The building occupies the north-east corner of Swanston and Collins Streets and was opened on 9 August 1870
looking to the south across the street to the Melbourne Town Hall
further down Bourke Street)
The viaduct was widened in 1915 to accommodate a duplication of railway lines
a lot of the major buildings in Collins Street have since been demolished
1885 Views of Melbourne Melbourne Panoramas The building occupies the north-eastCombined views of Melbourne in 1885, printed on one sheet in Harper's Weekly, showing in the centre a visualisation of the future site of Melbourne in 1835, with a number of public buildings surrounding it, viz. "Public Offices and Treasury Gardens", "Post Office", "Government House", "Town Hall", "Exhibition Building" and the "Public Library". All text HotPress Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is a "Page from: Harper's Weekly (New