Return Fare - Victorian Public Transport Tickets 1850s to 1980s - Two Colour Screen Print
Return Fare - Victorian Public Transport Tickets 1850s to 1980s - Two Colour Screen Print
Created as part of the Creative in Residence 2025 program at the Victorian Archives Centre (VAC), Public Record Office Victoria, and exhibited as part of the group show Rewind Forward, VAC Gallery, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, 30 May – late November 2025.
Exhibited as part of Assembly at Jacky Winter Gallery, 52 Budd Street, Collingwood, 11 Jul – 16 Aug, 2025.
This poster features various Victorian public transport tickets, from the 1850s to the 1980s. Inspiration comes from trades of the past, including letterpress printing and sign writing. Misregistration of the two colours is a feature of the design, and no two prints are the same.
Designed and hand screen printed in Melbourne. Frame not included.
Stock: Watermarked 250gsm Arches Rives cold pressed 100% cotton with deckled edges.
Ink: Water based neon pink and alpine green.
Size: 76cm x 57cm.
Care: Store out of direct sunlight, in an album or glass frame, to protect the print. Avoid touching the printed surface (ie: handle with cotton gloves or on the edges). Adhesive tape may change the fastness of the print colour & quality.
Shipping: Shipped flat with sturdy cardboard backing or in a heavy duty tube.
Tickets featured include: the Melbourne Met Pass, Travel Card Zone 2 Off Peak, MMTB (Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board) Monthly Travel Permit 1979, The Met Zone 1 Single Ticket Concession, the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) Electricity Supply Department Provincial Tramways 1d ticket, the VR (Victorian Railways) Sunshine to Footscray Monthly Ticket Adult Male February 1975, Inner Neighbourhood punch ticket, Tramway Board cable tram 2d up trip slip, MMTB Day Tripper, VR First Class Echuca to Castlemaine Edmondson train ticket, MTA ticket, Victorian Railways Monthly Ticket July 1890 Graham Street Footscray First Class, Centenary Weekly Ticket Suburban All Lines First Class, Melbourne & St Kilda Railway Monthly Ticket First Class July 1853, Victorian Railways School Term Ticket Male 1961, Tottenham to St Kilda Day Return Edmondson rail ticket, Victorian Railways Suburban Quarterly Chatham and Melbourne 1962, Bairnsdale to Orbost First Class Edmondson railway ticket 1924, Victorian Railways Motor Coach Service Single Ticket Adult Shenley to East Camberwell 2d, Victorian Railways Barrier Pass-out Check, Victorian Railways Footscray and Melbourne Youth Second Class 1904, Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust Employees Ticket c1920, VicRail Change of Class $1 AND MORE!