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Melbourne City in the 1940s

1,398 photos

1830s 4 1840s 5 1850s 73 1860s 244 1870s 281 1880s 441 1890s 295 1900s 1305 1910s 565 1920s 558 1930s 833 1940s 1398 1950s 624 1970s 8 1980s 4
Parade and crowds in Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 1940s1940sVictorian Government Tourist Bureau, 272 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sVictorian Government Tourist Bureau, 272 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sVictorian Government Tourist Bureau, 272 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sPrinces Bridge over the Yarra River, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sVictorian Government Tourist Bureau, 272 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sPrinces Bridge, Melbourne, Victoria, 1940s1940sPrinces Bridge over the Yarra River, 1940s1940sElizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 1940s1940sSt James Theatre, Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944[The Commercial Bank of Australia, Collins Street, Melbourne], 1940s1940s[The Hotel Alexander, Melbourne, Victoria], 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sWet weather in Bourke Street, 19441944Mrs. W. H. Downing and Avril Searle in Yugoslav dress during a cooking display at the Melbourne Town Hall, 1941–471941–47Three members of the Black Watch famous Scottish regiment on leave for the day sightseeing in Melbourne, snapped on Princes Bridge, c. 1944c. 1944The new U.S. Information library in Collins Street, 1944194412 Victorians among repatriated P.O.W. arrived at Spencer St. today, c. 1944c. 1944Interior of large restaurant opposite Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, showing waitresses behind food displayed at counter, 1940s1940sInterior of the basement tea-room in Buckley and Nunn, Bourke Street, Melbourne, showing counter and tables and chairs, 1940s1940sProcession in Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940s[Collins Street and Queen Street intersection, Melbourne, Victoria], 1940s1940sMembers of the Theosophical Society in their lecture hall at their premises, 109 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940s[Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria], 1940s1940s[205-215 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria], 1940s1940sCnr. Collins and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne, 1938–501938–50[The Temperance & General Building, Melbourne, Victoria], 1940s1940s[Display window at Georges, Collins Street, Melbourne, showing model, 1940s1940sJohn Sanderson & Co. woolbroking premises, St. James Building, 111 William Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940s[85-99 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria], 1940s1940s[Kodak House, Lyric House and Howey House, Collins Street, Melbourne], 1940s1940sInterior of Century Projection Room at Century Theatre, Swanston Street Melbourne, 1940s1940sGeorge Pitts in Century Projection Room at Century Theatre, Swanston Street Melbourne, 1940s1940sSt. Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, 1940s1940sTown Hall, Melbourne, 1940s1940sElizabeth Street Melbourne, 1940s1940sGovernment House. Melbourne, 1940s1940sVictorian railways administrative staff on roof of Flinders Street Station, 1940s1940sColes Cafeteria, 299-301 Bourke Street, 1940s1940sColes Cafeteria, 299-301 Bourke Street, 1940s1940sColes Cafeteria, 299-301 Bourke Street, 1937–521937–52Dr. Willfred Emmett Race, Osteopath, 401 Collins St. consulting rooms, 1940s1940sDr. Willfred Emmett Race, Osteopath, 401 Collins St. consulting rooms, 1940s1940sDr. Willfred Emmett Race, Osteopath, 401 Collins St. consulting rooms, 1940s1940sDr. Willfred Emmett Race, Osteopath, 401 Collins St. consulting rooms, 1940s1940sDr. Willfred Emmett Race, Osteopath, 401 Collins St. consulting rooms, 1940s1940sDr. Willfred Emmett Race, Osteopath, 401 Collins St. consulting rooms, 1940s1940sElevated view the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne, 1940s1940sRussell Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940s4th and 15th Brigades A.I.F. march past Melbourne Town Hall, c. 1944c. 1944
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