1853 Collins Street looking west from Russell Street Melbourne Royal Mint Beaney's" (l

Beaney's" (l

en route for Perim

just four years after the tragic death of the expedition leaders

and the name is still faintly visible

with the Customs House above in Flinders Street

1853 Collins Street looking west from Russell Street Melbourne Royal Mint Beaney's" (lA coloured print of an engraving of Collins Street in Melbourne in 1853. We're looking west from the corner of Russell Street. The first Scots' Church (1841 1871) is standing on the north west corner to the right of the picture. Artwork attributed to Edmund Thomas. All text HotPress Notes from the State Library tell us that this image "Shows T. Allison & Co. Drapery to left, and horse drawn vehicles." This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the