1914c Collins Street Looking EastA photograph of the intersection of Collins and Elizabeth Streets around 1914, looking east along Collins Street. We see a mix of transportation here with old technology horse and cart and hansom carts, along with new technology automobiles, cable cars and a double decker omnibus moving along Collins Street. The building in the centre of the photo houses B. H. Altson's, the Tobacconist, and was constructed in 1903 on the site of the first brick

The Scots' Church in the image (built in 1841) was replaced by the current Scots' Church in 1874

men on horses and pedestrians

Captain Hartley Watson was the skipper of this tug for more than forty years

en route for Perim

2017 saw the statue placed in storage whilst the Metro Rail Project is underway

and was created by Alfred Leete in 1914

south side to the Oriental Hotel from the corner of Spring Street"

with bullock team

like Lieutenant Governor La Trobe

The city skyline of that period is very different from today's and there are only a few landmarks that still exist today

Cape Wiles: taken Feb

Melbourne at this time was undergoing major growth due to the Gold Rush of Victoria