chap from Dimboola. Dimboola  to Nyora, according to Google maps in 430 kms, so that was a good effort, coming all that way.

Above and below, the two other Dimboola trucks.

This Bedford came all the way from Strathalbyn in South Australia, about 790 kms according to Google maps, so another great effort. It's an S-model Bedford.

Kelvin Wyatt's J-model Bedford.

This is a Fargo, don't know who owns it.

O'Farrells L9000 Ford.

A jail bar Ford.

1975 F350 Ford owned by Bill Sedgman.

Here's another Ford, owned by Wayne Henry.

Jeep, owned by Ken Stephens, since new.

Warwick Bryce's Leader.

Steve Camilleri standing with his Commer.

You've seen these before, but John Gramlick comes to everything, and his Commers are always very popular with the public.

Here are some Internationals - Graham Gray's is above and Ian Latham's is below.

More Inters - John Crawford's is above - it's a 1974 D1610. John Denholm's is below -  it's a 1962 AB180.

Wayne Henry's 1967 CD1840 Inter, above. The one below another C-line from 1967.

To round off the Inters - John and Bev Ferguson's seriously great looking 1949 KB6. 

Vyn Harris' 1978 Kenworth crane truck.

Steve Humphrey's Leyland Marathon.

Eric Shingle's 1974 Benz.

Colin Brown's R-model Mack.

John Ziebell's Scania.

An old Austin.

Brian Dawe's Dodge, above, and Glenn Lancey's 1977 Dodge, below.

And another Dodge, John Fowler's 1947 model.

There were three Steam Traction engines at the Rally. 

This is a Cowley Steam Roller.

There were two tanks - the one below is owned by Warwick Bryce.

Here are some of the cars on display.

And finally, as the name of the Rally, suggests, there were tractors

More tractors, and working horses.