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Melbourne City in the 1950s

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Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Demolition of one of the Old Melbourne Hospital wings to make way for the new building, 19531953Sudden downpour in Melbourne streets. A sea of umbrellas appeared on the corner of Collins and Swanston Streets, 19531953Exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 at the Public Library of Victoria November 19531953Sudden wet weather in Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] streets, 19531953Crowd consisting of women and small children waiting in a queue on the footpath, possibly to enter the Esquire Theatre, Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953The intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne, 19531953Photographs relating to Fachon Pty Ltd., Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 1953–541953–54Entrance steps, National Bank of Australasia State Head Office, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Female bank clerks at work, State Head office, National Bank of Australia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Interior, Banking chamber, National Bank of Australasia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953[Diesel electric locomotive at Spencer Street station], 19531953Chamber of Manufacturers insurance building - Flinders St. Melbourne. Mockridge, Stahle & Mitchell. 19531953Maltese shipwrights at a wedding at North Melbourne Town Hall. Melbourne, 19531953Offices of wool buyers J.R. Bennett & Co., E. Segard and Pittwool P/L at 181-183 King St., Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953Car parked outside Joubert's building, 575 Bourke St., Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953Cnr. William and Little Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne, showing Cancer Institute (now Peter MacCallum), c. 1953c. 1953Cavalier Tea Rooms, Queens Walk Arcade, the Victoria Buildings, 68 Swanston St., Melbourne - cnr. Swanston & Collins Sts., site of the City Square, c. 1953c. 1953Cavalier Tea Rooms, Queens Walk Arcade, the Victoria Buildings, 68 Swanston St., Melbourne - cnr. Swanston & Collins Sts., site of the City Square, c. 1953c. 1953Construction for the Degraves Street Subway showing the Ackman's building at 250 Flinders St., Melbourne, being excavated for the Degraves St. entrance steps, 19531953Construction for the Degraves Street Subway showing the Ackman's building at 250 Flinders St., Melbourne, being excavated for the Degraves St. entrance steps, 19531953Construction for the Degraves Street Subway showing the Ackman's building at 250 Flinders St., Melbourne, being excavated for the Degraves St. entrance steps, 19531953Manton's, drapers, 226-36 Bourke St., Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953Manton's, drapers, 226-36 Bourke St., Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953Treasury Building, Spring Street, Melbourne, 19531953Treasury Building, Spring Street, Melbourne, 19531953South Melbourne Town Hall, at night, c. 1953c. 1953South Melbourne Town Hall, at night, 1950–561950–56South Melbourne Town Hall, at night, 1950–561950–56Royal Melbourne Hospital, viewed from Royal Parade, 19531953Royal Melbourne Hospital, viewed from Royal Parade, 19531953Australian and New Zealand Bank Limited Head Office, 394 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953
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