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Postcard - Melbourne - Collins St and Tullamarine Airport, Bellevue Color Views, c1970

  • Collage of three images: a close-up of a bright yellow flowering tree, a street scene in Melbourne with people and buildings, and an aerial view of a large building complex with an airport runway in the background.

    Collage of 3 images

Historical information

Collage of three Melbourne views:
1 - Golden Wattle flower - (Acacia Pycnantha) Australia National Floral Emblem.
2 - Collins St at Russell St with a W2 class tram in the view bound for Mont Albert route 42
3 - "Tullamarine Jetport Melbourne" with the airport terminal, Science Centre and the Travel Lodge hotel in the view. There are no domestic aircraft present in the photo and various works are still in hand. Therefore, this photo must be after the international section opened on the 1st July 1970, and before the move up from Essendon Aerodrome of the domestic operations on 20th June 1971. The Travelodge and Science Centre also opened in 1970.
Postcard by Bellevue Color Views Australia No. BV117

Significance

Yields information the production of a postcard for visitors that featured a collage of three different views.

Physical description

Colour postcard with divided back, unused.

Inscriptions & markings

Has a price of "50c" in pencil on rear.

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