1874 Bourke Street looking east from GPO Spring Street Smith / Lithographer & General

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Philip Gidley King

some traversing the Yarra river

from 1907 to 1947

In 1890 the various colonies of Australia met to agree on a standard for military uniforms

1874 Bourke Street looking east from GPO Spring Street Smith / Lithographer & GeneralA photograph from 1874 of Bourke Street, looking east from Elizabeth Street. The GPO stands proudly on the left. Another storey and a taller clocktower would be added to the GPO in 1887. At the end of Bourke Street is Parliament House with St. Patrick's Cathedral behind it, under construction. The clock shows 6: 19am, with a policeman standing guard outside the GPO. A number of carts are on the street, serving tea and coffee. The nearest cart has