Preserving Canberra's Transport History

“I have been living in Canberra six months now, after some years in Sydney, and as I average between 30 and 40 miles each day on buses here, I feel I can say a few words in defence of our transport personnel.”

Canberra: February 22 (1940) A 40-passenger bus powered by a producer gas unit will be tried out in Canberra by the Department of the Interior shortly. It will be the first bus in Australia so eqiopped. The producer unit, costing Read more…

DEFECTIVE BRAKES Bus runs Over Girl. Coroner’s Comment – Greater Care Needed Canberra, August 29. After an eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Rao Joyce Holden, had been run over and killed by a Government-owned bus in the grounds of Telopea Park school at Read more…

At the Queanbeyan Court yesterday Mr J W T Forrest, PM, imposed a fine of 2/6 on Mrs Helen Barton, motor omnibus proprietress, of Northbourne Avenue Canberra , on a charge of not having run her motor omnibus service in Read more…

Efforts aro being made by the Federal Capital Commission to overcome the transport difficulty at Canberra. At present a motor bus service between Ainslie and Molonglo, to meet tho needs ot the commission’s own employees, ls conducted by the commission, Read more…

FATAL MOTOR SMASH – Bus Completely Wrecked. One killed, four injured. Tragic end to Picnic ride.   Three motor accidents occurred on the Uriarra Road between Canberra and Queanbeyan on Sunday last. One woman was killed and four occupants of Read more…