1916 Flinders St StationA magnificent view of Flinders Street Station in 1916, looking east along Flinders Street. Beyond the Station, you can see the MCG, across to Richmond and the big properties of South Yarra. Melbourne has had a love affair with Flinders Street Station since it was completed in 1910. It's hard to believe that in the 1970s there was a serious proposal to demolish it. All text HotPress This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the

The Princess Theatre (an earlier structure) is on the corner of Little Bourke Street

and that is probably him up on the bridge

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and forms the basis of most charts produced over the next 100 years until Captain James Cook’s Endeavour voyage charted the east coast of Australia in 1770

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and was created by Alfred Leete in 1914

The construction of St Paul's Church commenced in 1851 and the church was consecrated in 1852

On the north side of the Station building is the Princes Bridge Hotel

another building that was also built before the Gold Rush that still survives

and to enable the Public to follow the movements of the Allies in their progress to Constantinople

but halted in 1858 when the economy slowed and government revenue declined

Coming around from left to right