Old Melbourne

1840 1 photo

Melbourne, Port Phillip, Racecourse and Survey Office, 1840, c. 1840

1841 3 photos

[Plan of the first Scots Church, corner Collins and Russell Streets Melbourne] [technical drawing], 1841Elevation and Ground Plan of Presbyterian Church. [I.e. Scots Church, Collins Street, Melbourne] [technical drawing], 1841Post Office, Melbourne, 1841

1843 1 photo

Lighthouse and entrance to Port Phillip Harbour, 1843

1844 1 photo

Union Bank of Australia, Melbourne, 1844

1845 6 photos

The Government Offices, Melbourne, 1845The Government Offices, Melbourne, 1845St, Francis Church, Melbourne, 1845The Government Offices, Melbourne, 1845The Government Offices, Melbourne, 1845Punt on the Yarra, Melbourne. 1845

1847 2 photos

Heidelberg (Warringall) [ie. Waringal] Victoria, 1847Wesleyan Chapel, [Queen's Street, Melbourne, Vic.], c. 1847

1849 1 photo

Silk programme for a series of scientific demonstrations of lectures and illustrations in the Queens Theatre, Melbourne, 1849

Sometime around the 1840s 2 photos

The library dates these to a span of years that takes in this decade. Each shows its span.

Melbourne taken from near the west end of Collins Street - 1840. Feby, 1840–541840–54View from Batman's Hill, Melbourne, 1847–601847–60

17 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1840s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.