1858 Collins Street Looking West across Swanston Street Melbourne 1921-1940 A photograph in 1874 of

A photograph in 1874 of Spring Street

as we see a steam train chugging along the Railway Viaduct (opened 1891) that connects Flinders Street Station with Spencer Street Station (now Southern Cross Station)

Alexander" was one of a number of tugboats used by the Melbourne Harbour Trust to tow and push larger vessels in and out of Port Melbourne and the Docks

Ferdinand von Mueller

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of New South Wales

1858 Collins Street Looking West across Swanston Street Melbourne 1921-1940 A photograph in 1874 ofA very quiet day on Collins Street, taken in 1858, looking West along Collins Street, from just east of the Swanston Street intersection. The town looks deserted, similar to many other photographs from this period, but in fact anything that wasn't completely stationary for at least a couple of minutes was registered as a blur in these early days of photography. This photograph has been taken from an upper floor of a building (most likely the