Old Melbourne

1940 45 photos

1940 New Theater Melb [Melbourne]A section of the thousands who crowded the Port Melbourne station and spread along the railway line to cheer the troop trains as they passed on their way to the ships, c. 1940Yvonne Lennie 40 Lt Collins St Melbourne, 1940Lord mayor inspects guard at Royal Park, c. 19402nd A.I.F. going aboard [at] Port Melbourne, c. 1940From our window 26 Litt Collins St [Melbourne] 1940Ian Robertson, Lit. Collins St. 40 [1940]Fitzroy Gardens Melb 1940 Treasury GardensRoy Opie, Melbourne New Theater 1940 "I'd rather be left"New Theater Melbourne 40, 1940Yarra Bank Melb 1940 [Melbourne]Poster by Toulouse Lautrec exhibited at C.A.S. show Hotel Australia Melbourne, 1940Crowds on board ship carrying the 2nd A.I.F. from Port Melbourne, c. 1940Me [Joy Hester] 1940 E. Melbourne George StFootscray Council Decontamination Squad jump from truck for practice response to emergency, c. 1940Embarkation from Port Melbourne, 1940?A.I.F. 4th embarkation, Port Melbourne, c. 1940Melb New Theater 1940Melb New Theater, "Where's that bomb?", 1940Machinery manufactured by Marfleet and Weight Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1940"Wish me luck when you say goodbye" Troops aboard the transport at Port Melbourne, c. 1940Starboard side life boats on the ship carrying the 2nd A.I.F., 1st Contingent, from Port Melbourne, c. 1940Fences mean nothing to A.I.F. in training at Dandenong, c. 1940N.C.O.'s of "A" company at Royal Park, c. 1940A full view of the sea and of a wave of soldiers from the transport as she sailed up the bay, Port Melbourne, c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 19402nd A.I.F. going aboard [at] Port Melbourne, c. 1940Soldier on guard duty at Royal Park military camp, c. 1940Troops of the R.A.A.F, A.I.F. and the R.A.N. "C" Contingent line the rails of the deck of the troopship as it leaves Port Melbourne wharf, c. 1940A.I.F. 4th embarkation Port Melb. [i.e. Melbourne], c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940Setting out on a route march through Dandenong with the Post Office in the background, c. 1940Giving an engine a look-over at Richmond, c. 1940Blamey signing autograph for nurses before leaving Melbourne, c. 1940Machinery manufactured by Marfleet and Weight Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1940Footscray Council Decontamination Squad clear sand or gravel within roped off area, c. 1940Melbourne. Victorian nurses and masseuses accompanying the second contingent of the A.I.F. to go abroad watching the men file aboard the ship at Port Melbourne, 1940?Carlton Company of the Victorian Volunteer Rifles, c. 1940R.A.A.F. trainees at Melbourne Technical School, c. 1940Smiling men of the 2nd contingent of the 2nd A.I.F. at Port Melbourne, c. 1940Raffling racehorse tickets at Flemington, c. 1940Military display at Caulfield Racecourse, c. 1940FISH MARKET corner Flinders and Spencer Streets Melbourne, c. 1940

1941 15 photos

[Home of Airspy photographer C.D. Pratt at 86 McCracken Street, Essendon], 1941Home of Airspy photographer C.D. Pratt at 86 McCracken Street, Essendon, 1941Australian soldiers with rifles, Dandenong Camp, c. 1941Australian soldiers standing at attention, Dandenong Camp, c. 1941Australian soldiers in tent, Dandenong Camp, c. 1941Australian soldiers behind a fence, Dandenong Camp, c. 1941Police officer switching off city lights at Bourke St. West Police Station, c. 1941Australian soldier standing at attention, Dandenong Camp, c. 1941Two A.I.F. men arrive at the wharf with kitbags, ready for embarking from Port Melbourne, c. 1941Control Room of Brighton A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] System, c. 1941Sailors and naval officers on ship's rigging during embarkation from Port Melbourne, 1941The Old Beaumaris Hall, 1888-1941, c. 1941The Old Beaumaris Hall, 1888-1941, c. 1941The Old Beaumaris Hall, 1888-1941, c. 1941Morse class at Melb Tech [i.e. Melbourne Technical College], c. 1941

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.