1875 Melbourne Looking North West from Scots' ChurchA photograph from 1875 of Melbourne looking north west with the nearest street being Swanston Street, running from lower left to middle right. Bourke Street runs diagonally from upper left to lower right. Almost in the centre of the picture we see the GPO building with its clock tower. The "lake" at the top of the image was known originally as "Batman's Swamp", later as "West Melbourne Swamp", and was drained in the late 19th century, as part of the

which commenced in the 1860s

recently fitted out for their accommodation

Cape Manifold taken Aug

hidden by the bend in the river

The building was completed in 1872 and the first Melbourne sovereign was minted on the 8th of July that year

His secretary (G

the first Exhibition Building

Robert Hoddle was the surveyor who came with Bourke

Photograph by Richard Daintree 1832-1878

but the concourse designed to run along Swanston Street was not constructed to this design

At the extreme end of Flinders Street sits what was left of Batman's Hill

The Falls were an ancient line of basalt rock that crossed the river Yarra near where Queens Bridge stands today