1867 Bourke Street looking west P1 The notes from the State

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image "Shows the Spencer Street tram (actually the Spring Street tram)

Lady McNaughtan

dwellings with washing on the line

the Yarra River

1867 Bourke Street looking west P1 The notes from the StateA photograph from 1867 looking west along Bourke Street, and across the west of Melbourne. The photograph was taken from the top of the newly erected GPO building on the NE corner of Elizabeth Street. The detailed photograph allows us to see into the yards of houses and establishments of that time. Bourke Street is clearly visible on the left. The GPO is on Elizabeth Street (just out of the foreground in the photo), so the next street running across