From the early 1900s, the Melbourne City Council (MCC) licensed passenger vehicles through its Hackney Carriage Vehicle Committee, both horse drawn and motorised. For motor vehicles, the various categories depended on the number of passengers the vehicles could carry. Those…
Early DaysThe Mirboo area was settled by timber getters in the late 1870s, attracted particularly by the Mountain Ash timber. A railway between Morwell and Mirboo North was approved by the Victorian parliament in November 1880 after agitation from local…
The History of Reservoir Bus Company The history of the Reservoir to Thornbury route goes back to the early 1920s, before the route licensing system was introduced. The Page family (later to be involved with Melbourne and Brighton Bus Lines,…
Ray Higginson – Aussie Battler (the Moonee Valley Bus Lines story) Complied with notes from Geoff Foster’s interview with Ray Higginson on 12/7/12, with additional input from Craig Coop and Paul Kennelly. If ever anyone could be said to personify…
