Old Melbourne

1945 33 photos

Street where Bert was born revisited Nov. 1945 [Yarraville]Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945At St. Kilda, 9 months, 1945 Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and Sweeney Tucker on the beach, St. KildaAt St. Kilda, 9 months, 1945 Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and Sweeney Tucker on the beach, St. KildaAt the offices of the Royal Air Force Liaison Staff in Melbourne, c. 1945House where Bert was born, Powell Street Yarraville, taken 1945Rosehill (Dandenong) Camp, these huts at present empty, c. 1945Nurse checking pulse of soldier wounded at Battle of Tarakan, Indonesia at Heidelberg Military Hospital, c. 1945Nurse tending to casualty of Battle of Tarakan, Indonesia at Heidelberg military hospital, c. 1945Taken by Athol Shmith Nov 1945 of our 47 Robe St. St KildaTaken by Athol Shmith Nov 1945 of our 47 Robe St. St KildaAt St. Kilda, 9 months, 1945 Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and Sweeney Tucker on the beach, St. KildaHouse where Bert was born, Powell Street Yarraville, taken 1945Arthur Boyd's studio, at 'Open Country' Murrumbeena, c. 1945[illegible] Birthday Party of A.A.N.S. at Heidelberg Military Hospital ... birthday cake officially cut by Matron in Chief Miss Sage, c. 1945Two British W.A.A.Fs who arrived in Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] attached to Staff of Air Vice-Marshall R. Graham, c. 1945Liquid hospitality being dispensed on route to Flemington, c. 1945Returned P.O.W.'s at Spencer St, c. 1945Signs of welcome and personal messages on cardboard are becoming a regular feature at Spencer St. when the boys come home, c. 1945A moving reunion of Pte. George Bennett with his wife and mother-in-law Mrs. A. Gilson at Royal Park, c. 1945EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945Driver Sybil O'Hehir, AWAS, when she saw her brother Pte. John O'Hehir step off the train at Spencer Street Station, c. 1945EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?On the front verandah of the officers section at Camp 6 : Australian Red Cross workers Sheila Lane (Kew, Vic) on left and Margot Davies (West Aust) serve out tea, c. 1945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 1945Pte. Max Barr from Koroit, Vic. with his niece Mrs. R. Nelms from Carlton and grandniece Joy Nelms, 16 months, c. 1945Major H. G. Creiner at a function in Melbourne after returning from a prisoner of war camp, c. 1945Miss Judith Cook of Murrumbeena with three cakes baked by the Emily Mcpherson College for Britain, c. 1945

1946 27 photos

Como Park, South Yarra, 1946Foreshore and part of township, possibly at Frankston, shed at beach has FLSC on roof, c. 1946Falls of Yarra River, Yarra Valley, 1946Melbourne Boys High School, South Yarra, 1946Domain Gardens, Melbourne, 1946Nr. [i.e. Near] Frankston, 1946City Melbourne, 1946Como Park, South Yarra, 1946Como Park, South Yarra, 1946Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, 1946Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, 1946Melb' [i.e. Melbourne] Test into Sun, 1946Falls of Yarra River, Yarra Valley, 1946Melbourne Boys High School, South Yarra, 1946Como Park, South Yarra, 1946Nr [i.e. Near] Frankston, 194686 McCracken St Essendon, 1946City Melbourne, 1946British Carriers Melb [i.e. Melbourne], 1946Como Park, South Yarra, 1946Victoria Dock Melb [i.e. Melbourne], 1946Beaumaris, 1946Como Park, South Yarra, 1946St Kilda against Sun, 194686 McCracken St Essendon, 1946Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne [Vic.], c. 1946North Melbourne (VFL) Thirds Premiership team in front of a grandstand, Arden Street, 1946

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.