1874 Commercial Bank of AustraliaOn 1 October 1866 the Commercial Bank of Australia Limited commenced business in Victoria in this spacious building in Collins Street, recently fitted out for their accommodation. Then known as No. 30 Collins Street West and renumbered as 337 Collins Street in 1889, this address remained the site of the Bank's principal office in the heart of Melbourne's financial district during its whole 116 year existence, except for the period of rebuilding during

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The clock tower is actually called Prince Alfred's Tower

so that dates this photograph just at the end of the 19th century

Taken in 1861

These delightful perspectives of Melbourne around 1900 were designed to help visitors to Melbourne find their way to various buildings and streets

A photograph of the southern end of Elizabeth Street looking south towards Flinders Street Station between 1914 and 1918

Sprightly and Alacrity

An early map of Melbourne from March 1837

Also occupying the building towards the southern end are "Lawrence - Dyers"

Horsepower

although probably closer to 1960) and 1965

docks and soundings