Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...

Scope and Contents 390 x 275 mm. A view looking over central Melbourne with the junction of Queen Street and Lonsdale Street in the foreground. The two most prominently identifiable buildings are the Post office (at the junction of Elizabeth and Bourke Streets in the centre of the print) and the Town Hall (at the junction of Swanston and Collins Streets, behind and to the right of the Post Office). Scaffolding can still be seen on the lower sections of the Post Office building, whose foundation was laid by...

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204 x 148 mm. A view of the business centre of Melbourne, with offices along the street and a factory in the distance. With a row of horse cabs in the centre of the street awaiting customers.

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184 x 129 mm. A view looking along the wharf showing steam and sailing ships moored in the harbour. The wharf itself is a busy scene, with workers either posing for the camera or operating a crane on the jetty.

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183 x 129 mm. A view of a different section of the wharf showing the end of a jetty in the foreground, with steam and sailing ships moored in the harbour beyond.

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Landscape format. The Quarantine Station: from the Omrah. [Queenscliff hardly visible].

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Landscape format. [A distant view].

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290 x 231 mm. A view showing fishing and agricultural produce from Queensland, with a pyramid built of oyster shells in the foreground.

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199 x 147 mm. A view looking along a wharf, on both sides of which steamers and sailing ships are moored, with a railway line along the pier. Williamstown is at the extremity of a curving spit of land which forms the Western Half of Hobson’s Bay and extends out into Port Phillip.

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The Royal Visit issue (No. 146, December 1953/January 1954) of the pamphlet of the Royal Empire Society's Victorian Branch.

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205 x 157 mm. A view looking along the river, with a large waterwheel dominating the foreground.

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141 x 189 mm. A view along a country road, with woods on either side, and three figures posing in front of one of the piles of cut timber that stand at the side of the road.

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202 x 153 mm. A view showing an unsurfaced road running through woodland.

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132 x 188 mm. Showing the roadway passing through a cutting on the Black Spur, with woodland beyond.

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205 x 150 mm. Showing South African and Australian artifacts mounted on the wall in Dunn's home in Kew, Victoria; with part of the drawing room visible in the background.

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210 x 160 mm. Showing South African and Australian artifacts mounted on the wall in Dunn's home in Kew, Victoria; with part of the drawing room visible in the background. The caption on the reverse of the print contines: 'North wall of Hall 'Roseneath', looking into drawing room, South African and Australian objects'.

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205 x 150 mm. Showing South African and Australian artifacts mounted on the wall in Dunn's home in Kew, Victoria; with part of the drawing room visible in the background.

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203 x 150 mm. A view looking along the dining room towards the fireplace, with animal horn trophies mounted on the walls.

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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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203 x 147 mm. A view from across William Street, festooned with telegraph wires, to the mint, a classical building built in the form of a private residence, with the works behind. The road running off to the left is Latrobe Street. The building was designed by the Public Works Office, and the residence and offices fronting the street were completed during 1870.

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187 x 148 mm. A view down the street showing various shops, and a church on each side of the road.

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200 x 145 mm. A more exact title for this print, which is by N.J. Claire, is ‘Bendigo Flat as seen from Wattle Hill’ and was taken around 1875. See Y3087C/34 for a note on the picture and another print of the same photograph.

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179 x 123 mm. A view from a hillside looking over Bendigo (for some years Bendigo and Sandhurst were interchangeable names for the town). Buildings identified in the key are the Jewish Synagogue, Buckley’s Flour Mills, Oddfellows’ Hall, City Town Hall, and the Shamrock Hotel.

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180 x 127 mm. A view looking over the town, with the railway station and good sheds in the distance. The street crossing the photograph is Pall Mall, intersecting with Mitchell Street and Bath Corner. Buildings identified in the key include the Post Office, the Warden’s Court, Quarry Hill and the City Hotel.

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184 x 134 mm. A view looking along the pier, with a forest of masts on either side with a railway line and freight trucks unloading on to ships.