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Coburg in the 1940s

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Wesleyan Church, cnr. Sydney Road and Bell Street, Coburg, c. 1940c. 1940Wesleyan Church, cnr. Sydney Road and Bell Street, Coburg, c. 1940c. 1940Exterior of Sacred Heart Hospital, 273 Moreland Road, Coburg, c. 1940c. 1940A view from park showing Pentridge Stockade, Coburg, Melbourne, 19411941Attack 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, 1938–441938–44Attack 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, 1938–441938–44Attack 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. 1941c. 1941Spicers & Detmold Pty. Ltd., stationers and manufacturers, Moreland Road, Coburg, c. 1943c. 1943Spicers & Detmold Pty. Ltd., stationers and manufacturers, Moreland Road, Coburg, c. 1943c. 1943Spicers & Detmold Pty. Ltd., stationers and manufacturers, Moreland Road, Coburg, c. 1943c. 1943Spicers & Detmold Pty. Ltd., stationers and manufacturers, Moreland Road, Coburg, 1943?1943?[Interior view of Grand Theatre, 324 Sydney Road, Coburg], 1940s1940sSpicers & Detmold, Coburg, new factory premises, 1940s1940sSite of the Coburg Housing Estate, with horse and cart in middle distance, looking towards Brunswick, 1945–491945–49Hoyts' Grand Cinema, 324 Sydney Road, Coburg, 1945–491945–49Original Victorian style house and outbuildings on the site of Coburg Housing Estate, 1945–491945–49Houses under construction at Coburg Housing Estate, with Pentridge Prison? u.l. and tip truck and horses c.r, 1945–491945–49Houses on Housing Commission of Victoria housing estate at Coburg, 1945–491945–49All-white Poultry Farm house and outbuildings on the site of the Coburg Housing Estate, 1945–491945–49Housing Commission home without a front fence, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Front entry path of a Housing Commission home, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Street view of one side of a road in a Housing Commission estate, 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. 1947Row of Housing Commission homes, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission homes highlighting front gardens, gates and fences and homes in Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with a front fence of steel poles, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Fences of Housing Commission homes, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with a front fence made of poles and ropes, 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 an entrance portico of timber and frosted glass, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with two entrances, 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 built in pale brick, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Paved road in a Housing Commission estate, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Housing Commission home with timber entrance portico, Coburg, Preston and Heidelberg area, c. 1947c. 1947Exterior of Coles store with merchandise displayed in the windows priced from 7d. Coburg Store No. 21, 19471947Coles cafeteria with long service counter and signage for hot soups pies and pasties Coburg Store. No. 21, 19471947Interior of Coles store with displays for merchandise including check shirts for 8/11 Coburg Store No. 21, 19471947Dining area at Coles cafeteria including wooden booths at Coburg Store No. 21, 19471947Edwardian style Catholic Presbytery at St. Paul's, Sydney Road, Coburg, c. 1948c. 1948Diving tower, Coburg Lake, Vic, c. 1948c. 1948[Coburg lake diving tower], 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948Housing Commission of Victoria homes on the Coburg Estate, 19481948
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