1914c Collins and Elizabeth StreetsA photograph of the intersection of Collins and Elizabeth Streets around 1914. We see a mix of transportation here with old technology horse and cart and hansom carts, along with new technology automobiles, cable cars and a double decker omnibus moving along Collins Street. The building in the centre of the photo houses B. H. Altson's, the Tobacconist, and was constructed in 1903 on the site of the (alleged) first brick building in Melbourne. The

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is "A view of the Yarra with tugs and small cargo vessels moored below Queen's Bridge on the south bank of the river

distant 5 or 6 miles: taken Jan

A beautiful photograph taken during the 1880s of an elevated view from the roof of Victoria Barracks looking north along St Kilda Road to the City of Melbourne

Divers Amusements and Customs prevailing in the "Queen City of the South"

Behind him is Flinders Street

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of an "Elevated view of Melbourne looking south down King Street with Flagstaff Gardens in foreground

The area of Little Bourke Street between Russell Street and Swanston Street has been known as Melbourne's "Chinatown" for many years

These beautiful buildings were completed in 1890

and a depth (moulded) of 13ft

On the north side of the Station building is the Princes Bridge Hotel

The map shows the coastline from Cape Palmerston (just south of Mackay) in the north down to present-day Noosa in the south

Prince Regent