Melbourne is the capital and most-populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. The city occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula and the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges.
Melbourne is home to many of Australia’s best-known landmarks, such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the National Gallery of Victoria and the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building.
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| Flinders Street station, Melbourne, 1970 |
The Melbourne Airport, also known as the Tullamarine Airport, is the second-busiest airport in Australia, and the Port of Melbourne is the nation's busiest seaport. Its main metropolitan rail terminus is Flinders Street station and its main regional rail and road coach terminus is Southern Cross station. It also has Australia’s most extensive freeway network and the largest urban tram network in the world.
These vintage photos captured street scenes of Melbourne in the 1970s.
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| City of Auckland Ship at Melbourne dock, 1970 |
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| Luna Park, Melbourne, 1970 |
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| Melbourne dock, 1970 |
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| Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1971 |
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| Hawthorn Road, Melbourne, 1971 |
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| Melbourne street scenes, 1971 |
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| Vintage train at Spencer Street and viaduct, Melbourne, 1972 |
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| William Street, Melbourne, 1972 |
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| Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1973 |
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| Chapel Street bridge crossing the Yarra River, Melbourne, 1973 |
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| Malvern East, line 3, Melbourne, 1973 |
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| Malvern East, line 3, Melbourne, 1973 |
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| St Kilda Road, Melbourne, 1973 |
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| Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1974 |
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| Melbourne street scenes, 1974 |
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| Melbourne street scene, 1975 |
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| Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1977 |
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| Spencer Street, Melbourne, 1977 |
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| Flinders Street from the corner of Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1978 |
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| Swanston and Collins Streets, Melbourne, 1978 |
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| Flinders Street railway station, Melbourne, 1979 |
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| Bourke Street, Melbourne, circa 1970s |
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| Interior view of a tramcar, Melbourne, circa 1970s |
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| Waiting for public transport to arrive, Melbourne, circa 1970s |
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| Waiting for public transport to arrive, Melbourne, circa 1970s |
