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Collins Street prior to electrification of tramways, c. 1925Collins Street prior to electrification of tramwaysc. 1925

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Collins Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was laid out in the first survey of Melbourne, the original 1837 Hoddle Grid, and soon became the most desired address in the city.

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1840s1 photo

Elevation and Ground Plan of Presbyterian Church. [I.e. Scots Church, Collins Street, Melbourne] [technical drawing], 18411841

1850s12 photos

Police Office, Melbourne, 18501850Collins Street (Looking West from Russell St.), 18531853Collins St. looking west from Russell St [Melbourne], 18531853Collins Street, Melbourne, 18531853Collins Street (Looking West from Russel St.), 18531853Criterion Hotel, Collins Street, [Melbourne, Vic.], 1850s1850sHall of Commerce Melbourne, 18551855Collins St. Melb West South Side Corner Elizabeth St. looking West 18551855Gt. [i.e. Great] Collins St. looking East from Wesleyan Chapel, Melbourne, 18571857First Druggist's Shop in Melbourne: Collins Street, East. [Lewis & Bowen], 18571857Swanston Street, from the corner of Collins Street, looking north - about the year 1858, c. 1858c. 1858Collins Street [looking east] Treasury Building in the distance, 18591859

1860s47 photos

[Bank of Victoria, 34 Collins Street East], c. 1860c. 1860Collins St. West Melbourne, c. 1860c. 1860The first Scots Church, Collins Street East, Melbourne, c. 1860c. 1860Huxley & Parker's, Russell St. and Little Collins St., Melbourne, 1861?1861?Bank of Australasia, Collins street, 18611861[Union Bank of Australasia, corner Queen and Collins Streets Melbourne], 18611861Clough's Wool Store Collins Street, 18611861London Chartered Bank of Australasia, Collins Street Melbourne, 18611861Architect's elevation of J.H. Clough's Wool Store, Collins Street, 18611861Collins Street and Spring Street Melbourne, c. 1861c. 1861Bank of New South Wales, Collins Street, Melbourne, 18611861Collins Street East, 18611861Collins Street looking East from below Elizabeth Street, c. 1862c. 1862Collins Street (from Queen Street), 1863?1863?COLLINS STREET. (FROM QUEEN STREET.), 1863?1863?Bank of Victoria, Collins Street East, Melbourne, 1863?1863?Burke and Wills' monolith passing through Collins Street, Melbourne, September 18641864St. Enoch's United Presbyterian Church, 96 Collins Street East, Melbourne, 18641864COLLINS ST. IN 18641864Collins Street [from Queen Street], 18641864Bank of Victoria, Collins St. East, 1860s1860sCollins Street looking west from Spring Street, c. 1865c. 1865Collins Street, c. 1865c. 1865Mr. F. Malpas, accountant & collector, at Mr Leith's, Collins Place, 11 Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1851–801851–80Cocker Brothers, warehousemen, and importers of general drapery, 59 Little Collins Street East, near the Police Office, Melbourne, 1851–801851–80With compliments from Henry Young & Co., goldsmiths & jewellers, 53 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1851–801851–80National Bank, Collins Street [Melbourne, Vic.], 1860–701860–70[Premises of Dr. William R. Pugh, surgeon and oculist, 131 Collins Street East, Melbourne], c. 1865c. 1865Batchelder's Portrait Rooms, 41 Collins Street East, Melbourne, 1860–701860–70Collins Street, c. 1866c. 1866Collins Street, 1863–691863–69Collins Street east, 18661866Exhibit by Walsh Brothers of Collins Street-East and Levy Brothers of Melbourne, 1866–671866–67Collins Street from the Treasury looking west 18661866Locomotive sheds Spencer Street opposite Collins Street, 18671867Collins Street, East, 1865–701865–70Collins Street, East, 1865–701865–70Swanston Street, Melbourne, looking south from Collins Street, c. 1867c. 1867Argus Office, 76 Collins Street East, Melbourne, 18671867Beauchamp Brothers, 14 Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85John Bull Tavern, 14 Collins Street West, 1851–851851–85Beauchamp Brothers, 14 Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85Beauchamp Brothers, 14 Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85Beauchamp Brothers, 14 Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85Beauchamp Brothers, 14 Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85Beauchamp Brothers, 14 Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85[152, 154 and 156 Collins street], c. 1868c. 1868

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1,262 historic photos of Collins Street, Melbourne, taken between 1841 and 1975, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1940s (344). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.