Old Melbourne

1942 60 photos

V.D.C. Metropolitan Groups at lectures at George St. Drill Hall Fitzroy, c. 1942Sgt. M. L. O'Brien greeted by family & friends on return to Melbourne, c. 1942Platoon in attack, Braybrook, c. 1942Intelligence Section receiving and dispatching battle reports, Braybrook, c. 1942Preparing for Air Raid Precautions test at Myers, Melbourne, c. 1942R.A.A.F. Engineering school in Melbourne, c. 1942Warden of a Gas reconnaissance unit on patrol in deserted Bourke St, c. 1942Governor taking the salute in front of the Melbourne Town Hall, c. 1942North Melbourne Auxiliary Firemen leave the station on receiving a call, c. 1942E. J. Plaistid hosing an 'incendiary' in Russell Street, c. 1942Auxillery [i.e. Auxiliary] firemen at North Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] fire station arrive back after a call, c. 1942Women A.R.P. march at Malvern, c. 1942Javanese and Fijian women and children refugees in Melbourne, c. 1942Troops from Middle East arrive at Spencer Street, Melbourne, c. 1942Fireman R. Kinsey of the Auxiliary Fire Service (Brighton) training in rescue, c. 1942Invalid soldiers making baskets in the wicker-work room of the woodcraft section at Caulfield Military Hospital, c. 1942Invalid soldiers working in the woodcraft section of the Caulfield Military Hospital, c. 1942Signallers in action, Braybrook, c. 1942A.M.C. bandaging a "casualty", Braybrook, c. 1942At Heidelberg Military Hospital, [a group of wounded soldiers], c. 1942Happy A.I.F. back from abroad photographed at Spencer St. Station today, c. 1942V.D.C. at Bentleigh assault & attack on a building under cover of smoke bombs, c. 1942Essendon/Moonee Ponds Air Raid Precautions squad members line up at mobile canteen in Melbourne during World War II, c. 1942J. Fry & R. Kinsey supervising the "reservoir", c. 1942Back from the Middle East leaving Spencer Street station after their arrival here yesterday, c. 1942Australian seamen arriving back in Australia at Spencer Street Railway Station, c. 1942V.D.C. men in Bentleigh line up in columns, c. 1942Last home of Adam Lindsay Gordon Lewis Street Brighton, 1942?A.I.F. men at Spencer Street Railway Station, Melbourne, 1942Armistice Day in Melbourne, 1942Cable trams for Brunswick and Melbourne, 1942A.I.F. men marching in Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1942Men of the 17th Brigade, A.I.F. ... marching through Melbourne, 1942Members of the A.I.F. invalided from the Middle East, disembarking from a hospital ship, Melbourne, 1942Men of the 17th Brigade ... given a tumultuous welcome ... when they marched through Melbourne, 1942[March up Swanston Street in aid of the Tin Hat Appeal, 1942Air Force Technical Trainees, Melbourne, 1942Men of the R.A.A.F. marching through Melbourne ... to aid Lord Mayor's Prisoner of War Appeal, 1942Dr. Walter McRae Russell and Marjorie Beresford (?), Melbourne Show Grounds, 1942?Locations and buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, 1942Locations and buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, 1942Sandbagged ARP Control room, grounds of the University of Melbourne, c. 1942Adam Lindsay Gordon's hitching post at the Marine Hotel, Brighton, 1942?Former La Trobe residence, Jolimont, c. 19421st Govt. House [sic]. Jolimont, c. 1942Governor Latrobe's house at Jolimont, c. 194243 Rockley Rd., South Yarra, 1942. The first house Theo Polites boughtShopping centre at Centre Avenue, Port Melbourne, with G. Rose, fruiterer at no. 19 and J.H. Hodges at no. 9, c. 1942Yarra Flats Hotel, between Melbourne and Woods Point, 1942Last home of Adam Lindsay Gordon Lewis Street Brighton, 1942?Air Force Technical Trainees, Melbourne, 1942Men of the 17th Brigade ... given a tumultuous welcome ... when they marched through Melbourne, 1942Cable trams for Brunswick and Melbourne, 1942Last home of Adam Lindsay Gordon Lewis Street Brighton, 1942Members of the A.I.F. invalided from the Middle East, disembarking from a hospital ship, Melbourne, 1942Driver John Oates, returned from overseas greeted by Robert and Mrs. Oates at Spencer St[reet Station, Melbourne] & a bite of Robert's apple, c. 1942Maj. A. H. Treloar, fire adviser to Commonwealth Military Forces Lecturing to Auxiliary Firemen attached to the St. Kilda Branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, c. 1942Signal class under Leut [i.e. Lieutenant] D. S. Kemsley Brighton Gram [i.e. Grammar], c. 1942Mr. A. L. Higgs & Senior Fireman E. J. Goodwin linking up street hydrant Malvern A.F.S. [i.e. Auxiliary Fire Service], c. 1942American and Australian Red Cross in Melbourne, Victoria, during World War II, c. 1942

4,991 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1940s, 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.