Western Market c1900

Maker unknown

Registration number

1087843

Artist/maker

Maker unknown

Title

Western Market

Production date

c1900

Medium

photographic paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

15 x 20.2 cm

Inscriptions

verso: Western Market

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Melbourne buildings, Western Market, Collins St, Employment Bureau, returned soldiers and sailors

Summary

Photograph of the western market buildings, Collins street, Melbourne. Colonial Mutual buillding is visible in the background and the Employment Bureau for returned soldiers and sailors is in the foreground. The Western Market was established in 1841 as Melbourne's first official fruit and vegetable market. It was demolished in 1961.