1853 Collins Street looking west from Russell Street Melbourne Royal Mint A British WWI poster from

A British WWI poster from 1915

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The Burke and Wills Statue stands proudly in the intersection of Collins and Russell Streets (above the cabs that are visible in the centre of the photo)

just four years after the tragic death of the expedition leaders

and the name is still faintly visible

1853 Collins Street looking west from Russell Street Melbourne Royal Mint A British WWI poster fromA coloured print of an engraving of Collins Street in Melbourne in 1853. We're looking west from the corner of Russell Street. The first Scots' Church (1841 1871) is standing on the north west corner to the right of the picture. Artwork attributed to Edmund Thomas. All text HotPress Notes from the State Library tell us that this image "Shows T. Allison & Co. Drapery to left, and horse drawn vehicles." This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the