1911c Flinders Street intersection with Swanston StreetA photo of the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets around 1911 1912. St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral is on the north east corner. Construction of the Cathedral commenced in 1880 and the building was consecrated in 1891. The spires were eventually added between 1926 and 1932, and therefore are not in this image. Further along Flinders Street we see the Metropolitan Gas Company's building, completed in 1892. This business became part of the Gas

we can faintly see Government House

located on the corner of Williams and Little Collins Streets

Nederwaard

The original artwork was a supplement to "The Illustrated Melbourne News"

The collection of ships

just above the "307" a man seems to be comforting a lady

when it was demolished

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of "St

The ship was from Liverpool

looking west

Howitt had studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practised in both Leicester and Nottingham

who recommended that the Falls be removed and that the river be widened and straightened