1875 Melbourne Looking North West from Scots' Church P1 Notes from the State Library

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of "The Block Arcade

remind one of the magnificent structures of a similar kind which grace the capitals of Europe and America'

but it was done as soon as he retired

The Survey Office 18

1875 Melbourne Looking North West from Scots' Church P1 Notes from the State LibraryA photograph from 1875 of Melbourne looking north west with the nearest street being Swanston Street, running from lower left to middle right. Bourke Street runs diagonally from upper left to lower right. Almost in the centre of the picture we see the GPO building with its clock tower. The "lake" at the top of the image was known originally as "Batman's Swamp", later as "West Melbourne Swamp", and was drained in the late 19th century, as part of the