1925c Railways and Tramways Map of Melbourne and suburbsA map from around 1925 that shows the extent of Melbourne's railways and tramways. All text HotPress Published by Collins Book Store. This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of Victoria. All prints are reproduced without the HOTPRESS watermarks. Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove age related blemishes caused by the handling and storage of the original.

The Scots' Church in the image (built in 1841) was replaced by the current Scots' Church in 1874

Photograph by Charles Nettleton

A very detailed map of the Colony of Victoria as it was in 1856

(Click here to see an image of work being done in 1883 to remove the Falls

paling fence and crowd

On the left hand corner we see The Old White Hart Hotel which was built in 1846 for Pieter Laurentz Campbell

and capturing the freshly-completed Government House off in the distance

A very detailed map of the Dardanelles Operations in 1915

to the accompaniment of a chronic grumbling and discontent

‘An animated aerial view of Melbourne City and a humorous illustrated map viewed above the Melbourne Yarra River looking toward the city’s central business district

donated by the Public Library Society in 1957

Photograph is attributed to Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery