1870 Flinders Lane from Queen Street SQ Port Phillip

Port Phillip

"The business-like Bourke immediately mounted [his horse] without waiting to see his tent pitched

Henry and Edward

statue of General Gordon in centre of image

1870 Flinders Lane from Queen Street SQ Port PhillipA photo from 1870, looking along Flinders Lane to the east from Queen Street. Flinders Lane runs from Spencer Street at its western end to Spring Street in the east. It is parallel with Flinders Street and sits between Flinders and Collins Streets. In the photo we can see the streets that cross, viz., Elizabeth, Swanston and Russell Streets. In early Melbourne, Flinders Lane was a very busy commercial and industrial area, as it was the rear entrance