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Great White Fleet visit to Melbourne
This photograph is a view of Flinders Street Station, as seen from Elizabeth St, in August 1908.
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Harrington’s Buildings
Harrington’s Ltd (trading as Harrington Cameras) was a household name throughout Australia in the 1920s. The shop sold cameras, photographic equipment and was a printing, enlarging and framing service.
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Harrington’s Ltd (trading as Harrington Cameras) was a household name throughout Australia in the 1920s. The shop sold cameras, photographic equipment and was a printing, enlarging and framing service.
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John Noone (1820 -1893) arrived in Melbourne in 1856 and established a photographic studio, but was later employed in the Government Survey Office as a photographer.
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When tea ruled
Little Flinders St (alternatively known as Flinders Lane or “the Lane”), was one of Melbourne’s east-west “little streets” and always had a strong association with the city’s wholesale trade.
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Female Confectioners’ Union Victorian Branch
Female Confectioners’ Union Victorian Branch: Eight Hours Day Float (Eight Hours Day Procession Melbourne), c.1925
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Federal Coffee Palace
Located on the corner of King and Collins Streets and completed in 1888, the Federal Coffee Palace was at the time the largest hotel in Australia.
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The first Exhibition Building
Melbourne’s first Exhibition Building was built in 1854 on the present site of the Old Royal Mint in Williams St. It was modelled on the London Crystal Palace of 1851.
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The Princes Bridge location has long been the major crossing point of the Yarra, firstly using punts and then a wooden bridge from 1845.
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Brightening up our city
Help for rough-sleepers
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