Old Melbourne

1850s4 photos

The Queen's Wharf, Melbourne, 18541854Sandridge, Williams Town [i.e. Williamstown], from Railway Pier, 18571857The Railway Pier. Sandridge, c. 1858c. 1858Hobson's Bay Railway Pier at Sandridge Near Melb [i.e. Melbourne] 18591859

1860s16 photos

Government Pier, Sandridge, 1859–611859–61View of Melbourne Wharf, 1860?1860?Sandridge Pier, 1860?1860?View of the Melbourne Wharf, 1860?1860?Melbourne wharf, 1860?1860?Melbourne Wharf, c. 1860c. 1860Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, c. 1860c. 1860Ship on patent sup at Williamstown, 18611861Gem Pier & Nelson Pl[ace], W'Town [ie. Williamstown], 1860–631860–63The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company's pier at Sandridge, near Melbourne, Australia, 18621862Timber Wharf to Sandridge from Batman's Hill, c. 1863c. 1863Flinders St. & Queens Wharf under water, c. 1863c. 1863[Flinders St. and wharves under water from top of Custom House.], c. 1863c. 1863THE SCREW STEAMSHIP ROYAL STANDARD IN COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG ON THE HOME VOYAGE FROM MELBOURNE, c. 1864c. 1864WHITE STAR. : Liverpool. 2339 tons. Built New Brunswick a noted ship of the gold era. Best passage Liverpool to Melbourne, 69 days. Wrecked. 1883, 1854–831854–83[Queens Wharf, Yarra River, Melbourne], 18691869

1870s27 photos

Railway Pier Port Melbourne, c. 1870c. 1870Gellibrand Pier, Williamstown, Vic, c. 1870c. 1870Sandridge Pier [i.e. Railway Pier, Port Melbourne], 1860–801860–80PORT MELBOURNE RAILWAY PIER, 18711871The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company's Pier, c. 1873c. 1873Sandridge Pier 18731873THE MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY UNITED RAILWAY COMPANY'S PIER. SANDRIDGE, VICTORIA, 18731873"Nelson" in Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, 18741874H.M.V.S. Cerberus in Alfred Graving Dock Williamstown 18741874[The Cerberus in Graving Dock, Williamstown, Vic.], 1874–751874–75The railway pier, Sandridge, [Vic.], 1870–801870–80Hobson's Bay railway pier, Sandridge [Vic.], 1870–801870–80Dandenong, steamship, 1874–761874–76The Wharf, Echuca on the Murray 156 Miles N from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80PORT MELBOURNE PIER. 1875. : S. S. Wentworth. True Briton barque lies just ahead and on the right ship Rodney1875Railway Pier Sandridge picture, 1870–801870–80[Queens Wharf, Yarra River, Melbourne], 1870–801870–80Railway Pier Sandridge picture, 1870–801870–80Sandridge Pier, 18751875Railway Pier, Sandridge, 1870–801870–80View of the Yarra from Hawthorn Bridge looking towards the Boat Wharf, 1870–801870–80Queen's Wharf, Melbourne, 1873–821873–82Sandridge Railway Pier, 1873–821873–82DUCHESS OF ARGYLE. LOCH KATRINE. HOLMSDALE. : Breakwater Pier. Williamstown. 18781878QUEENS WHARF 1878[Melbourne]1878PT. MELB. RWY. [i.e. Port Melbourne Railway] PIER. 18781878Melbourne Harbour Trust : dock and river improvements proposed by Sir John Coode, c. 1879c. 1879

1880s13 photos

Graving Dock, Williamstown, 18801880The Railway Pier in Sandridge, Melbourne, 1880?1880?The turret ship, Cerberus, [Melbourne, Vic.], c. 1880c. 1880Railway Pier Sandridge [i.e. Port Melbourne], c. 1880c. 1880THE RAILWAY PIER, SANDRIDGE, c. 1880c. 1880The Railway Pier, Sandridge, 1865–951865–95Ship John Williams III [IV] at South Berth River Yarra, 1865–951865–95Yarra Wharf, Geelong, 45 Miles S.W. from Melbourne, c. 1880c. 1880Alfred Graving Dock Williamstown : view of H. M. Armour plated S.S. "Nelson" in dock, November, 18821882R.M.S. Rohilla at Williamstown Pier, 10th Oct 18821882The ship 'Salamis' in Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, 1875–901875–90The ship 'Salamis' in Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, 1875–901875–90RAILWAY PIER WILLIAMSTOWN IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, 1880–851880–85

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614 historic photos for Ships, piers and docks, taken between 1854 and 1953, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 11 decades, with the most from the 1900s (120). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.