The following books are available to download upon payment:

Author: John Butler Cooper 
Title: History of St Kilda: from its first settlement to a city and after, 1840 to 1930, Volume 1
Description: published 1931; xvi, 405 pages; 47 illustrations. A pdf facsimile.  (This is 8.6Mb file).

Cost: AUD $10 + 10% GST. 

Author: John Butler Cooper
Title: History of St Kilda: from its first settlement to a city and after, 1840 to 1930, Volume 2
Description: published 1931; xv, 338 pages; 70 illustrations. A pdf facsimile.  (This is a 5 Mb file).

Cost: AUD $10 + 10% GST.  

Author: Charles Daley

Title: History of South Melbourne from the foundation of settlement at Port Phillip to the year 1938. 
Description: published 1940; xxiii, 407 pages; illustrations, maps, portraits. A pdf facsimile. 
(This is a 5 MB file)

Cost AUD $10 + 10% GST.