1880 Exhibition Building Nicholas J. Caire with the Cathedral being consecrated

with the Cathedral being consecrated in 1897

The Melbourne Town Hall in 1910

even though John Helder Wedge called it "Yarra Yarra" in 1835

(as he preferred the area around Hobart in Tasmania) and the Sorrento settlement was abandoned after a few months on 31st January 1804

and one of a handful of buildings built during the 1850s gold rush to survive in Melbourne

1880 Exhibition Building Nicholas J. Caire with the Cathedral being consecratedA charming image of the Exhibition Building not long after it was completed in 1880. The Exhibition Building was opened in 1880 for the Melbourne International Exhibition. It attracted more than 1. 3 million visitors over eight months. The subsequent Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition of 1888 was even larger; temporary annexes were constructed from the building to the northern boundary of Carlton Gardens. All text HotPress Photograph