St. Kilda Road... 
Present Day Views of Melbourne....1920's
It is interesting to see pics of different times in a cities history and there are many reproductions of early Melbourne in books..but I have many old books with 'Present Day' pics and it's good to see whats written under some of the pics which was a boast at the time yet now seems sometimes small...yet in other amazing for the times...In these of the 20's huge crowds went to the MCG, Melbourne Cup...and even Henley on the Yarra ! Melbourne was the Capital of Australia at the time but some pics confuse me..like listing the Mail Exchange on Spencer St. as the GPO ??? 
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On the Yarra, Swan Street Bridge would cut through this scene today....
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Federal Parliament House, Spring St......
Library and Exhibition Buidings...State Parliament ! 
This pic shows GPO ???? as they call it anyway....on Spencer, Bourke Cnr...and the Queen Victoria Hospital..then Melbourne Hospital where QV centre is today... 
Down at Princes Pier....this pier is abandoned today. Talk of demolishing all or part or using some for redevelopment??? 
The Turning basin where it has been reborn below Queens Bridge. No King, Spencer, Grimes, Bolte, or West Gate yet!!!! 
From above....lots of site here that now have skyscrapers...cnr Bourke and William eg.....and The Rialto has its neighbours ther waiting.......
Swanston st. when it was lined with buildings between St. Pauls Cathedral and Town Hall...City Square today 
Hmmm they may have to concider a parking tax...bloody cars everywhere ! Queen st. 
Above East end of CBD........
At the MCG.......maybe should put name down for Membership..looks pretty crowded and who knows when they will build a bigger grandstand ??? 
Flinders St....For a while they called it Central Station ???? More choices back then...Train, cabletram, car, bus, horse and carriage or walking ...and as for walking that was when we lived in a free world...walk wherever you want!!!!! Kids too! 
Bourke st busy with people wanting to spend money...some things don't change including the guy waiting to do a right hand turn south into Swanston St...the Hook turn...had to start somewhere 
this time rent a crowd was off to Flemington.....
We can never get too much of this stuff redbaron_012: you'll find the oldies are always popular on the forum, particularly when some new images turn up. Nostalgia splurges tend to take place in winter. Gawd, 100,000 people going to Henley-on-the-Yarra!
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