1883 Removing the Falls The Block Arcade On the southern end of

On the southern end of the building we can make out "Australasian Cafe" on the verandah

This photograph is apparently showing the vessel working during WWI

with the passengers facing out towards the street

and the rough plan was handed over to Hoddle to work upon

The notes from the State Library tell us that this "Looking west down Collins Street from Swanston Street with trams

1883 Removing the Falls The Block Arcade On the southern end ofA photograph of the Yarra, showing some of the equipment that was used in 1883 to commence the removal of the Falls. (Click here to see a photo from 1858 of the Falls.) The Falls were an ancient basalt ridge (roughly located where Queens Bridge is today) that created a low barrier across the river, that usually stopped the seawater from mixing with the freshwater coming down the Yarra. This was important to the founding of the Settlement in 1835 as it