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389 x 271 mm. A view looking down on the junction of these two streets with a large unidentified building in the foreground, presumably Government offices of some kind (the State Public Offices).

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388 x 272 mm. A view looking along a path in the Gardens, lined with trees and with statues at intervals.

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389 x 274 mm. A view of the Mint seen from William Street. The building, which was designed by the Public Works Office and completed in 1870, is a handsome classical house with the Royal coat of arms above the entrance. This front block comprises the offices and residence, with the works behind (the chimney is visible in this photograph).

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389 x 274 mm. A view looking over the roofs of small hotels and commercial buildings towards open land on the far side of the River Yarra. A photograph taken at an earlier date than Y3089B/17: the Town Hall, visible at the extreme left of the print, still has scaffolding surrounding the tower. Part of Queen Street can be seen at the left of the photograph.

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390 x 271 mm. A view showing a section of the southern end of Spring Street at its junction with Little Collins Street. Part of Port Melbourne can be seen in the distance.

Scope and Contents 388 x 273 mm. A view looking across Gisborne Street towards the partially built Cathedral at the left of the picture. The road to the right of the church is Cathedral Place. The building of the Cathedral started in 1863 and in this photograph the main body of the church is completed, with work still in progress on one of the towers. In the background the beginnings of work on the transept (commenced in 1870) can just be seen. The wooded area to the right of the photograph is part of the...

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390 x 276 mm. A view looking eastwards along Lonsdale Street with the partially completed St Patrick’s Cathedral visible on the skyline (see Y3089B/11). Queen Street crosses the photograph in the foreground, the buildings which line it being predominantly small hotels and boarding houses.

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390 x 274 mm. A view looking over gardens and backyards towards open land in south Melbourne. The sea can be seen at the right of the print as well as parts of the suburbs of South Melbourne and St. Kilda.

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388 x 273 mm. A view looking over commercial premises, small factories and warehouses towards Hobson’s Bay in the distance. In the middle ground of the print the masts of ships moored in the Coode Canal and the River Yarra can be seen.

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390 x 273 mm. A view looking over commercial and residential premises towards open land, beyond which lies the Yarra’s outlet into Hobson’s Bay.

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387 x 273 mm. A view looking across hotels and houses towards an enclosed expanse of water in the distance (exact location unidentified). In the foreground stands the small wooden building of the West Melbourne Common School.

Scope and Contents A miscellaneous collection of photographs, of various sizes, mounted on card. Most prints are captioned; titles given to uncaptioned prints are in square brackets. There are also 42 numbered captions on card (some appearing to have been cut from the prints?), in an envelope kept with the collection. Photographs are by Charles Nettleton, Herbert Deveril and possibly William Meluish. The geographical locations break down thus:1-3 Views of Dunedin, c.1858-60, possibly by William...