Keywords: Old Supreme Court building Melbourne c1900 original.jpg Melbourne Constructed in 1842 it was used to house until 1852 the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip; from 1852 until 1884 the Supreme Court of Victoria; and from 1884 until 1910 the Court of Petty Sessions It was demolished in 1910 to make way for the old Magistrates' Court building that presently occupies the site The photograph was taken by an unknown photographer circa 1900 It is an albumen print State Library of Victoria Pictures Collection accession number http //pictures slv vic gov au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon cgi DB local Search_Arg b28360 Search_Code FT CNT 15 H3618 author ca 1900 thumb left 200px Retouched version 37 48 31 5 S 144 57 57 6 E PD-old-100-1923 Supreme Court of Victoria |