1867 Looking east across Melbourne Algernon Darge Photograph attributed to Lyle Fowler

Photograph attributed to Lyle Fowler

Otto Brinkmann Working Jeweller

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The name of the Gardens is derived from a Flagstaff that was erected on the highest point in 1840 and extended to 15 metres in height the following year

It is possible that the well-dressed elderly gentleman in the group of three men is James Paterson

1867 Looking east across Melbourne Algernon Darge Photograph attributed to Lyle FowlerA view of Melbourne around 1867 looking from Queen Street, to the east across to the State Library in Swanston Street. On the legend image, you can see from the left Old Melbourne Gaol, the Old Law Courts, La Trobe Street, the State Library (before the portico was added in 1870), the facades of some shops in Elizabeth Street, John Knox's Church (still there in Swanston Street), Little Lonsdale Street, the General Hospital (later known as Queen