Old Melbourne

1857 5 photos

St. Francis' Cathedral, Melbourne, 1857St. Paul's Church from south end of Swanston St., Melbourne, 1857First Druggist's Shop in Melbourne: Collins Street, East. [Lewis & Bowen], 1857St. Patricks Catholic School, Melbourne, c. 1857Chalmers Church, Gipps Street, Melbourne, c. 1857

1858 39 photos

New Year's Day. Pic-nic on the banks of the Yarra, opposite the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, 1858View of Melbourne from south side of River Yarra, 1858Swanston Street, from the corner of Collins Street, looking north - about the year 1858, c. 1858View near Heidelberg, the Yarra flooded, Victoria, c. 1858The Aloe. which grew to the height of 25 feet in seven weeks at Rule's Nursery, Richmond, 1858The Church of England Grammar School, St Kilda Road, South Melbourne, 1858Mrs Francis Chomley (Mary Elizabeth Griffith), of "Merville", Prahran, near Melbourne, 1858?Bourke Street [looking west from Spring Street], 1858View of Melbourne from south side of River Yarra, 1858The Church of England Grammar School, St Kilda Road, South Melbourne, 1858The Yarra below the Falls. Melbourne, 1858The Church of England Grammar School, St Kilda Road, South Melbourne, 1858The new Post Office, Melbourne, 1858The Yarra near Studley Park, Victoria, c. 1858The new Post Office, Melbourne, 1858Melbourne, 1858, to the proprietors of the Guide Map to Port CurtisThe new Post Office, Melbourne, 1858A Merchants Residence, near Melbourne, 1858Railway Bridge, Footscray, near Melbourne. 1858View in the Fern-Tree Gully. Dandenong Ranges, c. 1858Exhibition Building. Melbourne, c. 1858Melbourne Savings Bank, 1858Murphy's Brewery Offices. Melbourne, 1858The Public Library, Melbourne, 1858?Swanston Street. Melbne [i.e. Melbourne], 1858In Melbourne Cemetery, showing Govr [i.e. Governor] Hotham's Monument. 1858Views near Heidelberg : the Yarra flooded, c. 1858View of the City of Melbourne from the Observatory 1858The National Model [and] Training School. Melbourne, c. 1858Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1858The Treasury Buildings. Melbourne: 1858Queen's Reading Room, Melbourne Public Library. 1858. [sic]The Yarra below the Falls. Melbourne, c. 1858Oriental Bank. Melbourne, 1858The Railway Pier. Sandridge, c. 1858The R[ight] Rev[ere]nt Bishop of Melbourne, c. 1858The Yarra near Studley Park, c. 1858Melbourne Public Library (Australia), c. 1858MELBOURNE, 1858

1859 16 photos

Ivanhoe Lodge, 1859The front garden of Gwyllehurst the residence of John Gill Esqu. Melbourne Victoria - with vista showing Hobson's Bay, 1859Port Phillip Heads, 1859Public Library, Melbourne, 1859Moorabool Viaduct, Melbourne to Ballarat Railway 1859First Government Printing Office William Street, 1859Treasury & Fitzroy Gardens from site of Sir William Clarke's House in Wellington Parade, 1859View of Melbourne from the Marco Polo Hotel, Emerald Hill, 1859?Hobson's Bay Railway Pier at Sandridge Near Melb [i.e. Melbourne] 1859Christ Church and Manse, South Yarra, 1859Presbyterian Church, East Melbourne. 1859Collins Street [looking east] Treasury Building in the distance, 1859The Oriental Bank. 1859. Melbourne[English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank] Melbourne, 1859A Solicitor's Residence, near Melbourne. 1859Queen's Hall Reading Room, Melbourne Public Library, 1859

220 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1850s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.