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Melbourne City in the 1940s

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Spencer Street Railway Station Melbourne, 1940?1940?Yarra Yarra from below Princes Bridge, 1940?1940?Scotch College site, Spring St., Melbourne - [plaque], 1937–441937–44"Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne", c. 1940c. 1940St Kilda Road railway bridge, 1940?1940?Swanston St. looking south from Lonsdale St, c. 1940c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940Manchester Unity Building & Town Hall from Collins Street East, 1930–501930–50"Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St.", c. 1940c. 1940Swanston St. looking south from Lonsdale St, c. 1940c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from Queen St, c. 1940c. 1940Manchester Unity Building & Town Hall from Collins Street East, 1930–501930–50Manchester Unity Building & Town Hall from Collins Street East, 1930–501930–50Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940ROYAL MINT WILLIAM STREET [Melbourne], c. 1940c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940Manchester Unity Building & Town Hall from Collins Street East, 1930–501930–50Suburban lines. Hourly record of passengers in all trains to and from Melbourne at point of greatest density, 1930–501930–50Swanston St. looking south from Lonsdale St, c. 1940c. 1940Marching along Swanston St. Comforts Fund Day, Aug. 1940, c. 1940c. 1940Collins St. looking west from Russell St, 1930–501930–50Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940Collins St. looking west from Russell St, 1930–501930–50Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940Collins St. looking west from Russell St, 1930–501930–50Bourke St., looking east from west of Elizabeth St, c. 1940c. 1940"Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne", c. 1940c. 1940Arch of boomerangs, topped with a crown, spanning Bourke Street Melbourne, looking towards Spring Street and Parliamentary Buildings, 1930–501930–50View of a stained glass window, Scots Church, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Carlow House, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Arch bearing a coat-of-arms spanning Swanston Street, Melbourne, near Flinders Street, 1930–501930–50Flinders Street Station, 1930–501930–50[Aerial view of Collins and Flinders Streets, Melbourne], 1930–501930–50New A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] Demonstration rooms at Shell Bldg [i.e. Building] Bourke St, c. 1940c. 1940Flinders St. & Princes Bridge Stations - proposed square, buildings & bridges over tracks, 1930–501930–50Royal Melb. Reg. passing saluting base, c. 1940c. 1940Tunnel beneath New Royal Melb [i.e. Melbourne] Hospital, c. 1940c. 19402nd A.I.F. marching down Bourke Street, 1940–411940–41Applicants for enlistment arriving and leaving the R.A.A.F. recruiting depot in Flinders Street, Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Military procession in Melbourne, near the corner of Elizabeth and Collins Streets, 1943, 19401940St James Theatre, 20 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19401940Y.M.C.A. club house, The Domain, St. Kilda Road, 1940?1940?Government House Melbourne Victoria, 1936–451936–45March of 2,500 members of the A.I.F., through Melbourne, 19401940Wireless masts for 3AW and store for "Age", Latrobe Street, Melb, 1935–451935–45Entrance to the offices of William Crosby & Co., Shipping Agents and Engineers, Roberts' Buildings, 480-490 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Yosi Bergner on the roof, 26 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Roberts' Buildings, 480-490 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Phosphate House, 513-519 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1940c. 1940Elevated view of Melbourne at night, looking south west, 1930–501930–50Night photograph of the former Masonic Hall, 25-35 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Flinders Street Station at night, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50View across the Yarra River at night, 1930–501930–50Elevated view across the Yarra River showing Melbourne skyline at night, 1930–501930–50Night photograph of the T & G building, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Princes Bridge at night, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Elevated view of Collins Street at night, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50
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