Old Melbourne

1840s1 photo

Silk programme for a series of scientific demonstrations of lectures and illustrations in the Queens Theatre, Melbourne, 18491849

1870s6 photos

Old Theatre Royal Melbourne...Destroyed by fire in 18721872Theatre Royal, 75 Bourke Street East, Melbourne, 1855–931855–93New Theatre Royal Melbourne, 18751875New Theatre Royal Melbourne, 18751875New Theatre Royal Melbourne, 18751875The Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 18771877

1880s6 photos

Public buildings and theatres in early Melbourne, 1880?1880?Cheque from the Theatre Royal Branch, Melbourne, The Bank of Public Opinion taken from Life Account or bearer for the sum of thirty thousand pounds, signed Bland Holt, 18831883Theatre Royal, 232 Bourke St., or 75 Bourke St. East, Melbourne, c. 1885c. 1885Bijou Theatre & Victoria Arcade. Bourke St. E, 1876–941876–94Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 18881888Princess Theatre while staging "Fool's Revenge" and view of Spring Street, showing Mayger's Imperial Hotel and the Windsor Hotel, 1888?1888?

1890s10 photos

Princess Theatre, Spring Street, Melbourne, c. 1890c. 1890Melbourne Spring St. Princess Theatre, 18901890Princess Theatre Melbourne, 18931893Princess Theatre Melbourne, 18931893Princess Theatre Melbourne 1893 [another view]1893Princess Theatre Melb. [i.e. Melbourne], c. 1894c. 1894PRINCESS THEATRE, MELBOURNE, (VICTORIA), c. 1895c. 1895Spring St Melbourne & Princess Theatre, 1892–19001892–1900Alexandra Theatre, Exhibition St Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Princess Theatre & Grand Hotel, Melbourne, c. 1899c. 1899

1900s17 photos

Crowds in Collins Street near Atheneum Theatre, flags across road, 1890–19101890–1910Princess Theatre, Melbourne, decorated for the visit of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York for opening of Australia's first Parliament, c. 1901c. 1901Exterior front view of Princess Theatre, Spring Street, Melbourne, 1886–19201886–1920Going the Pace, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 19031903Going the Pace, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 19031903Going the Pace, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 19031903PRINCESS THEATRE, MELBOURNE, c. 1905c. 1905PRINCESS THEATRE MELBOURNE, c. 1906c. 1906Princess Theatre [Melbourne, Vic.], 1900–141900–14Princess Theatre & Grand Hotel, Melbourne, c. 1907c. 1907Princess Theatre & Grand Hotel, Melbourne, c. 1908c. 1908Picture Hall Theatre, Footscray, c. 1908c. 1908Princess Theatre, Spring St., Melbourne, c. 1908c. 1908Her Majesty's Theatre Exhibition Street, Melbourne, 1909?1909?Spring Street and Princess's Theatre, MELBOURNE, 1905–141905–14Her Majesty's Theatre, Exhibition St; Melbourne, 1905–141905–14Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 1905–141905–14

1910s7 photos

Bourke Street showing the Bijou Theatre, c. 1910c. 1910Bourke Street showing the Bijou Theatre, c. 1910c. 1910SPRING STREET AND PRINCESS'S THEATRE, MELBOURNE, c. 1910c. 1910Her Majesty's Theatre, Exhibition Street, Melbourne, c. 1910c. 1910Princess Theatre, Spring St; Melbourne, c. 1910c. 1910A. V. Morgan outside his His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1915–181915–18Princess Theatre and Spring Street looking towards the Grand Hotel, 19161916

1920s13 photos

Theatre Royal Melbourne, 1910–301910–30Theatre Royal Melbourne, 1910–301910–30Her Majestys Theatre, Melbourne, illuminated, 1913–311913–31Leon Gordon in "White Cargo" Theatre Royal Melbourne, c. 1926c. 1926State Theatre from Flinders Street, 1910–451910–45HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE [MELBOURNE], 1914–411914–41Regent Theatre, 210 Toorak Road, South Yarra, 19271927Britannia Theatre, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1914–411914–41Regent Theatre, 210 Toorak Road, South Yarra, 19271927View from above Regent Theatre looking west down Collins Street, Melbourne, 1928?1928?View of the interior of auditorium at the State Theatre Melbourne towards the right hand side of the stage showing statue of Diana of Versailles with stag, a temple with a statue of Aphrodite and an urn on a pedestal in the foreground, c. 1928c. 1928Regent [Theatre] Collins St [Melbourne], c. 1928c. 1928Comedy Theatre [Melbourne], c. 1928c. 1928

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352 historic photos for Theatres and cinemas, taken between 1849 and 1957, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 10 decades, with the most from the 1940s (191). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.