Old Melbourne

Sometime around the 1940s 60 photos

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

Armoured Division troops in parades on Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Mechanised units in Bourke St, 1940–451940–45900 men from the Reserve Garrison Camp march through Melbourne after 3 weeks Camp. Marching up Swanston St, 1940–451940–45THIRD A.I.F. CONTINGENT LEAVES FOR OVERSEA. [ i.e. OVERSEAS]. EMBARKATION IN MELBOURNE. TROOPS PROUDLY DISPLAYING THE UNION JACK AS THEIR SHIP DREW AWAY FROM THE WHARF AT PORT MELBOURNE, 1939–451939–45AAMWS & Patients at a concert, St John Hall Heidelberg Military Hospital, 1940–451940–45District Officer J. H. Butler instructing members of the Sth. Melb. [i.e. South Melbourne] A.F.S. [i.e. Auxiliary Fire Service] on the workings of the chemical extinguisher, 1939–451939–45Training Depot cricket team played Ordnance at St. K. [i.e. St. Kilda] Lt. A. E. Clarke, centre, Amenities Officer, 1939–451939–45Crowd of people watching soldiers marching on road, possibly beside Yarra River, 1940–451940–45Returned Soldiers League march through Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching through Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Australian seamen who have arrived back in Australia waiting for friends at Spencer St. Railway Station, Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Private Dave Anderson (Geelong) ... With him is Sig. Gordon Lake (St. Kilda), 1940–451940–45Fairfield pipe bridge, Victoria, 1936–491936–49Newport Power Station, typical load curves, 1934–501934–50The boys received many hand claps from the crowd on the side lines as they entered Swanston St, 1940–451940–45Procession of invalided soldiers travelling in motor cars up Elizabeth Street and turning into Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Australian Troops with eyes right march past Melbourne Town Hall, 1942–431942–43Stages of ditching, Leading Airman Geoff Beardsley, of Mortlake, Vic., being strapped into the cockpit by Naval Airman Jim Welsch of Sunshine, Vic, 1940–451940–45Machine gun carriers in parades on Melbourne Streets, 1940–451940–45Patients seated in rows enjoy a concert at St John Hall, Heidelberg Military Hospital, 1940–451940–45Two Footscray Auxiliary Firemen on platform using firehose, 1939–451939–45Messerschmiddt on view at Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] Town Hall in position to represent a dive, 1939–451939–45Soldiers in training at Royal Park, 1939–451939–45Melbourne district (Metro. Division) traffic, 1934–501934–50Pateley, 56 Avoca Street, S.Y. [i.e. South Yarra], 1941–431941–43Government House, St. Kilda Road, 1941–431941–43Eastern Hll Hotel, Vic. [ie. Victoria] Pde and Brunswick St., Fitzroy, 1941–431941–4331 Ferrars Place, corner of Bridport Street, South Melbourne, 1941–431941–43220 Lygon Street, Carlton, 1941–431941–43268 Elgin Street, Carlton, 1941–431941–43[Former Cobb & Co. drivers seated on coach in Bourke Street, Melbourne], 1939–461939–46Dudley St., North Melbourne, 1941–431941–43The first iron houses to be imported to North Melbourne, 1941–431941–43Warehouse, 21 O'Connell Street, N.M. [i.e. North Melbourne], 1941–431941–43Williamstown Pier during World War II, 1939–451939–45116 Wellington Pde, [East Melbourne], 1941–431941–43AIF recruitment window display at Henry Buck's store, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45[19-25 Victoria Parade, Collingwood], 1941–431941–43125A George St., [East Melbourne], 1941–431941–43Collins Street Baptist Church, 1941–431941–43Cnr Domain Rd & Domain Street S.Y.[i.e. South Yarra], 1941–431941–43370 Church Street, Richmond, 1941–431941–43Avoca Lodge, Avoca Street, South Yarra, 1941–431941–43AIF recruitment window display at Georges, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Osborne House, 40 Nicholson St., Fitzroy, 1941–431941–43Linden, [26 Acland Street, St. Kilda], 1941–431941–43Robell Motors Motorservice Garage, Collingwood, with petrol pumps in foreground, 1940–451940–45AIF recruitment window display in, possibly, Buckley and Nunn's store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Pelham Street, Carlton, 1941–431941–43Peel Street, N. Melb. [i.e. North Melbourne], Clontarf, 1941–431941–43House, Jolimont Square, [East Melbourne], 1941–431941–43442 William Street, North Melbourne, 1941–431941–43John Hatch and mural Red Cross building Melbourne Vic, 1939–451939–45[Old Commerce Building, University of Melbourne], 1935–491935–49Dr. Walter McRae Russell, Collins Street, 1940–451940–45Dr. Walter McRae Russell & Verna Pemple-Smith (?), Collins Street, 1940–451940–45Australian Natives Association (ANA) building, 28-32 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, architect Marsh & Michaelson, 1934–511934–51Australian Natives Association (ANA) building, 28-32 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, architect Marsh & Michaelson, 1934–511934–51Melbourne Theosophical Society building, 181-187 Collins Street, Melbourne, architects Marsh & Michaelson, 1934–511934–51Australian Natives Association (ANA) building, 28-32 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, architect Marsh & Michaelson, 1934–511934–51

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.