1860 Batman's Hill and Houses Melbourne 1800-1820 the Victorian colonial government commissioned

the Victorian colonial government commissioned Peter Kerr to design a new Customs House

The dredges can be seen hauling away large rocks

A very small remnant of the basalt rock still exists near the southern end of Queens Bridge

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1860 Batman's Hill and Houses Melbourne 1800-1820 the Victorian colonial government commissionedAn early 1860 photograph of Batman's Hill, showing some of John Batman's house and outbuildings. Batman's Hill was a natural hill, approximately 18m high, which helped to defined the western edge of Melbourne's CBD. (The road running through the photo is Spencer Street.) After his arrival to the area in 1835, Batman established a vegetable garden and a house on the southern side of the hill. He lived there until his death in 1839. After that date his