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1861 Bourke Street Looking West
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An early photograph around 1861 looking west, from the eastern end of Bourke Street where it meets Spring Street. We can see right along Bourke Street out to the western extremitie
s of Melbourne. Spring Street runs across the photo in the foreground. The fence and gates belong to Parliament House, commenced building in 1855, and from where Charles Nettleton captured this image. The Old White Hart Hotel (called "Old" to distinguish it from the White Hart Inn of J. Clinton in Little Bourke Street West) seen also in the 1858 photograph here, has since been rebuilt as the White Hart Hotel and extended south along Spring Street. All text © HotPress Photograph by Charles Nettleton. Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is a "View of Bourke Street looking west from Spring Street." This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of Victoria. All prints are reproduced without the HOTPRESS watermarks. Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove age-related blemishes and damage caused by the handling and storage of the original. We strive to provide authentic representations of the original work that are suitable for enlargements that retain the tones and character of the original.
