1865 Collins Street looking West over William Street AC Cooke later renamed Batman Avenue in

later renamed Batman Avenue in 1913

which was first introduced into the Australian military uniform when the Victorian Mounted Rifles was formed in 1885

but soon proved too small for the growing congregation

allowing for businesses and residences to establish in a crowded

The Old White Hart Hotel seen in the 1858 photograph here

1865 Collins Street looking West over William Street AC Cooke later renamed Batman Avenue inCollins Street taken in 1865, looking West from the intersection with William Street. The block of land on the left corner (numbered 100 Collins Street West) was known as Batman's Corner, due to the prior ownership by John Batman. Batman built the two storey building shown here before 1839 (most probably updated since 1839), which was claimed to be Melbourne's first brick building. This site was later occupied by a substantial building for the