1874 Bourke Street looking east from GPOA photograph from 1874 of Bourke Street, looking east from Elizabeth Street. The GPO stands proudly on the left. Another storey and a taller clocktower would be added to the GPO in 1887. At the end of Bourke Street is Parliament House with St. Patrick's Cathedral behind it, under construction. The clock shows 6: 19am, with a policeman standing guard outside the GPO. A number of carts are on the street, serving tea and coffee. The nearest cart has

At the eastern end of Bourke Street Parliament House rises from Spring Street

) reads: "The Age 500

Crown Hotel

Marquard Family

The photographer is standing a hundred metres or so

between Rowan Street and MacKenzie Street (i

and it was also replaced by the new Queens Bridge

The drawings belonged to the contractor for Flinders Street Railway Station

running from lower left to middle right

The original artwork was a supplement to "The Australasian Sketcher"

at which time plans were being developed for an enlarged Flinders Street Station which was completed in 1909

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is an "Overhead view of Melbourne: Spring Street with horse and cart on the corner of Little Collins Street