Here is Melbourne in the 1800s through rare and amazing vintage photos.
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| Ballarat railway station, ca. 1800s |
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| Bourke Street from Parliament House, 1885 |
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| Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1888 |
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| Corner of Collins and Russell Sts., Melbourne, 1879 |
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| Elizabeth Street, Melbourneca, 1800s |
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| Flinders Street railway station, 1885 |
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| Flinders Street railway station, ca. late 1800s |
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| Flinders Street Station (left of pic) on the south-west corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets stood the Old Fish Market, ca. 1880s |
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| Melbourne Docklands in the 1800s |
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| Melbourne in the late 1800s |
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| Melbourne in the late 1800s |
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| Melbourne's first cable tram service; between Bridge Road, Richmond, and Spencer Street via Flinders Street, 11 November 1885 |
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| North Melbourne, Victoria, 1858 |
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| Pier Port Melbourne, 1871 |
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| Pier Port Melbourne, 1890 |
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| Richmond Town Hall, ca. 1890s |
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| Swanston Street, Melbourne, ca. 1890s |
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| Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1872 |
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| The eastern end of Collins Street from the Treasury Building, ca. 1880s |
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| The Melbourne Exhibition Building had an impressive lake, 1880 |
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| The Melbourne Terminus in the mid 1800s |
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| The Menzies Hotel, corner Bourke and William Streets, Melbourne, ca. 1870s |
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| the Queens Arms Hotel, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1880 |
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| Visitors to Melbourne Zoo, 1895 |