1887 Colonel Price and Victorian Mounted Rifles Yarra it became Georges Department Store

it became Georges Department Store in 1889

Melbourne Trades Hall (1873)

one can stand in that exact location on the Treasury steps

the highest point in the City of Melbourne

1887 Colonel Price and Victorian Mounted Rifles Yarra it became Georges Department StoreAn illustration from the "Illustrated Australian News" of 1887. The artist was George Rossi Ashton (1857 1942). Ashton was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1879. A painter and illustrator, he covered many topical events of the period including the capture of Ned Kelly in 1880. He worked for the 'Illustrated London News', the 'Illustrated Australian News' and, from 1888 to 1893, as staff artist for the 'Bulletin'. The younger brother of