Old Melbourne

1944 60 photos

Exterior view of Kinnear's Rope Works, Ballarat Road, Footscray, 1944Wet weather in Bourke Street, 1944Lt. Col. S. Haine, Col. A. M Sage and Lt. Col. W. Marshall at the Senior Administration School at "Grong Grong", Toorak, Victoria, c. 1944English W A A A Fs [W A A Fs ?] on arrival in Melbourne, c. 1944Three members of the Black Watch famous Scottish regiment on leave for the day sightseeing in Melbourne, snapped on Princes Bridge, c. 1944The new U.S. Information library in Collins Street, 1944Opening day for first Victorian Butchers shop for pets at Glenferrie Rd, Malvern, c. 1944American cargo vessel aground off Black Rock, c. 1944HANDCRAFTS - STRING KNOTTING ... (Heidelberg Military Hospital, Victoria.), c. 1944Heidelberg Hosp. Every bed is equipped with wireless, c. 1944Army men from the 7th Division at drill at Watsonia in training for a Melbourne procession, 1944Heidelberg Hosp. [i.e. Hospital]. The boys are always ready to help each other, c. 194412 Victorians among repatriated P.O.W. arrived at Spencer St. today, c. 1944Mr. Brown amidst a pile of toys donated by the children of Preston, c. 1944F/O. M. E. Collard of Brighton, Vic. and LAC D. W. Sinclair of West End, Q'ld, working in the drawing office of a RAAF survey unit at Aitape, c. 1944Lt. Colonels C. A. Hall and E. Kenny in the garden of the Senior Administrative School at "Grong Grong", Toorak, Victoria, c. 1944The march of the 7th Division in Melbourne, 1944Methodist Church, Burwood, Vic, 1944Powder magazine, Footscray, 1944Frankston Community Hospital, c. 1944Powder magazine, Footscray, 19444th and 15th Brigades A.I.F. march past Melbourne Town Hall, c. 1944Visit to the Dandenong Ranges by soldiers from British regiments stationed in Melbourne, hosted by Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr. Nettlefold, c. 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 1944Cadet Officers & N.C.O's [i.e. non commissioned officers] in camp at Frankston P. & R. T. school, were given demonstrations of unarmed combat by instructors of the school, c. 1944Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, c. 1944Brunswick devastated, 1944Visit to the Dandenong Ranges by soldiers from British regiments stationed in Melbourne, hosted by Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr. Nettlefold, c. 1944Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, c. 1944Line of the men who received their commissions at Broadmeadows Ordnance School, c. 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 1944Visit to the Dandenong Ranges by soldiers from British regiments stationed in Melbourne, hosted by Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr. Nettlefold, c. 1944Farewell at Caulfield by staff of comp at Cfld [i.e. Caulfield] race course, c. 1944National flagbearers at the Allied Thanksgiving pageant at Como Park, Melbourne, c. 1944Repatriated P.O.W.s at Spencer St[reet] Station, [Melbourne], c. 1944Heidelberg M.H. [Military Hospital], c. 1944British Wrens on duty in Melbourne, c. 1944Mr. R. T. Rundle (State President) hands over steel ramp for disembarking wounded troops at Heidleberg [i.e. Heidelberg] Station, c. 1944Porter's Mob, guests of British officers at a party at Camp Pell, Melbourne, c. 1944Pte. G. H. Murray using hand loom at the Caulfield Military Hospital, c. 1944Lord Mayor Cr. Nettlefold receiving toys from soldier patients at Heidelberg for the Lord Mayor's Toys for Britain appeal, c. 1944Axemen during "Meal-time" at a Mobile Works Squadron in Northern Australia. A.C.1 E. H. Russell of Melbourne (Vic.) and A.C.1 G. Theyers of Swan Hills [Hill] (Vic.) are seen boiling the billy, c. 1944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 1944Dischargees signing papers at S.D.D. Royal Park, c. 1944Army personnel being inoculated against influenza at an Army depot near Melbourne, c. 1944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19444th and 15th Infantry Brigades march past Capital Theatre on Swanston Street, c. 19444th and 15th Infantry Brigades march through city street in Melbourne, c. 1944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 1944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 1944Amphibious landing at South Melbourne beach, c. 1944Dischargees signing papers at S.D.D. Royal Park, c. 1944Lord Mayor Cr. Nettlefold, Sgt. L Annand and Cpl. W. S. Stonehouse inspecting toys from soldier patients at Heidelberg for the Lord Mayor's Toys for Britain appeal, c. 1944Janice Robinson and Jack Pinches at Melbourne zoo with baby koala, 1944Janice Robinson and Jack Pinches at Melbourne zoo with baby koala, 1944R.A.A.F. & W.A.A.F. sports meeting of No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale Flemington Racecourse, c. 1944Nursing sisters at the Australian Womens Services Officers' School at "Grong Grong", Toorak, Victoria, c. 1944Heidelberg Hosp[ital] Basking in the sunshine on one of the verandahs, c. 1944

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.