1880 Exhibition Building Drawing - Ground Level Elizabeth Street Looking south name of building

Looking south name of building painted on side wall: Georges Pty Ltd

The original of this map is Plate IX from A Voyage to Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders

Notes from the State Library of Victoria say that the image is "Looking along Spring Street with balustrade and street lamp of Treasury building in left foreground

"She is a splendid little sea vessel

1880 Exhibition Building Drawing - Ground Level Elizabeth Street Looking south name of buildingA beautiful drawing from 1880 of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne, drawn by the architect, Joseph Reed. The building was constructed for the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. Reed also designed or was involved in the design of many other Melbourne icons, such as the current Melbourne Town Hall, and the State Library building. The builder was David Mitchell, who also constructed Melbourne's Scots' Church and St Patrick's Cathedral.