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Melbourne in the 1880s

1,489 photos

Sometime around the 1880s 60 photos

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

Melbourne Hospital, 1870–801870–80Shearers' Hut, Seven Creeks Station. N.T. Longwood, 87 Miles N.E. from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Benevolent Asylum, Nth Melb, 1870–801870–80Ballarat. East View 100 Miles N from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Railway Pier Sandridge picture, 1870–801870–80Echuca. Punt on the Murray 156 Miles N. from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Geelong Railway Station. 45 Miles S.W. from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Hall's Gap, The Grampians. 196 Miles N.W. from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Goods shed, Geelong Railway, 45 Miles S.W. from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80[Queens Wharf, Yarra River, Melbourne], 1870–801870–80View in Studley Park, 1870–801870–80Railway Pier Sandridge picture, 1870–801870–80Ballarat. West View from Black Hill 100 Miles N from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Bourke street, looking West, 1870–801870–80Bank of New South Wales, Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1870–801870–80The Post Office, Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Church of England Grammar School St. Kilda Road, 1870–801870–80Abbotsford & Johnston St. Bridge from Studley Park, 1870–801870–80The Hospital, Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Monument of Burke & Wills, Melbourne, 1870–801870–80View from St. Kilda Road, looking towards Melbourne, 1870–801870–80School & Asylum for the Blind St. Kilda Rd, 1870–801870–80View on the Yarra at Abbotsford, 1870–801870–80Independent Ch. [i.e. Church] Collins Street, 1870–801870–80Scots Church Collins Street, 1870–801870–80The Neptune fountain in the Fitzroy Gardens, 1870–801870–80Bourke Street, 1870–801870–80Princes Bridge, 1870–801870–80National Bank Collins Street, 1870–801870–80Brighton Beach, 1870–801870–80The Town Hall, Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Railway Pier, Sandridge, 1870–801870–80Oriental Bank Queen St, 1870–801870–80Western Market Buildings Collins Street, 1870–801870–80Deaf & Dumb Institution St. Kilda Rd, 1870–801870–80View of the Yarra from Hawthorn Bridge looking towards the Boat Wharf, 1870–801870–80Orphan Asylum, Brighton, 1870–801870–80View in the Fitzroy Gardens, 1870–801870–80Swanston Street looking S [i.e. South] from Lonsdale St, 1870–801870–80All Saints Church St. Kilda, 1870–801870–80Collins St. from Queens St, 1870–801870–80The Middle Avenue in the Fitzroy Gardens, 1870–801870–80Dolphin Fountain in the Carlton Gardens, 1870–801870–80Collins St. from Market Street, 1870–801870–80Rev. Gregory St. Kilda?, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80AUSTRIA. : Windsor. N.S. 1868 tons. Built at Handsport. N.S. 1884, 1868–841868–84Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Nicholson's Corner, Cnr Collins Street East and Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1875–801875–8050 ton Crane, Melbourne, 1873–821873–82BOURKE [i.e., BURKE] AND WILLS MONUMENT [Melbourne], 1873–821873–82Queen's Wharf, Melbourne, 1873–821873–82Sandridge Railway Pier, 1873–821873–82Colonial Chambers, 86 Collins Street West, Melbourne, 1875–801875–80Bank of Australasia [Melbourne, Vic.], 1870–851870–85Scots Church, Collins Street East [Melbourne, Vic.], 1874–801874–80
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1,489 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1880s, 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.

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