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1862 City Baths Algernon Darge Philip Gidley King

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Philip Gidley King

The building on the left is the Victoria Building

The photograph was taken from the top of the newly erected GPO building on the NE corner of Elizabeth Street

The building was completed in 1872 and the first Melbourne sovereign was minted on the 8th of July that year

and the bridge (see photo below) was removed along with the Falls themselves in 1883

1862 City Baths Algernon Darge Philip Gidley KingA photograph of the original Melbourne City Baths in 1862. This building was replaced by the current City Baths building in 1904. The baths are still at 420 Swanston Street and you can use the facilities there. By the 1850s the Yarra had become quite polluted and was the cause of an epidemic of typhoid fever, resulting in many deaths. The residents of Melbourne wanted a community bathing facility that was safe and open to everyone. The Melbourne City

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