1837 Map Shewing the Site of Melbourne - Tinted Parliament House wide streets and beautiful gardens

wide streets and beautiful gardens

Gauer the Furrier

There are two ships in dry-dock on the South Bank

that building was remodelled and enhanced to become the current Town Hall

and the crowd appears to be quite subdued

1837 Map Shewing the Site of Melbourne - Tinted Parliament House wide streets and beautiful gardensAbsolutely pivotal map of early Melbourne, from 1837, surveyed and drawn by Robert Russell (with his signature in the lower right corner). We see the huts and buildings erected by the earliest pioneers, including the residences of John Batman and John Fawkner. Just to the north of the grid we see "Burial Hill", which eventually became Flagstaff Hill. A larger cemetery was established in 1838 where the Queen Victoria Market is today. The future layout