1860 Entrance to Port Phillip Chart William Street Antoine Fauchery 1823-1861

Antoine Fauchery 1823-1861

Collins chose that particular location in order to keep watch for the enemy French ships that might also enter the Bay

to a design by William Salway

The first dome belongs to the Royal Bank

1860 Entrance to Port Phillip Chart William Street Antoine Fauchery 1823-1861A reproduction of a chart published in 1860 showing the detailed information about the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. The notes from the National Library of Australia tell us that this image is a "Nautical chart of the entrance to Port Phillip Bay with relief shown by hachtures. Depth shown by bathymetric soundings." Other information is as follows "Australia, South Coast, entrance to Port Phillip [cartographic material] surveyed by Commander M. G. H.