Old Melbourne

Coburg by decade

11850s11860s91880s11890s91900s91910s41920s111930s851940s191950s

Streets and landmarks in Coburg

A sample across the years

Stockade at Pentridge [Coburg] 6 Miles from Melbourne, 18531853Pentridge House 1869 [presumably Pentridge Gaol, Coburg, possibly prison governor's house]1869Service Street, Coburg [Auction notice], 18841884Coburg, 1897–991897–99View on Merri Creek, Coburg, 1905?1905?A Pretty Bit of Merri Creek. Coburg, c. 1910c. 1910Post Office Hotel, 157 Sydney Road, Coburg, c. 1920c. 1920Coburg looking south over Bell Street ?, 1925–401925–40HOLY TRINITY, COBURG, VIC, 1920–541920–54Wesleyan Church, cnr. Sydney Road and Bell Street, Coburg, c. 1940c. 1940A view from park showing Pentridge Stockade, Coburg, Melbourne, 19411941Spicers & Detmold Pty. Ltd., stationers and manufacturers, Moreland Road, Coburg, c. 1943c. 1943Site of the Coburg Housing Estate, with horse and cart in middle distance, looking towards Brunswick, 1945–491945–49Houses under construction at Coburg Housing Estate, with Pentridge Prison? u.l. and tip truck and horses c.r, 1945–491945–49Housing Commission home without a front fence, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with a front fence of un-painted timber pickets, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with a front fence of steel poles, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947View from a vacant block next door, of a Housing Commission house with a timber entrance portico, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with painted brick-work painted, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with timber entrance portico, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Interior of Coles store with displays for merchandise including check shirts for 8/11 Coburg Store No. 21, 19471947Diving tower, Coburg Lake, Vic, c. 1948c. 1948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Aerial views of former Pentridge Prison, Coburg, looking south and north, 19501950

149 historic photos of Coburg, Melbourne, taken between 1853 and 1959. They span 10 decades, with the most from the 1940s (85). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.