1865 The Falls BridgeThis is a rare image from around 1865 of the bridge that was constructed over "The Falls". Taken from the south bank of the Yarra, looking north east. The image was part of a stereograph, and both images have been merged by HotPress Images to create one image. The Falls (since removed in 1883) consisted of a natural low basalt wall that had existed for tens of thousands of years that in normal situations would keep the Yarra's fresh water separated

Moses Wheeler

There is a degree of controversy about who actually designed Melbourne's Grid

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is an "elevated view

and also adopted the slouch hat as part of the uniform

with its tower yet to be added

capturing the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of St Paul's Cathedral

(drapers and warehousemen) have their large premises to the right of the photograph

Yarra Yarra

along the wreckage strewn ridge of Westhoek

The notes from the State Library of Victoria tell us that this image was "PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE

Another view of the market building as it was in 1874 is here

Then we see the Sandridge Railway heading southwest towards Sandridge