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741 photos1850–1989

1850s 8 1860s 41 1870s 38 1880s 74 1890s 35 1900s 122 1910s 46 1920s 31 1930s 62 1940s 214 1950s 68 1970s 1 1980s 1

1900s60 photos

Duke of York Celebrations, Melbourne. The Australian Stockmen and the Duke's Arch, Bourke Street, 19011901THE CHINESE PROCESSION. The Dragon turning the corner of Spring and Bourke Streets, 19011901Decorated Arch for the Duke and Duchess of York and Cornwall, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19011901Duke of York Celebrations, Melbourne. Eight Hours' Procession, Bourke Street. 'Slaves no Longer.', 19011901Parliament House, Spring Street, facing end of Bourke Street. (Occupied temporarily by Commonwealth Parliament), 19011901Duke's Visit, Citizens' Arch, Bourke St, 19011901Citizen's Arch, Bourke Street Melbourne, part of the Commonwealth Celebrations, 19011901Dukes Arch. Bourke St, 19011901Citizens Arch Bourke St, 19011901[Looking along street with trams and pedestrians, possibly the corner of William and Bourke Streets, Melbourne], 1891–19141891–1914Bourke St. Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] looking West [from Spring Street], 1900–051900–051903 Germain car outside the Coffey Brothers showroom in Bourke Street, Melbourne19031903 Germain car outside the Coffey Brothers showroom in Bourke Street, Melbourne1903Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1903c. 1903Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1903c. 1903Opera House Block Bourke st. south side. Melbourne, 1900s1900sPortrait photograph of a little boy by Alfred Yeoman & Co. of 292 Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1904c. 1904Orient Hotel, 260 Bourke Street, on the north-east corner of Bourke and Swanston Streets, 1890–19201890–1920View of Bourke St., Melbourne (Vic.), 1900–101900–10Eastern Market, Bourke Street, Melbourne (Vic.), 1900–101900–10Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1905c. 1905BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE, c. 1905c. 1905Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1905c. 1905Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1905c. 1905Bourke Street west Melbourne showing Parliament House, 1895–19151895–1915Bourke Street MELBOURNE, 1895–19151895–1915Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1895–19151895–1915Melbourne General Post Office, showing north side of Bourke St., between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets, 1890–19201890–1920Bourke Street looking west with Coles Book Arcade on left GPO clock tower on right pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, 1900–101900–10Bourke Street Melbourne looking towards Elizabeth Street showing Coles Book Arcade including a cable tram, 1900–101900–108 Hours Procession, Bourke St. 23rd April 19061906Golden Fleece Alley Melbourne E, 1880–19321880–1932Bourke St. Melbourne, c. 1906c. 1906Bourke St. Melbourne, c. 1906c. 1906SWANSTON ST. FROM BOURKE ST. MELBOURNE, c. 1906c. 1906BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE, c. 1906c. 1906Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1906c. 1906Bourke St. Melbourne, c. 1906c. 1906Bourke St. Melbourne, c. 1906c. 1906Bourke Street East Melbourne, c. 1906c. 1906Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1903–101903–10Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1875–19381875–1938Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1875–19381875–1938Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, near the GPO, building on the far right is five doors down from Bourke Street, 1905–101905–10Master Schnabel in his Roadster designed and built in the Electrical Workshops of the L. F. R. Schnabel Engineering School, Bourke St; Melbourne, c. 1907c. 1907VIEW OF BOURKE STREET, c. 1907c. 1907BOURKE ST. MELB, c. 1907c. 1907Bourke Street East, Melbourne, c. 1907c. 1907Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1907c. 1907Bourke St. Melbourne, c. 1907c. 1907Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1907c. 1907Gt. Bourke St. looking East from Queen St. Melbourne, in the "Fifties", 1905–101905–10Gt. Bourke St. looking East from Queen St. Melbourne, in the "Fifties", 1905–101905–10Bourke Street, Looking West, Melbourne, c. 1907c. 1907Bourke Street on 8 Hours Day. Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1907c. 1907A. Edments, 309-311 Bourke St., Melbourne, 1908?1908?BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE, c. 1908c. 1908BOURKE ST. MELBOURNE, c. 1908c. 1908Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1908c. 1908Bourke Street on 8 hours day Melbourne Victoria, c. 1908c. 1908
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