Steam Boat "Pharos"Steam boat "Pharos" was one of a number of steam boats used by the Melbourne Harbour Trust to tow and push larger vessels in and out of Port Melbourne and the Docks. "Pharos", weighing 164 tons, was built in 1864 in Melbourne for the Victorian Government. She was hulked in 1917 and broken up in 1934. This photograph is from the early 20th century, actual date unknown, although probably between 1900 and 1910. It is possible that the well dressed

Melbourne in 1861-62

restoring it back to a very close representation of the original image

Swanston and Russell Streets

His father ran a small gallery and framing shop in Melbourne

- Importers of Fancy Goods

the Black Eagle (as deckhand)

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Looking south down Forest Street to the City Family Hotel

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is "Showing south face of St

picked his way among ungrubbed stumps and primeval forest along Russell's survey lines

A panoramic photo by Robert Vere Scott

A photograph of Melbourne's original Fish Market building