Old Melbourne

Sometime around the 1940s 60 photos

The library dates these to a span of years that takes in this decade. Each shows its span.

Shell factory and storage tanks at Newport showing lower Yarra River, 1925–401925–40Footscray, showing George Kinnears rope factory on the corner of Ballarat Road and Farnsworth Avenue, 1925–401925–40Coburg looking south over Bell Street ?, 1925–401925–40Piers at Port Melbourne, 1925–401925–40Fleet of ships entering Port Phillip Bay, 1925–401925–40Shell factory and storage tanks at Newport showing lower Yarra River, 1925–401925–40Substantial rural property with homestead, Corio Bay, Port Phillip, 1925–401925–40South-east view from Glen Huntly towards Carnegie, showing residential area and parks, 1925–401925–40Clifton Hill looking east with Merri Creek on left, 1925–401925–40Saint Patrick's Cathedral with Fitzroy Gardens in background, 1925–401925–40Swan Street, Richmond, looking east, 1925–401925–40H. V. McKay Sunshine Harvester Works, Sunshine, 1925–401925–40[Aerial view of the Yarra River at Fairfield, Vic.], 1925–401925–40Looking east over suburban area with adjoining Footscray Park, 1925–401925–40Yarra River looking south-east from above King's Domain, including Herring Island and Morell Bridge, 1925–401925–40Footscray West at intersection of Geelong, Robbs and Graingers Roads, 1925–401925–40Looking from Kew to Richmond over Yarra River, 1925–401925–40[Area around Kew Junction, showing intersection of Cotham Road and High Street], 1925–401925–40John Thompson Combustion Engineering P/L, Corner Robbs and Graingers Roads, Footscray, 1925–401925–40Yarra River docks at Port Melbourne, 1925–401925–40Bridge over Yarra River at Victoria Street showing sections of Richmond and Hawthorn, 1925–401925–40Paintings Golf H'berg [i.e. Heidelberg], 1925–401925–40Flemington looking towards Parkville with O'Connell & Kerr's engineering works in Stubbs Street l.c. and Victorian Cooperative Co Ltd in centre of image, 1925–401925–40Willsmere, Kew, 1925–401925–40Shell factory and storage tanks at Newport showing lower Yarra River, 1925–401925–40Shell factory and storage tanks at Newport showing lower Yarra River, 1925–401925–40Flemington Race Course Victoria Racing Club Cup Day, 1925–401925–40Large group of people at outdoor event at Footscray Park, 1925–401925–40Zoological Gardens, Royal Park, Victoria, 1925–401925–40Market Day Dandenong, 1925–401925–40Intersection of Brunswick Street and St. Georges Road, North Fitzroy, showing Brunswick Street Oval, 1925–401925–40Kensington looking north east with Hobson's Road in foreground, 1925–401925–40Willsmere, Kew, 1925–401925–40Looking from railway lines over Botanic Gardens, Shrine of Remembrance and Albert Park Lake to Port Phillip Bay, 1925–401925–40Thomas Frame & Co., printers at corner of Bedford and Courtenay Streets, North Melbourne, 1925–401925–40Shell factory and storage tanks at Newport showing lower Yarra River, 1925–401925–40Kew Junction looking north along High Street South, 1925–401925–40Williamstown showing dockyard and port, 1925–401925–40Residential area of Richmond with Richmond Pony Track and parks, 1925–401925–40W. Angliss & Co. Imperial Freezing Works, Lynch Street, Footscray, 1925–401925–40Road over Patterson River at Carrum, 1925–401925–40Area of Frankston including pier and foreshore, 1925–401925–40Port Phillip Bay and area of coast, possibly Sandringham, 1925–401925–40South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, 1925–401925–40Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Show Grounds at Ascot Vale with Flemington Racecourse in distance, 1925–401925–40Albert Park, showing St. Vincent Place and Albert Park Lake in background, 1925–401925–40Creamoata Mills, Fleming & Co. Sunshine Road, West Footscray, partly obscured by cloud, 1925–401925–40The Australian Paper Manufacturing mill, Fairfield, 1925–401925–40Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Show Grounds at Ascot Vale, 1925–401925–40Spencer Street near intersection with Flinders Street, Melbourne, showing railway tracks, 1925–401925–40Show Grounds with Flemington Racecourse u.l, 1925–401925–40View looking south over Toorak Road and Through Road, Burwood, 1925–401925–40Royal Park looking east, 1925–401925–40Mordialloc, showing Albert and Main Streets and Railway Station, 1925–401925–40Flemington Racecourse with large crowd in attendance and Show Grounds in distance, 1925–401925–40Port Melbourne, South Melbourne area with Dunlop chimney in centre of image, 1925–401925–40Aerial view along Malvern Road, Prahran, 1925–401925–40Aerial view of Willsmere, Kew, 1925–401925–40Shell factory and storage tanks at Newport showing lower Yarra River, 1925–401925–40Williamstown racecourse, Victoria, 1925–401925–40

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.