1888c Bourke Street Melbourne Royal Mint Horsedrawn wagons travel down middle

Horsedrawn wagons travel down middle of street and churches are on both corners

Louis and Miriam

A patriotic poster from 1915

Swanston Street actually stops at Flinders Street

Bourke Street runs diagonally from upper left to lower right

1888c Bourke Street Melbourne Royal Mint Horsedrawn wagons travel down middleA photograph from around 1888 looking west along Bourke Street. This section of Bourke Street is between Swanston and Russell Streets, on the north side. The photo was taken at 8: 35 one summer's morning. The main buildings in this image are of Parer's Crystal Caf (103) and the Melbourne Coffee Palace (89). In between those buildings at 101 is the Waxworks. Parer's Crystal Caf Hotel was built in 1886 at a cost of 60,000 by three brothers from