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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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289 x 233 mm.

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204 x 150 mm. A view from the junction of William Street and Lonsdale Street showing the large court building, surmounted by a dome at the Lonsdale Street end. The building was designed by the architects Smith and Johnson, and built between the years 1877-1882. See also Y308A/10.

Scope and Contents Comprises a typescript biography completed in 1936, and revised c. 1960 with the addition of supplementary inserts and photographs. 292 pp., with six portrait photographs inserted. The supplementary information, now housed in an accompanying file consists of: photograph of Gardiner memorial plaque at Hawthorn, with a descriptive note; list of ships passing between Van Dieman's Land [Tasmania] and the Port Phillip settlement in 1835-6 compiled by Wilmoth from the Launceston Advertiser; copy...

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Two copies of a letter written from Port Phillip, 2 May 1836, discussing the foundation of the settlement at Melbourne in 1803 and its bright prospects. The collection comprises a manuscript copy (7 pages), which may be contemporary, and an undated typescript duplicate (4 pages). There are two accompanying pieces of correspondence, 1945-1946, regarding the gift of the manuscript copy to the R.C.S.

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Letters from Rowland Childers to H.C.E. Childers from Australia, 1878-80, 1884-6, including draft and copy replies (5, 6, 13, 14, 24); letter from Rowland to J.H. Were, 1880 (19); map of the Yanko station, Jerilderie, N.S.W., 1880 (21); ? Macartney, son of the Dean of Melbourne to Rowland Childers, 1886 (26).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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101 x 147 mm A view showing the elaborate wooden carvings on the back of the house.

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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.

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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.

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365 x 265 mm. No print.

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...

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Showing succulents growing in a rock garden.

Scope and Contents An album with printed title page, containing mounted and captioned prints measuring approximately 290 x 235 mm., and showing the courts and exhibits of various countries. Photographer unknown. The Melbourne Exhibition, which lasted from October 1st 1880 until April 30th 1881, was the second international exhibition to be held in Australia, the first being in Sydney the previous year (see Y3086A, 'The Burning of the Garden Palace'). There had been numerous smaller exhibitions but these had...

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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.

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A view showing the 'Geelong' being towed by a tug in Melbourne Harbour.

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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.

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183 x 128 mm. A view of the hotel, which stands at the junction between William Street and Bourke Street. The hotel, opened in 1867, is built in the renaissance style, and was erected by David Mitchell, father of Dame Nellie Melba. For a later view of the building, considerably altered, see Y3087D/18.

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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.

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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.

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206 x 154 mm. An exterior view of this imposing stone building, which stands at a wide street junction.