1950s melbourne
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1950s Melbourne: Photos give a revealing insight into everyday life in Melbourne in the 1950s
1956: Fans get a real close look at Neil Mann and Ian Ridley in the Melbourne v Collingwood grand final.
1950: The Old Tin Shed in Elizabeth St stood next to the GPO. Built in 1906, the shed was intended to be on the site temporarily, but it became a city landmark despite
persistent calls for its removal.
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April 1950: The handwritten caption on the back of this image describes it as the township of Broadmeadows. It is actually a street in Westmeadows that was the site
of the original Broadmeadows village.
1950s: Shoppers at Coles.
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1950: Children helping their father in his grocery shop.
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1951: People relax on the lawns outside the State Library of Victoria.
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1951: Children from Scotch Church Elwood Play Centre meet a joey with some help from Joyce Seekamp at Melbourne Zoo.
1951: The Melbourne Town Hall at the intersection of in Swanston St and Collins St.
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1951: Tattersalls Lane, off Bourke St. Picture:
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1952: Myer's cafeteria packed in the crowds.
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1952: Matt Beha and the bells in the GPO clock tower in Elizabeth St.
1953: Children feed swans at the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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1953: Dan Curtain, licensee of the Turf Club Hotel in North Melbourne, presents local paperboy Peter Hargraves with a watch for his 15th birthday. A collection was taken
up for him by his grateful customers.
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1953: Swinging high above a street, rigger Jack Farley directs his invisible crane
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driver to lower him to a pile of girders on a building site in Spencer St.
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29 July 1953: In Sunshine where the roads were unmade and there was no running water, Mrs Anita Steigler and her son Ernst along with the family dog set out for home
with a bucket of water. Mrs Steigler uses three of these for the family bath. Also pictured is Mrs Urmgard Stanik, who has to carry water home.
2 October 1953: Main street in Belgrave.
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31 December 1953: Bill Young, Brian Collins, David Young and Judith Young enjoy a stroll along Mentone's breeze-swept foreshore.
1953: Kids enjoy the water in the children's pool at Eastern Beach, Geelong.
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31 December 1953: Main street in Mentone pictured after all the shops closed for the day.
1954: Drive-in branch of the ES & A Bank at Camberwell.
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16 July 1954: Buildings at 88-92 Puckle St, Moonee Ponds that were bought by Woolworths for $84,000.
1954: This dance craze called the Roo Roo Kangaroo was introduced in Victoria at Ormond Hall.
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28 July 1954: Locals chat outside a new shopping centre at Nunawading.
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1954: Dandenong Town Hall.
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1954: Corner of Barkly St and Nicholson St, Footscray.
1954: Bay St, Frankston.
1954: Newsboys Leon Wiegard, Wally Leckie, Kenneth Brian White, Paul Wenn and Brian Galley leave for their rounds.
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1955: Intersection of Mount Alexander Rd and Fletcher St in Essendon.
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1956: Workers unload ships at Melbourne docklands.
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1956: Ahead of the Olympic Games opening in Melbourne, a giant torch was placed outside Flinders St.
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November 1956: The Olympics came to town.
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Crowds watch the opening ceremony.
1956: Station St, Sandringham.
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1 January 1957: Graham Horn, Lillian Stiles, Peter Hunt and Julie Barlow were all
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dressed up for New Year's Eve at Luna Park. The original caption noted that the group had a gay time.
1957: Immigrant men play billiards in the Democritus Club.
1957: Shoppers in Bourke St.
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1958: Heatwave? Children at the North Melbourne Day Nursery grab a cool drink.
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1958: North Melbourne footballer Laurie Dwyer was nicknamed Twinkle Toes and
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is pictured with his dance partner Veronica Boyhan, with whom he became a national ballroom dancing champion.
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AUGUST 1959: South Melbourne footballer Bob Skilton at work.
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LIFE IN 1950s MELBOURNE AT A GLANCE Price of a loaf of bread: 8 cents
Average yearly wage for male factory workers: $592.33 Average yearly wage for female factory workers: $294.40
Average yearly wage for a male clerk or manager: $866.14Average yearly wage for a female clerk or manager: $325.06
Unemployment rate: 1-1.7 per centBiggest names in sport: Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert, Peter Thomson.
Latest tech device (the tablet of its day): TelevisionPopulation of Melbourne: 1.3 million in 1950