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Melbourne (unplaced) in the 1940s

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1840s 7 1850s 67 1860s 133 1870s 197 1880s 166 1890s 124 1900s 552 1910s 237 1920s 192 1930s 296 1940s 567 1950s 207 1960s 5 1970s 1 1980s 12
Gun. C.H. Jones (Aust) & Seaman 1st class B.C. Howard (USN) - wounded men who recently reached Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 19441944Interior views of the Temperance & General Building, Melbourne, Victoria, 1940s1940sAt the VAOC's nerve centre, a central air sector near Melbourne, the controllers balconies overlook the "plotting" table. A floor supervisor is on the first balcony watching operations. On the upper balcony are the male controllers, WAAAF liaison officers between VAOC and country centres and the identification centre (extreme right), c. 1944c. 1944March of 4th and 15th Infantry Brigades in Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944English W A A A Fs [W A A Fs ?] on arrival in Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944The march of the 7th Division in Melbourne, 19441944The Mutual Store, Melbourne, 1940s1940sCity Skyline Melbourne, 1940s1940sTown Hall, Melbourne, 1940s1940sAndro (left) and friend at a Melbourne beach in the 1940s1940sYoung man at work, possibly in office of Thorne & Dean, Melbourne, 1940s1940sCity river Scene, Melbourne, 1940s1940sArmy men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 19441944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 19441944Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, c. 1944c. 1944Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, 1941–471941–47Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, 1941–471941–47Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, c. 1944c. 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 19441944British Wrens on duty in Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, 1941–471941–47Porter's Mob, guests of British officers at a party at Camp Pell, Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Axemen during "Meal-time" at a Mobile Works Squadron in Northern Australia. A.C.1 E. H. Russell of Melbourne (Vic.) and A.C.1 G. Theyers of Swan Hills [Hill] (Vic.) are seen boiling the billy, c. 1944c. 1944March of 4th and 15th Infantry Brigades in Melbourne, 1941–471941–47Army personnel being inoculated against influenza at an Army depot near Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Flying Sisters Elizabeth Bray and Mary Simmonds in Melbourne, 1941–471941–474th and 15th Infantry Brigades march through city street in Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 19441944British Wrens on duty in Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944British Wrens on duty in Melbourne, 1941–471941–47Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, c. 1944c. 1944Marfleet and Weight Pty Ltd Melbourne factory interior showing machinery and male operator, c. 1944c. 1944Marfleet and Weight Pty Ltd Melbourne factory interior showing machinery and male operator, c. 1944c. 1944Some of the British soldiers' activities in camp in Melbourne, Australia, 1941–471941–47British Wrens on duty in Melbourne, 1941–471941–47British Wrens on duty in Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Army men of the 7th Division as they march through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, 19441944Porter's Mob, guests of British officers at a party at Camp Pell, Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Porter's Mob, guests of British officers at a party at Camp Pell, Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944British officer Wrens outside their Melbourne Headquarters, c. 1944c. 1944Sth [i.e. South] Melbourne, 19451945Looking over City of Melbourne towards south east, c. 1945c. 1945Melbourne, 19451945Dandenong Rd Melb [i.e. Melbourne], 19451945Looking north east over City of Melbourne, c. 1945c. 1945City Melbourne, 19451945City of Melbourne looking south west to port area, c. 1945c. 1945Two five-year veterans driven through streets of Melbourne after their return from overseas, 19451945Sergeant Geoff Mathews (of Melbourne), of a R.A.A.F. Wellington Squadron, chats to a cab-driver, c. 1945c. 1945Fodder consignment being unloaded at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, c. 1945c. 1945Shop window advertising British Union for Abolition of Vivisection, Melbourne Branch, 1940–501940–50Pavilion at Royal Melbourne Show for British Union for Abolition of Vivisection, Melbourne Branch, 1940–501940–50Floral Clock ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW GROUNDS...MELBOURNE, 1940–501940–50Helen and Maria Polites, Freda and Betty Gregory and Helen Fatouros on Victory Day, Melbourne, 19451945Three men standing on the tugboat Keera, Melbourne, 19451945View of unidentified suburban street, Melbourne, 1940–501940–50Fodder consignment being unloaded at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, 1942–481942–48Ex-prisoner of war Pte. K. E. Drew from Melbourne at the English Derby meeting, 1945, c. 1945c. 1945Captain H. J. Buchanan from Melbourne, Commanding Officer of H.M.A.S. Napier conducting special thanksgiving church service on the deck of the Napier, day after peace was declared, 19451945
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