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Aerial view of East Melbourne and surrounds
Detail of large aerial photo in colour shows inner Melbourne from Edinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy in the north to Port Phillip Bay in the south, and from Abbotsford in the east to the docks in the west.
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Aerial view of Melbourne looking east towards East Melbourne - 1938
BW photo. Aerial view of city looking east, East Melbourne in distance. Circa 1938.
Digital image from glass negative approx. 10.0x12.5 cm.
Original is very faded. Contrast has been adjusted digitally.
(State Library of Victoria, picture collection accession no. H91.160/536).
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Birds Eye View of Melbourne showing Public Offices and Gardens: St Kilda in the distance- c1880
Coloured lithograph. Aerial view of Melbourne from a point just north of Victoria Parade looking towards Port Phillip Bay.
Prominent East Melbourne features include St Patrick's Cathedral and nearby churches, the various government and parliament buildings, Treasury Gardens and the East Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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City end
Two copy photographs taken from 'the Streets of Melbourne from Early Photographs' published by The Herald and Weekly Times, 1984. One shows view down Macarthur Street with Parliament House to the left and the Treasury to the right, St. Patrick's Cathedral is in the distance. The other, possibly taken from the roof of St. Patrick's, looks south over the Treasury which is viewed from the back.
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Commonwealth Games change East Melbourne
Newspaper clippings outline the changes to Melbourne in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Sites in East Melbourne include MCG, Hilton Hotel, MCG Hotel, Jolimont Station, new footbridge. Photos, including aerial shot of Melbourne covering inner suburbs.
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East Melbourne Aerial View 1972
Aerial view of East Melbourne taken by Lands Department 11 December 1974.
- 1978 reads
East Melbourne, Aerial view - 1962
BW photo. Aerial view shows Fitzroy, East Melbourne, City. 1962. Internet print. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H92.20/7247).
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East Melbourne, Fitzroy Gardens, Poplar Avenue - 1930c.
BW photo. Fitzroy Gardens, poplar avenue. 1920c. Internet print. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H32492/7449.
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East Melbourne, George Street - 1910c.
BW photo. George Street, bottom block, looking west. Shows elm trees in street. C. 1910.
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East Melbourne, Gisborne Street - 1913c
BW photo. Gisborne Street - looking south. 1913-1914. Probably taken from the Melbourne Fire Brigade lookout tower.
St Peter's Church, on the corner of Gisborne and Albert Streets, is in the immediate foreground.
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