1880 Exhibition Building Drawing - Ground Level Elizabeth Street taken from the steps of

taken from the steps of Parliament House in Spring Street

until it was deemed advisable to erect a 3 foot timber barricade forward of the bridge

The vessel was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in WWI

Paul's Cathedral before spires erected at a fire watch tower visible in background

just to the east of Burke & Wills

1880 Exhibition Building Drawing - Ground Level Elizabeth Street taken from the steps ofA beautiful drawing from 1880 of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne, drawn by the architect, Joseph Reed. The building was constructed for the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. Reed also designed or was involved in the design of many other Melbourne icons, such as the current Melbourne Town Hall, and the State Library building. The builder was David Mitchell, who also constructed Melbourne's Scots' Church and St Patrick's Cathedral.