COTMA's goal is to promote heritage tramways and foster excellence in Museum practice and presentations. Established in 1975, represents the interests of heritage tramway museums / operators throughout Australasia.
COTMA is a non-profit organisation, assisting individual museums to achieve their objectives. Full membership is open to organisations having urban transport collections within Australia and open to the public. Affiliate membership is available as well. COTMA works together with other rail heritage bodies such as the Association of Tourist and Heritage Rail Australia (ATHRA), the Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand (FRONZ) and is a member of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA).
4/5/2012 - Tribute to the creator of COTMA, Bill Kingsley added and word versions of booking forms added to the Conference page.
29/04/2012 -April 2012 News Update published.
11/04/2012 - Post Conference program updated for Maggie Beer's kitchen tour and flyer for Post Conference tour added to Conference page.
28/3/2012 - COTMA Conference Bookings Now Open with conference, partners program and the post conference tour details and bookiing forms added - see the Conference tab.
27/2/2012 - February 2012 News Update published.
14/12/2011 - December 2011 News Update published. Technical library page revised.
1/9/2011 - August 2011 News Update published
16/6/2011 - June 2011 News Update published and COTMA Conference 2012 dates announced - 16/8/2012 to 21/8/2012 in Adelaide.
12/1/2011 - Technical Library Launched. See Tech Library Menu tab.