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Melbourne City in the 1940s

1,398 photos

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Yvonne Lennie 1942 Little Collins St, 1939–451939–45In Russell St. Melb [Melbourne], 1939–451939–45Yvonne Lennie 1942 Little Collins St, 1939–451939–45Little Lonsdale St. Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Law Courts Russell St Melb [Melbourne] 19421942Taken from Noel Counihan's studio about Jan 1942 Russell St Melbourne1942Matcham Skipper and Myra Gould, Lit. Collins St. Melb. [Melbourne], 1939–451939–45Australian soldiers marching in the streets of Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Procession of invalided soldiers travelling in a motorcade down St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Tony Jackson, 1942 Lit Collins St Melb [Melbourne]1942Australian servicemen marching down Swanston Street, past the saluting base at the Melbourne Town Hall, 1940–451940–45Yvonne Lennie 1942 Little Collins St, 1939–451939–45Australian navy march up Swanston Street, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching through Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Meyers Place, Melbourne, looking northerly, over Bourke Street, 1939–451939–45Tony and Pauline Jackson 1942 Lit. Collins St [Melbourne]1942Little Lonsdale St. Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Display of artillery in front of the Melbourne Town Hall with large crowd looking on, 1939–451939–45Two women serve food inside mobile Air Raid Precautions Squad canteen at Russell Street, c. 1942c. 1942Parade of cars in Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–432nd A.I.F. turning from Swanston Street into Bourke Street in rain, 1939–451939–45Australian servicemen marching down Swanston Street, past the saluting base at the Melbourne Town Hall, 1940–451940–45Australian servicemen marching down Swanston Street, past the saluting base at the Melbourne Town Hall, 1940–451940–45Australian servicemen marching down Swanston Street, past the saluting base at the Melbourne Town Hall, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching through Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Australian servicemen marching down Swanston Street, past the saluting base at the Melbourne Town Hall, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching in the streets of Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Australian servicemen marching down Swanston Street, past the saluting base at the Melbourne Town Hall, 1940–451940–45March Armoured Div. Crews in Bourke St. General view, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching in the streets of Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Armoured Division troops in parades on Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Marching soldiers turn corner from Elizabeth to Collins Street, 1939–451939–45Australian servicemen marching past the saluting base outside the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Air raid alerts in Melbourne during World War II - deserted Swanston Street, 1939–451939–45Australian soldiers marching in the streets of Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Parade of cars in Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Fire Brigade & A.R.P. i.e. Air Raid Precautions demonstration in connection with the War Savings Week in Collins St, 1939–451939–45Procession of invalided soldiers travelling in motor cars up Elizabeth Street and turning into Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers in military marches in the streets of Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Stationary trams in Swanston St. during air raid alert, c. 1942c. 1942Armoured Division troops in parades on Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Military procession in Melbourne, near the corner of Elizabeth and Collins Streets, 19431943Nurses laying flowers on the Edith Cavell Memorial, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, c. 1943c. 1943A.I.F. men on their return to Australia, at Spencer Street station, Melbourne, 19431943A.I.F. soldiers of the 9th Division in Swanston Street, during a march in Melbourne, 19431943Chinese lion and drays in city of Melbourne to promote the Chinese Lion Carnival, c. 1943c. 194317th Brigade marching through Melbourne, 1940–461940–46Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1943c. 1943A.I.F. soldiers of the 9th Division in Swanston Street, during a march in Melbourne, 19431943Bourke St. Infantrymen, c. 1943c. 1943Military procession in Melbourne, Bourke Street and towards Elizabeth Street, 19431943Members of the Netherlands East Indies army marching in Bourke Street, 19431943Display of Holeproof stockings at Myers, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1939–471939–47Display of 'Skyscrapers' ties made for Holeproof, in the window of The Leviathan Store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1939–471939–47Union Bank, 338 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 1942–451942–45
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