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Bourke Street, Melbourne's Shopping Centre, c. 1918Bourke Street, Melbourne's Shopping Centrec. 1918

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Bourke Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district and a core feature of the Hoddle Grid. It was traditionally the entertainment hub of inner-city Melbourne, and is now also a popular tourist destination and tram thoroughfare.

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1850s8 photos

The Post Office, Melbourne, 18531853Invoice from G. R. Brice (late John Kendall), 5 Little Bourke Street West, and at Clyde Street, St. Kilda, Melbourne, wholesale and retail beef and pork butcher, 1850s1850sSALLE DE VALENTINO BOURKE STREET EAST 1854 [Melbourne]1854Hickinbotham's Drapery Establishment, Melbourne Stringer, Mason & Co, 1852–611852–61Great Bourke Street, looking East from Queen Street, 18571857Bourke Street [looking west from Spring Street], 18581858Bourke Street Melbourne, looking west from Spring Street, 1858–591858–59Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1858c. 1858

1860s41 photos

Bourke St. E. Melbourne, 18601860View down Bourke Street from Spring, c. 1860c. 1860Bourke St. Melbourne Looking East, c. 1860c. 1860Bourke Street from Parliament House, 18611861Bourke Street looking west from Spring Street, 18611861In Bourke St. Melbourne, c. 1861c. 1861[Bourke Street, Melbourne, south side between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets, looking west], 18611861Synagogue, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 18611861Bourke Street from Spring Street, 18611861Construction of Post Office, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 18611861Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1861c. 1861Panorama of Melbourne in 1862 from the roof of the Houses of Parliament1862BOURKE STREET (EAST, 1863)1863BOURKE STREET (EAST, 1863,), 1863?1863?BOURKE STREET (EAST, 1863,), 1863?1863?The White Hart Bourke Street East, 1860–701860–70Bourke Street East, Melbourne, 18651865Bourke Street west, 18661866Bourke Street west, 18661866View of buildings, 61-63 Bourke St. East, Melbourne, c. 1866c. 1866Portrait photographs of men by Archibald McDonald, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1864–691864–69Portrait photographs of men by Archibald McDonald, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1864–691864–69Portrait photographs of men by Archibald McDonald, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1864–691864–69Portrait photographs of men by Archibald McDonald, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1864–691864–69Bourke Street East from the westward 18661866Portrait photographs of men by Archibald McDonald, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1864–691864–69Portrait photographs of men by Archibald McDonald, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1864–691864–69Melbourne streets, 18671867Elizabeth Street looking south from Bourke Street, c. 1867c. 1867Buckley & Nunn, 27 Bourke Street East, Melbourne, 1865–691865–69Melbourne from Post Office building, Bourke Street, 1867–701867–70American Novelty Depot, Bourke St. East, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85C. Henry & Co., 140 Bourke Street East (corner of Russell Street,) Melbourne. J. and J. Bennett, 25 Bourke Street East, (opposite the Bull and Mouth) Melbourne, 1851–851851–85John Black wholesale & retail boot & shoe depot, 51 Great Bourke St. East, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85City tea & coffee establishment, wine, spirit and provision warehouse, 220 Bourke St. East near the Parliament House, 1851–851851–85C. Henry & Co., 140 Bourke Street East (corner of Russell Street,) Melbourne. J. and J. Bennett, 25 Bourke Street East, (opposite the Bull and Mouth) Melbourne, 1851–851851–85Interior perspective view of the Royal Arcade, Bourke Street Melbourne, 18691869[View of Bourke Street West, Melbourne, looking east from Queen Street], 18691869[Shows Little Bourke Street between William and Queen Streets] : from the tower of Dr Fitzgerald's residence Lonsdale Street West, 18691869Portrait photographs by Thomas Wright of Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1867–721867–72Portrait photographs by Thomas Wright of Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1867–721867–72

1870s11 photos

Bourke Street (looking east), c. 1870c. 1870Bourke Street from Parliament House, c. 1870c. 1870Bourke Street (looking east), c. 1870c. 1870Bourke Street east, c. 1870c. 1870MENZIES' HOTEL, BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE, c. 1870c. 1870View of Bourke Street East, Melbourne, looking east from Queen Street, c. 1870c. 1870Spring Street and Bourke Street, 1862–791862–79Bourke Street East, 1862–791862–79View of Spring Street & intersection with Little Bourke Street, 1862–791862–79Portrait photographs of men by Roberts & Co., Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1873c. 1873Portrait photographs of men by Roberts & Co., Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1873c. 1873

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741 historic photos of Bourke Street, Melbourne, taken between 1850 and 1989, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1940s (214). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.