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Melbourne in the 1880s

1,489 photos

Sometime around the 1880s 60 photos

The library dates these to a span of years that takes in this decade. Each shows its span.

University Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87Church of England Grammer [i.e. Grammar] School Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87Costom [i.e. Custom] House Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87National Museum Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87Magdilain [i.e. Magdalen] Abbotsford, 1885–871885–87Wesley College Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87Bourke Street Melborne [i.e. Melbourne][looking West], 1885–871885–87Bourke Street Melborne [i.e. Melbourne][looking East], 1885–871885–8750 Ton Crane Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87Portrait photographs by John Yeoman & Co., 87 Elgin Street, Carlton and 47 Chapel Street, Prahran, 1884–891884–89Portrait photographs by John Yeoman & Co., 87 Elgin Street, Carlton and 47 Chapel Street, Prahran, 1884–891884–89Portrait photographs by John Yeoman & Co., 87 Elgin Street, Carlton and 47 Chapel Street, Prahran, 1884–891884–89Portrait photographs by John Yeoman & Co., 87 Elgin Street, Carlton and 47 Chapel Street, Prahran, 1884–891884–89Portrait photographs by John Yeoman & Co., 87 Elgin Street, Carlton and 47 Chapel Street, Prahran, 1884–891884–89Hawthorn Bridge, 1886–871886–87Levy Bros & Co [271 Lonsdale Street], 1886–871886–87Fitzroy Gardens [East Melbourne], 1886–871886–87Panoramic View of Melbourne from Government House Tower [includes the circus, St Kilda Road], 1886–871886–87Richmond Town Hall, 1886–871886–87New Athenaeum Club Collins St. [an architect's elevation], 1886–871886–87The Hibernian Hall, Swanston St North [now part of RMIT], 1886–871886–87Bourke Street from Russell Street looking east, 1886–871886–87Bourke St. from Swanston St looking east, 1886–871886–87[Maribyrnong Bridge showing Anglers Hotel and Maribynong Bridge Hotel, 1885–871885–87Sailors Home Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87Collings [i.e. Collins] Street Melborne [.i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87The French Club, Flinders St, 1886–871886–87St Patricks Church Melborne [i.e. Melbourne], 1885–871885–87Ferguson & Urie's warehouse [10 Collins Street], 1886–871886–87Union Mortgage & Agency Company of Australia Ltd, 573-579 Collins Street, 1886–871886–87Australian Club, William St, Melbourne, 1886–871886–87Hawthorne [i.e., Hawthorn] Town Hall, 1886–871886–87The Elephant 'Melbourne Zoo', 1886–871886–87The Wyselaskie Hall, Ormond College [University of Melbourne], 1886–871886–87Flinders Lane from Swanston St, 1886–871886–87River Yarra at Heidelberg, 1886–871886–87View in Fitzroy Gardens [East] Melbourne, 1886–871886–87Statuary in the "Marble Hall", Melb[ourne] Public Library [the Rotunda with works by Charles Summers], 1886–871886–87Parer's Crystal Cafe [200 Bourke Street], 1886–871886–87Kew Lunatic Asylum Australia, 1885–871885–87Collins St [North side] looking east from Queen St, 1886–871886–87Melbourne Permanent Building Society [31 Queen Street], 1886–871886–87Hawthorn Railway Bridge, 1886–871886–87Shipping at Williamstown, 1886–871886–87Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, 1878–941878–94St Paul's Cathedral Melb[ourne - the nave], 1886–871886–87Masonic Hall, Collins St east, 1886–871886–87Fraser's Buildings - [47] Queen St, 1886–871886–87Benevolent Asylum, North Melbourne, Vic, 1878–941878–94The Protestant Hall, Exhibition Street, 1886–871886–87Portrait photographs by John Yeoman & Co., 87 Elgin Street, Carlton and 47 Chapel Street, Prahran, 1884–891884–89Portrait photographs by Burman's Photo Studio, No. 2 Branch, Chapel Street, Prahran, Vic, 1884–891884–89Portrait photographs by Burman's Photo Studio, No. 2 Branch, Chapel Street, Prahran, Vic, 1884–891884–89Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, 1880–941880–94View in Fitzroy Gardens, 1880–941880–94Bicycle race outside the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1885–901885–90Laying the foundation stone of the portico of the town hall Melbourne, Vic, 1887–881887–88Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, 1880–941880–94Bicycle race outside the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1885–901885–90Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, 1880–941880–94
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1,489 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1880s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.

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