1901 View of the Grand Hotel Queen Street Price was an experienced soldier

Price was an experienced soldier who raised the Victorian Mounted Rifles in 1885

This was one of the last maps produced from that period that did not show the MCG

later renamed Batman Avenue in 1913

but it proved inadequate as the city grew

1901 View of the Grand Hotel Queen Street Price was an experienced soldierA beautiful image of the "Grand Hotel" around 1901, taken from the steps of Parliament House in Spring Street. This photograph was one of many of "Marvellous Melbourne" taken by Nicholas Caire around the turn of the century, when Melbourne had established itself as one of the world's most significant cities. The "Grand Hotel" was designed by Charles Webb and opened in 1884, but was originally only half the size of the current building. New owners in