This online gallery helps to bring Fishermans Bend’s history to life through images of planes, trains, automobiles and ships.
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Woman adjusting machine, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Port Melbourne, 1962
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC Box Q59/3 #P1499/1-8
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fishermans Bend, Victoria, 1962
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC/7623/108 LOC Drawer PIC/7623
Laboratory testing at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, 1965
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC WS 3715H LOC Cold store PIC Siev B&WN-F
Working on the Atar Jet Engine housing at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, 1965
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC WS 3715L LOC Cold store PIC Siev B&WN-F
Wing construction for the Mirage Fighter at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, 1965
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC WS 3715E LOC Cold store PIC Siev B&WN-F
Four men working with the casings of aircraft engines, many cones, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Port Melbourne, 1965
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC Box Q59/4 #P1507/1-16
Two men working on an aircraft engine, with metal cones in the background, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Port Melbourne, 1965
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC Box Q59/4 #P1507/1-16
Two male workers wearing headphones sitting in an almost completed NAVY plane inside a large factory and two others examining the contents of a large case, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation for RAAF, Fisherman's Bend, Port Melbourne, 1970
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC Box Q59/4 #P1507/1-16
Webb Dock Rail Link Opposite Government Aircraft Factory Looking towards Melbourne, 31 October 1984
LANGFORD, Weston (1941-2014), photographer
https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/115053/
Webb Dock Rail Link Bridge over Yarra River Melbourne Yard End, 7 February 1985
LANGFORD, Weston (1941-2014), photographer
https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/115276/
Webb Dock Looking towards Shore, 18 September 1985
LANGFORD, Weston (1941-2014), photographer
https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/115521/Webb Dock Rail Link Todd Road at Lorimer Street Looking towards Webb Dock, 18 September 1985
LANGFORD, Weston (1941-2014), photographer
https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/115516/
Webb Dock Rail Link at North Wharf Road Up Empty Cars from Opening Day Ministerial Special P 21 P 22, 27 February 1986
LANGFORD, Weston (1941-2014), photographer
https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/115728/
Webb Dock Rail Link at North Wharf Road Up Empty Cars from Opening Day Ministerial Special P 21 P 22, 27 February 1986
LANGFORD, Weston (1941-2014), photographer
https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/115729/
Webb Dock Up Freight B 76, 5 January 1989
LANGFORD, Weston (1941-2014), photographer
Prime Minister Ben Chifley introducing Australia's own car, the Holden, at the manufacturing plant at Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, 29 November 1948
Photographer unknown
National Library of Australia, PIC P805/1479 LOC Album 1139
End of the main assembly line in Plant 1, General Motors-Holden's at Fishermen's Bend, Melbourne, Victoria,
c1951-1952
General Motor-Holden's photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC Drawer A143 #PIC/8797
First Holden, being driven on a dirt surface, 1950
LARKINS, John, photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC P805/1481 LOC Album 1139
Holden car is loaded for export at Melbourne dockside, June 1967
CEITELIS, Jack & Australian News and Information Bureau, photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC/10555/1893 LOC Box PIC 10555
Holden cars await export at Melbourne dockside, June 1967
CEITELIS, Jack & Australian News and Information Bureau, photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC/10555/1894 LOC Box PIC 10555
Crates of Holden cars for export being loaded into the hold of a ship at the Port of Melbourne, 1975
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC Box Q59/4 #P1504/1-13
Racing cars in the pits at Fisherman's Bend, c1945-1954
Photographer unknown
State Library of Victoria, H2014.957/135
Racing cars in the pits at Fisherman's Bend, c1945-1954
Photographer unknown
State Library of Victoria, H2014.957/137
Tom Hawkes driving a Steward at Fisherman's Bend, 30 October 1949
READ, J. P., photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2000.111/3
Racing cars at Fisherman's Bend, 1954
FRASER, Arthur Gordon, photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2014.11/72
Racing cars at Fisherman's Bend, 1954
FRASER, Arthur Gordon, photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2014.11/73
Westgate Bridge, Yarra River, Melbourne, 1971
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2000.195/115
The West Gate Bridge 1978. The expansive steel deck of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, showing clearly the point of joining in the centre foreground. The final steel half box section was lifted into place on June 2nd, 1978
Photographer unknown
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 1741142
The West Gate Bridge 1978. A serene view of the West Gate Bridge taken shortly after the final steel box section was lifted into place on Friday, June 2nd, 1978
Photographer unknown
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 1758513
Westgate Bridge Under Construction 1969
MARCUSE, Ernest (1900-1985), artist
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 1642628City of Melbourne with Westgate Bridge from Spotswood area, 1979
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2003.100/982
Australian Glass Manufacturers with Westgate Bridge and City of Melbourne in background, Victoria, 1979
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC/7624/199 LOC Cold store PIC Siev CP
Princes Pier, 1994
AMOR, Rick (1948-), artist
State Library of Victoria, H2009.82/23
Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne, 1998
AMOR, Rick (1948-), artist
State Library of Victoria, H2009.82/15
Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, 1998
AMOR, Rick (1948-), artist
State Library of Victoria, H2009.82/11
The City from Lorimer Street, 2001
AMOR, Rick (1948-), artist
State Library of Victoria, H2009.82/19
Melbourne and Hobson's Bay, 24th September, 1855. Shows route of proposed canal between Hobsons Bay and the Yarra River
Victoria Surveyor General's Office; JONES, J and PASLEY, Charles
State Library of Victoria, vc000838-001
The eastern sluice, Fisherman's Bend, c1886
NETTLETON, Charles (1826-1902), photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2012.262/7
The eastern sluice, Fisherman's Bend, c1886
NETTLETON, Charles (1826-1902), photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2012.262/6
The Fishermans Bend canal before being filled, c1886
NETTLETON, Charles (1826-1902), photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2012.262/4-5
General view of the works showing the canal after being filled, c1886
NETTLETON, Charles (1826-1902), photographer
State Library of Victoria, H2012.262/1-3
Accession no: H2012.262/1-3
At Melbourne's Webb Dock, the Bass Trader discharges its cargo from Tasmania, c1960s
BOTTOMLEY, Cliff & Australian News & Information Bureau photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC/10555/1994 LOC Box PIC 10555
Ships at Port Melbourne including the Japanese "Gordon Marv", 1960
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC WS 2974B LOC Cold store PIC Siev B&W-F
Container shipping at Melbourne ports, Melbourne, Victoria, 1973
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC WS 4297-Oa LOC PIC Album 1032/110
Banner image: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fishermans Bend, Victoria, 1962
SIEVERS, Wolfgang (1913-2007), photographer
National Library of Australia, PIC/7623/108 LOC Drawer PIC/7623
