1837 Map Shewing the Site of MelbourneAbsolutely pivotal map of early Melbourne, from 1837, surveyed and drawn by Robert Russell (with his signature in the lower right corner). We see the huts and buildings erected by the earliest pioneers, including the residences of John Batman and John Fawkner. Just to the north of the grid we see "Burial Hill", which eventually became Flagstaff Hill. A larger cemetery was established in 1838 where the Queen Victoria Market is today. The future layout

Highland Lassie

H & C Holmes seem to have everything that the DIY gold-digger could need to stake a claim

demolished in the late 1960s (along with some other fine buildings along Swanston Street) to make way for the City Square

showing Melbourne's first Princes Bridge

taken from the steps of Parliament House in Spring Street

where the current GPO Building sits today

The Hercules was lengthened in 1883

Altson and Dunklings

Coles' Wharf 7

this purpose-built market featured slate display trays

and Hicks Atkinson on the right

then Flinders Street Station