1865 Yarra from South Bank Spring Street Drapery to left

Drapery to left

with mines in the foreground and Eaglehawk in the background

Combined views of Melbourne in 1885

Batman chose well

looking towards St Kilda

1865 Yarra from South Bank Spring Street Drapery to leftThis amazing image captures the state of the Yarra's south bank around 1865. The collection of ships, boats, hulks, and dinghys in this small pocket of the river highlights the conditions and industries of that time in that area. We can see a couple of men working their way through a scrapyard of discarded maritime junk, just to the west of The Falls. This looks like a cemetery for old boats. Over on the right we can see Batman's Hill with a small