COTMA 2025 – Conference Proceedings
Friday 10 to Monday 13th October 2025
Conference photo – Matthew Gieir – 10/10/2025 at Ipswich Workshops
CONFERENCE VENUES:
Friday: Queensland Museum Rail Workshops - Ipswich
Saturday: Queensland Museum Southbank (Kurilpa) Brisbane
Sunday: Queensland Museum Southbank (Kurilpa) Brisbane
Sunday Evening: Easts Leagues Club Atkin Centre - Coorparoo
Monday: Tramway Museum Ferny Grove
Formal Papers
Welcome COTMA Conference Brisbane – Driving Engagement – Jen Carcia Qld Museum rail workshops
Iconic – Development of the Drop Centre tramcars in Australasia – Mal Rowe
SYDNEY TRAMWAY MUSEUM since 1975 - A review of the next 50 years – Peter Kahn
Celebrating 50 years of COTMA – prepared by Warren Doubleday, presented by Peter Kahn
Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers – Dr Jim Bradley
Trolley Wire – a print magazine for the Digital Age – John Cowper, Robert Lee & Corine Cowper
Newport Trams and Parts – Mal Rowe
Museum Reports
Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
Museum of Transport & Technology (MOTAT)
