1839 Plan of Melbourne Lonsdale Street General Wood

General Wood

the General Hospital (later known as Queen Victoria Hospital)

Spring Street runs across the photo in the foreground

It features a self-portrait of the artist as Uncle Sam

1839 Plan of Melbourne Lonsdale Street General WoodA plan of early Melbourne from 1839, showing all buildings and their locations within the settlement. Buildings are categorised by their height and construction method. Notes from the State Library of Victoria tell us that this was "Originally published: Sydney : R. Clint, [1839]." The original engraver was R. Clint. All text HotPress This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of Victoria. All prints are