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187 x 133 mm. A view from a hill near Rourkes’ Bridge on the Healesville Road looking across the River Yarra, past a recently made clearing on the far side and towards a newly constructed Government road: Corranderrk is the local habitation of the Natives of this district, and is situated on the right hand side of the picture, about a mile and a half from the roadway.

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190 x 133 mm. A view from a hillside looking out over dense forest, with a settler’s small hut and cleared space in the foreground.

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188 x 134 mm. A view looking along the Yarra as it passes through woodland, its course partially impeded by fallen trees. In the background a homestead can be seen beside the river.

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198 x 143 mm. A view looking along the river, with trees and woodland on either side.

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186 x 134 mm. A view looking over flooded woodland beside the River Campaspe near Echuca.

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178 x 124 mm. A view showing small residential buildings in the foreground, with more sparsely populated ground beyond, and with the Free Methodist Church in the middle distance. The text below the photograph reads ‘This view represents the locality of the Back Creek gold diggings, and though at present almost deserted, was once a scene of activity; in consequence of the rich patches of alluvial ground it contained’.

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289 x 233 mm.

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196 x 134 mm. A view showing a group of selectors posing with tools and implements: saws, axes and spades. Behind them stands the beginnings of a rough wooden cabin.

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198 x 146 mm. A view showing a small wooden cabin in a clearing surrounded by thick forest, with four settlers posing for the camera.

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179 x 125 mm. A view of the hotel, a sizeable stone building with iron-work verandahs which stands at the junction of Pall Mall and Williamson Street. With several pony traps parked outside.

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200 x 153 mm. A view from Black Hill looking towards Ballarat and showing wasteland and excavations from the mines. The Town Hall tower can be seen on the skyline.

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285 x 234 mm. A view showing a model of bush land, with mountains in the distance and stuffed kangaroos on the grassland. At the left is a tableau showing two Aboriginal Australians building a fire.

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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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215 x 251 mm. A view showing a ring of men, women and children making a circle with joined hands around the base of an enormous tree.

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205 x 159 mm. A view of the lake, with a rowing boat at the extreme left of the picture, in the prow of which stands an Australian Aboriginal man (in European dress) with a poised spear. Photographer possibly Charles Bayliss (Y308A/90).

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199 x 145 mm. A view taken from the steps of the Treasury, with ornate gas lamps in the foreground, and the Grand Hotel on the other side of the street (see Y3087D/19).

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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.

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201 x 144 mm. A view of Spring Street from the Parliament Buildings, looking across towards the Grand Hotel. A figure under an awning (presumably the Governor) reads the Proclamation, with crowds all around, and soldiers at attention lining the streets. Queen Victoria signed the Federation Proclamation on 17 Sept. 1900 and it came into effect on 1 Jan. 1901. It is unclear whether the photograph was taken on the earlier or later date.

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150 x 202 mm. A view of the small wooden church, partially obscured by bushes, and with the wooded hillside beyond. The handwritten caption reads: 'Church of England - showing pretty character of scenery.'

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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200 x 147 mm. An exterior view of the cathedral, a fine product of the Gothic revival in Australia, situated on Eastern Hill facing down Gisborne Street, and designed in 1860 by William Wardell, who had earlier been a pupil of Pugin. The nave was in use by 1869, but the building was not consecrated as a cathedral until 1897.

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205 x 153 mm. An exterior view of the cathedral, taken from the junction of Swanstone Street and Flinders Street. Designed from London by William Butterfield, this squat Gothic building was completed by 1891, apart from the spires, which were added later. The spires are not present in this picture.

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125 x 180 mm. A view of the brick-built church, with a square belltower. The church was built in 1868, the tower being added in 1872.

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350 x 250 mm.

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100 x 140 mm. A view of the falls, which cascade down among large ferns, with two ladies standing at the bottom of the picture.