1877 Theatre Royal Bourke StreetA photograph of the second Theatre Royal (1872 1933) in 1877, where a production entitled "Pluto" was playing to enthralled crowds. This building was at 236 Bourke Street on the northern side between Swanston Street and Russell Street. A store which found accommodation in the ground floor of the theatre was S. S. Hough & Co.'s Depot of Novelties, also offering themselves as Importers of Fancy Goods. The original Theatre Royal on this site burned down

using a mammoth camera which took glass plates measuring 18 x 22 inches (46 x 56 cm)

pedestrians on paths and road

We're looking north across Flinders Street from a slightly elevated position

to its left are the premises of the "Bendigo Independent"

from its catalog of nineteenth century maps of Australia from the British Parliamentary papers: 65

Government Dock 4

The city itself is noted for its ordered planning

on board HMS Cumberland under the command of Lieutenant C

weighing 164 tons

Photograph by Ludovico Hart

A spectacular map of early Melbourne

early signage