1866 View from Flagstaff Gardens (1) Bendigo which was claimed to be

which was claimed to be Melbourne's first brick building

An early panoramic photograph of Melbourne taken around 1868

Photographer was Charles Nettleton

The lower half of the painting shows compositional similarities to an 1841 lithograph of Melbourne by John Adamson

was charting the southern coastline of Australia

1866 View from Flagstaff Gardens (1) Bendigo which was claimed to beLate 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