Old photos of North Melbourne (1860s–1950s) | Old Melbourne

North Melbourne by decade

Streets and landmarks in North Melbourne

A sample across the years

The Benevolent Asylum, Melbourne, 1862

Benevolent Asylum Melbourne, c. 1870

Studio portrait of unidentified woman, by Nettleton, North Melbourne, 1867–74

Mr. James Munro. North Melbourne, 1874

Victoria Street, North Melbourne, c. 1880

Benevolent Asylum, North Melbourne, 1890

North Melbourne Locomotive Depot, c. 1900

Harris Street, North Melbourne, c. 1910

Building brick wall at North Melbourne, 1913

North Melbourne, plantations formed, early growth, 1916?

The Australian Monte de Piete Co. Ltd. : North Melbourne Branch, c. 1920

North Melbourne (VFL) football team in front of a grandstand, Arden Street, 1934–35

North Melbourne cottage, c. 1935

North Melbourne. The fine wide streets of North Melbourne - Haines & Curzon Streets, c. 1935

North Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] Tin house in Byron Street, c. 1935

North Melbourne. Copper in Erskine Place, c. 1935

Interior, Loco Theatre, 574 Victoria Street, North Melbourne, c. 1940

Central display cabinet at J.P.A. Radio, 19 Errol Street, North Melbourne - front, c. 1941

North Melbourne Auxiliary Firemen leave the station on receiving a call, c. 1942

Warehouse, 21 O'Connell Street, N.M. [i.e. North Melbourne], 1941–43

Miss Margaret McBrien, Sea Scout Hitchcock (H.E. victim) & W. Walsh, stretcher bearer, at sector 7C8 Nth Melb. [i.e. North Melbourne], c. 1942

Truck loaded with tanks outside Progress Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Vale Street, North Melbourne, Vic, c. 1943

[Tailor measuring a jacket sleeve, Berkeley Apparel, North Melbourne, 1950

Curzon Street, North Melbourne pre-school, c. 1950

152 historic photos of North Melbourne, taken between 1862 and 1955. They span 10 decades, with the most from the 1940s (41). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.