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VIEWS FROM A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
#46 - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Size: 5" x 3"
Copyrighted: 1891
Lithographer: Joseph P. Knapp
  
Illustrations: Bushrangers; The Esplanade, St. Kilda; Government House
of Melbourne; Collins Street East
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Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. |
| Melbourne, the Capital
of the Colony of Victoria, and
the most populous city of
Australia, is situated at the
head of the large Bay of Port
Philip, on its northern bend,
known as Hobson's Bay, about 500
miles southwest of Sidney by
land, and 770 by sea. Along the
shores of the bay the suburbs
extend over 10 miles, but what is
distinctively called the
"city" occupies a site
about three miles inland, on the
north bank of the Yarra River.
The aspect of Melbourne from the
sea is far from prepossessing.
The shipping suburbs of Sandridge
and Williamstown occupy the
alluvial land at the mouth of the
Yarra, the district being low and
flat and covered with factories.
But the city itself is quite
different, its situation being
relieved by numerous gentle hills
which show off to great advantage
its fine public buildings. The
streets are wide and well kept,
and the universal appearance of
prosperity, activity and comfort,
under its usually clear blue sky,
impresses the visitor pleasantly. |
| The two
hills of East and West Melbourne
constitute the city proper, the
valley between them--once
occupied by a densely wooded
little stream--is now partly
filled in and forms the busy
thoroughfare of Elizabeth street;
parallel runs Swanston street,
and at right angles to this, and
parallel to the river, are
Bourke, Collins and Flinders
streets--the first being the
busiest in Melbourne, the second
containing the most fashionable
stores, and the third, facing the
river, being devoted to maritime
purposes. The principal streets
are wide, and between them are
narrower ones, occupied by
warehouses and business premises.
A circle of populous suburbs
surrounds the city, all lying
within three miles of the general
Post Office. Within a radius of
five miles are another system of
lesser suburbs. There are many
elegant and spacious public
buildings. One of them, used by
the law courts, stands on a hill
of W. Melbourne, and has a cupola
similar to that on the Capitol at
Washington. The Observatory
contains an equatorial telescope
which for some years was the
largest in the world. |
| Population 1889, 445,220. |
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