1865 Yarra from South Bank Spring Street Drapery to left

Drapery to left

The church shared the block with St Paul's School

which was first introduced into the Australian military uniform when the Victorian Mounted Rifles was formed in 1885 by Colonel Thomas Price

later Atheneaum) on the north-side of Collins Street

Batman chose well

1865 Yarra from South Bank Spring Street Drapery to leftThis amazing image captures the state of the Yarra's south bank around 1865. The collection of ships, boats, hulks, and dinghys in this small pocket of the river highlights the conditions and industries of that time in that area. We can see a couple of men working their way through a scrapyard of discarded maritime junk, just to the west of The Falls. This looks like a cemetery for old boats. Over on the right we can see Batman's Hill with a small