Old photos of Melbourne and suburbs

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Braybrook Hotel Ballarat Rd Braybrook Victoria

In 1857, a hotel was established on this site to serves the thirsty diggers on route to the gold fields in Western Victoria.

The Melbourne Homoeopathic Hospital

One of Melbourne’s most distinctive hospitals once stood on St Kilda Road, opposite the Domain.

The institution began in 1869 as the Melbourne Homoeopathic Dispensary. It later became the Melbourne Homoeopathic Hospital, initially operating in the city before moving to a purpose-built hospital on St Kilda Road in 1885. The new building was officially opened in October that year.

The original hospital was an ornate Victorian complex, with verandahs, decorative brickwork, steeply roofed corner towers and elevated rooftop platforms. Architect Thomas James Crouch was responsible for the designs for the St Kilda Road hospital.

As the hospital grew, additional buildings and wings were added to the site.

In November 1934, the institution’s name was changed from the Homoeopathic Hospital to Prince Henry’s Hospital.

Albion Soldiers Settlement

Bazentin, Coolamon, Gunnedah, Hamel, and Kamarooka Streets

Russell St, Melbourne, early 1870s

Looking sth along the west side from Lonsdale St.

That's Loel Harris, pawnbroker with the aggressive marketing on the corner site.

Boyes Bros Ironmongers is at #153,

Aerial photo of Deer Park 1945.

Development north of Ballarat Rd had not yet started.

Photo source. Melbourne University Map Collection.

1960s aerial as it shows the site of the Tottenham Hotel before it was built and the surrounding area.

Victorian railways map

This photo, taken in 1956, captures a woman hauling water along Griffen Crescent toward the Woodman house—a reminder that not every home in North Melbourne had running water yet.

Beatles Australian Tour 1964.

Later it was used by the Cameron Tobacco Factory and then by the Metropolitan Mission

Bourke St west not far from the corner of William St