Old Melbourne

1850s5 photos

Turner's General Printing Office, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1854, letter-press and lithographic printer1854Police Court House & Town Hall, Swanston St, Melbourne, 18541854St. Paul's Church from south end of Swanston St., Melbourne, 18571857Swanston Street, from the corner of Collins Street, looking north - about the year 1858, c. 1858c. 1858Swanston Street. Melbne [i.e. Melbourne], 18581858

1860s22 photos

Melbourne Public Library (later State Library of Victoria), southern portion of Swanston Street frontage, c. 1860c. 1860"Early Melbourne", Swanston St. in 18601860The Public Baths, Swanston Street, 18621862Swanston Street (1863)1863Swanston Street (1863)1863Swanston Street (1863)1863Swanston Street looking north, c. 1865c. 1865Portrait photographs from John Gaul of Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic, 1866–671866–67Portrait photographs from John Gaul of Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic, 1866–671866–67Portrait photographs from John Gaul of Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic, 1866–671866–67Portrait photographs from John Gaul of Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic, 1866–671866–67Swanston Street, Melbourne, looking south from Collins Street, c. 1867c. 1867Swanston Street, Melbourne, between Collins and Flinders Streets, east side, c. 1867c. 1867Fish Market, corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne, c. 1867c. 1867Globe Hotel corner Little Bourke and Swanston Street, c. 1868c. 1868Cheap book and stationery warehouse, A. J. Smith, 35 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1851–851851–85To all Victorians, best tea, best coffee, best provisions ... T. W. Thomas and Co., Royal Australian Tea Warehouse, 105 Swanston Street, 1851–851851–85Allen & Gove, only American Studio, 95 Swanston Street, Melbourne, opposite Garton's, 1851–851851–85Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1869c. 1869Studio portraits by Miller, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1867–721867–72Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1869c. 1869Studio portraits by Miller, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1867–721867–72

1870s19 photos

Collins Street from Swanston Street, 18701870Flinders Street, Melbourne, looking west from Swanston Street, c. 1870c. 1870The new Town Hall Melbourne, Swanston St, 18701870Swanston Street, 18701870Samuel Amess, the Right Worshipful. The Mayor of Melbourne, 18701870Samuel Amess, the Right Worshipful. The Mayor of Melbourne, 18701870Swanston Street, 18701870Town Hall Melbourne fronting Collins Street and Swanston Street, 18701870The new Town Hall Melbourne, Swanston St, 18701870Collins Street Melbourne, west of Swanston Street, c. 1870c. 1870Swanston St. in 1870, from Lonsdale Street1870Swanston Street, 18721872Designs for cemetery marble and stone works by J. Simmonds, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1870s1870sSwanston Street, looking south, 1872–761872–76Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1875c. 1875Swanston Street looking South, 1870–801870–80Swanston Street looking S [i.e. South] from Lonsdale St, 1870–801870–80Swanston Street, looking south, Melbourne, c. 1876c. 1876Nicholson's Corner, Cnr Collins Street East and Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1875–801875–80

1880s14 photos

Swanston Street looking south from Lonsdale, c. 1880c. 1880Carriages in Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1880c. 1880Bourke Street Melbourne, looking west from Swanston Street, showing south side of the street, c. 1880c. 1880Swanston Street, c. 1880c. 1880Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1880c. 1880Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1880c. 1880Town Hall. Corner of Swanston St. & Collins St. East, c. 1880c. 1880Laying the foundation stone of St. Pauls Cathedral, Swanston Street, 18801880Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic, 1870–901870–90Swanston St Looking South, c. 1880c. 1880Flinders Lane East, from Swanston Street, c. 1880c. 1880Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1880c. 1880Public Library, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1875–921875–92Looking west on Flinders Lane from the intersection with Swanston Street, 18831883

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581 historic photos of Swanston Street, Melbourne, taken between 1854 and 1954, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 12 decades, with the most from the 1940s (173). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.