1837 Melbourne from The Falls Swanston Street A map from around 1925

A map from around 1925 that shows the extent of Melbourne's railways and tramways

This image originally appeared in the Illustrated Melbourne Post on July 27

and the bridge (see photo below) was removed along with the Falls themselves in 1883

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This was all disturbed in March of that year when Governor Bourke arrived from Sydney in order to prepare the land into blocks suitable for sale

1837 Melbourne from The Falls Swanston Street A map from around 1925An early sketch of Melbourne in 1837, looking across "the Falls". The artwork is by Robert Russell (1808 1900), Melbourne's first surveyor. Russell's tent was located very near to where he sketched this vista from. Russell was sent to Melbourne in 1836 by Governor Bourke to survey the general area of the Settlement. Batman originally chose the location of his village because of "the Falls"; a low basalt ridge that created a barrier between the fresh