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Melbourne from the falls, from sketch October 1838
Robert Russell and State Library Victoria
Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)
North Melbourne, Australia
Shows the small settlement of Melbourne from the southern side of the Yarra River; includes the rocky bar that formed the falls near Queen Street.
Robert Russell, surveyor, architect and artist was appointed surveyor to the infant settlement at Port Phillip on 10th September 1836 and arrived in the area on 5th October 1836. Robert Hoddle superseded him in 1837.
This watercolour was created in 1882 from an original sketch of Melbourne drawn in 1838.
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Details
- Title: Melbourne from the falls, from sketch October 1838
- Creator: Robert Russell, State Library Victoria
- Provenance: Accession no(s) H24528
- External Link: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/43242
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