Contours from Contoured Plan of Part of the City of Melbourne (1853)

Contours from 1853 map of Melbourne. Sub collection of VPRS 8168 Historic Plan Collection series, Public Records Office Victoria. Historical map georectified (mapwarper.prov.vic.gov.au/maps/4327) and hosted at Public Records Office Victoria (mapwarper.prov.vic.gov.au).

Original historical map available from access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewRecord&entityId=090fe27382741b25 Elevations in this KML document are to ordinary level of low water as indicated by a tide gauge set up at a point on the river bank on the prolongation of the line of Flinders street, circa 1853.