1913c Flinders Street Station Australia Maps the steeple of Wesley Church

the steeple of Wesley Church in Lonsdale Street

He survived for 32 years in the bush around Port Phillip Bay

centre foreground

opened in 1850

Further down Swanston Street we can see the construction of St Paul's Cathedral under way

1913c Flinders Street Station Australia Maps the steeple of Wesley ChurchA beautiful image of Flinders Street Station taken around 1913, when the new station was the beating heart of Melbourne. The flag on the clock tower is at half mast, perhaps commemorating the passing of Mr James Syder (ex Chairman of Victoria Railways Commissioners) in October of that year. Our restoration work on this image has taken many hours to achieve this end result. This is a pivotal image of Melbourne's most famous icon, in the period between