Books & Mags Old Vintage Melbourne 1960-90 Edition

Old Vintage Melbourne 1960–90 Edition

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Paul McGuire is an Australian writer and curator best known for documenting Melbourne’s social and urban history through archival photography and storytelling, bringing forgotten everyday scenes back into public memory.

A sequel to the much-loved Old Vintage Melbourne, this edition turns the clock back to the period between 1960 and 1990 — a time when the city was rapidly changing yet still deeply familiar. Through a carefully curated collection of photographs, readers are invited to rediscover Melbourne’s streets, suburbs, and city life as modernity took hold. From shifting skylines and suburban shopping centres to the rise of cafés, fashion, migration, and cultural identity, the book captures the foundations of the Melbourne we recognise today. Adapted from the hugely popular Old Vintage Melbourne Instagram account, it offers both nostalgia and insight into a transformative era of the city.

Product Features:

• Size: approx. 210 × 260 mm
• Pages: approx. 240
• Cover Type: Hardcover
• ISBN: Please confirm
• Publisher: Black Inc.

Fun Fact:
Between the 1960s and 1980s, Melbourne experienced one of its most significant waves of post-war migration, a shift that permanently reshaped the city’s food culture, neighbourhoods, and identity — laying the groundwork for its reputation as one of the world’s most liveable cities.