1874 Bendigo - Pall Mall from City Family HotelThis view of Pall Mall, from Hadley's City Family Hotel, was taken by Charles Bayliss in April 1874, using a mammoth camera which took glass plates measuring 18 x 22 inches (46 x 56 cm). After the death of Beaufoy Merlin in 1873, Bernhardt Holtermann engaged Merlin's partner, 24 year old Charles Bayliss, to continue taking photographs for his planned International Exposition. During his time with Merlin since 1866 until 1873, Charles Bayliss had

The bridge and the Falls were removed in 1883 to make way for today's Queens Bridge

Moses Wheeler

while the impressive "New Excelsior" hotel dominates the picture on the right

The first Princes Bridge

The Equitable Co-operative Society soon went bankrupt

with the old-fashioned paddle-wheels being replaced by more modern feathering floats which greatly increased her towing capacity

The bridge was leased to Mr

and this photo shows two of the five divers who were boring holes into the rocky falls

such as Hoadley's (famous for their Violet Crumble and confectionery) and Sennitt's (later to become major ice-cream manufacturers)

like Lieutenant Governor La Trobe

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the University of Aberdeen

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