1861 Bourke Street Looking WestAn early photograph around 1861 looking west, from the eastern end of Bourke Street where it meets Spring Street. We can see right along Bourke Street out to the western extremities of Melbourne. Spring Street runs across the photo in the foreground. The fence and gates belong to Parliament House, commenced building in 1855, and from where Charles Nettleton captured this image. The Old White Hart Hotel (called "Old" to distinguish it from the White

Historic Landscapes and Associations together with Divers Amusements and Customs prevailing in the "Queen City of the South 1834-1934"

Melbourne Gaol

paling fence and crowd

Neave's Buildings is on the south-east corner and Walter Powell (ironmonger)

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The first Princes Bridge

on the far right

possibly Daniel McDonald

Eventually in 1846

In 1917 the building was purchased by the Alexandra Club

The image prominently features the Victoria Buildings (1888)

Alexander was built in Sydney 1905