Pre-Gold Rush Melbourne
Melbourne was first settled in 1835. In 1851 Gold was discovered in Victoria. There are only eight buildings left in the central city which pre-date the Gold Rush. These are them...
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This is the Collins Street Baptist Church. It was first constructed in 1845, but apparently the brickwork has been concealed and and a new front added. We would have walked down the narrow path to the right of the church expect that the person sitting on the chair (on the top left of the steps) made us feel self conscious. Which is kind of silly, because if we had simply asked they would probably have been happy to let us go.
