Old Melbourne

1941 60 photos

Front view of 'Essential Services' float, Queen Carnival Procession, Melbourne, 1941Make-up cubicles, Clyde House, Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1941Rooftop garden, Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1941My Lady's Rest Lounge, 182 Collins Street, showing waiting area, Leg bar, Manicure bar, Hosiery repair counter, with attendants and customers, c. 1941AWA Radiola display window, J.P.A. Radio, 19 Errol Street, North Melbourne - right, c. 1941Interior Banking chamber Royal Bank Branch English Scottish & Australian Bank 303 Collins Street at Elizabeth Street Melbourne, 1941Mowendee, East Malvern, Vic, 1941English Scottish & Australian Bank Royal Bank Branch Melbourne Australia, 1941English Scottish & Australian Bank Royal Bank Branch Melbourne Australia, 1941English Scottish & Australian Bank Royal Bank Branch Melbourne Australia, 1941English Scottish & Australian Bank Royal Bank Branch Melbourne Australia, 1941Medical examinations of returned soldiers at Caulfield Military Camp, c. 1941Men of the Melbourne University Rifles in training, c. 1941Pioneers turning from King St. to Bourke St, c. 1941Soldiers from the A.I.F. parading down Melbourne streets, c. 1941Men of the Melbourne University Rifles in training, c. 1941Night training at Anti Aircraft camp at Maribyrnong, c. 1941Soldiers marching through Melbourne streets, watched by large crowd, c. 1941A.I.F. embarkation from Port Melbourne "I", men going up the gangplank, c. 1941A.I.F. embarkation from Port Melbourne "I", serviceman silhouetted against the midday sun waving goodbye through ship's window, c. 1941EMBARKATION FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1941?A.I.F. troops leaving from Port Melbourne for service overseas, 1941Cpl H.M. Morris had a reunion with his relatives at Caulfield, c. 1941Artillery turning into Bourke St. from Swanston St, c. 1941Men of the Melbourne University Rifles in training, c. 1941Looking up Swanston Street from Collins Street at cavalry (?) or artillery units during Empire Day drive for recruits, c. 1941Soldiers from the A.I.F. parading down Melbourne streets, c. 1941Soldiers from the A.I.F. parading down Melbourne streets, c. 1941Swanston St. new recruits in march, c. 1941The Army maintains a special school at Frankston ... More than 700 qualified P.T. i.e. physical training instructors have been trained for the A.I.F. and home defence forces, c. 1941Men of the Melbourne University Rifles in training, c. 1941Royal Melbourne Regiment at the Victoria Barracks, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, c. 1941Soldiers from the A.I.F. parading down Melbourne streets, c. 1941A.I.F. serviceman and sailor on pier at Port Melbourne, 1941A.I.F. troops leaving from Port Melbourne for service overseas, 1941A.I.F. troops during embarkation at Port Melbourne, 1941A.I.F. troops line up on pier during embarkation from Port Melbourne, before boarding ship, 1941Woman leaving an under-ground shelter, West Brunswick, Melbourne, c. 1941Garden at Broadmeadows Depot, c. 1941Blackout curtain screening operating theatre at Royal Melbourne Hospital, c. 1941Air crew pilot trainees from Victor Harbour and Somers R.A.A.F. initial training schools photographed on first day at Essendon Elementary Flying Training School where they will learn to fly, 1941?EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1941?A.I.F. troops leaving from Port Melbourne for service overseas, 1941Garden at Broadmeadows Depot, c. 1941Testing fire armour A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] Melbourne, c. 1941Men of the Melbourne University Rifles in training, c. 1941EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1941?Gun crew of 4th Anti Aircraft Battalion double to gun positions during exercises at Williamstown, c. 1941A.I.F. troops leaving from Port Melbourne for service overseas, 1941Crossing Princes Bridge, c. 1941Doctor's living quarters at Heidelberg Aust. [i.e. Australian] Gen. [i.e. General] Hospital, c. 1941Melbourne blackout- fromm roof of Parlt. [i.e. Parliament] House, c. 1941RAAF Trainees at Melb Tech [i.e. Melbourne Technical College], c. 1941Views of crowds watching parades of soldiers down Melbourne? streets, c. 1941Royal Melbourne Regiment at the Victoria Barracks, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, c. 1941Massey machinery by Marfleet and Weight Pty Ltd, Melbourne, c. 1941Blackout preparations in Melbourne during World War II - Prince Henry's hospital being prepared, c. 1941Machinery by Marfleet and Weight Pty Ltd Engineers Melbourne, c. 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, c. 1941A.I.F. men waving from the ship from a high vantage point while embarking from Port Melbourne, c. 1941

4,991 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1940s, 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.