How can I download "older" versions of OSX?

Hi there
I have an old iMac that I would like to upgrade, but I don't seem to be able to find any older verson of OSX on the app store, like Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks. Only Yosemite is available and I as one would expect it's not possible to install that on such old hardware.
I have looked around and found some downloads from CNET etc. but they are all updates and not the full OSX version. Is really there no way to download the older OSX versions from the app store or somewhere else? The computer still works 100% fine and the only reason I want to upgrade is because I'm getting errors from the app store saying that newer version of OSX is required (mostly 10.7+) so even just Lion would be fine it seems.
My hardware specs are:
Model Name:    iMac
Model Identifier:    iMac5,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    4 MB
Memory:    3 GB
Bus Speed:    667 MHz
What can I run on this, and more importantly, where can I get it from? I am loathe to throw out a perfectly functioning iMac and as this is my in-laws computer they can't really afford to buy a new iMac just because Apple doesn't allow "old" software versions to be installed... :-/
Any ideas would be welcome
Thanks,
  Jacques

You can install Lion but nothing later. You can get Lion from the Online Apple Store - the URL for the USA Store is
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
Or you can just search for Lion. You will get a code which you can use to download and install it from the Mac App Store (10.6.8 required).

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