Old Melbourne

1940s60 photos

Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, 1937–431937–43Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, 1937–431937–43Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, 1937–431937–43A small section of the monster crowd which extended from a mile west of the pier right to St. Kilda, a distance of about four miles, to watch the ships depart, c. 1940c. 1940A section of the thousands who crowded the Port Melbourne station and spread along the railway line to cheer the troop trains as they passed on their way to the ships, c. 1940c. 1940Crowds on board ship carrying the 2nd A.I.F. from Port Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Starboard side life boats on the ship carrying the 2nd A.I.F., 1st Contingent, from Port Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Troops of the R.A.A.F, A.I.F. and the R.A.N. "C" Contingent line the rails of the deck of the troopship as it leaves Port Melbourne wharf, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Sequence of events with the Port Phillip Examination Service as they check ships coming into Port Phillip Bay, c. 1940c. 1940Melbourne. Victorian nurses and masseuses accompanying the second contingent of the A.I.F. to go abroad watching the men file aboard the ship at Port Melbourne, 1940?1940?Two A.I.F. men arrive at the wharf with kitbags, ready for embarking from Port Melbourne, c. 1941c. 1941Sailors and naval officers on ship's rigging during embarkation from Port Melbourne, 19411941The ship Melbourne Star at the wharf, 1940–431940–43Melbourne - wounded soldiers of the A.I.F. returned on the hospital ship from the Middle East, c. 1941c. 1941Group of 2nd A.I.F. men on board ship broadcasting from the deck before leaving Port Melbourne, c. 1941c. 1941Attack by H.M.A.S. Canberra on German supply ship Coburg and the scuttling of the German captured Norwegian tanker Ketty Brovig after interception by H.M.A.S. Canberra, 1938–441938–44A.I.F. embarkation from Port Melbourne "I", serviceman silhouetted against the midday sun waving goodbye through ship's window, c. 1941c. 1941Attack by H.M.A.S. Canberra on German supply ship Coburg and the scuttling of the German captured Norwegian tanker Ketty Brovig after interception by H.M.A.S. Canberra, 1938–441938–44A.I.F. serviceman and sailor on pier at Port Melbourne, 19411941A.I.F. troops line up on pier during embarkation from Port Melbourne, before boarding ship, 19411941Attack by H.M.A.S. Canberra on German supply ship Coburg and the scuttling of the German captured Norwegian tanker Ketty Brovig after interception by H.M.A.S. Canberra, c. 1941c. 1941A.I.F. men waving from the ship from a high vantage point while embarking from Port Melbourne, c. 1941c. 1941The Weeroona paddle steamer sails around the troopship carrying the 2nd A.I.F. men from Port Melbourne, c. 1941c. 1941THIRD A.I.F. CONTINGENT LEAVES FOR OVERSEA. [ i.e. OVERSEAS]. EMBARKATION IN MELBOURNE. TROOPS PROUDLY DISPLAYING THE UNION JACK AS THEIR SHIP DREW AWAY FROM THE WHARF AT PORT MELBOURNE, 1939–451939–45Williamstown Pier during World War II, 1939–451939–45Members of the A.I.F. invalided from the Middle East, disembarking from a hospital ship, Melbourne, 19421942Members of the A.I.F. invalided from the Middle East, disembarking from a hospital ship, Melbourne, 19421942Australian navy minesweeper at Reid Street pier, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1940–461940–46View of boats and ships on Hobsons Bay, Williamstown, Victoria, 1940s1940sAerial view of Victoria Dock and the City of Melbourne, 1940–501940–50Aerial view of Brighton Baths, pier and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Aerial view showing Victoria Dock, Melbourne, 1940–501940–50One of the new 106 ft invasion barges built at Geelong, leaving a Port Melbourne dock for operational waters, c. 1945c. 1945Fodder consignment being unloaded at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, c. 1945c. 1945Lady Loch, Williamstown Pier, 1940–501940–50THE PIER FROM ALFRED SQUARE, ST. KILDA, VIC, c. 1945c. 1945Construction of Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, 1940–501940–50Construction of Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, 1940–501940–50Construction of Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, 1940–501940–50Construction of Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, 1940–501940–50Fodder consignment being unloaded at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, 1942–481942–48Victoria Dock Melb [i.e. Melbourne], 19461946Princes Pier - Bataan arrives in Melb. [i.e. Melbourne], c. 1946c. 1946[Submarines at Spencer St. Bridge, North Wharf, Port Melbourne], c. 1946c. 1946Port Phillip Heads. Ebb Tide. Clipper Ship Lightning & Pilot vessel, 19461946AN ACROBATIC FEAT PERFORMED BY JOHN O'GAUNT AT WILLIAMSTOWN RY [possibly railway] PIER, 19461946H.M.A.S. Australia leaving Station Pier in Port Melbourne, c. 1946c. 1946Cadets on Cadet ship Durham [?] climb a Sampson Post for a view of Melb[ourne], c. 1947c. 1947Men of H.M.A.S. Bataan crowding the rail as ship berths at Port Melbourne, 1946–481946–48Princes Pier, Melbourne on 14.1.48, taken from S. S. Taroona, 19481948["Perthshire" Glasgow, at Station Pier, Melbourne], 19491949

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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.