Melbourne from Shrine of Remembrance
Gigapixel Panoramic view of Melbourne from the Shrine of Remembrance
Captured as 100's of overlapping frames from each corner of the upper platform of the Shrine, this shows the complete 360° view of Melbourne and suburbs from the Shrine. A modern map shows the viewing direction and marker labels show notable buildings. Click on the “View” and “Visit” labels to see the view from that location in a new browser tab. Locations such as Govt House will open views from that location. Eastern Hill Fire Tower and Metro Gas Tower will open a series of views captured from the same location over time. These virtual tours represent travel through time and space in Melbourne's History.
Melbourne From North and South
Inception views of Melbourne from North and South
View Melbourne from University of Melbourne and Xavier College Burke Hall
Enjoy the “Inception” concept of “up and down worlds”
There is no “up” or “down” – we live on a round ball!
View Melbourne from University of Melbourne and Xavier College Burke Hall
Enjoy the “Inception” concept of “up and down worlds”
There is no “up” or “down” – we live on a round ball!
Melbourne from Central Station 1920
Panoramic views of Melbourne from the Tower of Flinders St Station
over several years…more to come!
1920 Row Photographer, State Library of Victoria
H4013 Flinders St East and Princes Bridge, H5012 Princes and Queens Bridge, H3785 Queens Bridge and Flinders St West
A modern view will be added by HiddenMelbourne when we are able to access the tower.
1856-2023 Parliament
Melbourne from Parliament 1856 to 2023
1856 Walter Woodbury from the roof of parliament. Source V&A Museum London
1858 De Gruchy & Leigh Lithograph – source State Library of Victoria (SLV)
1865 Charles Nettleton – source SLV
1870 Charles Nettleton – SLV
2023 Hidden Melbourne
Melbourne from GPO
Panoramic views of Melbourne from the Tower of the GPO
over several years…more to come!
ca1867 Several frames captured from the GPO by Charles Nettleton H838, 840,841, 865, 2489, 23929. Missing frame content visible in AC Cooke's lithograph
1867or later Drawn by AC Cooke from Photographs by Charles Nettleton mp001191 State Library of Victoria
These were created as a lithograph and contain buildings not in the photograph, eg. Independent Church, which has been “virtualised” and is in fact much lower than Scots Church
ca1892 George Washington Wilson, with permission from University of Aberdeen Library
1920 Two frames captured by Row from the GPO with a Cirkut camera H3784, H2581
A modern view will be added by HiddenMelbourne when we are able to access the tower.