This photo was taken from the tower of Government House towards the north east.  It was taken before the Yarra River was straightened to reduce flooding. Lagoons were then a feature of the northern bank. In the foreground of the photo is a circular running track.  This was part of the Friendly Society Gardens which were roughly where AAMI stadium now stands.  To the right is what is now known as Gosch's Paddock.  Punt Road runs horizontally midway through the photo with Richmond beyond.

The original photo is in the collection of the State Library of Victoria and its citation is below:

Title: [View of early Melbourne] [picture] / Charles Nettleton.

Author/Creator: Nettleton, Charles, 1826-1902, photographer.

Notes: Title assigned by Cataloguer.

Notes: VPOCC registration number missing from item.

Notes: Original Picture Collection location number: Env. 39.

Notes: Transferred ; The Victorian Patents Office to the Melbourne Public Library ; 1908.

Notes: The files which now comprise the Victorian Patents Office Copyright Collection were begun by the Victorian Patents Office in 1870. In order to register copyright, a copy of the photograph, print or illustration was lodged with the Victorian Patents Office at the Melbourne Town Hall. A number was assigned and the photographs were mounted in scrapbooks. The photographs were stamped with the date of registration but this ceased in 1873. The original registers are now in the National Archives of Australia. The Picture Collection holds photocopies of these registers. The registers or indexes contain the following information: Date of registration, name and address of proprietor or author, description of the work and date of first publication. Images were registered from 1870 until 1906. The collection was transferred to the Melbourne Public Library in 1908.

Subjects: Melbourne; Charles Nettleton; Victoria; townships

Contents/Summary: Mounted photograph of elevated view of Melbourne from Government House tower: Shows sports oval, bridge and Yarra River with buildings on slope behind.

Date created: [ca. 1875?]

Series/Collection: Victorian Patents Office Copyright Collection

Terms of use: No copyright restrictions apply.

Copyright status: This work is out of copyright

SLV Source ID: 1810305

SLV Accession: H96.160/2731

Type: StillImage

Description: 1 photographic print :

SLV Filename(s): cc002575:369133

Update Match Field: 1810305

Persistent link: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/54873