1874 Russell Street looking South from Lonsdale Street SQ (Click here to see an

(Click here to see an image of work being done in 1883 to remove the Falls

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the Public Records of Victoria

the building survives and now houses a number of smaller specialist retailers

elevated view

then further along the tall Myer Building

1874 Russell Street looking South from Lonsdale Street SQ (Click here to see anA photograph in 1874 of Russell Street looking south from Lonsdale Street. The building on the SE (left) corner is the All Nations Hotel. We see some roadworks on the corner of Bourke Street, with hoarding advertising the French virtuoso violinist, Jenny Claus, who appeared at the Melbourne Town Hall late January 1874. On the corner of Collins Street sits the beautiful Independent Church. Right in the centre of the intersection of Collins and Russell