Finlay Brothers history site - Elizabeth Street Premises

Finlay Brothers in Elizabeth Street:

A 1940's & 50's Melbourne landmark

Lyle Fowler's photograph of the Elizabeth Street view of Finlay Brothers.
Source: Pictures Collection, State Library of Victoria

In the early 1940's, Finlay Brothers built a new office and showroom complex on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Little Londsdale Street, Melbourne. The building would become a well known landmark within the motorcycle trading precinct of the area.

The lavish architecture must have signified a sense of optimism in the company's future, and this is of particular importance in the context of the then recent 1930's economic depression and the ongoing impact of World War II.

Click on the menu options to the left of this screen to enter the beautiful architecture of the Finlay Brothers showroom, see the decade-by-decade changes of Elizabeth Street, and hear the stories of work in the firm's adjoining Workshop.