1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 sometime between 1923 and 1965

sometime between 1923 and 1965

The photo was taken from the roof of the newly-completed Cromwell House building on the south-east corner of Collins and Russell Street

The Melbourne City Council opened the first Melbourne City Baths for public use at this location on 23rd December 1859

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the Museum of New Zealand

proudly selling Acropolis Greek Cigarettes

1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 sometime between 1923 and 1965A photograph of the second Theatre Royal (1872 1933) in 1877, where a production entitled "Pluto" was playing to enthralled crowds. This building was at 236 Bourke Street on the northern side between Swanston Street and Russell Street. A store which found accommodation in the ground floor of the theatre was S. S. Hough & Co.'s Depot of Novelties, also offering themselves as Importers of Fancy Goods. The original Theatre Royal on this site burned down