Newspaper Extract - 'The Opening Ceremony', The Illustrated Australian News, Melbourne, 9 Oct 1880, Hand coloured wood block engraving from the front page of the Illustrated Australian News Special Exhibition Number, No. 294, Melbourne, Saturday, 9 October, 1880, pp. 177-78, published by Ebenezer & David Syme, Melbourne. The masthead is highly decorative and shows a panoramic view of Melbourne from the south side of the Yarra River, looking northwards up Russell Street to Scots Church and St., Reimagined by Gibon, design of warm cheerful glowing of brightness and light rays radiance. Classic a

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