The old post office, Melbourne

The Post Office is the single-story building to the left of the picture, and it was built in 1841.  It would soon be replaced by the much grander stone building which still stands in Elizabeth Street.

 

Edmund Thomas, artist, 1853

 

Accession number: H15496

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection.

 

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Architecture & infrastructure