1874 Stephen Street looking north from Bourke Street Charles Rudd coloured to represent the materials

coloured to represent the materials to be used as described in the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways dated 1/10/1900

daughter of George Coppin) and their two sons

relying on a number of punts until a small wooden bridge was built further upstream in 1840

imported from Europe and at the time was the largest mosaic in Australia

presumably as Mr Clark tried various ideas for the building's design

1874 Stephen Street looking north from Bourke Street Charles Rudd coloured to represent the materialsA photograph from 1874 of Stephen Street, looking north from Bourke Street. Bourke Street runs across the photo, with Stephen street heading north, away from the photographer. The Exhibition Buildings were opened at the top of Stephen Street in 1880, and the street name was changed from Stephen to Exhibition not long afterwards. A view looking south from this point is shown in this image from 1874. All text HotPress Photographer was Charles Bayliss.