Excellent Andrew, never seen either before.
Some more from my archive. These appear to be all 1969.
On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 at 17:20, Andrew Cook d3619@...> wrote:
> Here's two views courtesy of the State Library of the area in question. A
> long time ago but still very interesting. Note the area now occupied by
> Southbank--in those days nothing but a swamp.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew Cook.
>
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> *From:*tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...>
> on behalf of Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 9 October 2021 2:55 PM
> *To:*tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...>
> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] Swanston St or St Kilda Rd? (Was: TMSV #
> 127)
>
>
>
> On 09/10/2021 13:37, Jeremy Wainwright wrote:
>
> My guess is that, back before the grand Princes Bridge that we know
> today, St K Rd started at Flinders St, crossed the rather ramshackle (1843)
> bridge known colloquially as Balbirnie's Bridge and later the first
> Prince's Bridge (a stone arch structure opened in 1851, known also as
> Lennox's Bridge after its designer) and it was accepted that the bridge (in
> whatever form) had no effect on the name of the road.
>
>
> Agreed the attached map from the SLV collection possibly dates from around
> 1860.
>
> It shows a blank in the area between Flinders St and the Yarra, and
> probably misrepresents the actual alignment of the M&HB railway bridge.
>
>
> Some of the map is probably conjecture. M&HB railway opened in 1954,
> Parliament house started construction in 1855 and the government railway
> terminus at Spencer St was established in 1859.
>
> If I'm correct about some conjecture - then the date may be around 1853.
>
>
> Mal Rowe - map magpie
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David in Avenel.au,
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