1837 Map Shewing the Site of Melbourne - Tinted Parliament House and the crowd appears to

and the crowd appears to be quite subdued

Gauer the Furrier

later Atheneaum) on the north-side of Collins Street

that building was remodelled and enhanced to become the current Town Hall

1837 Map Shewing the Site of Melbourne - Tinted Parliament House and the crowd appears toAbsolutely pivotal map of early Melbourne, from 1837, surveyed and drawn by Robert Russell (with his signature in the lower right corner). We see the huts and buildings erected by the earliest pioneers, including the residences of John Batman and John Fawkner. Just to the north of the grid we see "Burial Hill", which eventually became Flagstaff Hill. A larger cemetery was established in 1838 where the Queen Victoria Market is today. The future layout