Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Australia's first electric tram operated in Melbourne's eastern suburbs between the then-towns of Box Hill and Doncaster. It had a short but tumultuous history and paved the way for the electrification of the city's tram network.

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MORE INFORMATION
Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society: dt-hs.blogspot.com/2016/06/box-hill-doncaster-tram.html

My website: philipmallis.com

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.

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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/doncasterboxhilltram