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Melbourne City in the 1890s

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PRINCESS THEATRE, MELBOURNE, (VICTORIA), c. 1895c. 1895View of Bourke Street, looking east from Queen Street, Melbourne, 1890–19001890–1900[Group of people standing outside the Essendon Coffee Palace], 1890–19001890–1900Melbourne views, past and present, 18951895Commemorative arch, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 1890–19011890–1901Bourke St, 18951895Collins St, 18951895Queen Street, Looking South, Melbourne, Vic, 1890–19001890–1900Cole's Book Arcade, Melbourne, Vic.[interior], 1890–19001890–1900Swanston St Melbourne in 18951895Flinders St - from Spencer St in 1895 (looking east)1895Baptist Chapel, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1890–19001890–1900Swanston St. looking south, 18951895Collins Street looking west, 1860–19301860–1930G.P.O Melbourne Vic, 1890–19001890–1900Bourke St, 18951895The National Bank, Collins St. Melbourne, 1890–19001890–1900Swanston St from Lonsdale St in 18951895Rustic Bridge, Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Vic, 1890–19001890–1900Jubilee Review, Swanston St, Melbourne, 1890–19001890–1900View in the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Vic, 1890–19001890–1900Town Hall Melb, 18951895Elizabeth St from Lonsdale St in 18951895Man and two women standing at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, 1890–19011890–1901Princes Bridge, 1860–19301860–1930The "Barry Hall" Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] Public Library [interior], 1892–19001892–1900The Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne [advertising a lecture by Rev. Haskett Smith], 1892–19001892–1900Customs House, Melbourne, c. 1896c. 1896The Melbourne Stock Exchange - The Vestibule, 1892–19001892–1900M A Alexander Building, Swanston Street near Flinders Lane, 1892–19001892–1900Group of officers and men at Russell St. Police Barracks Melbourne, 18961896Mrs Potter Melbourne Series, 18961896Mrs Potter Melbourne Series, 18961896New railway goods shed at Spencer St, 1892–19001892–1900Botanical Gardens Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Bourke St looking east [between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets, north side], 1892–19001892–1900Collins St. Melbourne from [the] Bank of Australasia, 1892–19001892–1900Princes Bridge, Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Flinders St. & Markets - Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Cable tram car and dummy [in Bourke Street, showing building of S. Kozminsky], 1892–19001892–1900The Mint, from the corner of William and La Trobe Streets, 1892–19001892–1900Statuary in "Marble Hall", Melb[i.e. Melbourne] Public Library [showing the Rotunda with works by Charles Summers], 1892–19001892–1900Procession of cable trams in Swanston Street west, looking south from Bourke Street, 1892–19001892–1900Swanston St Melbourne - at the corner of Bourke St, 1892–19001892–1900Melbourne Customs House, 1892–19001892–1900Interior of New Markets Flinders St Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900City of Melbourne Electric Light Station, Spencer St [another view], 1892–19001892–1900Interior of New Fish Market Flinders St Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Botanical Gardens Melbourne, 1892–19001892–1900Spring St Melbourne & Princess Theatre, 1892–19001892–1900The Pulpit, St. Paul's Cathedral [Melbourne], 1892–19001892–1900St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne. The Reredos, 1892–19001892–1900The Lectern St Paul's Cathedral [Melbourne], 1892–19001892–1900Spencer Street Railway Yards, 1892–19001892–1900Interior of the new railway goods shed at Spencer St, 1892–19001892–1900Factory Spencer Street, 18961896Bourke St looking east from Queen St, 1892–19001892–1900Botanical Gardens, Melbourne [another view], 1892–19001892–1900Interior of Melbourne Town Hall [looking towards organ], 1892–19001892–1900City of Melbourne Electric Light Station, Spencer St, 1892–19001892–1900
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