1874 Queen Street looking South from Collins Street AC Cooke By 1890 the shops and

By 1890 the shops and factories that face Queen Street would be demolished to make way for a couple of Melbourne's most beautiful and impressive buildings

The map was originally published in 1814

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the Stamford University in California

during the first land auction

1874 Queen Street looking South from Collins Street AC Cooke By 1890 the shops andA photograph in 1874 of Queen Street looking south from Collins Street. Queen Street ends at Flinders Street, but beyond that we see a wooden Sandridge Railway Bridge crossing the Yarra, with industrial buildings on the south bank, and the homes of Emerald Hill (South Melbourne) rising in the far distance. The substantial building on the south east (left) corner is the Union Bank Building, the south west (right) corner accommodates the Imperial Fire