1837 Map Shewing the Site of Melbourne Falls but did not encounter the

but did not encounter the Yarra

entered Port Phillip on 20th January 1803

taken from the steps of the Treasury building

A beautiful photograph taken during the 1880s of an elevated view from the roof of Victoria Barracks looking north along St Kilda Road to the City of Melbourne

Esther Arthur

1837 Map Shewing the Site of Melbourne Falls but did not encounter theAbsolutely 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