1880 Perspective of Melbourne Mornington Peninsula The Melbourne Mint was part

The Melbourne Mint was part of the British Royal Mint and was created to handle the massive gold production in Australia and to reduce the export of gold to be turned into coinage

and the tent of surveyor WW Darke

The map borrow works from other explorers and surveyors and is up to date to 1825

Martha and Elizabeth

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1880 Perspective of Melbourne Mornington Peninsula The Melbourne Mint was partA very detailed perspective image of Melbourne in 1880. Another very impressive piece of art from Arthur Cooke, depicting the city looking south from over the Exhibition Building. Compare this to another work of the same artist, where he looks in the opposite direction from over South Melbourne here. All text HotPress Drawn by Albert Charles Cooke. The original artwork was a supplement to "The Australasian Sketcher", 9th October 1880. This is a