1895 Swanston Street looking south from Lonsdale StreetA photograph from 1895, looking south along Swanston Street from the intersection with Lonsdale Street. Photograph attributed to Charles Rudd. All text HotPress This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of Victoria. All prints are reproduced without the HOTPRESS watermarks. Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove blemishes and artifacts such as stains, mould,

unfortunately without the report and survey map created by Grimes

then converted to a water tanker for 30 years

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image "Includes Austral Hotel and Interstate Outfitting Stores

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on the left hand side

Note: the surveys of Captains Cook and Hunter

in King St

completed in 1842

maps are 44 x 58 cm

(Some people - including Wikipedia - refer to this trestle bridge as the first Princes Bridge

A photo from around 1910 showing the beautiful Adelaide Steamship Co

Photograph by Charles Rudd (1849-1901)