1887 Colonel Price and Victorian Mounted Rifles Yarra Looking almost straight down Bourke

Looking almost straight down Bourke Street we see the eastern area of Melbourne

the highest point in the City of Melbourne

The Melbourne City Council opened the first Melbourne City Baths for public use at this location on 23rd December 1859

it became Georges Department Store in 1889

1887 Colonel Price and Victorian Mounted Rifles Yarra Looking almost straight down BourkeAn illustration from the "Illustrated Australian News" of 1887. The artist was George Rossi Ashton (1857 1942). Ashton was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1879. A painter and illustrator, he covered many topical events of the period including the capture of Ned Kelly in 1880. He worked for the 'Illustrated London News', the 'Illustrated Australian News' and, from 1888 to 1893, as staff artist for the 'Bulletin'. The younger brother of