1866 View from Flagstaff Gardens (1)Late one summer's afternoon in 1866, Charles Nettleton carried his photographic equipment to the Old Observatory on the highest point of Flagstaff Gardens, in the north of the city of Melbourne. With his camera pointing to the south he captured an atmospheric photo of the vista. The main road heading south, away from the photographer, is King Street. Crossing from left to right at the southern end of Flagstaff Gardens is La Trobe Street. Right in the

now erecting

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is "Looking across road towards three storey buildings

The exterior stucco facades included sculpted figures

the south-west (right) corner accommodates the Imperial Fire Insurance Company

Hoddle defined the block sizes and street widths using the Regulations and approval from Bourke

The chart also shows the "Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels between 28th Sept 1800 and 9th March 1802

Loch Lomond

with depths given in meters

The building was completed in 1876

Flinders Lane and Little Flinders Street on street signs and addresses

Flinders Street around 1909 looking eastward from Spencer Street

The magnificent "Grand Hotel" (later renamed as "Hotel Windsor") is in the centre of the image