1856 Travellers' Map of the Colony of VictoriaA detailed map of Victoria as it was in 1856. Victoria was in the grip of its gold rush and these maps were produced to assist the great numbers of people who were off to the goldfields around Victoria. All text HotPress The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is "The traveller's map of Victoria (Australia) [cartographic material] : showing all the roads, rivers, towns, counties, gold diggings, sheep and cattle stations, &c, &c, &c.

A British WWI recruiting poster from 1915

Compare this with the earlier version of this engraving of Melbourne in 1871

showing all buildings and their locations within the settlement

such as the original horse racing track

Street names

The second Princes Bridge was opened in 1888 as the replacement for the stone bridge

on the south-west corner with Spring Street

Port Wallace

looking north from Bourke Street

Parliament Building

we can see the extensive railway yards

heavy traffic of trams and horse drawn vehicles in street