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“The Old Tin Shed”: hated by many, missed by few

“The Old Tin Shed”: hated by many, missed by few

October 23rd, 2024 - Ashley Smith

Taken in the early 1960s, this image displays a humble wood and galvanised iron shed on the corner of Little Bourke and Elizabeth streets.

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Melbourne Morgue, Princes Bridge

September 25th, 2024 - Julie Bevan

Melbourne was growing fast in the 1850s. No longer a colonial outpost it had boomed into one of the leading cities of the Empire.

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Flinders Street Station turns 170 years old in September

September 18th, 2024 - Léa Carré

In September, Australia’s oldest train station is celebrating being the major train hub for Melburnians for almost two centuries.

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Newsboys Club

August 21st, 2024 - Julie Bevan

This faded and foxed image of the corner of Collins St has a ghostly quality that compels us to look within it. 

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Who’s Tailor sat at Elizabeth St? “My Tailor”

July 16th, 2024 - Ashley Smith

Taken in 1954 by photographer Ben Haigh, this image highlights the western side of Elizabeth St between the Bourke Street Mall and Little Bourke St opposite the GPO.

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A bustling scene at Queen’s Wharf, 1853

June 18th, 2024 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

Full of life and activity, you see here a crowded Cole’s Wharf, located between Spencer and King streets, in the early 1850s.

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An elegant colossus reaches for the sky

May 22nd, 2024 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

Captured by amateur photographer Pierre Robin in early September 1959, this is one of the last photographs to capture the solid presence of the Colonial Mutual Building on the north-west corner of Collins and Elizabeth streets.

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A corner of Melbourne at the crossroads

April 24th, 2024 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

Standing tall on the right-hand side of this photograph, taken looking east along Little Collins St from Russell St, is the head office of Preston Motors, the go-to place to buy the latest Chevrolet and Buick cars.

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Breakdown outside the Windsor Hotel, 1920s

March 20th, 2024 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

Eight men, one broken-down car and a wagon to cart it on. This dismal winter’s day was not going well for the driver, seen here on the far right of the photograph in chauffeur’s outfit, complete with greatcoat to ward off the worst of the Melbourne weather.

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Giuseppe Buzzi and his fried fish shop

February 20th, 2024 - Julie Bevan

This photo taken between 1908 and 1912 shows a sleepy Latrobe St afternoon. The image is dominated by a giant telegraph pole with a fire alarm.

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November 21st, 2023 - Dr Cheryl Griffin
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