TitleCanvas tram destination rollDate1902-1961About this objectA destination roll from an R-class or R1-class Sydney tram, showing routes from the Eastern Suburbs to La Perouse before the closure of the tram network in 1961.Object No.2021.5Physical descriptionFacie: the stops are in white block writing against a black background. Some longer names are abbreviated. Each suburb or stop section is bordered by coloured rectangles in green, blue, red or white. Some rectangles show other shapes inside such as triangles, diamonds and circles also in green, blue, red or white. The tram’s stop line runs from the Waverly Depot down including most eastern suburbs to La Perouse, and goes up to Circular Quay and Fort Macquarie.
Verso: plain undyed canvas. There is a faint hand-written note in pencil near the stitching at the top of the roll, reading: ‘A TYPICAL DOWLING ST (MOORE PARK) TRAM DEPOT TRAM’S FRONT DESTINATION […] FROM A “R” CORRIDOR CLASS TRAM. EASTERN SUBURBS AREA PLUS SMALL WESTERN SUBURBS AREA […]
OPERATED [….]Inscriptions & marksBellevue Hill
North Bondi (via Bondi Junction and Bondi Beach)
Bondi (via Bellevue)
Circular Quay (via Bellevue / via city)
Darley Road Randwick
Coogee Beach
Clovelly
Kensington
Daceyville Junction (Daceyville Jnct.)
Maroubra Beach
Malabar City Road Junction Cleveland St Zetland Rosebery West Kensington via Crown St Alexandria vis Redfern
La Perouse (via Malabar)
Botany Bay St
Matraville (via Botany) Lord Rd Mascot
Dowling Street DepotDimensionsW: 53 cm Place madeSydney, NSW, AustraliaMaterialCanvasMetalOrganisations (Detailed entries)La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)ThemesSocial history
