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Scope and Contents 197 x 145 mm. A view of the house from the drive, a white stone building which has verandahs on the ground and first floor decorated with carvings, columns and arches. The house is at 336 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, and was built as a private house, its first resident being John Wagner, the owner of the coaching firm Cobb and Co. In 1901 it was leased as the State Governor’s House, Government House being occupied by the newly-created Governor-General. The Government purchased the house in...

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293 x 233 mm. A view of the small Straits Settlements Court with pictures, spears, fibres and chemical compounds on display.

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147 x 192 mm. A view taken from the pavement, busy with pedestrians, and with the Town Hall and clock-tower on the other side of the road.

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201 x 149 mm. A view in Swanston Street looking towards the intersection with Collins Street, with the tower of the Town Hall visible, and trams and pedestrians on the street.

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198 x 150 mm. A view of part of Swanston Street, with horse cabs in the foreground, and the Town Hall tower beyond.

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290 x 234 mm. A view looking along the walkway, with glass cases and exhibits on either side.

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289 x 233 mm. A view of Victorian exhibits showing the products of the ‘Victorian Confectionary Coy.’ The Colonial Manufacturing Co.’ and ‘Melbourne Bellows’.

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289 x 233 mm.

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289 x 233 mm.

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200 x 147 mm. A view looking down on groups of men and women on the Terrace, with rows of horse carriages standing beyond.

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205 x 155 mm. A view looking along the Royal Arcade, with shops on either side. The arcade runs from Bourke Street through to Collins Street and was built in 1869-70.

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181 x 128 mm. A view from outside the grounds of the asylum, a large attractive building with something of the look of a country house. With two horse cabs outside the gate.

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201 x 150 mm. A view along the track, with stands in the distance.

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197 x 140 mm. A view of this large willow tree, with the river beyond. The handwritten caption also states ‘grown from cutting taken from Napoleon’s first grove, St Helena’.

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200 x 145 mm. A view of the racecourse paddock, with crowded stands in the background, and smartly dressed women with parasols sitting in the foreground.

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194 x 127 mm. A view from the roof of a nearby building looking over Lonsdale Street to the complex of hospital buildings. The first hospital opened on this site in 1848 had only 22 beds and further buildings were added in the following years. The whole hospital was rebuilt in 1910.

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183 x 130 mm. A view looking across lawns and the lake towards the university buildings. For a brief history of the university buildings see Y3087D/21.

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176 x 129 mm. A view of this massive building which stands at the corner of Swanston Street and Collins Street. The foundation stone of the building was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867, and the building completed around 1870.

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198 x 149 mm. A view taken from slightly further back than Y3087D/29, but looking in the same direction, with the Town Hall at the junction of Collins Street, and with a tram in the foreground.

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184 x 130 mm. A three-quarters front view of the Treasury which lies on Spring Street opposite the junction with Collins Street. The building has a fine neo-classical façade, with columns and rounded arches and facings of freestone over brick and bluestone. Building started in 1855 to the plans of J Clark.

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390 x 273 mm. A view looking across Gisborne Street towards the Treasury Buildings and showing the junction of Collins Street, Spring Street and Gisborne Street. The Treasury, a handsome building in the Italian Renaissance style, was completed in 1862. The fountain in the small garden to the north of the building was designed by William Stanford while a prisoner in Pentridge Gaol in the 1860s.

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199 x 146 mm. A view of the front of the buildings, which face down Collins Street from Spring Street. A fine neo-classical façade, with columns and rounded arches, and facings of freestone over brick and bluestone. Building started in 1855 to the plans of the architect J. Clark.