1885 Collins Street - Equitable Co-operative Society Building (later Georges) Australia Maps John Nussey

John Nussey

In upper right margin: Report on disposal of colonial lands-1836

This photograph was one of many of early Melbourne taken by John William Lindt in the 1890s

and so severe were the conditions that it was found necessary at one time to heave to

Once St Kilda Road leaves Princes Bridge it widens into the grand boulevard that continues all the way to St Kilda Junction

1885 Collins Street - Equitable Co-operative Society Building (later Georges) Australia Maps John NusseyThis iconic building known by most as "Georges" was originally built for the Equitable Co operative Society in 1883. Designed by architects John Grainger and Charles D'Ebro and built on land owned by Scots' Church, the new building was constructed in classical revival style in 1883 by David Mitchell for the Equitable Co operative Society Ltd. (See it as it was when it became "Georges".) The society soon went bankrupt, and land boom speculator and