1866 View from Flagstaff Gardens (1) Bendigo was charting the southern coastline

was charting the southern coastline of Australia

along the wreckage strewn ridge of Westhoek

Juhn Scott

docklands on right with wooden structure signed: Victoria New Dock Weighbridge

Photographer was Charles Nettleton

1866 View from Flagstaff Gardens (1) Bendigo was charting the southern coastlineLate one summer's afternoon in 1866, Charles Nettleton carried his photographic equipment to the Old Observatory on the highest point of Flagstaff Gardens, in the north of the city of Melbourne. With his camera pointing to the south he captured an atmospheric photo of the vista. The main road heading south, away from the photographer, is King Street. Crossing from left to right at the southern end of Flagstaff Gardens is La Trobe Street. Right in the