Old Melbourne

1945 60 photos

Interior view showing Sisters' Station, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Laundry room, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Interior view of conveyor system inside factory, Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, c. 1945Interior view of factory pipes, Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, c. 1945Exterior view of factory buildings and houses, Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, c. 1945View of factory buildings, Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, c. 1945Interior view of factory furnaces, Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, c. 1945Interior view of factory machine, Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, c. 1945Interior view of factory furnaces, Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, c. 1945Colonial Gas Association, Box Hill, interior, c. 1945Interior view showing waiting room, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Waiting room and reception desk, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Hospital laboratory showing people working at benches, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Hospital basement, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Joy Hester, Albert Tucker and Sweeney, St. Kilda Beach, December 1945Joy and Sweeney asleep, Robe Street, St. Kilda, 1945Hospital basement showing laundry collection point, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Hospital laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Opening of Somers House Australian Red Cross Club for repatriated P.O.W.S at Brighton by Lady Somers, 1945?L/Cpl. A. F. Jenner and Gunner L. V. Ford waving discharge papers at Royal Park, Victoria, c. 1945Escaped P.O.W.s at Royal Park, c. 1945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 1945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 1945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 1945V-E Day and armistice celebrations, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1945Ex-prisoner of war Pte. K. E. Drew from Melbourne at the English Derby meeting, 1945, c. 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Captain H. J. Buchanan from Melbourne, Commanding Officer of H.M.A.S. Napier conducting special thanksgiving church service on the deck of the Napier, day after peace was declared, 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945V-E Day celebration at Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1945V-E Day and armistice celebrations, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1945V-E Day and armistice celebrations, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1945Five-year veterans' parade cars in Melbourne, 1945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 1945Hoisting the flags of all nations on buildings in Flinders Street, c. 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945V-E Day and armistice celebrations, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1945Mantons shopfront, Bourke Street, six storey art deco building decorations celebrating Victory in the Pacific, 1945EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?An English soldier, Pte. P. Coyne from Melbourne, Vic. and Pte. T. M. Dixon from Shepparton, Vic. at an English Derby meeting, 1945Lieut. T. Rawley, who returned to Melbourne yesterday after spending 4 [and a half] years in a P.O.W. camp, was welcomed by his niece, Judith Longden, to whom he was only a legend, c. 1945North Ringwood camp. Only hut not in use at present, c. 1945Pte Bernard Da Fonte being interviewed at re-habilitation section at G.D.D. Royal Park Camp, c. 1945Gunner G. Mallet of Ringwood [Vic.] with his wife & two sons Pte. F. J. Mallet and Brian, c. 1945V-E Day celebration at Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1945V-E Day celebration at Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1945Church service on V-E day at St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, Vic, c. 1945EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?Escaped P.O.W. at Royal Park [Victoria], c. 1945Mr. Gordon Price ... building one of his sheds on his poultry farm at East Ringwood, c. 1945Peace Officers guard goods - firebricks - at Maribyrnong Depot [prior to Commonwealth Disposal Commission auction to be held 23rd August, 1945], c. 1945Miss Judith Cook of Murrumbeena with some of the 100 cakes baked by the Emily Mcpherson College for Britain, c. 1945At St. Kilda, 9 months, 1945 Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and Sweeney Tucker on the beach, St. KildaTaken by Athol Shmith Nov 1945 of our 47 Robe St. St KildaAcrobats St Kilda April 1945Taken by Athol Shmith Nov 1945 of our 47 Robe St. St KildaSisters in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service on leave in Melbourne, c. 1945At St. Kilda, 9 months, 1945 Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and Sweeney Tucker on the beach, St. Kilda

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.