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Hosie's Hotel & Cafe is on the corner of Elizabeth and Flinders Streets
later as "West Melbourne Swamp"
During this period the taxis of the day were various horse-drawn cabs
The notes from the State Library tell us that this image "Includes Austral Hotel and Interstate Outfitting Stores
the Yarra River and in the distance Government House and parklands
1901 Parliament House Victoria Melbourne 1880-1900 Hosie's Hotel & Cafe isA beautiful photograph of Parliament House in 1901. All text HotPress Photograph attributed to Robert S. Brain, Government Printer. Notes from the State Library tell us that this photograph is a "Souvenir of the visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Melbourne, Victoria, to open the first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia." This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State