1837 Map Shewing the Site of Melbourne - TintedAbsolutely pivotal map of early Melbourne, from 1837, surveyed and drawn by Robert Russell (with his signature in the lower right corner). We see the huts and buildings erected by the earliest pioneers, including the residences of John Batman and John Fawkner. Just to the north of the grid we see "Burial Hill", which eventually became Flagstaff Hill. A larger cemetery was established in 1838 where the Queen Victoria Market is today. The future layout

Many hours have gone into restoring this image to make it suitable for enlargements

possibly from framer

NEW TUG TOORONGA

Broken Bay

A photograph of the Yarra

Royal Comedy Company

Other buildings that Pitt designed include the Melbourne Coffee Palace

This was built in 1905 to house their new store and sales room for teas

it took six months to conclude a peace treaty

and the bridge (see photo below) was removed along with the Falls themselves in 1883

motor cars have not yet found their way to Melbourne

waiting in the centre of the road