Zone d'identification
Cote
GRS2277/0040
Titre
Parking Meter, City of Geelong, c.1960
Date(s)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
(1979 - current)
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Venner Park-O-Meter
Installed in Geelong city streets in 1961, the first 224 ‘POM’ units adorned Moorabool, Malop, Lt Malop and Ryrie Streets. Motorists appeared to readily accept the meters which provided a maximum of one hour parking for a shilling (equivalent to 10 cents).
Many professionals and business owners who were largely opposed to the scheme took the bus to work while some shoppers parked in fringe areas.