1920s A Fleeting GleamAn atmospheric image of shipping on the Yarra River by John Kauffman, sometime in the early 1920s, looking east with the tower and dome of Flinders Street Station off in the distance. Melbourne was only ninety years old, yet was one of the major cities in the British Empire at the time. John Kauffman was one of the primary exponents of pictorialism in Australia. One newspaper claimed that his photographs that could be "mistaken for works of art". His

The magnificent monument to Burke & Wills stands in the centre of the intersection of Collins and Russell Streets

The Federal Hotel and Coffee Palace became licensed

and horse drawn vehicles

with wide street and a horse drawn carriage in middle of road

thereby connecting Flinders Street and Spencer Street Stations

Collins and Russell Streets

Main Guard

Then in 1979 the monument was positioned in the new City Square on the corner of Swanston and Collins Streets

which included the contribution by the ANZACs

Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove damage caused by the storage and handling of the original

Most of the buildings are hotels or bond stores

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