1870 Flinders Lane from Queen Street SQ The notes from the State

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is a "Photograph of Elizabeth Street

which was claimed to be Melbourne's first brick building

: Designed / & Executed by / O

The old Eastern Market is central to the photo

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

1870 Flinders Lane from Queen Street SQ The notes from the StateA 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