1920s Collins StreetA photograph of Collins Street looking east towards the Treasury Building around 1920. We see a busy street, both on the footpaths and on the road. Cable trams, hansom cabs, horse drawn drays, automobiles and pedestrians are all moving in different directions without a single traffic light in sight. At this period, the spectacular architecture of Collins Street had probably reached its zenith. Unfortunately, a lot of the major buildings in Collins

Government House and the City Baths

an architecturally significant structure subsequently demolished circa 1966 during the City Square redevelopment project

when it was demolished

Flinders Street Station as we know it was still 40 years away from being built

Thomas Mitchell

with updates to 1862

This map apparently shows Russell's original survey of the area

000 men enlisted at a time when our population was less than five million

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image "Shows the rocky falls on the Yarra River

steam and burning coal

We'll examine the photo looking from left to right

Notes from the State Library state that the image is of the "West facade of the Treasury Building Melbourne with faint pencil perspective u