1880s Collins Street looking east John Lindt Though the image is catalogued

Though the image is catalogued as 1916

Spring Street and Treasury Gardens on corner

[2] Australian Dictionary of Biography - Thomas Price

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of a "Man standing leaning on wrought iron railing at roof's edge

We're looking west from the corner of Russell Street

1880s Collins Street looking east John Lindt Though the image is cataloguedA delicate photograph of Collins Street from around 1880. All of the shops are closed and secured, the clock on the Town Hall says 3: 20pm, and it is probably Sunday afternoon, judging by the lack of people. The footpaths and roads are wet from an afternoon shower. We see the Town Hall clock tower, with Scots' Church spire behind it. The tower of the Independent Church is hidden behind the Scots' Church spire. The church on the right is St. Enoch's