1913c Collins Street - The BlockA photo of Collins Street, showing a crowd outside "The Block Arcade", around 1913 1914. All text HotPress Photographer unknown. Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of "Collins Street showing the entrance to the Block Arcade.". This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of Victoria. All prints are reproduced without the HOTPRESS watermarks. Our team of conservators have worked on a high

showing the newly discovered Bass's (sic) Straits

11th June 1938

straightened

in honour of the British Royal Family

Note : This is a panoramic image with non-standard dimensions

Whist most of the buildings in the photo were also built prior to 1850

The first Exhibition Building (1854-1869) can be seen

A photo from 1874 looking at Melbourne's original Fish Market

The Falls (and the freshwater that they impeded) were noted by the first European to visit this area

John Nussey

These beautiful buildings

Photograph by Charles Rudd (1849-1901)