Old Melbourne

1948 60 photos

Strathaird Pt Melb [i.e. Port Melbourne], 1948Melb [i.e. Melbourne] Cup, 1948City Skyline Melbourne, 1948Hidelberg [i.e. Heidelberg?] Building Scheme, 1948Looking south over City of Melbourne, State Library and Russell Street Police Station in centre of image, c. 1948Faulkner [i.e. Fawkner?] Melb [i.e. Melbourne], 1948Refineries in Spotswood area, including C.O.R., Alba, Golden Fleece and Shell, c. 1948Yarra River in vicinity of Spencer Street, c. 1948Looking south-east over Flemington Racecourse to Abattoirs, c. 1948General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 1948Shrine [of Remembrance] Melb [i.e. Melbourne], 1948From Spencer Street to Studley Park, c. 1948Housing Commission estate at Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne, 1948Looking towards Yarra River, possibly down William and King Streets, c. 1948Melb Abators [i.e. Melbourne Abattoirs] (Dull), 1948St. Pauls Cathedral Melbourne, 1948[Factories and fuel, c. 1948Ascot Vale Housing, 1948Melb [i.e. Melbourne] Cup, 1948City Melbourne, 1948Golden Fleece and Alba Refineries in Spotswood area, c. 1948General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 1948Aerial view of Preston, looking south showing Cramer St. Oval, 1948Melb i.e. Melbourne Cup, 1948Melb [i.e. Melbourne] Cup, 1948Melbourne Town Hall and Manchester Unity Building from Collins Street, 1948?Manchester Unity Building from corner of Flinders Lane, showing corner of the Cathedral Hotel, Melbourne, c. 1948Petty Officers of R.A.N. being shown over Maribyrnong Armament Works as part of a special course they are undergoing, c. 1948Myer Emporium Melbourne interior, 1948Large group of pedestrians crossing over Bourke Street, Melbourne, near the main entrance of Buckley and Nunn, c. 1948Some of the first displaced persons to come to Australia. They are at Bonegilla, having come by train from Melbourne, 1948Miss Shirley Tyson a "Miss Australia" entrant (Miss Outdoor Advertising) at the Blood bank at R[oyal] Melb[ourne] Hospital, c. 1948Black Rock State School fife band, c. 1948John Danks & Son display area at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, c. 1948George Bell Tribute exhibition at Georges Gallery, 162 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1948Edwardian style Catholic Presbytery at St. Paul's, Sydney Road, Coburg, c. 1948John Danks & Son showroom at Royal Melbourne Showground, c. 1948Marie Cuminsky, Esmé Orford, Lynette Foster and Lorna Smart, National Ballet Company, Melbourne, 1948Australian Knitting Mills, Richmond, Victoria, 1948Plaza Collins St, c. 1948Looking over Melbourne, from the Temple Court roof, Vic, 1948Diving tower, Coburg Lake, Vic, c. 1948Plaza Collins St, c. 1948[Coburg lake diving tower], 1948St. Patrick's steeples, Melbourne, Victoria, 1948?Dress circle foyer of the Regent Theatre, Collins Street, 1948Auditorium of the Regent Theatre, Collins Street, showing the ceiling dome, 1948Ports & Harbour dredge Pioneer under construction at Johnson's Tyne Foundry, South Melbourne, [Vic.], c. 1948Tobacconist's and barber's display windows, 5 Fitzroy St., St. Kilda, 1948Tobacconist's and barber's display windows, 5 Fitzroy St., St. Kilda, 1948Briscoe & Co. Iron and Steel merchants, 166-180 Roden St. West Melbourne, 1948Motorcycle and bicycle shops of Milledge Bros. at 287-9, Cottman & Co. at 291-3 and Turner Bros. at 295 Elizabeth St., Melbourne, 1948Housing Commission of Victoria homes possibly in Preston, one in Penola St., Preston, 1948Motorcycle and bicycle shops of Milledge Bros. at 287-9, Cottman & Co. at 291-3 and Turner Bros. at 295 Elizabeth St., Melbourne, 1948Briscoe & Co. Iron and Steel merchants, 166-180 Roden St. West Melbourne, 1948Motorcycle and bicycle shops of Milledge Bros. at 287-9, Cottman & Co. at 291-3 and Turner Bros. at 295 Elizabeth St., Melbourne, 1948Kellow-Falkiner car showroom, 379 St. Kilda Rd., Melbourne, showing exterior and empty interior display area, 1948Motorcycle and bicycle shops of Milledge Bros. at 287-9, Cottman & Co. at 291-3 and Turner Bros. at 295 Elizabeth St., Melbourne, 1948Tobacconist's and barber's display windows, 5 Fitzroy St., St. Kilda, 1948Kellow-Falkiner car showroom, 379 St. Kilda Rd., Melbourne, showing exterior and empty interior display area, 1948

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.