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Print - Wood engraving, F.A. Sleap, A Bird's-eye View Of Melbourne From Sandridge, 2 September 1885

  • Aerial view sketch of Port Melbourne (then Sandridge) from the mas of a chipé n the sea. The sketch shows the Bethel Church.

    A Bird's-eye View Of Melbourne From Sandridge.

  • Detail on the Bethel Church, part of the early Mission to Seamen with the Sailors' Rest at the back

    Detail on the Bethel Church, part of the early Mission to Seamen with the Sailors' Rest at the back

  • Aerial view sketch of Port Melbourne (then Sandridge) from the mas of a chipé n the sea. The sketch shows the Bethel Church.
  • Detail on the Bethel Church, part of the early Mission to Seamen with the Sailors' Rest at the back

Historical information

The illustration published in the Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889), p. 144, on 2 September 1885, depicts Sandridge now Port Melbourne in 1885 from a seamen's point of view on board a ship.

Significance

This engraving is a rare depiction fo the Bethel church as there is no early photograph. The Sailors' Rest is located at the back. In 1887, the church was demolished to erect the building still standing on the corner of Nott Street and Beach Road.

Physical description

Copy of an engraving depicting a sailor sitting on the mast of the ship and looking at the shore from the sea.

Inscriptions & markings

A Bird's-eye View Of Melbourne From Sandridge.

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