Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Photo essay: Photos reveal what everyday life was like in Melbourne in the 1930s - Herald Sun



Back Lanes and alleys were the playgrounds for the slum children of Melbourne during the


Back lanes and alleys were the playgrounds for the slum children of Melbourne during the 1930s. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




A CITY street is busy with cars, a tram and a horse-drawn cart.



Several men wearing suits and hats are reading in a grand library, while a young woman dressed stylishly in white is seen leaning back in a rowing boat.


LIFE IN 1930s AT A GLANCE


Price of stamp: 2 pence


People unemployed: 300,000 across Australia


Biggest names in sport: Don Bradman and Phar Lap


Latest tech device (the iPad of its day): A direct radio telephone link between Canberra and Washington


Population of Melbourne: Reached 1 million in the early ‘30s



Joseph Henry Giles with an apprentice at their Middle Park butcher shop in the 1930s. Pic


Joseph Henry Giles with an apprentice at their Middle Park butcher shop in the 1930s. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




Chapel St in the 1930s. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


Chapel St in the 1930s. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun



Meanwhile, a group of slum children pose happily in an inner suburban laneway.


These are photographs from a bygone era — Melbourne in the 1930s, as sourced from the Herald and Weekly Times archive.



Chapel St in the 1930s. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


Chapel St in the 1930s. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




Hospital cages at the Melbourne Zoo in the 1930s, if you look carefully you can see the t


Hospital cages at the Melbourne Zoo in the 1930s, if you look carefully you can see the tiger in the cage on the far right. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library/ ARGUS Source: HeraldSun



RMIT University urban planning expert Professor Michael Buxton said the pictures showed how much the city has changed over the last 80 years.



1931: Reading room at the State Library of Victoria. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library/ A


1931: Reading room at the State Library of Victoria. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library/ ARGUS Source: HeraldSun



“What we’ve have got left is a city still with a lot of wonderful features, but when you look at those photographs you get a glimpse of the city that Melbourne once was,” he said.


“It was an intact Victorian city that was one the grandest in the world.”



1930s: Melbourne shoppers. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


1930s: Melbourne shoppers. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




1930s: Cleaning out the central lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens.


1930s: Cleaning out the central lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Source: HeraldSun



Prof Buxton said the photos also revealed a lost lifestyle.


“We had a Melbourne where people walked to work — Richmond and Collingwood had lots of jobs and East Melbourne was full of boarding houses,” he said.



NOVEMBER 3, 1931: Will Phar Lap Make Turf History?


NOVEMBER 3, 1931: Will Phar Lap Make Turf History? Source: HeraldSun



“There’s a huge emphasis on public transport, so many photos there of trams. People relied on public transport, there wasn’t the frenetic, crazy car-based culture that we have now — in lots of ways it was a more relaxed lifestyle.”



1931 Melbourne Cup which was won by White Nose and Phar Lap came eighth. Picture: Herald


1931 Melbourne Cup which was won by White Nose and Phar Lap came eighth. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




FEBRUARY 1931: The coffin of Dame Nellie Melba leaves the Scots Church in Collins St whic


FEBRUARY 1931: The coffin of Dame Nellie Melba leaves Scots’ Church in Collins St which her father had built and she sang there as a child. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




DECEMBER 1934: Families marooned by floods rescued by Police in Hawthorn make the front p


DECEMBER 1934: Families marooned by floods rescued by police in Hawthorn make the front page of The Sun. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




Unemployed men construct part of Yarra Boulevard as sustenance workers in the 1930s. Pict


Unemployed men construct part of Yarra Boulevard as sustenance workers in the 1930s. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




OCTOBER 1936: Boat builder Paul Blunt hard at work shipbuilding in Williamstown. Picture:


OCTOBER 1936: Boat builder Paul Blunt hard at work shipbuilding in Williamstown. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library/ ARGUS Source: HeraldSun




NOVEMBER 1937, HENLEY-ON-YARRA: Began in 1904, this rowing regatta was one of the social


NOVEMBER 1937, HENLEY-ON-YARRA: Began in 1904, this rowing regatta was one of the social highlights for young stylish women who paraded at the event in the latest fashions. Here we have a Henley girl all done up for an adoring public. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




1937: Trees cast shadows on Alexandra Ave, Melbourne. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


1937: Trees cast shadows on Alexandra Ave, Melbourne. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




1937: The stock exchange. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library/ARGUS


1937: The stock exchange. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library/ARGUS Source: HeraldSun




1930s: Italian new arrival Salvatore Cosentino couldn't get work, so he built a working m


1930s: Italian new arrival Salvatore Cosentino couldn't get work, so he built a working model of Melbourne's CBD and charged people three pence to view it. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




MARCH 1937: Laurie Nash, South Melbourne footballer runs onto the ground. Picture: Herald


MARCH 1937: Laurie Nash, South Melbourne footballer runs onto the ground. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




1937: Exterior of Myer. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


1937: Exterior of Myer. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




1930s: Aerial view of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


1930s: Aerial view of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




1930s: Hillier's opened its doors in Collins St in 1934. Picture: Herald Sun Image Librar


1930s: Hillier's opened its doors in Collins St in 1934. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




SEPTEMBER 1939: Toorak Rd, Toorak Village. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


SEPTEMBER 1939: Toorak Rd, Toorak Village. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




1939: Collins St, Melbourne. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library


1939: Collins St, Melbourne. Picture: Herald Sun Image Library Source: HeraldSun




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