1919 The British Empire And Allies Glorious Triumph PosterA commemorative poster from 1919, celebrating the Allies' "Glorious Triumph" over Germany and the Austro Hungarian Empire, and the official end of World War I. While the Armistice of November 1918 ended fighting, it took six months to conclude a peace treaty. This was the Treaty of Versailles, negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference from January to June 1919 All text HotPress The notes from the Museum of New Zealand website tell us that "This poster

or is capable of giving our friends at home an adequate idea of Melbourne and that portion of its suburbs which lie south of the River Yarra

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the river and the shipping industry has been executed as if looking through a tearful eye

looking north from Emerald Hill area

culvert over ditch in right foreground

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image "Shows the Spencer Street tram (actually the Spring Street tram)

The dark domed tower belongs to St James' Cathedral

A reproduction of a chart published in 1860 showing the detailed information about the entrance to Port Phillip Bay

On the left of the photo one can see the quaint St Paul's School building

later to be replaced by London Stores

and we know that construction of the new Station started in 1900

Further up Elizabeth Street on the left