1858 Swanston Street Looking North Princes Bridge bringing with him surveyor Robert

bringing with him surveyor Robert Hoddle

Duke of Northumberland

Notes from the State Library state that the image is of the "West facade of the Treasury Building Melbourne with faint pencil perspective u

through the Turning Basin

1858 Swanston Street Looking North Princes Bridge bringing with him surveyor RobertAn early photo of Swanston Street in 1858, looking north from Collins Street. The building on the right was the first Melbourne Town Hall, with a police station and gaol being constructed on its northern side. In August 1858 a bylaw was introduced to stop the cabs waiting in the gutters, instead they were to wait in the centre of the roads. All text HotPress Photograph is attributed to Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery. Notes from the State