PhotosbyYear-1940s

Rational for Date Range
Charles Boyles was born in 1888 and apparantly started taking photos in the late 1920's through to the early 1960's. Charles Boyles died at the age of 83 in 1971. This window of history serves as a broad focus for this website.

*This page ONLY lists photos in the collection when the year is known. Many photos are NOT listed on these pages.

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1940

• Charles Boyles takes many portraits of Soldiers at Broadmeadows base.
• Crates of paintings, drawings and etchings by Norman Lindsay , in the U.S. to protect them from the war, were impounded and subsequently burned as pornography by American officials.
• Prime Ministers Avenue opened in Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
• Last cable tram service ends service in Melbourne, double-decker buses replace the trams..
• VFA Premiers - Port Melbourne (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Melbourne (VFL)

Game Details

• 1940 Patriotic Cup - St. Kilda's First Premiership
• 1940 VFL Grand Final - Melbourne v Richmond
• 1940 VFA Grand Final - Port Melbourne v Prahran

Boyles Photos

• Brunswick Senior Team 1940c (SLV 122_194)
• Carlton Senior Team 1940 (CLA19)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1940 (HM 04)
• Northcote Senior Team 1940 (SLV 122_119)
• Richmond Senior Team 1940 (PR01-07)
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1940 R3 (DG_058)
• Williamstown Senior Team 1940 (SLV 122_123)

1941

• In Melbourne, Women work as tram conductors for the first time as a wartime measure
• 1941-1945 VCFL in recess due to World War II.
• At age 48, and after playing senior football since 1911, Roy Cazaly played his final year, this time as captain/coach of Camberwell.
• VFA Premiers - Port Melbourne (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Melbourne (VFL)

Game Details

• 1941 VFL R02 Geelong v StKilda - First Game at Kardinia Park
• 1941 VFL Grand Final - Melbourne v Essendon
• 1941 VFA Grand Final - Port Melbourne v Coburg

Boyles Photos

• Carlton Senior Team 1941 (CLA20)
• Carlton Senior Team 1941 (SLV 122_006)
• Collingwood Senior Team 1941 (Age)
• Essendon Senior Team 1941 (CLA17)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1941 (FBLHS S41)
• Footscray Senior Team 1941 (BullDogHeritage)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1941 (HM 05)
• Richmond Senior Team 1941 (SLV 122_107)

1942

• US General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Melbourne (Australia's Military hub), to take supreme command of the allied forces in the southwest Pacific
• Brownout Murders - American soldier Edward Leonski arrested and charged over the murders of 3 women. He is found guilty and hanged at Pentridge Gaol on November 9
• Sir Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, (from Wangaratta, Victoria) become a Japanese P.O.W. His leadership and work as a doctor saves many lives
• FFC monogram added to Fitzroy (VFL) jumper
• Melbourne: US General Douglas MacArthur arrives to take supreme command of the allied forces in the southwest Pacific
• VFA ceases during World War 2
• VFA in Recess - No Premier
• VFL Premiers - Essendon (VFL)

Game Details

• 1942 VFL R02 Melbourne v Richmond - Truscott's Return
• 1942 VFL Grand Final - Essendon v Richmond

Boyles Photos

• Blue and Gold Band Inter-Services 1942 (SLV 122_247)
• Brunswick City 1942 (CLA06)
• Carlton Senior Team 1942 (CLA21)
• Combined Services v Richmond 12-Jul-1942 Souvenir Record
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1942 (FBLHS S42)
• Footscray Senior Team 1942 (SLV 122_114)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1942 (SLV 122_168)
• RAAF Inter-services premiership team 1942 (SLV 122_241)
• RAAF Team Inter-Services Premiers 1942 Framed
• Richmond Seconds 1942c (SLV 122_151)
• Richmond Senior Team 1942 (Tigerland)
• Services Final 1942 Programme

1943

• Charles Boyles takes many photos of U.S. marines at Ballarat
• Train hit bus carrying army personnel (Wodonga) - 25 Deaths
• Bushfires- 51 Deaths
• Women munitions workers in Melbourne strike for pay rate equal to 90 per cent paid to men in the industry
• Hawthorn (VFL) Change from Mayblooms to Hawks
• Melbourne: Women munitions workers strike for pay rate equal to 90 per cent paid to men in the industry
• Train hit bus carrying army personnel (Wodonga) - 25 Deaths
• St Kilda, the team at the bottom of the VFL ladder cease competing after round 11.
• VFA in Recess - No Premier
• VFL Premiers - Richmond (VFL)

Game Details

• 1943 VFL Grand Final

Boyles Photos

• 122_051 - Combined Ballarat Team 1943
• 1943 RAAF Competition
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1943 SF (FBLHS S44)
• Richmond Senior Team 1943 (DG_046)
• Richmond Senior Team 1943 (The Tigers 1908-2008)
• Unidentified women raising VSDFL premiers flag 1943 (SLV 122_091)

1944

• 15 February – Bushfires in the Western District, Gippsland and Yallourn regions of Victoria kill 51 people.
• Melbourne: Sydney waiter Antonio Agostini senteced to six years jail for the manslaughter of his wife Linda, identified as the Pyjama Girl victim 10 years earlier
• VFA in Recess - No Premier
• VFL Premiers - Fitzroy (VFL)
• Victoria: Bushires in Western District, Gippsland and Yallourn kill 51

Game Details

• 1944 VFL R06 Richmond v Footscray and St Kilda v Essendon - The D-Day Draws
• 1944 VFL Grand Final

Boyles Photos

• 122_207 - Combined Ballarat Team 1944
• 122_245 - RAAF Services team at Ballarat 1944
• Carlton Senior Team 1944 (CLA24)
• North Melbourne Practice game 1944 (SLV 122_179)
• Richmond Senior Team 1944 (Tigerland)

1945

• World War 2 Ends, Australian Casualties 33,826 killed, 180,864 wounded
• Ron Todd kicks a VFA record 188 goals in the 1945 season.
• Match - 1945 Grand Final 'Bloodbath'
• VFA recommences with all teams.
• VFA Premiers - Williamstown (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Carlton (VFL)

Game Details

• 1945 VFL Grand Final - Carlton v South Melbourne
• 1945 VFA Grand Final - Williamstown v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• Carlton Senior Team 1945 (CLA25)
• Carlton Senior Team 1945 (SLV 122_439)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1945 (FBLHS S45)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1945 (HM 06)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1945 R07 (VP)
• Richmond Senior Team 1945 (PR01-11)

1946

• Victoria's first surf lifesaving club is formed at Torquay.
• 1946–1955 Polio epidemic. (Australia-wide) - 1013 Deaths
• Ballet 'Terra Australis', the first 'all-Australian ballet' premiered in Melbourne
• Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) launched with flight from Sydney to Melbourne .
• VFA Premiers - Sandringham (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Essendon (VFL)

Game Details

• 1946 VFL Grand Final - Essendon v Melbourne
• 1946 VFA Grand Final - Sandringham v Camberwell

Boyles Photos

• Carlton Senior Team 1946 (SLV 122_008)
• Collingwood Senior Team 1946 (PR01-02)
• Essendon Senior Team 1946 (CLA18)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1946 (HM 07)
• North Melbourne Thirds 1946 (SLV 122_070)
• North Melbourne Thirds 1946 v2 (SLV 122_067)
• Ritchie, Rex (SLV 122_226)
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1946 (SLV 122_097)
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1946 (SLV 122_230)

1947

• Australia’s Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell signed an agreement with the United Nations Refugee organisation to accept displaced persons from European countries ravaged by war. Victoria received many post war immigrants.
• Fred Fanning Melbourne (VFL) Kicks 18 Goals against St Kilda, Round 19, 1947
• 1947-48 Polio Epidemic
• Carlton defeats Essendon by one point in VFL Grand Final
• 10th ANFC Carnival in Hobart. Won by Victoria
• VFA Premiers - Port Melbourne (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Carlton (VFL) by one point

Game Details

• 1947 VFL R06 North Melbourne v Essendon – 44 Points down at Three Quarter Time
• 1947 VFL Grand Final - Carlton v Essendon
• 1947 VFA Grand Final - Port Melbourne v Sandringham

10th ANFC Carnival in Hobart
Boyles Photos

• Carlton Cricket Club - V.C.A. Premiers 1947-48 (SLV 122_269)
• Carlton Senior Team 1947c (SLV 122_141)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1947 (NSM M3349)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1947 (SLV 122_009)
• Footscray Senior Team 1947 (BullDogHeritage)
• Howell Jack (DG_064)
• North Melbourne Seconds 1947 v1 (NSM 1170_0129)
• North Melbourne Seconds 1947 v1 (SLV 122_049)
• North Melbourne Seconds 1947 v2 (NSM 1170_0138)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1947 (Bill Liddy)
• Numa, Bert Snr 1947 (NSM 1170_0079)
• Richmond Senior Team 1947 R01 (PR01-08)
• Richmond Senior Team 1947 R11 (JT)
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1947 R12 - ITB
• Unknown Schoolboys Team ECFC (SLV 122_200)
• Williams, Frank c1947 (NSM 1170_0870)

1948

• Charles Boyles turns 60
• First Holden car comes off the assembly line at Fisherman's Bend Factory in Melbourne
• First tied VFL Grand Final - (Melbourne and Essendon). Melbourne won the replay
• VFA Premiers - Brighton (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Melbourne (VFL)

Game Details

• 1948 VFL Grand Finals - Draw and Replay Melbourne v Essendon
• 1948 VFA Grand Final - Brighton v Williamstown

Boyles Photos

• 1170_0157- Melbourne Trainer - circa 1948
• Bray, Harold and Hancock, Robert (Stephen Ackroyd)
• Collingwood Senior Team 1948 R02 (FSM1948)
• Ern Henfry (NSM 1170_1199)
• Essendon Senior Team 1948 R10 (FSM1948)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1948 (FBLHS S48-1)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1948 (FBLHS S48-2)
• Graham, Jack (DG_051)
• Melbourne Senior Team 1948 R12 (FSM1948)
• Melbourne Trainer 1948c (SLV 122_444)
• Morris, Bill 1948 (JT)
• Richards, Lou (DG_003)
• South Melbourne Seconds 1948 (SLV 122_098)
• Twomey Bill (DG_004)
• XX_M02760 - Melbourne FC Training Staff 1948

1949

• Work began on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. Many of the workers are new migrants to the country.
• Yarraville (VFA) change their name to Yarraville Eagles.
• The VFA admitted to the ANFC. The throw pass no longer allowed at VFA games
• VFA Premiers - Williamstown (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Essendon (VFL)

Game Details

• 1949 VFL R19 Richmond v Geelong - Jack Dyers Last Game
• 1949 VFL Grand Final - Essendon v Carlton
• 1949 VFA Grand Final - Williamstown v Oakleigh

Boyles Photos

• Carlton Senior Team 1949 (SLV 122_131)
• Carlton Thirds 1949 (BL_004)
• Carlton Thirds 1949c (SLV 122_144)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1949 (FBLHS S49)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1949 (SLV 122_176)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1949 (SLV 122_177)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1949 v1 (SLV 122_175)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1949 v2 (SLV 122_174)
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1949 (SLV 122_229)
• St Kilda Senior Team 1949 (Brad Cook)