1880 1889 Collection

Death Of Cricket, The Sporting Times mock obituary 1882
Australia and England first met in Test match cricket in Melbourne in 1877, but the legend of The Ashes, the symbolic trophy the two teams play for, only began in 1882 when at the Oval in London

View Down Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1880
A view down Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Australian Christmas
1st December 1881: Picnicking and fruit picking in the heat of an Australian Christmas. Original Publication: The Graphic - Christmas Number - pub

The Australian Club
A hansom cab speeds past the Australian Club in Bent Street Sydney, Australia, 1880. The club is the oldest institution of its kind in Sydney. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Small mineral workings, Australia, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Small mineral workings, Australia, 19th Century

Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia, 19th Century

Map of Melbourne and Port Phillip, Australia, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Map of Melbourne and Port Phillip, Australia, 19th Century

Village on Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Village on Darling Downs, 19th Century a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia

Birth Of A Monument
Construction begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, 1st September 1887. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Brand New Tower
A view of the newly-built Eiffel Tower, seen from the grounds of the Exposition Universelle or World Fair on the Champ de Mars in Paris. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Anniversary Trip
circa 1888: Up-country people taking off for the exhibition marking the centenary of the settlement of Melbourne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Melbourne Post Office
The Melbourne General Post Office on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1880

King William Street
A view down King William Street, Adelaide, Australia, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Scots Church Melbourne
The Presbyterian Scots Church, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1880. Designed by Joseph Reed, the church was built between 1871 and 1874

Melbourne Town Hall on the corner of Swanston and Collins Streets, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1880. The building was designed by architect Joseph Reed in the Second Empire style

Sydney Street Scene
circa 1885: A view of Sydney, New South Wales in Australia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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