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Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is a "View of Melbourne from the south side of the Yarra
primarily showing the surveys by Matthew Flinders in that area between 1799 (in the Norfolk) and 1802 (in the Investigator)
it was Charles Grimes and his party who were the first Europeans to visit the future site of Melbourne
found the mouth of the Yarra and proceeded to explore both the Saltwater (Maribyrnong) and the Freshwater (Yarra) Rivers
The Port Melbourne railway line runs diagonally across the Yarra and to its left is the Queen Street bridge
1803 Port Phillip Survey Map - Lt. Tuckey John Lindt Notes from the State LibraryPLEASE NOTE: This is a square print, and the dimensions of this print may require special framing. The sizes that we offer are suitable for a range of IKEA frames. Captain David Collins had been dispatched from England on the 27th April 1803 to form a penal settlement in Port Phillip Bay. The party of over 400 people (299 of whom were convicts) settled near present day Sorrento in October 1803, unfortunately without the report and survey map created