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.

T.A.H. Ready Chemist, 74-76 Victoria Street, Richmond - shopfront, 1937–431937–43T.A.H. Ready Chemist, 74-76 Victoria Street, Richmond - shopfront, 1937–431937–43Exterior, Camberwell Inn, 1930–501930–50Letter from Thos Lithgow dated 11th May 1931, to Webb Bros. Pty. Ltd., 286-290 City Road, South Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Exterior Reid House, 347 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Elevated exterior view of Marfleet and Weight factory, Flockhart Street, Abbotsford, 1930–501930–50Little Flinders Street, Flinders Way arcade, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Exterior view of Siena College, Riversdale Road, Camberwell, 1937–431937–43Exterior view of Siena College, Riversdale Road, Camberwell, 1937–431937–43Ambassador's Cafe, Basement, Capitol House, 109-111 Swanston Street, Melbourne - interior, 1937–431937–43Ambassador's Cafe, Basement, Capitol House, 109-111 Swanston Street, Melbourne - interior, 1937–431937–43Construction of duplex housing by the Housing Commission of Victoria at Port Melbourne, 1937–431937–43The old cathedral "St. James's" - Melbourne (a relic of the early days), 1936–451936–45View along Swanston Street, looking south from the Town Hall portico, 1930–501930–50Port Authority building, 29-31 Market Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Port Authority building, 29-31 Market Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Port Authority building, 29-31 Market Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Government House Melbourne Victoria, 1936–451936–45Cricket match being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1930–501930–502nd A.I.F. marching along Swanston Street, 1940–411940–41Trainee airmen at Essendon, 1940–411940–41A.I.F. Antiaircraft training school at Maribyrnong during World War II, 1937–431937–43Trainee airmen at Essendon, 1940–411940–41A.I.F. Antiaircraft training school at Maribyrnong during World War II, 1937–431937–43R.A.A.F. trainees at Melbourne Technical School, 1937–431937–43A partial view of the sea and of a wave of soldiers from the transport as she sailed up the bay, Port Melbourne, 1937–431937–43Many troops who left for overseas aboard the transport at Port Melbourne, 1937–431937–43Plan of Melbourne and its suburbs, 1930–501930–50"G.Y." Truck components being loaded by gantry at Melbourne goods, 1930–501930–50Trainee airmen at Essendon, 1940–411940–41Australian Women's League troops marching in Melbourne, 1940–411940–41Soldiers receiving rifle instruction and at target practice in Dandenong, 1937–431937–43A.I.F. 4th embarkation, Port Melbourne, 1937–431937–43Some troops wave farewell from the Empress of Canada, embarkation in Melbourne, 1937–431937–43EMBARKATION FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1937–431937–43A.I.F. 4th embarkation, Port Melbourne, 1937–431937–43Men of the 2nd Contingent of the 2nd A.I.F. embarking from Port Melbourne by troopship, 1937–431937–43Early Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Interior escalators Bourke Street Store No. 12, 1936–451936–45Elevated view of Deva House Bourke Street housing Coles Variety Store adjoining store of T. Mackenzie Kirkwood and Royal Arcade, 1930–501930–50Cafeteria serving and dining areas 1st floor Bourke Street Store No. 12, 1936–451936–45Men of the 2nd contingent of the 2nd A.I.F. embarking from Port Melbourne, elevated from left, 1937–431937–43Signals at Flinders St Station yard, 1930–501930–50Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, 1937–431937–43A.I.F. 4th embarkation Port Melb. i.e. Melbourne, 1937–431937–43R.A.A.F. trainees at Melbourne Technical School, 1937–431937–43Royal Australian Air Force trainees at Melbourne Technical College, 1937–431937–43Royal Australian Air Force trainees at Melbourne Technical College, 1937–431937–43Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, 1937–431937–43Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, 1937–431937–43Spencer Street rail yard, 1930–501930–50Men of the 2nd contingent of the 2nd A.I.F. embarking from Port Melbourne, from above, 1937–431937–43A.I.F. Antiaircraft training school at Maribyrnong during World War II, 1937–431937–43Flinders Street Station, 1930–501930–50Many troops wave farewell from the Empress of Canada, embarkation in Melbourne, 1937–431937–43

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.