1917 Ypres - Australian TroopsA photograph of Australian Troops making their way to the trenches, on October 28th 1917, along the wreckage strewn ridge of Westhoek, in the Ypres sector, in Belgium. One can only image what terrible conditions they suffered in the trenchs. All text HotPress Photographer possibly Captain G. Wilkins. The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of "Australian troops making their way to the trenches, on October 28th 1917, along the

John Batman had purchased the block of land on that corner at the second land sales in November 1837 and built a house there not long after

A photo looking east along Flinders Street from near the intersection with King Street

A photo from early 1874 looking east along Beach Street

Catherine Dove

At the time of the photo

An inset shows the area around Keppel Island

Neither the British settlers nor the indigenous inhabitants could foretell what immense changes there would be to the world in the coming centuries

The southern part of Spring Street didn't get much attention from photographers of that time

A detailed map of Port Phillip initially from 1836

Flooding of the Yarra occurred quite regularly

never sure if they will see him again

In the centre of the image the south of the river was heavily industrialised