1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 instructed his Surveyor-General Charles Grimes

instructed his Surveyor-General Charles Grimes to travel from Port Jackson to the Port Phillip Bay area and to explore and survey the area

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the Museum of New Zealand

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

A magnificent view of Flinders Street Station in 1916

The photo was taken from the roof of the newly-completed Cromwell House building on the south-east corner of Collins and Russell Street

1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 instructed his Surveyor-General Charles GrimesA photograph of the second Theatre Royal (1872 1933) in 1877, where a production entitled "Pluto" was playing to enthralled crowds. This building was at 236 Bourke Street on the northern side between Swanston Street and Russell Street. A store which found accommodation in the ground floor of the theatre was S. S. Hough & Co.'s Depot of Novelties, also offering themselves as Importers of Fancy Goods. The original Theatre Royal on this site burned down