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Streets

1847 Plan of North Melbourne by Charles Laing

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The map shows the city of Melbourne with names of orginal purchasers marked.  Public buildings are also marked.  The western edge of the proposed East Melbourne is shown with streets marked with a set of names very different from the eventual names used.

The map is in the collection of the State Library of Victoria and its citation is below:

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Gipps Street, c.1954

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A digital copy of a coloured slide. The photo is taken looking east down Gipps Street, East Melbourne. On the right are Nos. 123, 125 and 127 Gipps Street.

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Street and Lane Names

Newspaper clippings about street and lane names.

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