Please note: The following photos have been sourced from public domain sites, or other blogs. Please contact me if any of the images I have used violate copyright, and I will remove.
PEOPLE
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| Bon Scott at North Altona Tech, 1975. |
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| Melbourne Sharps. |
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| Factory workers in South Melbourne |
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| Lillian Frank attends the opening night of 'Hair', the musical. 1971. |
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| Bjorn and Frida from ABBA, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 1977. |
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| Waiting to Cross Bourke St. |
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| Nick Cave, 1973. |
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| Massage chair at Luna Park, St Kilda, 1974 |
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| Police Constable Ron Ritchie, 1975 |
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| The queen at the footy; Richmond v Fitzroy, 1970. |
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| 'The Roof Needs Mowing,' a student film by Gillian Armstrong, Melbourne Uni, 1971. |
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| Citizenship ceremony, St Kilda Town Hall, 1974. |
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| Frank Sinatra on his way to rehearsal, 1974. |
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| Voting for the Senate, 1977. |
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| Big Arnie pays a visit, 1974. |
PLACES
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| Edge of the mall, 1970. |
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| High St, Northcote, 1977. |
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| Newstand at Flinders St Station. |
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| From the east end of Bourke Street. |
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| From the South Bank,. |
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| The Gas and Fuel buildings. |
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| Digging the tunnel for the Sandringham line, 1972. |
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| The Causeway. |
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| East End cinema, Bourke St. |
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| The MCG |
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| City Square in 1970, before the hotel was built. |
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| The Southern Cross Hotel. |
THINGS
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| Gough addresses a dismissal rally, 1975. |
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| Collingwood bench, 1977 Grand Final |
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| Moomba Parade, 1973. |
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| Melbourne Cup, 1976. |
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| The Westgate Bridge collapse |
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| Elizabeth St under water, the great flood of '72. |
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| Auto show at the Royal Exhibition Building, 1972 |
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| Rockarena, Calder Raceway, 1977. |
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| Police parade, Swanston St, 1976. |
fantastic stuff!
ReplyDeleteLove these pics :)
ReplyDeleteLove these photos they catch the moment
ReplyDeletegreat photos, where are the credits? pretty sure some of these are Rennie Ellis in which case they are copyright and if so you are infringing that copyright unless yuo have permission to use them.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I guess not that many people view this blog so I have not worried about copyright etc. Most of the posts get less than a hundred page views. And nearly all of these photos are public domain. But you are right, there are a couple by Rennie Ellis. So I will take those ones down.
DeleteGreat set.
ReplyDelete"High Street Northcote" and "The Causeway" are by David Wadelton
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info. I am not familiar with that name, but I will endeavour to get the proper permission (if they aren't a professional, that is).
DeleteBloody awesome!! The old days were so much better than now in 2020.times are crazy now.people are driving round looking at their phones and walking looking at their phones.people don't seem to go home now they drive around all day and night.maybe they could offer their homes to the homeless and start living in their cars.these photos bring back so many memories of better times in Melbourne when all we cared about was our families and times were more innocent and the shops were closed on weekends and closed early on weekdays.we still got this far without 24 hour 7 day trading.who remembers the owner of a certain hardware store in Melbourne that was jailed for opening his mitre 10 on a Sunday his name was Frank penhalourak.not sure if I spelt his name correctly but yeah we really had a state government jail a guy for running a hardware store and being open on sunday.the younger generations if nowadays wouldn't believe it.jeez it was such a different time.but still better.the footy was only on a weekend not during the week and only during the day not at night.4 and 20 pies tasted better.the 1970's -1980's and 1990's were way way better than Melbourne today in August 2020.the roads were quiet at night and during the day people actually were at work doing their work not driving around all day annoying everybody with their infernal cars! the roads were not as congested as today and like I said people went to work to do work there not bloody driving around all day pissing people off.there was nowhere as much crime as nowadays and certainly not the same level of criminality as nowadays.there was no ice using junkies or home invasions or car chases/ police pursuits. And even watching the 5 or 6 pm nightly News was nowhere as depressing as today.ah the good old days.our old diggers and elderly past generations would be spinning in their graves if they knew what a fricking horrible mess Melbourne has become in 2020.
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