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662 photos1853–1982

1850s 11 1860s 17 1870s 21 1880s 29 1890s 23 1900s 189 1910s 99 1920s 88 1930s 74 1940s 65 1950s 44 1980s 2

1850s11 photos

Laying the foundation stone of the Geelong & Melbourne Railway, 18531853Geelong & Melbourne Railway Terminus, Geelong, 18541854GEELONG AND MELBOURNE RAILWAY, 18541854Geelong and Melbourne Railway, 18541854Prince's Bridge & City Terminus of M. & H. B. Railway, Melbourne, 18571857Sandridge, Williams Town [i.e. Williamstown], from Railway Pier, 18571857Railway Bridge, Footscray, near Melbourne. 18581858The Railway Pier. Sandridge, c. 1858c. 1858Moorabool Viaduct, Melbourne to Ballarat Railway 18591859Hobson's Bay Railway Pier at Sandridge Near Melb [i.e. Melbourne] 18591859Part of Queen Street, showing the Oriental Bank, the Hobson's Bay Railway, & the suburb of Emerald Hill, 18591859

1860s17 photos

South Yarra Railway Bridge, 1840–801840–80Cremorne Railway Bridge over the Yarra River, Richmond, c. 1860c. 1860Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, c. 1860c. 1860Railway Station, Melbourne, 18611861Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company's Bridge, Hawthorn, 18611861Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company's Bridge, South Yarra, 18611861Railway works Williamstown, c. 1861c. 1861Railway station Williamstown, c. 1861c. 1861Town, and Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Piers, Sandridge, c. 1862c. 1862Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Station, St. Kilda, c. 1862c. 1862Melbourne, St. Kilda and Brighton railway bridge, St. Kilda Road, 18621862The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company's pier at Sandridge, near Melbourne, Australia, 18621862Railway Station Flinders St. Melbourne - Flood, 16Th Dec. 18631863Flinders St. and Railway, c. 1863c. 1863FLINDERS STREET. FROM THE MELBOURNE RAILWAY STATION, 18641864Locomotive sheds Spencer Street opposite Collins Street, 18671867Victorian Railways, Melbourne, blank voucher providing the bearer, on public duty, with a ticket, 1851–851851–85

1870s21 photos

Railway Pier Port Melbourne, c. 1870c. 1870H. B. Ry. [i.e. Hobson's Bay Railway] TERMINUS HOTEL, 18701870Sandridge Pier [i.e. Railway Pier, Port Melbourne], 1860–801860–80PORT MELBOURNE RAILWAY PIER, 18711871C.278.on Brighton Train at South Yarra Station, 18721872The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company's Pier, c. 1873c. 1873THE MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY UNITED RAILWAY COMPANY'S PIER. SANDRIDGE, VICTORIA, 18731873[Spencer Street railway yards and sheds], 1870s1870sOld railway bridge, St. Kilda Road, 18751875VIEW FROM THE BIG HILL, SHOWING THE LINE OF RAILWAY TO MELBOURNE, c. 1875c. 1875The railway pier, Sandridge, [Vic.], 1870–801870–80Hobson's Bay railway pier, Sandridge [Vic.], 1870–801870–80The Parade St. Kilda [The Esplanade, shows Railway Baths, women & children walking & sitting on Esplanade] [Melbourne], 18751875Railway Pier Sandridge picture, 1870–801870–80Geelong Railway Station. 45 Miles S.W. from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Goods shed, Geelong Railway, 45 Miles S.W. from Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Railway Pier Sandridge picture, 1870–801870–80Railway Pier, Sandridge, 1870–801870–80Sandridge Railway Pier, 1873–821873–82Hawthorn Railway Bridge [Melbourne], 1873–821873–82PT. MELB. RWY. [i.e. Port Melbourne Railway] PIER. 18781878

1880s11 photos

The Railway Pier in Sandridge, Melbourne, 1880?1880?Railway Pier Sandridge [i.e. Port Melbourne], c. 1880c. 1880THE RAILWAY PIER, SANDRIDGE, c. 1880c. 1880The Railway Pier, Sandridge, 1865–951865–95Superindentents of Juries and Awards, Members and Experts of Juries, Section 28, Railway Apparatus, Mining and Metallurgy : Melbourne International Exhibition, 18801880RAILWAY PIER WILLIAMSTOWN IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, 1880–851880–85Victorian Government railway workshops, at Williamstown, August, 18831883Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, c. 1883c. 1883Railway Pier, Williamstown, c. 1884c. 1884Sandridge Railway Pier, 1880s1880sRailway Pier Williamstown Australia, c. 1885c. 1885
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