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, 1940–451940–452nd A.I.F. march up Swanston Street with Town Hall and St Paul's behind, 1939–451939–45Air raid shelters in Melbourne during World War II- Myer basement, 1939–451939–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Australian servicemen marching past the saluting base outside the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching through Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Australian servicemen marching past the saluting base outside the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Four Auxiliary Fire Service members using firehose on Brighton street, 1939–451939–45Armoured Division troops in parades on Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Machine gun carriers in parades on Melbourne Streets, 1940–451940–45Kew district Auxiliary Fire Service in march past, 1939–451939–45Footscray Auxilliary [i.e. Auxiliary] Firemen - Water in 15 seconds, 1939–451939–45W.A.A.A.F. women at Officers' Training School, Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Machine gun carriers in parades on Melbourne Streets, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching through Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Australian servicemen marching past the saluting base outside the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers marching in the streets of Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Footscray Auxiliary Fireman on ladder using firehose, 1939–451939–45Soldiers in training at Royal Park, 1939–451939–45Armed servicemen marching past the National Bank, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Returned Soldiers League march through Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers in military marches in the streets of Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Parade of firefighters during World War II at Camberwell Football Ground, 1939–451939–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Firefighters parading on Camberwell Football Ground during World War II, 1939–451939–45Soldiers in training at Royal Park, 1939–451939–45Australian soldiers marching in the streets of Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Australian soldiers marching in the streets of Melbourne, 1939–451939–45Australian soldiers in military marches in the streets of Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Men extinguishing an 'incendiary bomb' in Collins Street during A.R.P. testing, 1939–451939–45Australian soldiers in military marches in the streets of Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Elevated view along King Street with Liverpool Arms Hotel on corner near outlined location of Coles Sydney Store No. 25, 1939–451939–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–431st Class fireman H. Virtue supervises scaling ladder drill, Brunswick A.F.S. [i.e. Auxiliary Fire Service], 1939–451939–45Armoured Division troops in parades on Melbourne streets, 1940–451940–45Australian servicemen marching past the saluting base outside the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Birds-eye-view of Australian troops on parade in Swanston Street, 1942–431942–43Australian servicemen marching past the saluting base outside the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Machine gun carriers in parades on Melbourne Streets, 1940–451940–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Marching soldiers turn corner from Elizabeth to Collins Street, 1939–451939–45Armed servicemen marching past the National Bank, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Australian soldiers in military marches in the streets of Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Procession of invalided soldiers travelling in motor cars up Elizabeth Street and turning into Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Procession of invalided soldiers travelling in motor cars up Elizabeth Street and turning into Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1940–451940–45Air raid shelters in Melbourne during World War II - going into shelter, 1939–451939–45Patients wearing dressing gowns enjoy a concert at St John Hall, Heidelberg Military Hospital, 1940–451940–45Signals L.H.Q. Albert Park Xmas Eve Dinner, 1939–451939–45Button Day in Collins Street, 1940–451940–45Fire Brigade & A.R.P. i.e. Air Raid Precautions demonstration in connection with the War Savings Week in Collins St, 1939–451939–45Royal Australian Air Force A.T.C. march through Melbourne, 1942–431942–43Melbourne laneways, 1939–451939–45Working on building at Jorgensons, Eltham [Montsalvat], 1939–451939–45May day Melbourne, 1939–451939–45John Perceval painting on the roof watched by Mary Boyd, Open Country, Murrumbeena, 1939–451939–45Hester on the balcony, Robe Street, St. Kilda, 1939–451939–45

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.