1922 At The River's Edge Falls the Yarra River Turning Basin

the Yarra River Turning Basin

which was first introduced into the Australian military uniform when the Victorian Mounted Rifles was formed in 1885

looking South West over the southern part of Melbourne

Photographer possibly Captain G

Due to its incredible and dizzying height at the time (12 floors)

1922 At The River's Edge Falls the Yarra River Turning BasinAn atmospheric image of boating on the Yarra River by John B. Eaton, dated 1922, looking east along the Yarra from where Swan Street Bridge now stands. John B. Eaton was a prolific photographer of landscapes around the beaches of Port Phillip Bay, and the countryside around Melbourne and Victoria. His work is part of the pictorialism movement, where photographs were to be viewed as works of art, rather than just as images captured. John Bertram Eaton