1874 Richmond, Looking east along Bridge Road Fish Market Londsdale and tent of surveyor

Londsdale and tent of surveyor W

Through heavy rain he was escorted up a very muddy William Street to this corner where the two-storied building erected by John Batman stood

Here's a different view of it

Bourke Street runs across the photo

agreement was reached that Melbourne's first stone bridge

1874 Richmond, Looking east along Bridge Road Fish Market Londsdale and tent of surveyorAn amazing photo from 1874 looking to the east along Bridge Road, Richmond, looking across Hoddle Street. The hotel on the right hand corner was the "Admiral Napier Hotel", with Robert Wilson as the licensee. A policeman stands outside the hotel, but has moved during the photograph's long exposure and appears ghostly. On the left of the photograph is a wooded area, known as "Highett's Paddock", This was a large area, bounded by Hoddle Street, Erin