Hidden Melbourne
If you love pictures of historic Melbourne, check out this site: http://www.hiddenmelbourne.com.au/OldMelbourneScenes This interactive site uses high resolution pictures, panoramas, photos and maps from the State Library of Victoria collections, like this one. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/88101 You can click through to find lots of fascinating images of different sites in the early town and then rapidly growing city. Below, for example, is a view from 1855. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/106370 And here is Melbourne by 1881! http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/69723 Definitely worth a look. Thanks to Barney Meyer for creating the site , and to State Library of Victoria for collecting and digitising the wonderful images.