Name/TitleScots' Church, Independent Church, and Burke and Wills Statue, Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1885
About this objectView of the north side of Collins Street, Melbourne, looking west from near the intersection with Exhibition Street.
Shows, looking west, Independent Church, Scots' Church, the Equitable Co-operative Society at 89 Collins Street, and the clock tower of Melbourne Town Hall.
At the bottom left of the image is the back of the statue of Burke and Wills by sculptor Charles Summers (1865). The statue is in its original position in the middle of the intersection of Collins and Russell Streets where it acted as a roundabout. However, an increase in traffic and the laying of tram tracks required that the statue be relocated in 1886.
The town houses on the right of the image are occupied by physician surgeons.
The only vehicle on tree-lined Collins street is a horse-drawn coach heading east in front of the Independent Church.
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm
Period1880-1890
Object TypeGlass slide
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsChurch buildings
Subject and Association KeywordsCollins Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsMonuments and memorials
Subject and Association KeywordsBurke and Wills Memorial
Subject and Association KeywordsMelbourne (Victoria.)
Subject and Association KeywordsHoddle Grid
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-BCS-62
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