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715 photos1841–1976

1840s 3 1850s 15 1860s 34 1870s 53 1880s 61 1890s 50 1900s 136 1910s 66 1920s 47 1930s 119 1940s 92 1950s 35 1960s 3 1970s 1

1890s36 photos

Old Presbyterian church, Alma Rd. and Barkly Street, St. Kilda, 1890–951890–95St. Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne, c. 1892c. 1892View of St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne [photomontage], 18931893Scotch Church Melb [i.e. Melbourne] Oct 18941894Scotch & Independent Churches Collins St Melb [i.e. Melbourne], c. 1894c. 1894Church outing (Thornbury?), 1890–19001890–1900South Melbourne Congregational Church and Wesley Methodist Church, South Melbourne, 1880–19101880–1910South Melbourne Congregational Church and Wesley Methodist Church, South Melbourne, 1880–19101880–1910St. Peter's church, [Melbourne, Vic.], 1890–19001890–1900St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne - when completed [architect's elevation showing spires], 1892–19001892–1900Church Street Bridge, Richmond, 1892–19001892–1900Christ Church, South Yarra, 1892–19001892–1900All Saints Church - St Kilda, 1892–19001892–1900The Pulpit, St. Paul's Cathedral [Melbourne], 1892–19001892–1900St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne. The Reredos, 1892–19001892–1900The Lectern St Paul's Cathedral [Melbourne], 1892–19001892–1900Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Interior of St Peter's Church [East] Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900The organ in St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Interior of All Saints Church St. Kilda, 1892–19001892–1900St Mary's Church, Caulfield, 1892–19001892–1900St Matthew's Church, Prahran, 1892–19001892–1900St Peter's Church Eastern Hill Melbourne [exterior], 1892–19001892–1900St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne [exterior, without spires], 1892–19001892–1900Interior of a church ?Independent Church, Collins Street, 1892–19001892–1900Memorial to Canon Septimus Chase, St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne. The Chancel, 1892–19001892–1900Statue of Dan O'Connell at St Patrick's Cathedral Melb[ourne], 1892–19001892–1900The Bishop's Throne St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900St. Phillip's Church, Collingwood [exterior with children], 1892–19001892–1900Medallion of Dean Macartney in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Congregational Church Collins St Melbourne [exterior], 1892–19001892–1900The Altar St Peter's Church [East] Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Rev. Osric Copland, Pastor, Elsternwick Congregational Church July 1894 to April 1901, 1894–19011894–1901St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne, 18971897Large group of women standing on steps of the Independent Church, later St. Michael's Uniting Church, corner of Collins and Russell Streets, Melbourne, 1898–19001898–1900

1900s24 photos

St. Philip's Church, East Collingwood, c. 1900c. 1900[Independent Church, Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic.], 19001900Christ Church, South Yarra, 1890–19101890–1910Scots Church and Uniting Church, Collins Street, 1890–19101890–1910[Christ Church, South Yarra, Vic.], 1890–19101890–1910CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH COLLINS ST. MELB. [i.e. Melbourne], c. 1900c. 1900Wesley Church - Lonsdale St. Melbourne, 1900?1900?SCOTS CHURCH - COLLINS ST. MELBOURNE, c. 1900c. 1900Collins Street Baptist Church, Melbourne, c. 1900c. 1900St. Paul Cathedral, Melbourne, c. 1900c. 1900ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL EASTERN HILL, MELBOURNE, 1890–19101890–1910St. Patrick's Cathedral and Surroundings, Melbourne, 1890–19101890–1910Lutheran Church, Melbourne, 1890–19101890–1910SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, SHOWING ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ON THE RIGHT, c. 1900c. 1900St. Peter's Church of England, East Melbourne, 1880–19201880–1920Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, 1894–19071894–1907St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1890–19101890–1910St Stephen's Church, Caulfield, Victoria, 1890–19131890–1913Overhead view of Swanston Street, showing arch with Edward VII written across it and the Cathedral Hotel on the left, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1901c. 1901St. Paul's [Cathedral, Melbourne, Vic.], 19011901Unitarian Church, East Melbourne, c. 1901c. 1901Collins Street, looking west from Scots Church, c. 1901c. 1901THE TOWN HALL, CORNER OF COLLINS AND SWANSTON STREETS. (Towers of Scotch and Independent Churches in distance.), 19011901Church organ at Methodist Church, Denham Street, Hawthorn, 1900–041900–04
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