1914c Collins Street Looking East Melbourne 1941-1960 the majority of the buildings

the majority of the buildings at the eastern end of Collins Street between Spring and Russell Streets were residences and rooms of eminent doctors and dentists

This building still exists

and explored the Yarra by boat for several more miles until he reached another set of falls (Dight's Falls) on 8 February 1803

Matthew Flinders had previously surveyed Port Phillip Bay in 1802

1914c Collins Street Looking East Melbourne 1941-1960 the majority of the buildingsA photograph of the intersection of Collins and Elizabeth Streets around 1914, looking east along Collins Street. We see a mix of transportation here with old technology horse and cart and hansom carts, along with new technology automobiles, cable cars and a double decker omnibus moving along Collins Street. The building in the centre of the photo houses B. H. Altson's, the Tobacconist, and was constructed in 1903 on the site of the first brick