1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 proudly selling Acropolis Greek Cigarettes

proudly selling Acropolis Greek Cigarettes

The Melbourne City Council opened the first Melbourne City Baths for public use at this location on 23rd December 1859

but it proved inadequate as the city grew

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the Museum of New Zealand

instructed his Surveyor-General Charles Grimes to travel from Port Jackson to the Port Phillip Bay area and to explore and survey the area

1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 proudly selling Acropolis Greek CigarettesA photograph of the second Theatre Royal (1872 1933) in 1877, where a production entitled "Pluto" was playing to enthralled crowds. This building was at 236 Bourke Street on the northern side between Swanston Street and Russell Street. A store which found accommodation in the ground floor of the theatre was S. S. Hough & Co.'s Depot of Novelties, also offering themselves as Importers of Fancy Goods. The original Theatre Royal on this site burned down