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).
30/1/2012 - 2012 Conference Page updated and Call for Papers for the Conference added.
14/12/2011 - December 2011 News Update published. Draft program for August 2011 added to conference page. Technical library page revised.
1/9/2011 - August 2011 News Update published - contains further 2012 Conference information.
16/6/2011 - June 2011 News Update published and COTMA Conference 2012 dates announced - 16/8/2012 to 21/8/2012 in Adelaide.
23/2/2011 - Christchurch Earthquake - COTMA Members affected -Bulletin added to the News Tab.
12/1/2011 - Technical Library Launched. See Tech Library Menu tab.