1837 Melbourne from The FallsAn early sketch of Melbourne in 1837, looking across "the Falls". The artwork is by Robert Russell (1808 1900), Melbourne's first surveyor. Russell's tent was located very near to where he sketched this vista from. Russell was sent to Melbourne in 1836 by Governor Bourke to survey the general area of the Settlement. Batman originally chose the location of his village because of "the Falls"; a low basalt ridge that created a barrier between the fresh

On the corner of Collins Street sits the beautiful Independent Church

Hobson Bay and River Yarra leading to Melbourne [cartographic material] / surveyed by H

Row boats on the water in foreground

near the corner of Elizabeth Street

built by the Swanson Brothers

with many pedestrians

The Royal Mint

horse drawn wagons on road running parallel with river

Photograph attributed to Charles B

This building was completed in 1877 and captured on film by Charles Nettleton in the late 1870s

This photograph shows the Geebung towing a lighter

Queens Wharf with large boats in dock