1874 Spring Street looking South from Lonsdale StreetA photograph in 1874 of Spring Street, unusually looking south from Lonsdale Street. Parliament House is hidden behind the trees on the left (eastern) side of Spring Street. Way off to the south, across the Yarra, we can faintly see Government House, with its tower yet to be added. On the western side of Spring Street we can identify a number of properties from Collins Street up to Little Bourke Street. We have prepared an image highlighting these

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

Ferry One Penny"

and after that is John Danks and Sons

A photo of Collins Street

In 1839 he emigrated with his family to Melbourne and

but was originally only half the size of the current building

The map was drawn with North orientated to the left

The "Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Line" commenced operation in the year of 1854

Catherine Dove

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is an "Elevated view along Flinders street showing horse drawn wagon

The quaint building at 59 had been there since at least 1861

looking south down Church Street from the corner of Gipps Street