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Port Melbourne in the 1940s

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[HMS Implacable & HMS Glory, Port Melbourne], 19461946HMS Bermuda, Port Melbourne, 19461946Visit of British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit of British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit of British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Woman and child wave goodbye to H.M.A.S. Australia in Port Melbourne, 1943–491943–49Visit of British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable to Melbourne, 19461946H.M.A.S. Australia leaving Station Pier in Port Melbourne, c. 1946c. 1946Visit of British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit of British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit of British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946Visit by British aircraft carriers H.M.S. Glory, H.M.S. Indefatigable, H.M.S. Venerable, H.M.S. Implacable to Melbourne, 19461946[Cruiser 'Bellona', Port Melbourne], c. 1947c. 1947Delivery truck outside Glazebrooks (Aust.) P/L, 269 Williamstown Rd., Port Melbourne West, c. 1947c. 1947Glazebrook Australia Pty Ltd, Paints, Enamels and Lacquers, 269-97 Williamstown Rd. Port Melbourne, 19471947Glazebrook Australia Pty Ltd, Paints, Enamels and Lacquers, 269-97 Williamstown Rd. Port Melbourne, 19471947Glazebrook Australia Pty Ltd, Paints, Enamels and Lacquers, 269-97 Williamstown Rd. Port Melbourne, 19471947Men of H.M.A.S. Bataan crowding the rail as ship berths at Port Melbourne, 1946–481946–48VIEW ALONG LOWER ESPLANADE, PORT MELBOURNE, VIC, 1940–541940–54General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, c. 1948c. 1948General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 1945–511945–51Strathaird Pt Melb [i.e. Port Melbourne] Cloudy, 19481948General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 19481948Strathaird Pt Melb [i.e. Port Melbourne], 19481948General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 1945–511945–51General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 1945–511945–51General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 19481948Housing Commission estate at Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne, 19481948General Motors Holden factory at Port Melbourne, 19481948Princes Pier, Melbourne on 14.1.48, taken from S. S. Taroona, 19481948National Bank of Australasia, Port Melbourne, [Vic.], c. 1949c. 1949Car racing at Fisherman's Bend or Altona, 1945–541945–54Port Melbourne school, 1900–991900–99Stratheden, Port Melbourne Vic, 19491949["Perthshire" Glasgow, at Station Pier, Melbourne], 19491949Factory under construction at Port Melbourne, 19491949Ruston & Hornsby front end loader excavating a building site, Port Melbourne, 19491949Ruston & Hornsby front end loader excavating a building site, Port Melbourne, 19491949Stratheden, Port Melbourne Vic, 19491949Stratheden, Port Melbourne Vic, 19491949"Stratheden, Port Melbourne Vic.", 19491949Car racing at Fisherman's Bend or Altona, 1945–541945–54
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