Oriental Bank building, Melbourne

This impressive building on the corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane shows how quickly Melbourne was growing, but some parts developed more quickly than others: we can see that the streets are still unpaved dirt paths.

 

Richard Daintree, photograph 1858

 

Accession number: H84.167/14

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Picture Collection.

 

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