Old Melbourne

Sometime around the 1920s 60 photos

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

Aerial view of Bryant & May factory in Richmond, 1922–251922–25St. Kilda Post Office, 1917–301917–30South Melbourne Post Office, 1917–301917–30Essendon Post Office, 1917–301917–30Abbotsford Post Office [Vic.], 1917–301917–30Carlton Post Office, 146 Elgin Street, Carlton, 1917–301917–30View from roof of factory looking south across Richmond, showing the cottages later demolished for the recreation area on the south west corner of the site, 1920–261920–26South Yarra Post Office, 1917–301917–30Bryant & May display stand at Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, 1920–261920–26Caulfield East Post Office, 1917–301917–30Williamstown Post Office, 1917–301917–30Carlton North Post Office, Rathdowne Street, 1917–301917–30Carnegie Post Office, 1917–301917–30Surrey Hills Post Office, 1917–301917–30Toorak Post Office, 1917–301917–30Prahran Post Office, 1917–301917–30Armadale Post Office: demolished to provide site for the new office, 1917–301917–30Fitzroy Post Office, 1917–301917–30Oakleigh Post Office. Erected 1924, 1917–301917–30Malvern Post Office and Exchange, 1917–301917–30Cheltenham Post Office, 1917–301917–30Caulfield Post Office. Old Office, 1917–301917–30View from near Kensington Road, South Yarra, looking west, with Bryant and May at left of image; in the foreground the Yarra River and the billabong to the east of Mary Street, Richmond. The new Church Street Bridge under construction can be seen behind the aloe, 1920–261920–26Footscray Post Office, 1917–301917–30Frankston Post Office, 1917–301917–30Northcote Post Office, 1917–301917–30Hampton Post Office, 1917–301917–30Brighton North Post Office, 1917–301917–30Oakleigh Post Office. Early Office, 1917–301917–30Fitzroy North Post Office, 1917–301917–30Camberwell Post Office, 1917–301917–30Richmond Post Office, 1917–301917–30Elwood Post Office, 1917–301917–30Parkville Post Office, 1917–301917–30Kew Post Office, 1917–301917–30Hawthorn Post Office, 1917–301917–30Moonee Ponds Post Office, 1917–301917–30Sunshine Post Office, 1917–301917–30Yarraville Post Office, 1917–301917–30Clifton Hill Post Office, 1917–301917–30Brunswick Post Office, 1917–301917–30Coburg Post Office, 1917–301917–30Sandringham Post Office, 1917–301917–30Henley on Yarra, rowers and spectator craft inlcude Malvern Scottish Scout troop, 1914–331914–33Swanston Street looking north from the corner of St Paul's cathedral, 1914–331914–33Fire, Tar Distiller South Melbourne Nov/23, 1914–331914–33Collins Street looking west from Russell Street, 1914–331914–33Yacht Vanessa, December 1933, Brighton, 1914–331914–33Collins Street looking west from Spring Street, 1914–331914–33Collins Street looking west from Spring Street, 1914–331914–33Collins Street, looking north west from Russell Street intersection, shows Manchester Unity building, 1914–331914–33Hunt Club Meet, Bath's Road, Burwood, 1914–331914–33Synagogue, Toorak Road, South Yarra, 1914–331914–33St. Kilda Road and Fawkner Park, 1920–261920–26[Abbotsford, Vic.], 1920s1920s283-291 Bourke St., (south side) between Swanston Street and Union Lane, 1921–271921–27View across Melbourne, looking north east from the Commercial Club, Flinders Lane, 1920s1920sCliveden Mansions, East Melbourne, (from the air), 1923–251923–25Lower Malvern Road [Glen Iris], 1920s1920sFederal Government House (taken from an aeroplane), [Melbourne, Vic.], 1923–251923–25

2,495 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1920s, 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.