Out hunting for dinner - a run of luck

Tommy McRae, pen and ink drawing, c 1865.

Presented to the Melbourne Public Library by Roderick Kilborn, ‘Goojong’, Wahgunyah, Victoria in 1902.

Lewis & Whitty's Indian Curry Powder

Colour lithograph, c 1890–1900, gift of Troedel & Cooper, 1968.

Bonox and Vegemite delivery van

Lyle Fowler, flexible base negative, 1947, © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive.

Monarch cakes

Hilary Bradford, 2011.

Henry F Stone and his Durham Ox

Thomas Flintoff, oil on canvas, 1887, Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1979.

Victoria Market, Melbourne

Ruth Maddison, gelatin silver photograph, 1984.

Orange juice is health juice

James Northfield, Victorian Railways Poster, J E Hackett Pty Ltd, c 1930–1960, gift of Mr Grant Lee, 2007, © James Northfield Heritage Art Trust.

Premises of Samuel Henderson, Ham and Bacon Curers, Saltwater River, Footscray

ST Gill, colour lithograph, 1873.

Booze: the shadow over our land

Melbourne, Victorian Prohibition League, c 1930, gift of anonymous donor, 1930.

Pellegrini's

Hilary Bradford, 2011, exhibition print from digital file, printed 2012.

Jimmy Wong

Hilary Bradford, 2011, exhibition print from digital file, printed 2012.

Hopetoun tea rooms

Hilary Bradford, 2011, exhibition print from digital file, printed 2012.

Cricket spectator, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Rennie Ellis, Kodachrome transparency, 1983, © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive.

Alain Chapel, Jacques Reymond, Mietta O'Donnell

Rennie Ellis, gelatin silver photograph, 1987, © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive.

Two Faces

Restaurant menu, c 1970, Rita Erlich Collection.

Melbourne eats lunch; Melbourne University

Dave Tacon, digital colour photograph, 2005.

Army baking in the field bakery

Australian Army Service Corps, Melbourne, Argus, gelatin silver photograph, 1943, gift of The Age, Melbourne, 1976.

Army biscuit no. 4

Huntley & Palmer, c 1914–1917, gift of Mrs A E Chinner, 1965.

Wartime recipes

Dried Fruits Publicity Committee, Melbourne, 1943–1945.

Milo, Nestle's fortified tonic food

Tin, c 1940–1945, presented by Coles Myer, 2000.

Mrs Beeton's everyday cookery

Isabella Mary Beeton, Melbourne, Ward Lock & Co. Ltd, 1911, Beverley Wood Collection.

Cake icing and decorating

Jean Bowring, Melbourne, Colourgravure Publications, Herald and Weekly Times, 1950, Beverley Wood Collection.

Cooking for good health

Margaret Fulton, Australia, Rigby, 1978, Beverley Wood Collection.

Road to health - milk

Hollander & Govett Ltd, colour lithograph, c 1939, gift of Mr Nicolaas van Roosendael, 1997.