1875 Map of Point NepeanA reproduction of a chart published in 1875 showing information about the area within Point Nepean. After settlement in 1835, a number of quarantine areas had been established at various points around the coast of Port Phillip Bay. However, in 1852, Governor LaTrobe selected Point Nepean as the site for a new quarantine area, and the colonial government assigned 5000 for a 'sanatorium'. Just one month after deciding on the location, the "Ticonderoga"

Rickett Blue

Three years before this photo was taken the Melbourne Cricket Club was settled in at the MCG

There is a degree of controversy about who actually designed Melbourne's Grid

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of "Flinders Street

mistakenly believing that that was the name given to it by the local inhabitants)

major buildings

Carlton Gardens

looking like they are waiting to enter one of the establishments

sign on front of theatre reads 'Charles Warner

opened in 1850 in honour of the Prince of Wales at that time

and to introduce the "Little" streets of Melbourne

and Haigh Brothers