This aerial photograph of South Road and Nepean Highway, Moorabbin shows the area where houses and shops on the south side of the Nepean Highway have demolished for the widening of the highway. The pressures of rapid urban development in Moorabbin and beyond, especially to the south of Moorabbin caused bottlenecks and delays, especially at the South Road and Nepean Highway intersection, hence the scheme to widen Nepean Highway.The pressures of rapid urban development in terms of people, housing construction, industrial development and commercial activity, in Moorabbin and beyond, especially to the south would put pressure on road infrastructure in the region. In the early 1980s, a major road expansion of the Nepean Highway was implemented to increase capacity on this major thoroughfare for vehicle commuters. Car use had also increased with commuters from the increasingly populous southern suburbs travelling to their place of work in the Melbourne CBD.Colour photograph of an aerial view of South Road and Nepean Highway, Moorabbin. The image shows houses on the south side of the Nepean Highway that have demolished for widening of road. It features housing and commercial buildings looking north towards Cummins Road.Handwritten blue ink: 82 - 5452 - 11 Handwritten red ink: 112% Handwritten black ink: Ch. 7nepean highway, south road, moorabbin, roads, transport, infrastructure

Details of all the owners of Legacy House at 293 Swanston Street from 1914 until Junior Legacy Melbourne bought it in 1956. See also 01262 detailing the history of Legacy's ownership of the building.Provides a snapshot of Melbourne CBD property ownership in the first half of the twentieth century.1 double sided parchment sheet, black printing.01284.1 V 3472 SF 1537 handwritten pencil, blue orange and red hand drawn diagram, red rubber stamp, black rubber stamp. 01284.2 (Vol) 184 3247 (Fol) 36694 649282 (Transfer) 758497 handwritten in blue/black ink, 3 red rubber 'Discharged' stamps, 2/A216948 D.A. Tregent handwritten in pencil, various blue/black ink handwritten notes stamped Assistant Registrar of Titles.properties, dureau house

Andrew Black ran his successful shoe repair business in a shop in Swanston Street, Carlton situated just around the corner from Queensberry Street. The terrace of shops are no longer there but the hotel which stood on the corner of Swanston and Queensberry Streets is still there.Andrew Black's shoe repair business was one of many businesses that Ithacan successfully operated in the Melbourne CBD during the first half of the twentieth century.A non-digital scanned sepia photograph of a terrace of three double storey inner city shops. The businesses are from L-R: Newsagency, Shoe Repair and Hairdresser and Tobacconist. shoe repairs, greek businesses, swanston street, andrew black

These tickets were a replacement for the MetroCard Off Peaks introduced in 1980. However, the times of availability were now altered to being valid from 9am weekdays, but more importantly, could be used for return rail travel anytime that day. Like the MetroCards, they also allowed unlimited MMTB tram and bus travel within the Flinders, Spencer, Latrobe, William, Victoria and Spring Streets grid. No conditions were printed on the rear of these tickets. (Extracted from reference.)Demonstrates the development of Melbourne ticketing system that allowed travel in the CBD grid using trams.Edmondson size ticket, printed on pasteboard, and printed in blue ink on a green background. Has been date stamped 6 Oct. 1983. Purchased from Seaford Railway Station. Ticket No. 16478. Blank plain coloured rear.public transport, tickets, trams, tramways, railways, off peak, the met, melbourne

Set of three prints of Melbourne street scenes published by Sands & Kenny in 1856 1 - Post Office 2 - Princes Bridge and city terminus of M&HB Railway Melbourne (Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway) 3 - Collins Street looking east from Wesleyan Chapel Melbourne (near Queens St) Shows typical horse-drawn transport, railway and pedestrians of the era.Yields infomaition about Melbourne in 1856.Set of three prints or lithographs of drawings of early Melbourne scenes on paper.melbourne, horses, horse drawn vehicles, collins st, post office, princes bridge, railways, m&hbr