1858 Swanston Street Looking NorthAn early photo of Swanston Street in 1858, looking north from Collins Street. The building on the right was the first Melbourne Town Hall, with a police station and gaol being constructed on its northern side. In August 1858 a bylaw was introduced to stop the cabs waiting in the gutters, instead they were to wait in the centre of the roads. All text HotPress Photograph is attributed to Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery. Notes from the State

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Businesses on street include Peppa's Fruit Market and Confectionery Palace

thriving environment

to Cape Schanck

who was chosen to lead the search and rescue mission to find out what had happened to the Burke and Wills expedition

One of his party

and you can just make out the name on the light post displaying the hotel's presence

Bateman Bay (now Batemans Bay)

Sarah Hooper

looking south across Palmerston Street

The original building continued as a fruit market and bicycle stables until the late 1890s

responsible for some beautiful church designs in England and Australia