1916 Bourke Street looking West John Lindt Fairy Queen

Fairy Queen

A photograph of Bourke Street from the 1905 period

Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove blemishes  and damage caused by the handling and storage of the original

and then went back to Cooper's Creek (middle of absolutely nowhere) to gather the remains of Burke and Wills and bring them home

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1916 Bourke Street looking West John Lindt Fairy QueenA busy day on Bourke Street, taken in 1916. Looking West along Bourke Street, from down the Swanston Street intersection. From the left on the south side of the street we see the Bull and Mouth Hotel, then Cole's Book Arcade, which ran from Bourke Street all the way to Collins Street. A number of jewellers' shops took up position this side of the Royal Arcade, with the outfitters of London Stores completing the block as it meets Elizabeth Street. On