Old Melbourne

1940 60 photos

Men of the 2nd Contingent of the 2nd A.I.F. embarking from Port Melbourne by troopship, c. 1940Swanston St. looking south from Lonsdale St, c. 1940Marching along Swanston St. Comforts Fund Day, Aug. 1940, c. 1940Dandenong Camp Wash Day, c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940"Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne", c. 1940The passing of the Melbourne Cable Tramways, 1940The passing of the Melbourne Cable Tramways, 1940S.E.C., A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] unit rehearsal at garage premises in Sth Melbourne, c. 1940Carlow House, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, c. 1940[Crowd of troops at Royal Park railway station, waving their hats, c. 1940Troops marching behind drummers and officer along side tram or train tracks, Royal Park, Melbourne, c. 1940The Graziers' Federal Council of Australia 50th Convention, Melbourne, June 1940Nurses aboard their transport at Melbourne, 1940Staff and employees of Bryant & May, Richmond, 17.1.40, 1940Cook's Cottage, Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, 1940New A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] Demonstration rooms at Shell Bldg [i.e. Building] Bourke St, c. 1940Lt. J. Little addressing the A.A.S.C. on camouflage army trucks during a 3 day [illegible] at Eltham, c. 1940Members of the small A.I.F. contingent which left Melbourne on August 7. They are reinforcements, 1940?Governor Geneal [i.e. General] inspects A.I.F. at Caulfield [Racecourse], c. 1940[Commercial premises of Wiltshire File Company Pty Ltd, Sunshine Road, Tottenham], c. 1940Royal Melb. Reg. passing saluting base, c. 1940Troops reinforcements arriving by train at Port Melbourne Pier prior to embarkation for the Middle East, 1940A.I.F. 4th embarkation. Port Melb. Troops embarking, c. 1940Tunnel beneath New Royal Melb [i.e. Melbourne] Hospital, c. 1940The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company's pier, 1940?New batch of R.A.A.F. trainees arrive at Essendon from Somers for advanced training, with their issue, c. 1940[PORT PHILLIP CLUB HOTEL ... FLINDER STREET [Melbourne], c. 1940Medicine ball keep these lads amused and fit at Royal Park, c. 1940[Soldiers] marching along pier at Port Melbourne before embarking, 1940Card in hand and money on the table. A scene below decks on board an A.I.F. transport before leaving Melbourne, 1940?Men of the 2nd Contingent of the 2nd A.I.F. embarking from Port Melbourne by troopship, c. 1940"Got a light, dig?" Embarkation scene Port Melbourne, 1940Applicants for enlistment arriving and leaving the R.A.A.F. recruiting depot in Flinders Street, Melbourne, c. 1940Lockheed from under armed gunnel[?] at Richmond, c. 1940Examinations at Melb. Tech School [i.e. Melbourne Technical College] for A Grade Motor Engineers, c. 1940Military procession in Melbourne, near the corner of Elizabeth and Collins Streets, 1943, 1940St James Theatre, 20 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1940Y.M.C.A. club house, The Domain, St. Kilda Road, 1940?The march of the 2nd A.I.F. ... outside Parliament House, Melbourne, 1940March of 2,500 members of the A.I.F., through Melbourne, 1940[Kerby's Kiosk, St. Kilda pier], c. 1940[Nocklofty, 551-559 Royal Parade, Parkville], c. 1940Residence in Darling Street, South Yarra, designed by Roy Simpson, 1940Entrance to the offices of William Crosby & Co., Shipping Agents and Engineers, Roberts' Buildings, 480-490 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940St. Kilda Melbourne Boxing Day 1940 ; Mordialloc Melbourne Dec. 1940[Joy Hester doing a handstand, Heide, Templestowe, Melbourne], c. 1940Views of Melbourne ca. 1940, c. 1940Yosi Bergner on the roof, 26 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940Departure from Port Melbourne of the 4th Contingent of the A.I.F, 1940Roberts' Buildings, 480-490 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940Phosphate House, 513-519 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940R. & W.H. Symington & Co., manufacturers of Liberty Corsets, 24 Rosslyn St., West Melbourne, Vic, 1940?Stewarts and Lloyds Pty Ltd, 157-165 City Road, South Melbourne, 1940Stewarts and Lloyds Pty Ltd, 157-165 City Road, South Melbourne, 1940?E.L. Yencken and Co., 384-396 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, corner of McKillop Street, 1940

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.