1889 Swanston StreetA painting of Swanston Street in 1889, looking to the south across the street to the Melbourne Town Hall. Collins Street is the next street just past the Town Hall. The magnificent portico had been added to the Town Hall just a year earlier. On the other side of Collins Street we see the Victoria Buildings with Queen Victoria's statue surmounting the corner. Further down Swanston Street we can see the construction of St Paul's Cathedral under way.

now used as an Immigration Museum

The original artist worked on this for over three years

paling fence and crowd

agreeing that Belgium was a neutral state

Tongataboo

Notes from the NSW Library tell us that: "This map was produced around 1850 in Sydney by William Meadows Brownrigg

10  The Observatory : Longitude 151°

Other buildings that Pitt designed include the Melbourne Coffee Palace

and the floor above the barrel-vaulted basement is one metre thick

December 24th 1863

Part of Harvey's Isles with the main land behind taken Aug

Flooding of the Yarra occurred quite regularly