Physical description
Book, brown cover patterned (Deer skin?), titled "The Garden City of Australia / Twenty-four views of Melbourne" with 24 pages (smaller than cover) printed pages stapled inside. Inside front cover is a map of Melbourne, with specific buildings marked, inside rear cover - Where to go in Melbourne, General Information and Sight seeing tours. On rear cover is printer details.
Page Photo details by
1 Skyline of the City of Melbourne from Yarra Bank Victorian Railways
2 Collins St from Spring St (with trams) ditto
3 Princes Bridge, River Yarra ditto
4 St Kilda Rd from Flinders St Station ditto
5 St Pauls Cathedral ditto
6 Bourke St Shopping Centre - with double deck buses no details of photographer
7 Elizabeth St - with trams and buses Victorian Railways
8 Swanston St with modern skyscrapers (Collins) ditto
9 Aerial view, city of Melbourne ditto
10 Parliament House ditto
11 Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery ditto
12 St Kilda Rd, Looking towards the City trams 772 and W2 ditto
13 Kings Domain - Pioneer Monument ditto
14 Royal Melbourne Hospital - with back view inset ditto
15 Alexandra Gardens and the Shrine of Remembrance ditto
16 Alexandra Gardens and Government House ditto
17 Captain Cook's House - Fitzroy Gardens ditto
18 Albert Park Lake no details of photographer
19 Melbourne Boys School, MacRobertson's Girls High School and Melbourne Uni - no details of photographer
20 Scene in the Botanical Gardens Victorian Railways
21 Aerial view of St Kilda with Brighton in background Victorian Railways
22 Melbourne Cricket ground, taken during the testimonial match to Sir Donald Bradman - no details
23 Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital and Exhibition Buildings and Aquarium - Victorian Railways
24 Dandenong - Showing Silvan Dam Victorian Railways
The testimonial match took place in Melbourne during December 1948 (Reference Sir Donald Bradman Museum).
Possibly arranged by the Victorian Government Information Bureau given the number of Victorian Railways photographs.
