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Melbourne and scenes in Victoria 1925-1926 from Victorian Government Railways

 

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Accession Nos.: PIC P579/1-17 AN: 10634363
File No.: 450/2/315  

Accession No. Captions:
PIC P579 / 1 Portion of Ground at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Test Match, New Years Day, 1925 Maurice Tate bowling to Collins, Captain of Australian Eleven. First ball of first over.
PIC P579 / 2 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne 1926. The building on the left is the old General Post Office and the clock seen on the right of the centre is that over Flinders Street Railway Station. Beneath the clock is seen one of the slogans now possessing world wide reputation.
PIC P579 / 3 An aerial view of the Flinders Street Railway yards, Melbourne 1936. On the left are seen Flinders Street, Flinders Lane and Collins Street. In the centre of the picture is seen Flinders Street Railway Station, the busiest passenger station in the world. The bridge crossing the Yarra is Queen's Bridge.
PIC P579 / 4 Portion of Flinders Street Railway Yard, Melbourne 1936. On the left are the tracks to St. Kilda and Port Melbourne. On the right are the tracks to the northern suburbs, while in the centre is the River Yarra swing basin at which point Interstate and Inter-colonial boats turn around
PIC P579 / 5 Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne 1926. The world's busiest passenger station. Over 290,000 passengers and 200 electric trains are handled at this station daily.
PIC P579 / 6 Collins Street, one of Melbourne's busiest thoroughfares, 1926.
PIC P579 / 7 Queen Street, Melbourne, 1926. One of Melbourne's wide crossing streets. Note parking area in centre of street
PIC P579 / 8 St. Kilda Road. Melbourne's southern gateway 1926. St Kilda Road is considered to be one of the world's best public highways. Along the centre is a two chain roadway for slowly moving vehicles and trams. On either side is a motor track and on the extreme sides are footways and plantations.
PIC P579 / 9 Bourke Street, Melbourne 1926. In the centre is seen the clock tower of the old General Post Office; on the right is seen portion of Myers Drapery Emporium, Melbourne's largest retail store.
PIC P579 / 10 Railway Administrative Offices, Spencer Street, Melbourne 1926. Over 1,200 persons are employed in the building which contains approx. 300 rooms.
PIC P579 / 11 Federal Parliament House, Melbourne, 1926. Until Canberra, the new Federal Capital is completed this building houses the Commonwealth Parliament. The architecture of this building is symbolic of the old Roman and Gothic style.
PIC P579 / 12 River Yarra, Melbourne, from the Botanical Gardens 1926. On the right of the centre of the picture is seen Jolimont Railway sub-station and Repair Shops where light repairs and overhaul work are done.
PIC P579 / 13 Henley on the Yarra, Melbourne. Australia's premier watering carnival 1926. Over 100,000 people throng the banks on carnival days.
PIC P579 / 14 Buckland Valley, Mount Buffalo, Vic, 1926. Australia's premier mountain holiday resort. Altitude 5,645 feet.
PIC P579 / 15 Murray River, Corryong, 1926. This is near the source of the Murray River. The snow-capped Alps are seen in the background.
PIC P579 / 16 Australian Jackasses, 1926. The voice of this bird is often heard in Australia.
PIC P579 / 17 A koala or native bear, 1926. This bear is found in the primitive state in the southern portion of Victoria.

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