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Melbourne City in the 1940s

1,398 photos

1830s 4 1840s 5 1850s 73 1860s 244 1870s 281 1880s 441 1890s 295 1900s 1305 1910s 565 1920s 558 1930s 833 1940s 1398 1950s 624 1970s 8 1980s 4
Repatriated P.O.W.s at Spencer St[reet] Station, [Melbourne], c. 1944c. 1944Interior ground floor showing tables of merchandise 'This week's feature' barley sugar on display in Bourke Street Store No. 12, 1940s1940sSnack food bar Bourke Street Store No. 12, 1940s1940sArmy procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 194419444th and 15th Infantry Brigades march past Capital Theatre on Swanston Street, c. 1944c. 1944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Servicemen and women pause for photograph while eating Christmas dinner at Navy House Collins Street, 1941–471941–47Russell St Melbourne from Noel Counihans's studio 19441944Russell St Melbourne from Noel Counihans's studio 19441944British soldiers sight-seeing in Melbourne, c. 1944c. 1944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Servicemen and women eating Christmas dinner at Navy House Collins Street, c. 1944c. 19444th and 15th Infantry Brigades march up Swanston Street past Flinders Lane corner, 1941–471941–47Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Interior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sInterior views of Plaza Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940s1940sTourist Bureau Interior, Collins St, Melbourne, 19451945Tourist Bureau Window, Collins Street, Melbourne, 19451945Tourist Bureau Interior, Collins St, Melbourne, 19451945Melbourne Vic, 19451945Flinders Street Rail Yards with Aspro building l.r, c. 1945c. 1945Special. Over St kilda Road, c. 1945c. 1945Looking along Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1945c. 1945Tourist Bureau Interior, Collins St, Melbourne, 19451945Tourist Bureau Window, Collins Street, Melbourne, 19451945Around Market Street, Melbourne, c. 1945c. 1945Tourist Bureau Interior, Collins St, Melbourne, 19451945Procession in Swanston Street from south bank of Yarra River at Princes Bridge, showing Aspro building in City Road, c. 1945c. 1945Yarra Family Hotel, Melbourne, 1940–501940–50Sgt. Poore, L. H., 20th April, 1945, Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne1945Allied March April 6 ... tanks turn out of Swanston St. into Bourke St, 19451945Victory celebrations in Melbourne, c. 1945c. 1945La Trobe Street, Melbourne, 1940–501940–50Aerial view of Victoria Dock and the City of Melbourne, 1940–501940–50Russell Street Police Station, 1940–501940–50[Melbourne trams on Victoria and Swanston Streets], 1940–501940–50Royal Navy WRENS March in 3rd Victory Loan March, Elizabeth St [Melbourne, Victoria], c. 1945c. 1945Spencer St. Station, 1940–501940–505 year veteran return ... at Spencer Street Station, 19451945Artist in Collins Street, Melbourne, 1940–501940–50[Royal Melbourne Hospital ambulance], 1940–501940–50Released prisoners of war from Ambonia [?] arrived at Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, 19451945[Government House, Melbourne, Vic.], 1940–501940–50Visitors' Lounge, Nurses' Home, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50Collection of negatives showing Melbourne streets and surrounds, 1940–501940–50
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