1874 Beach Street Sandridge William Street The building with the large

The building with the large roof is the earlier version of the Princess Theatre

A man with a bicycle stands in the right foreground

the leaders of the ill-fated expedition

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is "A view looking towards Flinders Street station and clock tower

depicting the city looking south from over the Exhibition Building

1874 Beach Street Sandridge William Street The building with the largeA photo from early 1874 looking east along Beach Street, Sandridge (later known as Port Melbourne from 1884) from the corner of Railway Parade. On the left of the photo is Mitchell's London Hotel. Further along Beach Street is the Freemason's Tavern, sited on the corner of Stokes Street. A large industrial chimney further to the east belongs to the Sandridge Sugar Works factory, which commenced in the 1860s, but burnt down in 1875. The large gates,