1874 Swanston Street from Flinders StreetA photo from early 1874 looking north along Swanston Street from Flinders Street. On the left of the photo we see the Princes Bridge Hotel, which at that time was licensed to Joshua Mooney. In the following year, 1875, the Hotel licence was acquired by two cousins, creating the famous "Young and Jackson" partnership and destination. In the centre of the photo is the Melbourne Town Hall, recognised by its tower (without the clock, which was added in

just to the east of Burke & Wills

and out to Port Phillip Bay

"Town-Hall"

so that dynamite would be used to blow the rocks up

Hoddle laid a grid in accordance with established Town Planning Regulations

Captain David Collins had been dispatched — 27th April 1803 — to form a penal settlement at the place which had been described by Murray as resembling the scenery of Arthur’s Seat (a large hill near Edinburgh

(William Lamb's wife was Lady Caroline Lamb

A view of Melbourne during the 1930s

running from lower left to middle right

from the Little Collins Street intersection

A shower of petitions went to Sydney

Further up Elizabeth Street on the left