1905c Elizabeth StreetA great photo of the southern end of Elizabeth Street around 1905. We're looking north across Flinders Street from a slightly elevated position. A large number of horse and carts are busy moving goods up and down the street; motor cars have not yet found their way to Melbourne. On the left hand side of the image we see a bluestone building evident in the 1870 Elizabeth Street image. This building was constructed in 1853 and in the 1870 photo housed

as it was a 7-mile (11

In 1839 he emigrated with his family to Melbourne and

but it was just a rough and muddy riverbank then

Drawn by J

In 1867 the architects Reed & Barnes won the competition to design a new Town Hall which was subsequently built and opened on 9 August 1870

Shows Post Office (upper left) and West Melbourne swamp (upper centre)

severs another link in the early history of Port Phillip

One summer's afternoon in 1866

A photo looking south along Spring Street from the steps of Melbourne's Treasury Building

The Victorian Mounted Rifles served (along with many other contingents from the other Australian colonies

Berry and Mossman [sic] have large pockets of land in this area

A photograph of St Kilda Road