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Melbourne City in the 1870s

281 photos

1830s 4 1840s 5 1850s 73 1860s 244 1870s 281 1880s 441 1890s 295 1900s 1305 1910s 565 1920s 558 1930s 833 1940s 1398 1950s 624 1970s 8 1980s 4
Melbourne Hospital, 1870–801870–80Public Library [Melbourne], 18751875Government House. Melbourne, 18751875Looking South over roof-tops of Flinders Street, to the Yarra river, Princes Bridge and beyond, 18751875Botanical Gardens. [Melbourne], 18751875"Scotts i.e. Scots Church. Collins Street. shows Charles Summers' statue of Burke & Wills, in the intersection of Collins and Russell Streets, Melbourne", 18751875Government House. Melbourne, 18751875Post Office. Bourke Street. [Melbourne], 18751875"Scotts i.e. Scots Church. Collins Street. shows Charles Summers' statue of Burke & Wills, in the intersection of Collins and Russell Streets, Melbourne", 18751875Looking West down Collins Street, showing Town Hall and Australasian Bank under construction, 18751875Spring Street from the Treasury 18751875[Queens Wharf, Yarra River, Melbourne], 1870–801870–80Looking South showing Flinders and Russell Streets, Yarra River and Government House, 18751875The Yarra Yarra [Melbourne. Government House in distance], 18751875Collins Street Melbourne, from Russell Street, c. 1875c. 1875Treasury building East Melbourne, prior to completion of new Treasury building, c. 1875c. 1875Looking East showing Collins Street, Russell Street, the Independent Church spire and Treasury Building, 18751875Bourke street, looking West, 1870–801870–80Looking North showing Russell and Bourke Streets and the Wesleyan Church, 18751875Bank of New South Wales, Collins St. West, Melbourne, 1870–801870–80Looking North showing Bourke Street, Melbourne Hospital and the State Library, 18751875Church of England Grammar School St. Kilda Road, 1870–801870–80View from St. Kilda Road, looking towards Melbourne, 1870–801870–80School & Asylum for the Blind St. Kilda Rd, 1870–801870–80Independent Ch. [i.e. Church] Collins Street, 1870–801870–80Scots Church Collins Street, 1870–801870–80Bourke Street, 1870–801870–80Princes Bridge, 1870–801870–80National Bank Collins Street, 1870–801870–80Oriental Bank Queen St, 1870–801870–80Western Market Buildings Collins Street, 1870–801870–80Deaf & Dumb Institution St. Kilda Rd, 1870–801870–80Swanston Street looking S [i.e. South] from Lonsdale St, 1870–801870–80Portrait photographs by Soden & Co., Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic, c. 1875c. 1875Collins St. from Queens St, 1870–801870–80Collins St. from Market Street, 1870–801870–80Holtermann's Exposition. Victorian Scenery no.40-50 Panorama of Melbourne from the tower of Government House, 18761876Scene in the Melbourne Botanical Garden, 18761876Studio portrait of a woman, sitting, to right, three-quarter-length, Royal Arcade, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by William J. Burman, 209 Bourke Street & St George's Hall, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Studio portraits, Royal Arcade, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Studio portrait of lady, sitting, to left, whole-length, Royal Arcade, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Studio portraits, Royal Arcade, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Portrait photographs by William J. Burman, 209 Bourke Street & St George's Hall, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Swanston Street, looking south, Melbourne, c. 1876c. 1876Studio portraits, Royal Arcade, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Dr. Blair. Prominent Collins Street Surgeon about the Eighties, 1874–781874–78Portrait photographs by William J. Burman, 209 Bourke Street & St George's Hall, Melbourne, 1876–771876–77Portrait photographs by Benson & Stevenson, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1872–801872–80Nicholson's Corner, Cnr Collins Street East and Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1875–801875–80Queen's Wharf, Melbourne, 1873–821873–82Colonial Chambers, 86 Collins Street West, Melbourne, 1875–801875–80Scots Church, Collins Street East [Melbourne, Vic.], 1874–801874–80Custom House [Melbourne, Vic.], 1870–851870–85Collins St. from Russell St. [Melbourne, Vic.], 1870–851870–85
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