1890s Swanston Street Melbourne Panoramas Includes portions of the Royal

Includes portions of the Royal Bank and the Equitable Assurance Society's buildings on the adjacent corners

The detail in this engraving is absolutely amazing

men standing near underpass of bridge

Mountaineer

Some interesting facts about "Tooronga" as reported in the "Argus" (an early Melbourne newspaper) for 29th January 1923

1890s Swanston Street Melbourne Panoramas Includes portions of the RoyalA photograph of Swanston Street looking north across Princes Bridge around the 1890s. We can see the earlier Flinders Street Station building on the left, and we know that construction of the new Station started in 1900, so that dates this photograph just at the end of the 19th century. St. Paul's Cathedral was also completed to this point by 1891, so the photograph has to be after that date. On the north side of the Station building is the Princes