1887c Collins Street - south sideA photo of the south side of Collins Street looking westerly towards Elizabeth Street, around 1887. The main building in the centre is the "Australian Deposit And Mortgage Bank Limited". Some of the architecture is remarkable, and yet, none of its exists today. This era in the city's growth gave rise to the phrase "Marvellous Melbourne", as offered by the renowned travel author, George Sala, in 1885. Collins Street displayed some of the most

Caroline Chisholm

Crown Hotel

In 1839 he emigrated with his family to Melbourne and

looking to the east over Lygon Street

On building foreground 'Leveson & Co

such as the gaol

Garden path lined with classical style statues and various shrubbery

The Town Hall is out of picture to the right of the trees

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is an image of  "Steam and sail boats moored at wharf in left background

Griper was just one of a small number of dredgers that kept the wharf areas

The Stewart Dawson building was replaced by the Manchester Unity Building in 1932

"Government-House"