Melbourne (inhabited place)
Found in 217 Collections and/or Records:
Library, 1888 - 1889
200 x 154 mm. A view from Swanston Street showing the front façade of the building. The library, opened in 1856 with a classical pillared exterior, also houses the Art Gallery and Museum.
Lunatic Asylum [historic title], 1870 - 1880
187 x 135 mm. A view looking across the Yarra, towards a hill on top of which stands the asylum, a long low building with a tower each side of the central entrance.
[Lutheran Church], 1870
387 x 274 mm. A view looking across Gisborne Street towards the Lutheran Church which looks on to Parliament Place. With the Fitzroy Gardens in the background.
Maori Prayer House (Front) New Zealand Court, 1888 - 1889
100 x 148 mm. A view showing one end of the carved wooden prayer house, with carved heads hanging on the outside and potted plants placed in front.
Maori Prayer House (Front) New Zealand Court, 1888 - 1889
101 x 147 mm A view showing the elaborate wooden carvings on the back of the house.
'Melbourne' and 'Geelong' deeds, 1935
Copies of two manuscript deeds drawn up by J.T. Gellibrand, signed between John Batman and eight local chiefs on 6 June 1835. The deeds, the originals of which are in the Public Library of Victoria, granted Batman land covering the sites of Melbourne and Geelong, but were later held to be legally invalid. They have been mounted in plastic sleeves.
Melbourne Exhibition, 1885 - 1901
203 x 145 mm. A view inside the Exhibition Hall, showing the decorated and painted walls, with a large organ at the far end, and chairs and a gallery beneath.
Melbourne from South Yarra (from Fairlie House), 1910
365 x 265 mm. No print.
Melbourne from the south side of the Yarra Yarra 1839
Painted view of early Melbourne. Reprinted by the Grown Lands Dep. Melbourne, March 1881. Drawn by J. Adamson. Engraved by J. Carmichael for R. Clini.
Melbourne, Government House, 1901
Melbourne, in the Botanical Gardens, 1901
Showing succulents growing in a rock garden.
Melbourne International Exhibition
Melbourne Public Library, 1885 - 1901
200 x 147 mm. An interior view looking along a reading room lined with columns and busts, and with the bookshelves in alcoves. The library, situated in Swanston Street, was designed by Joseph Reed. The foundation stone was laid in 1853, and the first portion of the building was completed in 1856, when it was officially opened in that year.
Melbourne - SS 'Geelong', 1909
A view showing the 'Geelong' being towed by a tug in Melbourne Harbour.
Melbourne University, 1885 - 1891
207 x 149 mm. A view looking across a small ornamental lake towards two of the university buildings, the original building being on the right. One of the oldest Melbourne buildings, it was completed in the 1850s, with external walls of Victorian Bluestone, and faced with Hobart freestone.
Menzies Hotel, Melbourne, 1885 - 1901
200 x 149 mm. A view of the hotel which stands on the junction between William Street and Bourke Street, with a tower, in renaissance style, at one corner. Opened in 1867, the hotel was built by David Mitchell, father of Dame Nellie Melba. For an earlier view of the building when it looked considerably different, see Y308B1/55.
Minor Courts: Great Hall, 1880
288 x 234 mm. A view showing exhibits from a court devoted to products from a number of countries not represented individually, and including animal horns and tusks, vases, feathers, coffee and wines.
Mort’s Wool Warehouse, 1888 - 1889
206 x 154 mm. An exterior view of this imposing stone building, which stands at a wide street junction.
Moseley’s Exhibit, 1888 - 1889
160 x 114 mm. A view of one of the stands at the Melbourne Exhibition, showing coats and dresses.
Museum, 1870 - 1880
184 x 132 mm. A view looking across an ornamental lake towards the museum, situated next to the university.
Netherlands Court looking westwards, 1880
289 x 233 mm.
New South Wales Court: Great Hall, 1880
287 x 236 mm. A view of a section of the New South Wales Court, showing the Fine Arts alcove, with paintings, sculpture and silverware on display.
New South Wales Court: Main Avenue Front View, 1880
288 x 234 mm. A view of mineral specimens, with a statue of a woman in the foreground.
New South Wales Court: Temporary Annex-Looking East, 1880
287 x 234 mm. A view of the mineral department of the New South Wales Court, with display cases filled with rock samples.
Ormond College, 1888 - 1889
200 x 150 mm. An exterior view of the Presbyterian college of the university, a brick building with white facings, and a large central tower. The building was paid for by Francis Ormond, and the college was established in 1879.