1874 Queen's Wharf Yarra the banks and newspaper houses

the banks and newspaper houses

This building was leased to Verona press in the 1940s and became a printing house

Lennox also designed this bridge and it was a remarkable achievement

The Cathedral Hotel anchors the mid-ground composition

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1874 Queen's Wharf Yarra the banks and newspaper housesCharles Bayliss took this beautiful photo in 1874 of the area around Queen's Wharf. This wharf was located on the northern bank of the Yarra River, just south of Flinders Street, at the southern end of William Street. The area around Queen's Wharf was the original landing area in 1835, but it was just a rough and muddy riverbank then, but within a year it had been turned into a workable wharf. At this point in the Yarra there was a naturally wide