1871 Melbourne Bird's Eye ViewA view of Melbourne in 1871 from high above South Melbourne. This image originally appeared in the Illustrated Australian News, October 1871. The detail in this engraving is absolutely amazing, providing the viewer with a stunning representation of Melbourne. A large number of buildings and locations are easily identifiable by anyone who knows Melbourne. The picture takes in all of Melbourne starting from the west, where we can see Spencer Street

when she touched the sandbank in the Hopetoun Channel

An early photo of Flinders Lane in 1866

straightened

The Treasury 17

Photograph by Robert Vere Scott

the facades of some shops in Elizabeth Street

South of this cafe and across Flinders Lane is Mrs Burn's Tea-Rooms

since 1998

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of a "Man standing leaning on wrought iron railing at roof's edge

the GPO on the NE corner

showing divers preparing to drill into the Falls

although probably closer to 1960) and 1965