Melbourne - Port Phillip - 1840 from Surveyor-General's Yard
Various buildings in Melbourne, as viewed from the Surveyor-General's yard. If you look closely, the buildings are labelled with letters. The building labelled "b" is the guard room, and "d" (large two-storey building) is the jail. The full key is reproduced in the Library catalogue.
Robert Hoddle, circa 1840. Drawing: pencil and watercolour.
Accession number: H258
From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection.
